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Faculty in Physics & Astronomy
All phone numbers are in area code 612 unless otherwise noted.
 | Name | Contact Info | Areas of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yong-Zhong Qian Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 375-18 (office), 624-7567 qian @ physics.umn.edu | Nuclear/particle astrophysics and cosmology: neutrino oscillations and their effects in astrophysical environments, supernova explosion and nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution of galaxies |
| Vuk Mandic Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | PAN 328 (office), 624-6844 mandic @ physics.umn.edu | Gravitational Wave Physics, Observational Cosmology, Early Universe Physics |
| Thomas W. Jones Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-02 (office), 624-8546 WALIB 411 (office), 624-1699 twj @ umn.edu | Theoretical and computational astrophysics, acceleration of cosmic rays, physics of diffusive shock acceleration, magnetohydrodynamics, galaxy clusters and the intracluster medium, radio galaxy dynamics, supernova remnant dynamics [Research Group Web Pag |
| Terry J. Jones Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 260 (office), 624-8009 626-2067 TATEH 265 (lab) tjj @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomical polarimetry, Infrared astronomy, Comets and Interstellar Magnetic Fields. |
| Shaul Hanany Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | PAN 316 (office), 626-8929 PAN 388 (lab), 625-1074 hanany @ umn.edu | Observational Cosmology; Early Universe Physics |
| Roberta Humphreys Emeritus Faculty (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-07 (office), 624-6530 roberta @ umn.edu | Luminous stars, stellar evolution, optical spectroscopy, galactic structure |
| Robert Gehrz Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-04 (office), 624-7806 TATEH 270 (lab), 626-2067 gehrz @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy |
| Robert Lysak Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-18 (office), 625-1323 lysak001 @ umn.edu | Theoretical Space Plasma Physics, especially magnetospheric physics; auroral particle acceleration; dynamics of ultra-low-frequency (ULF) waves in the magnetosphere, especially kinetic Alfven waves; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; dynamics of field-ali |
| Robert Pepin Emeritus Faculty (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | SHEPLAB 421 (office), 624-0819 SHEPLAB 214 (lab), 624-6001 pepin001 @ umn.edu | |
| Priscilla Cushman Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | PAN 327 (office), 626-8917 cushman @ umn.edu | Dark matter searches, novel particle detectors, collaborative work in integrative tools for Underground Science, low background techniques |
| Paul Woodward Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics); Director, LCSE | WALIB 428 (office), 625-8049 paul @ lcse.umn.edu | Astronomy | |
| Marco Peloso Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 375-12 (office), 624-6525 peloso @ physics.umn.edu | Astroparticle physics, Inflation, Cosmology of extra-dimensions, Physics beyond the Standard Model |
| M. Claudia Scarlata Associate Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) Dir. of Graduate Studies | TATEH 285-08 (office), 626-1811 scarlata @ astro.umn.edu | Galaxy formation and evolution: massive galaxies, evolution of galaxy structure. Lyα line as a cosmological tool: escape of Lyα photons, large-scale structure, Lyα blobs. Reionization: Lyman continuum escape fraction, IR background fluctuations |
| Lucy Fortson Professor and SPA Associate Head (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-14 (office), 624-9587 fortson @ physics.umn.edu | High-energy astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy, extragalactic astronomy including active galactic nuclei and barred spirals; Developing online citizen science as a method to solve research problems with large datasets; physics education research. |
| Liliya L.R. Williams Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-10 (office), 624-1084 llrw @ umn.edu | Cosmology; properties of dark matter halos; gravitational lensing |
| Lawrence Rudnick Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 275-02 (office), 624-3396 larry @ umn.edu | Interactions of astrophysical relativistic and thermal plasmas in clusters of galaxies. Formation of cosmic large-scale structure and magnetic fields. Studied through radio, X-ray and optical observations, and citizen science projects. |
| Kris Davidson Emeritus Faculty (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-07 (office), 624-5711 kd @ astro.umn.edu | Astronomy |
| Keith Olive Professor (Director, Fine Theoretical Physics Institute and Member, Minnesota Institute for Astrophy | TATEH 275-18 (office), 624-7354 olive @ umn.edu | Cosmology/Particle Physics |
| John Wygant Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | 626-8921 wygan001 @ umn.edu | Experimental Space Plasma Physics: Shock waves; aurora; magnetic field reconnection; mechanisms for relativistic particle acceleration. |
| Evan Skillman Professor/Director (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 285-16 (office), 624-9523 skillman @ astro.umn.edu | Extragalactic Observational Astronomy; Specializing in: Chemical Evolution of Galaxies, Structure and Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies, H II Region Abundances, Star Formation, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Cluster Galaxies |
| Cynthia Cattell Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | TATEH 258 (office), 626-8918 cattell @ umn.edu | Space plasma physics; magnetic and electric field measurements; auroral particle acceleration; particle acceleration and wave processes in Earth’s radiation belts; non-linear plasma physics; magnetic reconnection and shocks. |
| Clement Pryke Associate Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics) | PAN 318 (office), 624-7578 PAN 382 (lab) pryke @ physics.umn.edu | Astrophysics and Cosmology--Cosmic microwave background |
| Charles E. Woodward Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics); Coordinator LBTO | TATEH 285-06 (office), 624-0254 TATEH 265/270 (lab), 626-2067 woodw024 @ umn.edu | Solar system comets; classical novae and CVs; evolved stellar populations, National/International Space and Research Policy |