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Hi there, my name is Kevin France, and this is my webpage.  I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. My research interests include observational studies of photodissociation regions and the development of spectroscopic instrumentation. I work with the JHU Sounding Rocket Group which designs and builds rocket-borne instruments to study a wide variety of astronomical objects including starburst galaxies, hot stars and nebulae, planets, and comets. I also study the properties of dust and molecular hydrogen in the diffuse interstellar medium and emission/reflection/ planetary nebulae as a guest investigator with FUSE and Spitzer.

My office is in the Bloomberg building, Rm 109, (410) 516-8485, france"at"pha.jhu.edu

Website Table of Contents:

  • CV

  • Publications

  • Useful links

  • Class Papers

  • Picture Page Archive

  • My Life Story
    NEW 02/25/06, All things fall/winter 2005: thesis defense, hiking, IGwAD, and more!
    (SOMEWHAT) NEW 01/26/05, Emily and Kevin's Christmas in Oriental and Tour of the Southwest pages are up!
    (NOT REALLY) NEW 05/25/04, Pictures from "The Return of the IGwANA" at Frazier's, featuring IGwAD and Friends. See our fans in their "I Love IGwAD" finest!

    Website Pictures of the Month:
    IGwAD's drum kit miked up at The Bunker, where they recorded tracks for "Walking Into Windows".
    Photo Credits: Sundar Srinivasan

    Need to find something? Ask the Scary Pumpkins!

    Scary Pumpkins
    Scary pumpkins, Hampden, October 2002.

    Sample Pop-Up Established 10/27/2000
    Banner photo: Sunrise from Haleakala National Park, Maui-Hawaii, April 2002
    At right: Pop-Up add of my poster at the Astrophysics of Dust Conference, Estes Park CO, May 2003.