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headshot of Michael Bottom with wood panel background Michael Bottom
Dept of Astronomy
exoplanet imaging, adaptive optics, experimental astrophysics
Wenbin Lu Wenbin Lu
Dept of Astronomy
astronomy
Raffaella Margutti Raffaella Margutti
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, compact object mergers, core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, Neutron Stars, radio astronomy, space astrophysics, stellar evolution, supernova shockwaves, supernovae, tidal disruption events
Prof. Jessica Lu and the Keck Observatory Laser-Guided Adaptive Optics System. Jessica Lu
Dept of Astronomy
black holes, star and cluster formation, galactic centers, adaptive optics, astronomy, instrumentation, infrared instrumentation, astrometry
William Holzpfel William Holzapfel
Dept of Physics
cosmology, physics, measurement and interpretation of anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background, the universe, density of energy, baryonic matter in the universe, the degree angular scale interferometer, the arcminute cosmology bolometer array
headshot of Adrian Lee Adrian Lee
Dept of Physics
physics
headshot of Reinhard Genzel Reinhard Genzel
Dept of Physics
physics, existence and formation of black holes in galactic nuclei, nature of the power source, the evolution of (ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, gas dynamics, fueling of active galactic nuclei, properties evolution of starburst galaxies
Saul Perlmutter sitting at a desk with figures drawn on a white board behind him. Saul Perlmutter
Dept of Physics
cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe
Dan Weisz Dan Weisz
Dept of Astronomy
observational astrophysics, galaxies, stars, cosmology, early Universe, dark matter
a photo of Aaron Parsons standing in front of the HERA telescope in South Africa in 2025 Aaron Parsons
Dept of Astronomy
cosmic reionization, experimental cosmology, radio interferometry, digital signal processing, observational astrophysics
Prof. Liang Dai Liang Dai
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, physical cosmology
Chung-Pei Ma Chung-Pei Ma
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, black hole, dark matter, cosmology, formation and evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation
Uros Seljak in 2023 Uros Seljak
Dept of Physics
astrophysics, cosmology, machine learning, Bayesian statistics
headshot of John Tomsick John Tomsick
Academic Research Unit
black holes, Neutron Stars, X-ray astronomy, NuSTAR, accretion, COSI
Image of Courtney Dressing (Photo by Ben Ailes) Courtney Dressing
Dept of Astronomy
exoplanets, stars, habitability, astrobiology
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