Faculty


Marcel Agüeros

Asst. Prof. Astronomy
age-rotation-activity relation in solar-type stars, time-domain astronomy, low-mass white dwarfs, isolated neutron stars

Pupin 1327

Website

212.854.6814

Michael Allison

Adjunct Prof. G.I.S.S.
planetary fluid dynamics, spaceflight mission planning, planetary atmospheres

Armstrong 656

Website

212.678.5554

James Applegate

Prof. Astronomy
stellar physics; cosmology; computational astrophysics

Pupin 1322

Website

212.854.6834

Elena Aprile

Prof. Physics
experimental high energy astrophysics, cosmology and astroparticle physics

Pupin 1016

Website

212.854.3258

Andrei Beloborodov

Prof. Physics
theoretical astrophysics, compact objects and high-energy phenomena

Pupin 1013

Website

212.854.6892

Greg Bryan

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
Director of Graduate Studies
cosmology, galaxy formation, numerical hydrodynamics, lyman-alpha forest, large-scale structure

Pupin 1325

Website

212.854.6837

Arlin Crotts

Prof. Astronomy
observational cosmology, dark matter, supernovae, astronomical instrumentation, lunar science

Pupin 1012/1031

Website

212.854.7899

Charles J. Hailey

Prof. Physics, Co-Director, CAL
experimental high energy astrophysics and particle astrophysics/cosmology

Pupin 1018/Nevis

Website

212.854.4238

Zoltan Haiman

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
cosmology, galaxy formation, intergalactic medium, weak gravitational lensing

Pupin 1326

Website

212.854.6822

Jules Halpern

Prof. Astronomy
pulsars, neutron stars; gamma-ray bursts; active galactic nuclei

Pupin 1014

Website

212.854.2554

David J. Helfand

Prof. Astronomy
neutron stars, X-ray background, radio surveys

Pupin 1020

Website

212.854.2150

Lam Hui

Prof. Physics
theoretical astrophysics, high energy physics, large scale structure and cosmology

Pupin 1026

Website

212.854.7241

Kathryn Johnston

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
Director of Graduate Studies
dynamics; galaxy interactions, formation and evolution; the Milky Way and Local Group

Pupin 1320

Website

212.854.3884

Laura Kay

Prof. Barnard
Chair Physics and Astronomy, Barnard
active galactic nuclei, spectropolarimetry, polarimetric instrumentation

Altschul 503

Website

212.854.4208

Janna Levin

Assoc. Prof Barnard
cosmology, chaos, and black holes

Pupin 901 / Altschul 505

Website

212.854.2263

Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

Adj. Prof. A.M.N.H.
formation of stars and galaxies, structure and dynamics of the interstellar medium

Pupin 1407 / A.M.N.H.

Website

212.496.3443

Szabolcs Marka

Assoc. Prof. Physics
experimental gravitational wave detection; LIGO scientific collaboration

Pupin 1009

Website

212.854.8209

Kristen Menou

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
accretion disks, extrasolar planets, astrophysical fluid dynamics

Pupin 1331

Website

212.854.6899

Amber Miller

Dean of Science
experimental cosmology (Cosmic Microwave Background)

Pupin 1024

Website

212.854.4987

Reshmi Mukherjee

Prof. Barnard
active galactic nuclei, unidentified gamma-ray sources, extragalactic gamma-ray background

Pupin 1010 / Altschul 506

Website

212.854.4208

Ben Oppenheimer

Adj. Assoc. Prof. A.M.N.H.
extrasolar planets, infrared and adaptive optics instrumentation, white dwarfs

A.M.N.H.

Website

212.313.7921

Frederik Paerels

Prof. Astronomy
Chair, Astronomy
X-ray spectroscopy, intergalactic medium, X-ray instrumentation

Pupin 1022

Website

212.854.0181

Joseph Patterson

Prof. Astronomy
cataclysmic/X-ray binaries, late stellar evolution

Pupin 1316

Website

212.854.3276

Mary Putman

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
Director of Undergraduate Studies
galaxy formation and evolution, intergalactic medium, halo gas, star formation, Local Group

Pupin 1318

Website

212.854.6831

Malvin Ruderman

Prof. Physics
compact objects, especially neutron stars

Pupin 922

Website

212.854.3317

David Schiminovich

Assoc. Prof. Astronomy
galaxy formation and evolution, intergalactic and interstellar medium, astronomical instrumentation

Pupin 1324

Website

212.854.7819

Michael Shara

Adj. Prof. A.M.N.H.
origins and evolution of strongly interacting binary stars; explosions and shells of novae; the most massive and luminous stars; simulations of stellar collisions and mergers

A.M.N.H.

Website

212.769.5488

Edward A. Spiegel

Prof. Emeritus Astronomy
astrophysical fluid dynamics, photofluiddynamics

Pupin 1329

Website

212.854.6810

Jacqueline van Gorkom

Prof. Astronomy
galactic structure and evolution, galaxy clusters

Pupin 1314

Website

212.854.6850