Astronomy and Astrophysics
2012-13 General Catalog
Astronomy Department Office
201 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
(831) 459-2844
http://www.astro.ucsc.edu
Program Description | Course Descriptions
Faculty and Professional Interests
Professor/Astronomer
Rebecca Bernstein
Galaxy formation and evolution, astronomical instrumentation and optical design
Peter H. Bodenheimer, Emeritus
Michael J. Bolte
Dynamics of star clusters, ages of star clusters, chemical enrichment history of the galaxy, observations of interacting galaxies
Jean P. Brodie
Extragalactic globular clusters, galaxy formation, near-field cosmology
Harland W. Epps
Astronomical optics and instrumentation
Sandra M. Faber
Galaxies, stellar populations, cosmology, instrumentation
Puragra (Raja) GuhaThakurta
Galaxy formation and evolution: resolved stellar populations in the Local Group and distant galaxies. Globular clusters. Interstellar dust.
Garth D. Illingworth
High redshift galaxies, galaxy formation/evolution, science policy
Burton F. Jones, Emeritus
David C. Koo
Cosmology, birth and evolution of galaxies and quasars
Robert P. Kraft, Emeritus
Claire Max
Adaptive optics and high spatial resolution imaging, colliding galaxies, active galactic nuclei and their supermassive black holes
Joseph S. Miller, Emeritus
Jerry E. Nelson
Design and construction of large telescopes; project scientist for the two Keck telescope and Thirty Meter telescope
Jason Prochaska
Damped Lya systems in quasars, Lyman limit systems, stellar abundances, thick disk imaging of our galaxy
David M. Rank, Emeritus
Constance Rockosi
Galactic structure, stellar populations, CCD detectors, astronomical instrumentation
Graeme H. Smith
Stellar populations, chromospheric activity among late-type stars
Steven S. Vogt
Extrasolar planets, stellar, spectroscopy, instrumentation
Merle F. Walker, Emeritus
Astronomer
Lloyd B. Robinson, Emeritus
Professor
George R. Blumenthal
Cosmology, galaxy formation, high-energy astrophysics
Frank D. Drake, Emeritus
John Faulkner, Emeritus
Gregory Laughlin
Extra-solar planets, numerical astrophysics
Douglas N. C. Lin
Fluid dynamics, star formation, galactic structure, planetary systems, accretion disks, extra-solar planets
Piero Madau
Cosmology, high-energy astrophysics
Bruce H. Margon
High-energy astrophysics, space astronomy
William G. Mathews, Research Professor
High-energy astrophysics, intracluster gas
Stanford E. Woosley
Supernovae, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis
Associate Professor
Jonathan Fortney
Planetary atmospheres and interiors, extrasolar planets
Mark Krumholz
Star formation, interstellar medium, numerical methods
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Stellar explosions, gamme-ray bursts accretion physics, near compact stars
Assistant Professor
Charlie Conroy
Galaxy formation and evolution, stellar populations, cosmology
Lecturer
Adriane Steinacker
Planet formation, MHD simulations
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Professor
Joel R. Primack (Physics)
Cosmology, galaxy, formation and evolution, particle astrophysics, nature of dark matter, gamma ray astronomy
Gary Glatzmaier (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
Computer simulation of geodynamics and planetary dynamics
Steven Ritz (Physics)
Particle physics and astrophysics
David M. Smith (Physics)
High-energy astrophysics; X-ray and gamma-ray detectors and instrumentation; solar, terrestrial, and planetary sources of gamma radiation
Associate Professor
Anthony N. Aguirre (Physics)
Cosmology of the early and late universe: inflation and the global structure of cosmological models; the intergalactic medium and its enrichment with heavy elements; galaxy formation, evolution, and feedback processes; dark matter; theories of modified gravity
Pascale Garaud (Applied Mathematics)
Astrophysics, geophysics, fluid dynamics, numerical resolutions of differential equations, and mathematical modeling of natural flows
Research Astronomer
Bruce Bigelow
Design, project management for complex optical-mechanical systems, astronomical instrumentation for large telescopes
Donald Gavel
Development of next generation adaptive optics for large telescopes, Director of Laboratory for Adaptive Optics
Brad Holden
Design, development, and oversight of UC Astronomy Data Center (all data obtained by UC astronomers at the Lick and Keck Observatories), early evolution of elliptical galaxies
Robert Kibrick
Development of computer software and wide-area networks in support of remote control and data-acquisition systems for telescopes and comlex astronomical instrumentation systems
Terry Mast
Development of large telescopes and their instrumentation
Drew Phillips
Extragalactic star-formation, gas-phase abundances, galaxy kinematics, and galaxy formation and evolutions; development of astronomical optics and instrumentation
Richard Stover
Development and construction of state-of-the-art detector systems for instruments at Lick Observatory and the Keck Observatory
Mingzhi Wei
CCD detectors and CCD controllers
Revised: 8/13/12
