Kevin A Bundy
· Associate ProfessorUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · Physics and Astronomy
Active 2000–2025
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About
Kevin A. Bundy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As an observational astronomer, he specializes in mapping the distribution, properties, and internal structure of galaxies across large cosmic volumes to address key questions about their formation and assembly history. His research combines statistical analyses of large survey programs with targeted observations from premier facilities such as the Keck Observatory. Bundy is particularly interested in the mechanisms that shut down star formation in galaxies and regulate their growth and assembly. He is the founder and Principal Investigator of the MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory) survey, one of three programs in the fourth Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV). MaNGA achieved its goal in August 2020 of resolved spectroscopy for an unprecedented 10,000 galaxies, producing over 200 papers by 2020 that provide insights into galaxy life histories, early formation, ongoing growth, and the processes that cause star formation to cease. Bundy also leads the Keck-FOBOS instrument project and an initiative at UCSC to develop the field of astrophotonics, building new tools to enhance future astronomical instruments. His work extends to developing observational and interpretative frameworks to exploit large-volume data sets from high-precision galaxy evolution surveys, addressing questions about galaxy growth, hierarchical assembly,…
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Astrophysics
- Internal medicine
- Geometry
- Physical therapy
- Medicine
- Geography
- Gerontology
Selected publications
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2020 · 1323 citations
Abstract This paper documents the 16th data release (DR16) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS), the fourth and penultimate from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). This is the first release of data from the Southern Hemisphere survey of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2); new data from APOGEE-2 North are also included. DR16 is also notable as the final data release for the main cosmological program of the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS)…
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2022 · 1188 citations
This paper documents the seventeenth data release (DR17) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys; the fifth and final release from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). DR17 contains the complete release of the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) survey, which reached its goal of surveying over 10,000 nearby galaxies. The complete release of the MaNGA Stellar Library accompanies this data, providing observations of almost 30,000 stars through the MaNGA instrument during bright time. DR1…
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2024-05-15 · 82 citations
articleOpen accessAbstract We present the final data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Reverberation Mapping (RM) project, a precursor to the SDSS-V Black Hole Mapper RM program. This data set includes 11 yr photometric and 7 yr spectroscopic light curves for 849 broad-line quasars over a redshift range of 0.1 < z < 4.5 and a luminosity range of L bol = 10 44−47.5 erg s −1 , along with spectral and variability measurements. We report 23, 81, 125, and 110 RM lags (relative to optical continuum variabi…
Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2020 · 70 citations
We measured gas-phase metallicity, ionisation parameter, and dust extinction for a representative sample of 1795 local star-forming galaxies using integral field spectroscopy from the SDSS-IV MaNGA survey. We self-consistently derive these quantities by comparing observed line fluxes with photoionisation models using a Bayesian framework. We also present the first comprehensive study of the [S III ] λλ 9069,9532 nebular lines, which have long been predicted to be ideal tracers of the ionisation…
Prediction of disability-free survival in healthy older people
GeroScience · 2022 · 34 citations
Prolonging survival in good health is a fundamental societal goal. However, the leading determinants of disability-free survival in healthy older people have not been well established. Data from ASPREE, a bi-national placebo-controlled trial of aspirin with 4.7 years median follow-up, was analysed. At enrolment, participants were healthy and without prior cardiovascular events, dementia or persistent physical disability. Disability-free survival outcome was defined as absence of dementia, persis…
Recent grants
Red Geyser Galaxies and the Suppression of Star Formation
NSF · $279k · 2018–2022
Collaborative Research: A Tunable Astrophotonic Spectrometer with Adaptive Faint-Source Extraction
NSF · $672k · 2022–2026
Frequent coauthors
- 151 shared
Dmitry Bizyaev
New Mexico State University
- 135 shared
Éric Emsellem
- 111 shared
Matthew A. Bershady
- 103 shared
Niv Drory
The University of Texas at Austin
- 102 shared
David A. Wake
- 95 shared
D. Thomas
University of Portsmouth
- 94 shared
David R. Law
- 93 shared
Karen L. Masters
Labs
Galaxy formation and evolution
Education
- 1998
Ph.D., Astronomy
University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1993
M.S., Astronomy
University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1991
B.A., Astronomy
University of California, Santa Cruz
Awards & honors
- Tinsley Visiting Scholar, UT Austin, 2014
- Robert J. Trumpler Award, 2009
- Dorothea Klumpkea Roberts Prize, UC Berkeley, 2000
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