Areas of research within the Astronomy Department consist of:
- Compact Objects
- Computation & Data
- Cosmology
- Galaxies & ISM
- Instrumentation
- Observation
- Stars & Planets
- Theory
Our research takes place around the world. Read more about our facilities.
ILLINOIS ASTRONOMY PUBLICATIONS
- Recent Publications of the Astronomy Department Faculty (Experts page)
- Recent Publications of the Astronomy Department Faculty (ADS search)
- Reprints and Preprint by Members of the Astronomy Department at arXiv.org
Student Research Opportunities
Graduate students interested in collaborating with faculty should view our list of student research opportunities.
Faculty Research Interests
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Physics of Inflation in the Early Universe ; Connections Between High-Energy Particle Physics and the Early Universe | |
| Numerical Relativity; High-Performance Computing; Gravitational Wave Astrophysics; STEM Education | |
| Observational Cosmology; Statistical and Machine Learning; Data Science | |
| Cosmology, extragalactic astronomy, machine and deep learning, especially in large scale structure, galaxy formation and evolution, environmental dependence of galaxy properties and photometric redshift estimation. | |
| Theoretical high energy particle physics and cosmology, including the Higgs boson, axions and the strong CP problem, supersymmetry, and nonperturbative phenomena in quantum field theories, among others. | |
| Cosmology, Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics; Nucleosynthesis; Dark Matter; Cosmic-ray, Gamma-ray, and Neutrino Astrophysics; Supernovae; Astrobiology | |
| Observational Cosmology; Particle Astrophysics; Instrumentation | |
| Black Holes; Formation of the Moon; Planet Formation; Star Formation; Cosmic-ray Transport; Interstellar Turbulence | |
| Survey Science; Galaxies; ISM; LMC and SMC | |
| Cosmic Microwave Background; Gravitational Lensing; Dark Matter; Dark Energy; Black Holes | |
| analytical and numerical relativity; machine and deep learning; multimessenger astrophysics | |
| Survey Astronomy and Data Science; Gravitational Lensing; Theory of Interferometry; Astrophysical Masers | |
| Astronomical Survey and Data Science; Origin and Cosmic Evolution of Galaxies and Galactic Nuclei; The Nature of Black Holes and Gravity | |
| Low-Mass Star Formation in the Milky Way; Properties of Circumstellar Disks; Magnetic Fields in Star Formation | |
| Astrochemistry; Laboratory Spectroscopy; ISM; Diffuse Interstellar Bands | |
| Observational Cosmology; Clusters of Galaxies and Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect; Large Surveys; Data Analysis Pipelines for Surveys; Algorithms for Data Mining; Galaxy Formation and Evolution | |
| Cosmic Magnetic Fields; Formulation of Theory of Star Formation Accounting for Role of Magnetic Fields; Astrophysical Analytical and Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics; Diffuse Matter Astrophysics | |
| Computational Astrophysics; Cosmological Structure Formation; Clusters of Galaxies; Binary Stars; Supernovae | |
| Multimessenger Astronomy; Numerical Relativity; Gravitational Waves; Scientific Computing; Data Science | |
| General Relativity; Numerical Relativity; Gravitational Wave Astrophysics; Computational Magnetohydrodynamics and Stellar Dynamics; Cosmology | |
| Dark Matter; Particle Astrophysics; Particle Physics of the Early Universe | |
| Observational Cosmology; Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei; Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Surveys and Time-Domain Science | |
| Formation of the First Stars and Galaxies; Primordial Chemistry; High-performance Computing and Computational Simulations; Analysis and Visualization of Astrophysical Data | |
| Cosmology; Extragalactic Surveys; Galaxy Evolution; Instrumentation; Observation | |
| Molecular Clouds; Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies; Evolution of Disk Galaxies |
