Faculty in the Astronomy Department work in the broad areas of Astrophysics and Space Physics. A list of faculty with their research interests is given below. For further information, please see the individual faculty web pages (click the name) or the web pages for the Institute for Astrophysical Research (IAR), the Center for Space Physics (CSP), or the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM) (in the menu at left). Other affiliates can be located via the "Partners" menu selection.
Astrophysics Faculty Research Interests
Thomas Bania: Radiospectroscopy; galactic structure and interstellar medium
Elizabeth Blanton: High-energy astrophysics, optical and NIR observational astronomy; clusters of galaxies, radio galaxies
Tereasa Brainerd: Theoretical astrophysics; cosmology; computational astrophysics; galaxy formation & evolution; astrophysical applications of gravitational lensing
Kenneth Brecher: Neutron stars; high-energy astrophysics; cosmology and relativity; historical astronomy
Dan Clemens: Galactic structure; interstellar medium; star formation; infrared and optical astronomy
James Jackson: Radio, infrared and submm astronomy; interstellar medium; starburst galaxies; star formation; the Milky Way; Antarctic astronomy
Kenneth Janes: Observational optical astronomy; galactic astronomy and stellar photometry; star clusters; planet searches
Alan Marscher: Quasars, active galaxies; high energy astrophysics; interstellar clouds; galactic and extragalactic astronomy; radio; infrared; x-ray; and gamma-ray astronomy
Space Physics Faculty Research Interests
Jules Aarons: Ionospheric and magnetospheric physics and radio stars
Sunanda Basu: Physics; plasma structures and irregularities
Supriya Chakrabarti: Experimental astrophysics; spectral imaging; astrophysics from space; planetary atmospheres; interplanetary, interstellar and intergalactic media
Jiasheng Chen: Magnetospheric physics and dynamics, space plasmas and energetic particles, solar-terrestrial relations
John Clarke: Planetary atmospheres; UV astrophysics; FUV instruments for remote observations
Timothy Cook: Ultraviolet and soft x-ray instrumentation; tomography; interstellar medium; intergalactic medium; ionospheric remote sensing
Nancy Crooker: Solar wind, space weather, and solar wind - magnetosphere coupling
Theodore Fritz: Space plasma physics; magnetospheric physics; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; substorms; charged particles and compositions; rocket and satellite experiments
Charles Goodrich: Space physics, structure and dynamics of the solar terrestrial system
Jeffrey Hughes: Space physics, solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and dynamics
Michael Mendillo: Space physics; planetary atmospheres; observations and models
Meers Oppenheim: Computational and theoretical space plasma physics; dymanics of the E-region ionosphere and the electrojet; particle-wave interactions in the auroral ionosphere and magnetosphere; physics of meteor trails
Jack Quinn: Magnetospheric plasma transport and energization; space instrumentation
Nathan Schwadron: Solar wind, coronal and heliospheric magnetic field, energetic particle sources, cometary x-rays
George Siscoe: Space physics including solar wind, magnetospheres, and space weather
Harlan Spence: Theoretical and experimental space plasma physics; cosmic rays and radiation belt processes; heliospheric, planetary magnetospheric, lunar, and auroral physics.