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Minnesota State University, Mankato

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5.08/20/2025

A role model for academic excellence.

5.04/30/2025

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Dr. Paul Eskridge is Professor of Astronomy and Distinguished Faculty Scholar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He earned his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Washington in 1987. Eskridge's professional trajectory includes a research position at the University of Alabama from 1995 to 1997, after which he joined Minnesota State University, Mankato, progressing to his current full professorship. His academic work centers on extragalactic astronomy, with a focus on stellar populations, interstellar gas, chemical abundances in galaxies, and galaxy evolution. Specific research areas encompass galaxy morphology, star formation histories through ultraviolet-optical imaging, polar-ring galaxies, barred spiral galaxies, and interstellar medium properties.