Observational Astronomy
| Name | Fellowship and Year | Research Interests | PhD Institution & Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonry, John |
Bantrell 1982-85 |
Extragalactic distance scale, large scale structure, the local Hubble flow, gravitational lensing, image processing. |
* PhD 1980, Harvard University * Professor of Astronomy, IfA/University of Hawaii |
| Tytler, David |
Bantrell 1982-85 |
Quasars, observational cosmology, astronomical instrumentation. |
* PhD 1982, University of London * Professor of Physics, UC San Diego |
| Bothun, Greg |
Bantrell 1983-86 |
Galaxy formation and evolution, dwarf galaxies, large scale structure, galaxy clusters, observational cosmology. |
* PhD 1981, University of Washington * Professor of Physics, University of Oregon |
| Beers, Tim |
Bantrell 1983-86 |
Stellar astrophysics, subdwarfs, metal poor stars, galactic halo. |
* PhD 1983, Harvard University * Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State |
| Impey, Chris |
Weingart 1983-86 |
Cosmology, quasars, AGN, extragalactic and galactic astronomy, astrobiology; popular science. |
* PhD 1981, University of Edinburgh * (University Distinguished) Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona * Deputy Head of Department |
| Hamilton, Donald |
Norris 1988-90 |
Spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation. |
* PhD 198?, University of Chicago * Munich |
| Strauss, Michael |
Norris 1989-91 |
Extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, large surveys. |
* PhD 1989, UC Berkeley * Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University * Pierce Prize winner |
| Clemens, Christopher |
Fairchild 1996-98 |
Stellar seismology, interacting binaries, time series photometry and spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation. |
* PhD 1994, University of Texas * Professor of Astrophysics, UNC |
| Blakeslee, John |
Fairchild 1996-99 |
Stellar populations, globular clusters, structure and evolution of galaxy clusters, extragalactic distance scale. |
* PhD 1997, MIT * Astronomer, Herzburg Institute of Astrophysics |
| Cote, Patrick |
Fairchild 1997-00 |
Stellar populations, stellar and galactic dynamics, dark matter, galaxy formation. |
* PhD 1994, McMaster * Astronomer (Senior Research Officer), HIA and Adjunct Professor, University of Victoria |
| Hillenbrand, Lynne |
Fairchild 1997-00 |
Star formation, planet formation. |
* PhD 1995, University of Massachusetts * Associate Professor of Astronomy, Caltech |
| Galama, Titus |
Fairchild 1999-02 |
Gamma ray bursts. |
* PhD 1999, University of Amsterdam * Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation |
| Martin, Crystal |
Fairchild 1999-02 |
Large-scale star formation, galactic winds, chemical enrichment of the ISM and IGM, feedback, environmental effects in galaxy groups and clusters. |
* PhD 1996, University of Arizona * Professor of Physics, UCSB |
| Diercks, Alan |
Millikan 1999-00 |
High redshift supernovae, astronomical imaging technology. |
* PhD 1999, UC Santa Barbara * Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Systems Biology |
| Bradford, Charles (Matt) |
Millikan 2001-04 |
ISM from the Galaxy to high redshift objects; astronomical instrumentation at far-infrared, sub-mm, and mm wavelengths. |
* PhD 2000, Cornell University * Research Scientist, JPL |
| Charbonneau, David |
Millikan 2001-04 |
Detection and characterization of extra-solar planets. |
* PhD 2001, Harvard University * (Thomas D. Cabot) Professor of Astronomy, Harvard * Robert J. Trumpler winner (best PhD in astronomy), Sloan & Packard Fellowships, Waterman Award |
| Moon, Dae-Sik |
Millikan 2003-06 |
Astronomical instrumentation; compact objects. |
* PhD 2003, Cornell * Assistant Professor of Astronomy, U. Toronto |
| Simon, Joshua |
Millikan 2005-08 |
Dwarf galaxies, dark matter, galaxy evolution. |
* PhD 2005, UC Berkeley * Staff member, Carnegie Observatories |
| Lu, Jessica |
Millikan 2008-11 |
Adaptive Optics, Galactic center, young massive star clusters |
* PhD 2008, UCLA * NSF Fellow, U. Hawaii |
| Gauthier, Jean-Rene |
Millikan 2011-14 |
Intergalactic medium, galactic halos |
* PhD 2011, U Chicago * Incoming Fellow |
Experimental Physics
| Name | Fellowship and Year | Research Interests | PhD Institution & Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince, Tom |
Millikan 1980-82 |
Computational astrophysics, LIGO and LISA. |
* PhD 1978, U Chicago * Professor of Physics, Caltech |
| Kulkarni, Shrinivas |
Millikan 1985-87 |
Radio Astronomy, compact objects, extra-solar planets |
* PhD 1983, UC Berkeley * (McArthur) Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Science, Caltech |
| Watson, Dan |
Millikan 1985-88 |
Infrared instrumentation and related astrophysics. |
* PhD 1983, UC Berkeley * Professor of Physics & Astronomy, U. Rochester |
| Walker, Christopher K. |
Millikan 1988-91 |
Star formation and THz instrumentation |
* PhD 1988, U Arizona * Professor of Astronomy, U Arizona |
| Carlstrom, John |
Millikan 1989-91 |
Experimental radio astronomy, cosmology |
* PhD 1988, U Chicago * (S. Chandrashekar Distinguished Service) Professor, U. Chicago * McArthur Prize winner |
| Thorsett, Steven |
Millikan 1991-94 |
Experimental Astrophysics, Pulsars |
* PhD 1991, Princeton * Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz * Dean, Physical and Biological Sciences, UC Santa Cruz |
| Harrison, Fiona |
Millikan 1993-95 |
X-ray Astronomy & Instrumentation |
* PhD 1993, UC Berkeley * Professor of Physics, Caltech |
| Netterfield, C. Barth |
Millikan 1996-98 |
CMB, ISM, balloon-borne astrophysics |
* PhD 1995, Princeton * Professor of Physics and Astronomy, U. Toronto |
| Eikenberry, Stephen |
Fairchild 1997-01 |
Infrared instrumentation |
* PhD 1997, Harvard * (Research Foundation) Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida |
| Boggs, Steven |
Millikan 1998-00 |
Experimental High Energy Astrophysics |
* PhD 1998, UC Berkeley * Associate Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley |
| Golwala, Sunil |
Millikan 2000-03 |
Experimental searches for dark matter and cosmological constraints of dark energy |
* PhD 2000, UC Berkeley * Assistant Professor of Physics, Caltech * APS Dissertation winner (Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Prize in Experimental Physics) |
| Lloyd, James |
Millikan 2002-04 |
High resolution and high dynamic range imaging of astronomical objects |
* PhD 2002, UC Berkeley * Associate Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University |
Theoretical Astrophysics
| Name | Fellowship and Year | Research Interests | PhD Institution & Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremaine, Scott |
Tolman 1975-77 |
Astrophysical dynamics |
* PhD 1975, Princeton * (Richard Black) Professor of Astrophysics, Institute for Advanced Study * Warner, Heineman winner |
| Zurek, Wojciech |
Tolman 1979-81 |
cosmology, quantum theory |
* PhD 1979, U. Texas * Laboratory Fellow, LANL |
| Applegate, Jim |
Bantrell 1981-84 |
stellar astrophysics, stellar dynamics, cosmology |
* PhD 1960, SUNY Stony Brook * Associate Professor of Astronomy, Columbia |
| Hogan, Craig |
Bantrell 1982-85 |
cosmology, dark energy, string theory, quantum gravity |
* PhD 1980, Cambridge * Head of Astrophysics, Fermilab * Sloan winner |
| Goodman, Jeremy |
Bantrell 1983-86 |
astrophysical hydrodynamics, stellar dynamics, gamma ray bursts |
* PhD 1983, Princeton * Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University * Packard and Sloan winner |
| Narayan, Ramesh |
NAPF 1983-1985 |
astrophysics, black holes |
* PhD 1979, Bangalore University * (Thomas Dudley Cabot) Professor of Astronomy, Harvard |
| Hawley, John |
Bantrell 1984-87 |
computational astrophysics, accretion disks |
* PhD 1984, U. Illinois * Professor of Astronomy, U. Virginia * Sloan, Warner Prize winner, Department Chair |
| Blaes, Omer |
Weizmann 1986-89 |
high energy astrophysics, compact objects |
* PhD 1986, Trieste * Professor of Physics, UCSB * Department Chair |
| Madau, Piero |
NAPF 1987-89 |
cosmology, high energy astrophysics |
* PhD 1987, Trieste * Professor of Astronomy, UCSC |
| Thompson, Christopher |
Tolman 1988-91 |
high energy astrophysics, radiative physics, astrophysical plasmas, cosmology |
* PhD 1988, Princeton * Professor, CITA * Sloan, Rutherford, Rossi winner |
| Murray, Norman |
NAPF 1989-91 |
planetary dynamics, winds of AGN |
* PhD 1986, UC Berkeley * Director, CITA, Toronto |
| Ratra, Bharat |
Fairchild 1989-92 |
cosmology |
* PhD 1986, Stanford * Professor of Physics, Kansas State University |
| Qian, Yong-Zhong |
Fairchild 1990-92 |
nuclear astrophysics, particle astrophysics, cosmology |
* PhD 1993, UC San Diego * Associate Professor of Physics, U. Minnesota |
| Bildsten, Lars |
DuBridge 1991-94 |
stellar astrophysics, neutron stars, white dwarfs |
* PhD 1991, Cornell * (Wayne Rosing, Simon and Diana Raab) Professor of Physics, UCSB and Permanent Member, KITP * Sloan, Cottrell, Warner Prize winner |
| Davies, Melvyn |
Tolman 1992-95 |
stellar clusters, black hole formation, planetary dynamics |
* PhD 1992, Harvard * Professor of Astronomy, Lund University |
| Ma, Chung-Pei |
Fairchild 1993-96 |
cosmology, dark matter and energy, galaxy and structure formation, black holes, lensing, CMB |
* PhD 1993, MIT * Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley |
| Lai, Dong |
Tolman 1994-97 |
high energy astrophysics, neutron stars, pulsars, magnetars, exoplanets |
* PhD 1994, Cornell * Professor of Astronomy, Cornell |
| Brady, Patrick |
Fairchild 1996-98 |
gravity wave astrophysics, numerical relativity, black holes |
* PhD 1994, U. Alberta * Professor of Physics, U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee * Cottrell, Sloan winner |
| Li, Zhi-Yun |
Fairchild 1996-99 |
magnetohydrodynamics, star formation, gamma ray bursts |
* PhD 199?, University of Colorado * Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia |
| Shaviv, Nir Joseph |
DuBridge 1996-99 |
neutron stars, supereddington accretion, waves in the early universe |
* PhD 1996, Israel Institute of Technology * Associate Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Beacom, John |
Fairchild 1997-00 |
nuclear and particle astrophysics, cosmology, neutrinos |
* PhD 1991, U. Kansas * Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio State University |
| Heyl, Jeremy |
DuBridge 1998-00 |
astrophysics of compact objects |
* PhD 1997, UC Santa Cruz * Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia * Canada Research Chair |
| Sari, Re'em (SRA) |
Fairchild 1998-04 |
high energy and planetary astrophysics |
* PhD 1994, Hebrew University * Professor of Astrophysics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem * Warner Prize winner, Sloan, Packard fellowships |
| MacFadyen, Andrew |
DuBridge 2001-04 |
supernovae, gamma ray bursts, black holes |
* PhD 2000, UC Santa Cruz * Assistant Professor of Physics, New York University |
| Cooray, Asantha |
(SRA) Fairchild 2001-05 |
cosmology, particle physics, gravitational waves |
* PhD 2001, U. Chicago * Associate Professor of Physics, UC Irvine |
| Pretorius, Frans |
Tolman 2002-05 |
general relativity, black holes |
* PhD 2002, UBC * Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton * Sloan Research Fellow, APS Rahman Prize |
| Phillips, Arielle |
Irvine 2002,05 |
cosmology |
* PhD 2002, Princeton * Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame |
| Milosavljevic, Milos |
Fairchild 2002-06 |
astrophysics |
* PhD 2002, Rutgers * Professor of Astronomy, U. Texas, Austin |
| Pfeiffer, Harald |
Fairchild 2003-06 |
gravitational-wave astrophysics, black holes, accretion disks |
* PhD 2003, Cornell * Senior Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech * APS Dissertation Winner (Nicholas Metropolis Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Work in Computational Physics) |
| Nakar, Ehud |
(SRA) Fairchild 2004-08 |
high energy astrophysics, gamma ray bursts |
* PhD 1998, Hebrew University * Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University |
| Bell, Nicole |
Fairchild 2004-06 |
astroparticle physics, cosmology, neutrino, dark matter |
* PhD 2001, U. Melbourne * Senior Lecturer, U. Melbourne |
| Furlanetto, Steven |
DuBridge 2003-06 |
cosmology |
* PhD 2003, Harvard * Associate Professor of Astronomy, UCLA |
| Brink, Jeandrew |
Fairchild 2005-07 |
relativity, gravitational-wave astrophysics |
* PhD 2005, Cornell * Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa |
| Nagai, Daisuke |
Fairchild 2005-08 |
cosmology, galaxy clusters, dark matter |
* PhD 2005, Cornell * Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Yale |
| Ando, Shin'ichiro |
Fairchild 2006-09 |
cosmology and particle physics, supernovae, gamma ray bursts, AGN |
* PhD 2005, U. Tokyo * Assistant Professor, Gravitation and AstroParticle Physics Amsterdam (GRAPPA) & Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam |
| Peng, Fang |
Fairchild 2006-09 |
compact objects, gamma ray bursts, high energy astrophysics |
* PhD 2006, U. Chicago * Current whereabouts unknown |
| Peter, Annika |
Irvine 2007-10 |
cosmology |
* PhD 2007, Princeton * UC Irvine |
| Hinderer, Tanja |
Fairchild 2008-11 |
relativity, gravitational-wave astrophysics |
* PhD 2008, Cornell * Research Associate, University of Maryland |
| Ott, Christian |
Fairchild 2008-09 |
supernovae, computational astrophysics and relativity |
* PhD 2007, Albert Einstein Institute * Assistant Professor, Caltech |
| Brooks, Alyson |
Fairchild 2008-11 |
cosmology |
* PhD 2008, U Washington * Grainger Postdoctoral Fellow, U Wisconsin, Madison |
| Tsang, David |
Fairchild 2009-12 |
accretion disks, proto-planetary disks | * PhD 2009, Cornell |