Alex Filippenko Dept of Astronomy supernovae, active galaxies, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, expansion of the universe
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
Daniel Stark Dept of Astronomy high redshift galaxies, spectroscopy, reionization, low mass and low metallicity galaxies, massive star populations in early galaxies
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 Dept of Physics cosmology, dark energy, physics, astrophysics experiments, observational astrophysics, supernovae, accelerating universe
Joshua Bloom Dept of Astronomy machine learning, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, time-domain astronomy, data-driven discovery