People Directory
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997
Klaus Honscheid
Professor of Physics
Christopher Kochanek
Professor of Astronomy
Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy/ Physics
CCAPP Chair
Ph.D., New York University, 1968
- email: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2006 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-1999
- Research: Cosmology, Astro-Particle Physics, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Todd A. Thompson
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 2002.
- email: thompson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 4019 McPherson Lab
- Phone: (614) 292-7971
- website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~thompson
- Research: Theoretical Astrophysics, Starburst Galaxies, AGN Fueling, Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences / Astronomy
University Distinguished Scholar
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989.
Chair of Physics
Professor of Physics
Andrew Gould
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy
University Distinguished Scholar
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988.
- email: gould@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 4039 McPherson
- Phone: (614) 292-1892
- Research: Microlensing; Identifying & measuring dark matter; extrasolar planets.
Richard Hughes
Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Professor of Physics
- email: hughes@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 1040L/3046 PRB
- Phone (O): (614) 292-3885
- Lab: 3114/3115 PRB
- website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~hughes/hughes.html
- Research: Studying proton-antiproton collision at the world's highest energy collider, the Fermilab Tevatron.
Jennifer Johnson
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1999.
Richard Kass
Professor of Physics
- email: kass@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 3146 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-6958
- Lab: 3130/3153 PRB
- website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kass
- Research: Heavy quark physics and electron-position interactions
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000.
Smita Mathur
Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991.
Patrick Osmer
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970.
- email: posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 4055 McPherson Lab
- Phone: (614) 292-1773
- Office: 250 University Hall
- Phone: (614) 247-7413
- website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~posmer
- Research: Quasar evolution & spectroscopy
Bradley Peterson
Professor of Astronomy
Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1978.
Marc Pinsonneault
Professor of Astronomy
Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Yale University, 1988.
Richard Pogge
Professor of Astronomy
Vice chair for Instrumentation
Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1988.
- email: pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 4037 McPherson Lab
- Phone: (614) 292-0274
- website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge
- Research: Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets
Barbara Ryden
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987.
Kris Stanek
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996.
Terry Walker
Professor of Astronomy and Physics
Director of CCAPP
Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Indiana University, 1987.
Brian Winer
Professor of Physics
- email: winer@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 3042 PRB
- Phone (O): (614) 292-8996
- Lab: 3114/3115/3163 PRB
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- website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~winer
- Research: Experimental Astroparticle Particle Physics (GLAST)
Brian Baughman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tim Eifler
3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Mandeep Gill
Postdoctoral Researcher
- email: msgill@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2018 PRB
- Phone: (614) 688-3294
Eric Grashorn
Postdoctoral Researcher
Shunsaku Horiuchi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Stelios Kazantzidis
5-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., University of Zurich, 2005
- email: stelios@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2018 PRB
- Phone: (614) 247-1501
- Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~stelios
- Research: Theoretical/Computational Astrophysics & Cosmology, Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Galactic Structure, Supermassive Black Holes
Michael Mortonson
3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthew Pieri
Postdoctoral Researcher
Carsten Rott
5-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins
3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
- email: jsg (at) mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2010 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-8016
- Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jsg
- Research: Theoretical cosmology, dark matter, particle astrophysics,
high-energy astrophysics, Fermi (GLAST) Affiliated Scientist
Michael Stamatikos
3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Haojing Yan
5-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow
Jonathan Bird
Graduate Research Assistant
- email: bird (at) astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 4055 McPherson Lab
- Phone: (614) 292-2086
- Advisor: David Weinberg
Matthew Kistler
Presidential Fellow
Brian Lacki
Graduate Research Assistant
- email: lacki@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
- Office: MP
- Advisor: Todd Thompson
Chris Orban
Graduate Research Assistant
Molly Peeples
Graduate Research Assistant
Aaron Sander
Graduate Research Assistant
- email: sander@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 3114 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-7370
- Advisors: Brian Winer, Richard Hughes
Patrick Smith
Graduate Research Assistant
- email: pdsmith@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: 3114 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-7370
- Advisors: Brian Winer, Richard Hughes
Julia Young
Graduate Research Assistant
- email: jyoung@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2005 PRB
- Advisor: Klaus Honscheid
Jacob Eiting
Systems Dev/Engineer
- email: jacob.eiting@gmail.com
- Office: 3157 PRB
- Phone: (937) 423-5387
- Website: jacobeiting.com
Lisa Krehnovi
Web Communications Specialist
- email: krehnovi@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-0792
Yavonne McGarry
Program Coordinator
- email: mcgarry@mps.ohio-state.edu
- Office: M2023 PRB
- Phone: (614) 292-0792
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