Faculty
Shantanu Basu
Interim Director
Star formation, interstellar medium, magnetohydrodynamics, astrophysical gas dynamics, computational astrophysics, machine learning
J. Richard Bond
Professor
Astrophysics & Cosmology – Physics of the Very Early Universe; Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure; Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds; The Dark Matter & Dark Energy Problems; Particle and Gravitational Theory
Pratika Dayal
Professor
Galaxy formation, Epoch of Reionization, 21cm cosmology and Dark Matter
Reed Essick
Assistant Professor
experimental gravity, astrophysical signals and their interpretation, nuclear physics, neutron stars, neutron star equation of state, black holes,gravitational waves, x-ray and radio observations of pulsars, hierarchical Bayesian inference, nonparametric inference, machine learning
Work
MP 1309
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Maya Fishbach
Assistant Professor
gravitational-wave astronomy and cosmology, black holes, neutron stars, massive stars, transients, large-scale structure, astrostatistics
Peter Martin
Professor
Galactic Ecology, Star Formation, Dust Evolution, Gaseous Nebulae; using BLAST, Planck, Herschel Space Observatory (SPIRE and HIFI), JWST/ NIRCAM, International Galactic Plane Survey
Norman Murray
Professor
Nonlinear Dynamics, Solar System Dynamics, Solar Physics, Active Galactic Nuclei
Ue-Li Pen
Professor
What are the initial conditions for the universe? How can we improve astrophysics measurement techniques by orders of magnitude to answer precise questions, e.g. neutrino mass, gravitational waves, pulsar emission?
Bart Ripperda
Assistant Professor
High-energy astrophysics. Computational Astrophysics and Numerical Methods. Black Holes. Neutron Stars. Magnetohydrodynamics. Plasma Physics. General Relativity. Solar Physics.
Chris Thompson
Professor
Astrophysical sources of high energy radiation (Soft Gamma Repeaters, Anomalous X-ray Pulsars, Gamma-Ray Bursts), relativistic fluids and magnetofluids, supernova core collapse, accretion flows and — intermittently — the early universe.
Work
MP 1316
Work Phone: (416) 978-8784
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