Current members (alphabetical), affiliations and primary research interests
Marc Audard
(Columbia Astrophysics
Laboratory,
Disk Group Lead) Star Formation;
accretion disks; X-ray emission in young stars; astrochemistry
Fernando Camilo
(Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory) Supernova
and Neutron stars
Nicholas
Christie-Blick
(Chair DEES, Lamont-Doherty) Paleoclimate,
extreme environments
Zoltan Haiman
(Columbia Astronomy) Extrasolar
planets: observational signatures and their interpretation
Laura
Kay
(Astronomy/Physics, Barnard College) Astrobiology
Education
Brian Mailloux
(Columbia Earth Institute/Barnard) Groundwater
microbiology, tracking active microbial populations
Kristen
Menou
(Columbia Astronomy) Extrasolar planets: Orbital
configurations, Atmospheres and Habitability
Paul
Olsen
(Lamont-Doherty) Extraterrestrial Impacts
Daniel Savin
(Columbia
Astrophysics Laboratory) Relevant atomic
and molecular reactions
Caleb
Scharf
(Columbia Astrophysics
Laboratory, CAC Director)
tidally heated habitable zones,
elemental constraints on habitability, planet detection
Rae
Silver
(Barnard and Columbia Psychology) Human space
exploration
Michael
Allison
(GISS, Planetary Science) Planetary fluid dynamics,
spaceflight mission planning, planetary atmospheres
Mike
Bauer
(GISS/DEES, Climatology) Climate
simulation, planetary atmospheres
Mark
Chandler
(GISS/CCSR) Paleoclimate
and simulation
Nancy
Kiang
(GISS) Biogeochemistry
and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
Linda
Sohl
(Lamont-Doherty) Sedimentary Geology and Paleoclimate