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Planetary Systems

McDonald Laser Ranging Station

Stars

Space Astrometry

White Dwarf Stars and the Age of the Galaxy

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Extragalactic

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Research Groups 2005-2006 [ pdf ]



Planetary Systems

Name
Title & Research
Benedict, G. Fritz
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies.
Cochran, Anita
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Assistant Director

Primitive bodies in the solar system; chemical composition of comets; the Kuiper belt, CONTOUR Mission Science Team.
Cochran, William
(Chair)
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Searches for extrasolar planetary systems; high-precision measurements of stellar radial velocity variations; variable stars; planetary atmospheres; comets; asteroids.
Endl, Michael
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

Detection of extrasolar planets and brown dwarf companions. Search for extremely low-mass planets around M dwarf stars. High precision stellar radial velocity measurements. Astrobiology.
McArthur, Barbara
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets.
Scalo, John
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Star formation; interstellar medium; turbulence; galaxy evolution; complex systems; astrobiology.
Shelus, Peter J
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Small Solar System body motions; time: laser ranging; Earth and lunar dynamics; stellar astrometry.
Trafton, Laurence M
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Planetary atmospheres; volatile transport; evolution of the solar system.
von Hippel, Ted
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

History and age of Galactic and local group stellar populations; observational constraints on stellar evolution; automated spectral classification; search for planets around white dwarfs; detection of biosignatures.
Ries, Judit Gyorgyey
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Associate

Planetary Astronomy, Astrometry and physical characterization of Near Earth Objects, especially Earth-crossing asteroids. Also works as Lunar Data Analyst for the McDonald Laser Ranging Station.
Roman, Brian
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Engineer/Scientist Associate III


Bitner, Martin
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

High resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of disks around young stars.
Gray, Candace
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


Kagan, Daniel
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


Wittenmyer, Robert
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Radial-velocity searches for multi-planet systems, and system parameter modeling of HD 209458b.

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Stars

Name
Title & Research
Allende Prieto, Carlos
(Chair)
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

Stellar atmospheres. Spectroscopic analysis of stellar spectra. Chemical composition of stars.
Barnes III, Thomas G
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Observational aspects of variable stars, particularly distance scale issues for Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables.
Benedict, G. Fritz
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies.
Hemenway, Mary Kay
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Associate

Astronomy education.
Lambert, David
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Stellar atmospheres; chemical composition of stars; chemical evolution of the universe.
MacQueen, Phillip
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Instrumentation, CCD detectors; stellar abundances.
McArthur, Barbara
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets.
Nather, Edward
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor Emeritus

Observational studies of interacting binary collapsed stars; asteroseismology of white dwarfs; the Whole Earth Telescope.
Robinson, Edward L
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Observational studies of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; cataclysmic variables, low-mass X-ray binaries, X-ray transients; pulsating white dwarfs.
Shetrone, Matthew
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Observational techniques; queue scheduled telescopes; galactic nucleosynthesis; stellar evolution.
Sneden, Chris
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Chemical composition of stars; stellar evolution; galactic nucleosynthesis.
Tomkin, Jocelyn
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

High-resolution stellar spectroscopy.
von Hippel, Ted
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

History and age of Galactic and local group stellar populations; observational constraints on stellar evolution; automated spectral classification; search for planets around white dwarfs; detection of biosignatures.
Winget, Don
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Theory and observation: cosmochronology; evolution of the Milky Way; late stages of stellar evolution; stellar pulsations; the Whole Earth Telescope.
Barnes, Stuart
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Frebel, Anna
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Kim, Agnes
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow

White dwarfs; astro-particle physics.
Maund, Justyn
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Redfield, Seth
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow

Local ISM; stellar chromospheres and coronae; UV and optical spectroscopy.
Siegel, Mike
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow

Galactic structure; the stellar halo of the Milky Way; variable stars.
Williams, Kurtis
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Bayless, Amanda
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


Chavez, Joy
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Stellar abundances.
DeGennaro, Steve
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


For, Bi Qing
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


Jeffery, Elizabeth
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Calibrating White Dwarfs as Chronometers Using Open Clusters.
Ramirez, Ivan
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Oxygen abundances in the solar neighborhood; surface inhomogeneities in stellar photospheres.
Roederer, Ian
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Heavy metal abundances and isotopic ratios in metal-poor stars.

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Extragalactic

Name
Title & Research
Cornell, Mark
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

Structure and dynamics of galaxies; galaxy formation and evolution; pseudobulges in disk galaxies; surface photometry; wide-field imaging surveys and virtual observatories; applications software for astronomical image processing.
Gebhardt, Karl
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Formation and evolution of galaxies; dynamics of stellar systems; study of supermassive black holes.
Hill, Gary
(Chair)
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Senior Research Scientist

Observational cosmology; radio galaxies and quasars; astronomical instrumentation.
Jogee, Shardha
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Assistant Professor

Formation, Evolution, Dynamics of Galaxies. Member of GEMS, GOODS, and HUDF science teams. Bars and Mergers. Starbursts and AGN.
Kormendy, John
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei; structure and dynamics of galaxies; secular evolution of galaxies; dark matter; galaxy formation and evolution.
Milosavljevic, Milos
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Assistant Professor

Massive black holes; the Galactic center; galaxy formation; galaxy clusters; plasma astrophysics.
Odewahn, Stephen
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist


Shields, Gregory
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Active galactic nuclei; supermassive black holes; chemical evolution of galaxies.
Wills, Beverly
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Scientist

Active galactic nuclei from radio to x-ray wavelengths.
Wills, Derek
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Professor

Statistical properties of quasars.
Gaskell, Martin
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Research Fellow


Shen, Juntai
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Yoachim, Peter
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Postdoctoral Fellow


Adams, Joshua
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student


Bauer, Amanda
ADS
 |  astro-ph
Graduate Student

Stellar Mass Accumulation in the Universe.
Blanc, Guillermo