Astronomy and Astrophysics

Faculty and Professional Interests

Professor/Astronomer

Peter H. Bodenheimer
Stellar structure, star formation

Michael J. Bolte
Dynamics of star clusters, ages of star clusters, chemical enrichment history of the galaxy, observations of interacting galaxies

Jean P. Brodie
Galaxies, instrumentation

Harland W. Epps
Astronomical optics and instrumentation

Sandra M. Faber
Galaxies, stellar populations, cosmology

Puragra (Raja) GuhaThakurta
Faint blue galaxies, study of faint stars using multicolor CCD data, search for Kuiper belt comets, gravitational lensing by galaxy clusters, HST studies of dense globular cluster cores, near infrared Tully-Fisher diagram, galactic “cirrus” clouds, interacting galaxies, dwarf galaxies

Garth D. Illingworth
Stellar and galaxy dynamics, instrumentation

Burton F. Jones, Emeritus

David C. Koo
Cosmology, birth and evolution of galaxies and quasars

Robert P. Kraft, Emeritus

Claire Max
Adaptive optics, planetary science

Joseph S. Miller
Active galaxies, quasi-stellar objects

Jerry E. Nelson
Design and construction of large telescopes; project scientist for the two Keck telescopes

Donald E. Osterbrock, Emeritus

David M. Rank, Emeritus
Infrared astronomy, instrumentation

Graeme H. Smith
Stellar populations, chromospheric activity among late-type stars

Steven S. Vogt
Stellar spectroscopy, instrumentation

Merle F. Walker, Emeritus

Astronomer

Lloyd B. Robinson, Emeritus

Assistant Professor/Assistant Astronomer

Jason Prochaska
Damped Lya systems in quasars, Lyman limit systems, stellar abundances, thick disk imaging of our galaxy

Professor

George R. Blumenthal
Cosmology, galaxy formation, high-energy astrophysics

Frank D. Drake, Emeritus

John Faulkner
Stellar structure, close binary stars, relativity

Douglas N. C. Lin
Fluid dynamics, star formation, galactic structure

Piero Madau
Cosmology, high-energy astrophysics

William G. Mathews
Galaxies, high-energy astrophysics, gaseous nebulae; cornetto (music)

Stephen E. Thorsett
Radio astronomy, high-energy astrophysics, compact objects, relativity

Stanford E. Woosley
Nuclear astrophysics, stellar structure

Associate Adjunct Professor

Rachel J. Dewey
Radio astronomy, pulsar astrophysics, VLBI astrometry

Stephen Murray
Formation of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies and the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium in young galaxies

Assistant Professor

Gregory Laughlin
Extra-solar planets, numerical astrophysics, astrophysical phenomena of the extremely distant future

Constance Rockosi

Professor

Joel R. Primack (Physics)
Theory of fundamental particles, cosmology, astrophysics

Research Astronomer

Robert B. Hanson
Astrometry, galactic structure, and statistical astronomy

Richard Stover
Instrumentation, cataclysmic variables

Research Physicist

Terry Mast
Astronomical instrumentation