Faculty/Scientists

Publications

Frank Bash

Professor Emeritus

Research Interests

Large-scale structure of spiral galaxies; star formation on large scales.

Harriet Dinerstein

Professor

Research Interests

Planetary nebulae; abundances in gaseous nebulae; infrared, optical, and ultraviolet spectroscopy of emission lines; extragalactic H II regions and star formation in disk galaxies; classical novae.

Group Areas

HII Regions & Planetary Nebulae, Chemical Abundances

Neal Evans

Professor

Research Interests

Molecular clouds; star formation; millimeter, submillimeter, and infrared astronomy.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks, Spitzer Legacy Project: c2d, Spitzer Legacy Project: Gould's Belt

Joel Green

Research Associate

Research Interests

Spitzer Instrument Team: IRS_Disks; Spitzer: Jets and Outflows; Herschel: Protostars and protoplanetary disks.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks

Paul Harvey

Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests

Infrared studies of the interstellar medium; star formation; infrared imaging.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks, Spitzer Legacy Project: Gould's Belt

Daniel Jaffe

Professor

Research Interests

Infrared spectroscopy of protostars and star forming clouds; submillimeter observations of interstellar gas, star formation regions, and protostars; physics of the dense interstellar medium; instrumentation for infrared spectroscopy.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks, Spitzer Legacy Project: c2d, HII Regions & Planetary Nebulae, IGRINS, Micromachined Silicon Diffractive Optics, GMTNIRS, EXES: mid-IR spectrograph

John Lacy

Professor

Research Interests

Infrared astronomical spectroscopy; infrared studies of interstellar molecules; studies of ionized gas in the Galactic Center; development of high-resolution infrared spectrographs.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks, HII Regions & Planetary Nebulae, Spitzer Legacy Project: Gould's Belt, EXES: mid-IR spectrograph

Daniel Lester

Research Fellow

Research Interests

Infrared emission lines; abundances in H II regions; infrared studies of star formation; starburst galaxies.

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks

Postdocs

Publications

Isa Oliveira

Postdoctoral Fellow

Michael Pavel

Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Publications

Michael Gully-Santiago

Graduate Student

Research Interests

Discovery and characterization of very low mass stars and brown dwarfs; star and planet formation; infrared astronomical spectroscopy; innovative technologies for astronomical instrumentation; electron beam lithography; semiconductor processing; optical metrology

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks, IGRINS, Micromachined Silicon Diffractive Optics, GMTNIRS

Sam Harrold

Graduate Student

Group Areas

Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks

Amanda Heiderman

Graduate Student

Research Interests

Star Formation: Galactic and Extragalactic, Galaxy Morphology, Galaxy Environments, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Multi-wavelength Studies of Galaxies

Group Areas

Star Formation (Extragalactic), Galaxy Mergers, Galaxy Clusters, Star Formation & Protoplanetary Disks

Manuel Merello

Graduate Student

Nalin Vutisalchavakul

Graduate Student

Mo (Emma) Yu

Graduate Student

Staff

Publications

Cynthia Brooks

Research Engineer/Scientist Associate IV

Group Areas

Micromachined Silicon Diffractive Optics, IGRINS, GMTNIRS

Undergraduate Students

Publications