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Last published 2026
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Bret Lehmer

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Planetary Science Institute (2026)

Faculty Researcher

7 pubs

Biography and Research Information

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Bret Lehmer, an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, conducts research in astrophysics, with a focus on stellar populations and active galactic nuclei.

Lehmer's recent publications investigate spectral models for X-ray binary populations in galaxies and the impact of active galactic nucleus feedback on interstellar media, utilizing tools like the POSYDON code and the NOEMA observatory. His work aims to refine the understanding of stellar evolution and galactic processes by incorporating detailed binary evolution into spectral analysis. He has published 250 papers with an h-index of 42 and over 7,300 citations.

Lehmer collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas, including Zachary Wilson, Emerson Gehr, and Izabela Pavel, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

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  • Publications: 7

Selected Publications

  • Spectral Model Library for X-ray Binary Populations in Galaxies (2026)
  • Spectral Model Library for X-ray Binary Populations in Galaxies (2026)
  • Surveying the Whirlpool at Arcseconds with NOEMA (SWAN) (2026)
  • X-ray stellar feedback in low-metallicity starbursts: Insights from the template starburst galaxy ESO 338-IG04 and its halo (2026)
  • X-ray stellar feedback in low-metallicity starbursts (2026)
  • lightning.py: Python SED Fitting Code (2025)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Emission-line Diagnostics for IMBHs in Dwarf Galaxies: Accounting for Black Hole Seeding and Ultraluminous X-Ray Source Excitation (2025)
    The Astrophysical Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • XMM-Newton Conclusively Identifies an Active Galactic Nucleus in a Green Pea Galaxy<sup>*</sup> (2025)
    The Astrophysical Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • ADF22-WEB: A giant barred spiral starburst galaxy in the <i>z</i> = 3.1 SSA22 protocluster core (2025)
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The high energy X-ray probe (HEX-P): science overview (2024)
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A NuSTAR Census of the X-Ray Binary Population of the M31 Disk (2024)
  • Gas-phase metallicity for the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7130 (2024)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fast supermassive black hole growth in the SPT2349–56 protocluster at <i>z</i> = 4.3 (2024)
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters at High Spatial Resolution with Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) (2024)
    Universe 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The High-mass X-Ray Binary Luminosity Functions of Dwarf Galaxies (2024)
    The Astrophysical Journal 5 citations DOI OpenAlex

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