Research

Extragalactic Group

Reionization Era & First Galaxies

Black Holes & AGN

Star Formation

Secular Evolution

Galaxy Mergers

Galaxy Clusters

Dark Matter

Stellar Populations

Instrumentation

Weekly Events

Members & Publications

Faculty/Scientists

Postdocs

Graduate Students

Extragalactic Group : Black Holes & AGN

Julie Comerford, Karl Gebhardt, John Jardel, Shardha Jogee, John Kormendy, Milos Milosavljevic, Sarah Salviander, Gregory Shields, Tim Weinzirl, Beverley Wills


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Karl Gebhardt  

Professor

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Research Interests

Formation and evolution of galaxies; dynamics of stellar systems; study of supermassive black holes.

Group Areas

Dark Matter, HETDEX: Dark Energy Experiment


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Shardha Jogee  

Associate Professor

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Research Interests

Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Galaxy Mergers; Star Formation and AGN; Galaxy Evolution in Clusters; Secular Evolution, Bulge Assembly and Barred Galaxies.

Group Areas

Secular Evolution, Galaxy Mergers, Galaxy Clusters, Star Formation (Extragalactic)


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John Kormendy  

Professor

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Research Interests

Supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei; structure and dynamics of galaxies; secular evolution of galaxies; dark matter; galaxy formation and evolution.

Group Areas

Secular Evolution, Dark Matter


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Milos Milosavljevic  

Associate Professor

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Research Interests

Massive black holes; the Galactic center; galaxy formation; galaxy clusters; plasma astrophysics.

Group Areas

Clusters of Galaxies, Gamma-ray Bursts, Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics


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Sarah Salviander  

Research Fellow

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Research Interests

Demographics and Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes in Quasars and Galaxies.


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Gregory Shields  

Professor

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Research Interests

Active galactic nuclei; supermassive black holes; chemical evolution of galaxies.

Group Areas

Active Galactic Nuclei


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Beverley Wills  

Research Fellow

Research Interests

Active galactic nuclei from radio to x-ray wavelengths.


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Julie Comerford  

W.J. McDonald Fellow

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Research Interests

Observations of dual supermassive black holes in merger-remnant galaxies.

Group Areas

Galaxy Mergers


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John Jardel  

Graduate Student

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Research Interests

Galaxy formation and evolution; galaxy dynamics; dark matter; supermassive black holes.

Group Areas

Dark Matter


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Tim Weinzirl  

Graduate Student

Research Interests

Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Galaxy Structure, Secular Evolution, Star Formation and AGN.

Group Areas

Secular Evolution, Star Formation (Extragalactic), Stellar Populations, Galaxy Mergers