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Brenda Louise Frye

  • Astronomer, Steward Observatory
  • Professor, Astronomy
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • bfrye@arizona.edu
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  • Interests
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  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Astrophysics
    • University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
    • "A Faint Galaxy Redshift Survey behind Massive Clusters," Advisor: Prof. Hyron Spinrad
  • M.S. Astrophysics
    • University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
  • B.S. Physics
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
  • B.S. Astronomy
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • "MMT Absorption Spectroscopy towards High Redshift QSOs," Advisor: Prof. Jill Bechtold

Awards

  • Sabbatical Member
    • Institue for Advanced Study (IAS), Fall 2020
  • Visiting Professorship
    • Institut d'Astrophysique Université de Paris-Sud, Saclay, France, Summer 2019
    • Institut d'AstrophysiqueUniversité de Paris-SudOrsay, France, Summer 2014
  • Visiting Faculty to Dept of Astrophysics, UC Berkeley
    • UCB, Summer 2017
    • UCB, Summer 2016
  • Lucas/San Diego Junior Faculty Award
    • Spring 2016
  • Visiting Member, Department of Astrophysical Sciences
    • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Summer 2015
  • Visiting Member, IoA
    • Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, Summer 2015
  • Visiting Member, SNS
    • Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, Summer 2015

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Courses

2026-27 Courses

  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2026)
  • Research
    ASTR 900 (Fall 2026)

2025-26 Courses

  • Extrgalac Astr+Cosmology
    ASTR 541 (Spring 2026)
  • Honors Thesis
    PHYS 498H (Spring 2026)
  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2025)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 399 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Spring 2025)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 499 (Spring 2025)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2024)
  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Independent Study
    ASTR 299 (Spring 2024)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 499 (Spring 2024)
  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2023)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 399 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Directed Research
    PHYS 492 (Spring 2023)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 299 (Spring 2023)
  • Exploring Our Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2022)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 399 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    ASTR 498H (Spring 2022)
  • Senior Capstone
    PHYS 498 (Spring 2022)
  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Spring 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    ASTR 498H (Fall 2021)
  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Spring 2021)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Spring 2020)
  • Directed Research
    PHYS 492 (Spring 2020)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 392 (Fall 2019)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2019)
  • Fund Of Astronomy
    ASTR 250 (Fall 2019)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 499 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Directed Research
    PHYS 492 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    ASTR 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    ASTR 399 (Spring 2019)
  • Struc+Dynamics Galaxies
    ASTR 540 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Honors Independent Study
    ASTR 499H (Spring 2018)
  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Spring 2018)
  • Directed Research
    ASTR 492 (Fall 2017)
  • The Physical Universe
    ASTR 170B1 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Honors Independent Study
    ASTR 499H (Spring 2017)
  • Research
    ASTR 900 (Spring 2017)
  • Fund Of Astronomy
    ASTR 250 (Fall 2016)

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