Anthony (Tony) Lee Moffat is an emeritus professor of

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at the

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, Canada. Dr. Moffat was appointed as a fellow of the

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in 2001. Dr. Moffat's interests focus on massive stars (Wolf-Rayet stars in particular), stellar winds, binary stars, as well as the structure and dynamics of star formation regions and galaxies.

Professional history

Prof. Moffat completed his Master of Science at the University of Toronto in 1966. His doctorate was granted in 1970 from Universität Bonn (Dr. rer. nat.). Following postdoctoral studies at

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from 1970 to 1976, and the awarding of his second Dr. Habil. in 1976, Moffat was hired to the faculty of Université de Montréal in 1976.

Professional progeny

Prof. Moffat has supervised 8 postdoctoral scientists and 14 doctoral students at Université de Montréal. This includes Alexandre David-Uraz's research into dust formation around Wolf-Rayet stars.

Massive star clusters

In a series of papers beginning with a study of the

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NGC 7380 and eleven other clusters, Moffat used photographic UBV photometry to identify the massive star population.

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