Research Interests 2

The evolution of the Universe as a whole from the Big Bang to the present day, and the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy

Formation and evolution of galaxies, distribution of baryons and dark matter, gas and stellar dynamics, active galactic nuclei, interstellar medium

Neutron stars and black holes, stellar coronae, supernova remnants, and clusters of galaxies.

Ground and space-based observatories and experimental astrophysics.

Observational studies spanning the electromagnetic spectrum: radio, submillimeter, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, soft and hard X-rays, and gamma rays; sear

Modeling of planetary origins, giant and terrestrial planet atmospheric physics, the development and use of instrumentation for direct imaging of exoplanets,

Computational investigations of X-ray clusters, galaxy formation and evolution, the interstellar medium, star formation at low and high redshifts, force-free

Stellar variability and evolution, detection and properties of binary systems featuring compact objects, multi-wavelength observation and theory of neutron s

Planetary atmospheres, star– and planet–formation, accretion onto compact objects, galactic dynamics, general relativity and black holes, modified gravity th