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John Beacom

John Beacom

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997

Klaus Honscheid

Klaus Honscheid

Professor of Physics

Christopher Kochanek

Christopher Kochanek

Professor of Astronomy

Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989.

Gary Steigman

Gary Steigman

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

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
David Weinberg

David Weinberg

Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences / Astronomy

University Distinguished Scholar

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989.

Jim Beatty

Jim Beatty

Chair of Physics

Professor of Physics

Andrew Gould

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

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

Jennifer Johnson

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1999.

Richard Kass

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
Paul Martini

Paul Martini

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000.

Smita Mathur

Smita Mathur

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991.

Patrick Osmer

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

Bradley Peterson

Professor of Astronomy

Department Chair

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1978.

Marc Pinsonneault

Marc Pinsonneault

Professor of Astronomy

Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D., Yale University, 1988.

Richard Pogge

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

Barbara Ryden

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987.

Kris Stanek

Kris Stanek

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996.

Terry Walker

Terry Walker

Professor of Astronomy and Physics

Director of CCAPP

Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Indiana University, 1987.

Brian Winer

Brian Winer

Professor of Physics

  • email: winer@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3042 PRB
  • Phone (O): (614) 292-8996
  • Lab: 3114/3115/3163 PRB
  • website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~winer
  • Research: Experimental Astroparticle Particle Physics (GLAST)
Brian Baughman

Brian Baughman

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tim Eifler

Tim Eifler

3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Mandeep Gill

Mandeep Gill

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • email: msgill@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2018 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 688-3294
Eric Grashorn

Eric Grashorn

Postdoctoral Researcher

Shunsaku Horiuchi

Shunsaku Horiuchi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Stelios Kazantzidis

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

Michael Mortonson

3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Matthew Pieri

Matthew Pieri

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carsten Rott

Carsten Rott

5-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins

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
Micheal Stamatikos

Michael Stamatikos

3-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Haojing Yan

Haojing Yan

5-year CCAPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Jonathan Bird

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

Matthew Kistler

Presidential Fellow

Brian Lacki

Brian Lacki

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: lacki@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: MP
  • Advisor: Todd Thompson
Chris Orban

Chris Orban

Graduate Research Assistant

Molly Peeples

Molly Peeples

Graduate Research Assistant

Aaron Sander

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

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

Julia Young

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: jyoung@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2005 PRB
  • Advisor: Klaus Honscheid
Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

Systems Dev/Engineer

  • email: jacob.eiting@gmail.com
  • Office: 3157 PRB
  • Phone: (937) 423-5387
  • Website: jacobeiting.com
Lisa Krehnovi

Lisa Krehnovi

Web Communications Specialist

  • email: krehnovi@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-0792
Yavonne McGarry

Yavonne McGarry

Program Coordinator

  • email: mcgarry@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2023 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-0792

 

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