Dr. Eric Hintz

Eric Hintz is currently the associate chair of the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Brigham Young University.  He is also the section leader for Short Period Pulsating Stars at the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).  He began studying pulsating variable stars approximately 35 years ago while an undergraduate student. He also still enjoys running telescopes at public star parties and for students in descriptive astronomy classes.