Research Bio
Dan Kasen is a professor in the Department of Physics. He received his B.S. from Stanford University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley. Prior to returning to Cal, he was the Alan C. Davis fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Hubble fellow at UC Santa Cruz. He joined the Berkeley physics faculty in 2010, jointly appointed with the nuclear science division at LBNL.
Research Expertise and Interest
astrophysics, nuclear physics
In the News
Simulations Attempt to Reconstruct One of the Most Explosive Events in the Universe: A Neutron Star Merger
Scientists are getting better at modeling the complex tangle of physics properties at play in one of the most powerful events in the known universe: the merger of two neutron stars.
Flash-in-the-pan supernovas explained
Most exploding stars flare brightly and then slowly fade over weeks to months, but an unusual group of supernovas noticed only in the last 10 years flare up and disappear within days.
Scientists Decode the Origin of Universe’s Heavy Elements in the Light from a Neutron Star Merger
The first measurement of the merger of two neutron stars and its explosive aftermath.
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