Faculty with Related Research<\/h2>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tChuanfei Dong<\/h6>\n\t\t
Assistant Professor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n star-terrestrial planet interactions in our solar system and beyond; magnetic reconnection and turbulence; wave-particle interaction; physics-informed machine learning; high intensity laser-plasma interaction<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tCatherine Espaillat<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor;
\r\nDirector, Institute for Astrophysical Research<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n <\/td>\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n young stars, planet formation, circumstellar disk structure and evolution, multiwavelength variability, radiative transfer modeling<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tJJ Hermes<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n <\/td>\n
Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n high-precision observations of the endpoints of stars, planets, and binary systems, asteroseismology, time-domain astrophysics, space-based photometry, persistent gravitational wave sources<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tPhilip Muirhead<\/h6>\n\t\t
Associate Professor;
\r\nDirector, Perkins Telescope Observatory<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n <\/td>\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n exoplanets, low-mass stars, instrumentation<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\tMerav Opher<\/h6>\n\t\t
Professor;
\r\nDirector, SHIELD NASA Drive Center<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n <\/td>\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n computational and theoretical plasma physics in space and astrophysics; interaction of the solar system with the interstellar medium; solar wind; shocks in the lower corona, T-Tauri and solar-like stars<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Research Facilities<\/h2>\n
We make heavy use of both ground<\/strong> and space-based telescopes<\/strong> including:<\/p>\n
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- the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- the Spitzer Space Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- our own Perkins Telescope Observatory<\/a><\/strong>, a 1.8m optical-infrared facility outside Flagstaff, AZ<\/li>\n
- shared facilities at Lowell Observatory:\n
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- the 4.3m Lowell Discovery Telescope<\/a><\/strong> (formerly Discovery Channel Telescope)<\/li>\n
- the 42-inch Hall Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- the 42-inch Hall Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- the Spitzer Space Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- the Hubble Space Telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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