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Research Group Membership
Research Groups 2005-2006 [
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Planetary Systems
Name
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Title & Research
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Benedict, G. Fritz
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Senior Research Scientist
Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies.
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Cochran, Anita
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Assistant Director
Primitive bodies in the solar system; chemical composition of comets; the Kuiper belt, CONTOUR Mission Science Team.
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Cochran, William
(Chair)
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Senior Research Scientist
Searches for extrasolar planetary systems; high-precision measurements of stellar radial velocity variations; variable stars; planetary atmospheres; comets; asteroids.
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Endl, Michael
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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.
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McArthur, Barbara
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Research Scientist
HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets.
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Scalo, John
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Professor
Star formation; interstellar medium; turbulence; galaxy evolution; complex systems; astrobiology.
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Shelus, Peter J
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Senior Research Scientist
Small Solar System body motions; time: laser ranging; Earth and lunar dynamics; stellar astrometry.
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Trafton, Laurence M
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Senior Research Scientist
Planetary atmospheres; volatile transport; evolution of the solar system.
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von Hippel, Ted
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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.
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Ries, Judit Gyorgyey
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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.
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Roman, Brian
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Research Engineer/Scientist Associate III
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Bitner, Martin
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Graduate Student
High resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy of disks
around young stars.
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Gray, Candace
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Graduate Student
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Kagan, Daniel
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Graduate Student
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Wittenmyer, Robert
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Graduate Student
Radial-velocity searches for multi-planet systems, and system parameter modeling of HD 209458b.
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Stars
Name
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Title & Research
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Allende Prieto, Carlos
(Chair)
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Research Scientist
Stellar atmospheres. Spectroscopic analysis of stellar spectra. Chemical composition of stars.
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Barnes III, Thomas G
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Senior Research Scientist
Observational aspects of variable stars, particularly distance scale issues for Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables.
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Benedict, G. Fritz
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Senior Research Scientist
Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies.
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Hemenway, Mary Kay
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Research Associate
Astronomy education.
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Lambert, David
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Professor
Stellar atmospheres; chemical composition of stars; chemical evolution of the universe.
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MacQueen, Phillip
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Senior Research Scientist
Instrumentation, CCD detectors; stellar abundances.
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McArthur, Barbara
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Research Scientist
HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets.
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Nather, Edward
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Professor Emeritus
Observational studies of interacting binary collapsed stars; asteroseismology of white dwarfs; the Whole Earth Telescope.
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Robinson, Edward L
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Professor
Observational studies of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; cataclysmic variables, low-mass X-ray binaries, X-ray transients; pulsating white dwarfs.
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Shetrone, Matthew
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Senior Research Scientist
Observational techniques; queue scheduled telescopes; galactic nucleosynthesis; stellar evolution.
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Sneden, Chris
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Professor
Chemical composition of stars; stellar evolution; galactic nucleosynthesis.
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Tomkin, Jocelyn
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Research Scientist
High-resolution stellar spectroscopy.
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von Hippel, Ted
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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.
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Winget, Don
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Professor
Theory and observation: cosmochronology; evolution of the Milky Way; late stages of stellar evolution; stellar pulsations; the Whole Earth Telescope.
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Barnes, Stuart
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Frebel, Anna
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Kim, Agnes
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Postdoctoral Fellow
White dwarfs; astro-particle physics.
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Maund, Justyn
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Redfield, Seth
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Local ISM; stellar chromospheres and coronae; UV and optical spectroscopy.
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Siegel, Mike
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Galactic structure; the stellar halo of the Milky Way; variable stars.
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Williams, Kurtis
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Bayless, Amanda
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Graduate Student
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Chavez, Joy
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Graduate Student
Stellar abundances.
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DeGennaro, Steve
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Graduate Student
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For, Bi Qing
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Graduate Student
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Jeffery, Elizabeth
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Graduate Student
Calibrating White Dwarfs as Chronometers Using Open Clusters.
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Ramirez, Ivan
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Graduate Student
Oxygen abundances in the solar neighborhood; surface inhomogeneities
in stellar photospheres.
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Roederer, Ian
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Graduate Student
Heavy metal abundances and isotopic ratios in metal-poor stars.
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Extragalactic
Name
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Title & Research
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Cornell, Mark
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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.
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Gebhardt, Karl
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Professor
Formation and evolution of galaxies; dynamics of stellar systems; study of supermassive black holes.
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Hill, Gary
(Chair)
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Senior Research Scientist
Observational cosmology; radio galaxies and quasars; astronomical instrumentation.
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Jogee, Shardha
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Assistant Professor
Formation, Evolution, Dynamics of Galaxies. Member of GEMS, GOODS, and HUDF science teams. Bars and Mergers. Starbursts and AGN.
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Kormendy, John
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Professor
Supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei; structure and dynamics of galaxies; secular evolution of galaxies; dark matter; galaxy formation and evolution.
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Milosavljevic, Milos
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Assistant Professor
Massive black holes; the Galactic center; galaxy formation; galaxy
clusters; plasma astrophysics.
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Odewahn, Stephen
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Research Scientist
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Shields, Gregory
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Professor
Active galactic nuclei; supermassive black holes; chemical evolution of galaxies.
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Wills, Beverly
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Research Scientist
Active galactic nuclei from radio to x-ray wavelengths.
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Wills, Derek
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Professor
Statistical properties of quasars.
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Gaskell, Martin
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Research Fellow
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Shen, Juntai
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Yoachim, Peter
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Adams, Joshua
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Graduate Student
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Bauer, Amanda
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Graduate Student
Stellar Mass Accumulation in the Universe.
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Blanc, Guillermo
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