{"id":65,"date":"2017-06-20T13:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2017-06-20T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:28:38","slug":"joshua-h-rines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/lab-members\/joshua-h-rines\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua H. Rines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_67\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767-225x400.jpg\" alt=\"Josh Rines wears his bright orange blazer and sits atop a buoy in the BAGEL.\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767-506x900.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767-112x200.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2017\/06\/Snapchat-1228200767.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Rines prepares for his final presentation of his thesis, titled &#8216;The Bates College Guide to Compact Galaxies: Resolving the Radial Mass Distribution of Stellar Populations in Three Compact Galaxies&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Josh Rines. \u00a0I\u2019m a physics and math double major in the Bates Class of 2017. \u00a0Let\u2019s <\/span><b><i>star<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t with the basics: I love a good pun; I enjoy woodworking, coin collecting, and ceramics; I am an avid swimmer; my favorite color is orange; I like to think that the best place to be is at the intersection of science and the humanities \u2013 fun things seem to happen there; my favorite movie is probably Star Wars (Episode IV) or Good Will Hunting; lastly, Captain America is my favorite Avenger but the Silver Surfer is my favorite Marvel character. \u00a0Now for the more relevant stuff: I started my time at Bates with the intention of being a history major. \u00a0I had no idea what I wanted to do. \u00a0I was encouraged to try physics, I did, and couldn\u2019t get enough. \u00a0I am very excited to be a part of the Bates Galaxies Lab (the Bagel as we like to call it). \u00a0I have always admired the stars from a pure star-gazers enjoyment perspective, so it is really pretty neat to be able to admire them from a physicist\u2019s perspective. \u00a0I look forward to continuing the research for the remaining semester that I have here at Bates.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Publications:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/phys_astro_theses\/1\/\">Rines (2016)<\/a> <em>The Bates College Guide to Compact Galaxies: Resolving the Radial Mass Distribution of Stellar Populations in Three Compact Galaxies<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/scarab.bates.edu\/\">Scarab Digital Commons @ Bates.<\/a> Physics &amp; Astronomy Theses 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Josh Rines. \u00a0I\u2019m a physics and math double major&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":67,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"My name is Josh Rines.  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