Research Overview

Areas of research within the Astronomy Department consist of:

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Faculty Research Interests

Name	Research Areas
Peter J. Adshead	Cosmology, Theory
Gabrielle D. Allen	Computation and Data
Kirk Barrow	Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Theory
Matias Carrasco Kind	Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Patrick I Draper	Cosmology, Theory
Bryan Dunne	Observation
Siegfried Eggl	Computation and Data, Observation
Brian D. Fields	Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Stars and Planets, Theory
Jeffrey P Filippini	Cosmology, Instrumentation
Decker French	Compact Objects, Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Charles F. Gammie	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Stars and Planets, Theory
Robert A Gruendl	Computation and Data, Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Gilbert Holder	Cosmology, Theory
Eliu Antonio Huerta Escudero	Compact Objects, Computation and Data
Athol J Kemball	Computation and Data, Observation, Stars and Planets
Luke Leisman	Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Xin Liu	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Leslie W Looney	Galaxies and ISM, Instrumentation, Observation, Stars and Planets
Benjamin J. McCall	Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Felipe Menanteau	Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Instrumentation, Observation
Telemachos Ch Mouschovias	Computation and Data, Galaxies and ISM, Stars and Planets, Theory
Gautham Narayan	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Cosmology, Observation
Paul M. Ricker	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Cosmology, Stars and Planets, Theory
Stuart L. Shapiro	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Cosmology, Theory
Jessie F Shelton	Cosmology, Theory
Yue Shen	Compact Objects, Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Matthew J Turk	Computation and Data, Stars and Planets
Joaquin Vieira	Computation and Data, Cosmology, Galaxies and ISM, Instrumentation, Observation
Helvi Witek	Cosmology
Tony Wong	Galaxies and ISM, Observation
Dr. Nicolas Yunes	Compact Objects, Cosmology, Theory