My Ph.D. Dissertation

On December 6th, 2013, I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation, entitled The Evolution of Stellar Velocity Dispersion in Galaxy Mergers. Later today, I will submit the final document to the UC Riverside Graduate Division. The document primarily consists of three papers: a paper that I published in 2012, a second paper that will hopefully be accepted for publication soon, and a third paper that is still being written. Thus, two thirds of the dissertation is in pretty nice shape. The other third is more than a rough draft of a paper, but it is far from being polished. In case anyone is curious, the latest version of the document is here:

I am not particularly fond of the format that UCR requires, but I tried to make the best of it.