I am a member of the Program in Extra-Galactic Astronomy here at GSU. For my Master's Project, I worked on numerical simulations of the power and size evolution of FRII radio galaxies. For my Ph.D. Dissertation, I am conducting multiwavelength variability and optical microvariability studies of blazars. To view my CV, click here.

Links to abstracts of selected publications
Expansion of radio galaxies in a cosmologically evolving medium: Possible implications for the cosmic star-formation history. Barai, P., Gopal-Krishna, Osterman, M.A., & Wiita, P.J. Accepted by Bull. Astron. Soc. India.

Mass and Angular Momentum Transfer in the Massive Algol Binary RY Persei. Barai, P. Gies, D.R., Choi, E., et al. 2004, ApJ, 608, 989.

Results and Discussion of Simultaneous Monitoring of the BL Lac Object PG1553+11 in the Radio, Optical, and X-ray Regimes. Osterman, M.A., Miller, H.R., Aller, H., Aller, M., Fried, R., Kurtanidze, O., Tornikoski, M. American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #79.03, 2003.

Urban Astronomy: The Astronomy Club at Georgia State University. Ruiz, B., Grundstrom, E., Marshall, K., et al. American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #19.11, 2003.

Modeling the Evolution of Radio Galaxies of the Quasar Era and the Role of these Galaxies in Triggering Star Formation. Osterman, M.A., Wiita, P.J., Barai, P., Gopal-Krishna. American Astronomical Society Meeting 202, #42.01, 2003.

Radio galaxies and the star formation history of the universe. Gopal-Krishna, Wiita, P.J., Osterman, M.A. Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, Eds.: Combes, C.F. & Shlosman, I. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Conference Series, Vol. 290, p.319, 2003.