From CASS
Faculty and Researchers
| Name | Contact | Research |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold, James Professor Emeritus | jarnold@ucsd.edu CRB 317 (858) 534-2908 | Cosmochemistry |
| Bordner, James Assistant Research Scientist | jobordner@ucsd.edu SERF 318 (858) 822-4786 | |
| Buffington, Andrew Research Scientist-Recalled | abuffington@ucsd.edu SERF 381A (858) 534-6630 | Heliospheric Physics |
| Burbidge, Geoffrey Professor Burbidge passed away on Jan. 26,2010 | Theoretical astrophysics: Physics of active galaxies & quasi-stellar objects, nonthermal radiation processes, cosmology | |
| Burbidge, Margaret Professor Emeritus | eburbidge@ucsd.edu SERF 327 (858) 534-6626 | Theoretical astrophysics: Physics of active galaxies & quasi-stellar objects, nonthermal radiation processes, cosmology |
| Burgasser, Adam Associate Professor | aburgasser@ucsd.edu SERF 340 (858) 822-6958 | Observational astrophysics, focusing on very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, low-temperature stellar and planetary atmospheres, and Galactic stellar populations. |
| Cohen, Ross Research Scientist (Retired) | ||
| Coil, Alison Assistant Professor | acoil@ucsd.edu SERF 426 (858) 822-3940 | Observational astrophysics, with a focus on galaxy evolution, observational cosmology, and large-scale structure |
| Coles, William Professor | bcoles@ucsd.edu EBU-I 2407 (858) 534-2703 | Solar Space Physics: Structure & turbulence in the solar wind; interstellar & interplanetary scintillation, theory of wave propagation. |
| Diamond, Patrick H. Professor | pdiamond@ucsd.edu SERF 436 (858) 534-4025 | Plasma Theory Group, GPS-TTBP |
| Flammer, Karen Academic Coordinator Outreach Specialist | kflammer@ucsd.edu SERF 121A (858) 822-1080 | |
| Fuller, George Professor Director of CASS | gfuller@ucsd.edu SERF 409 (858) 534-9085 | Theoretical Astrophysics. Theoretical Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics. Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics. General relativity, especially as regards instability in massive objects. Physics of the early universe; gravitational collapse and supernovae, compact objects; nuclear and quark matter; the origin of nuclei, especially the light elements in the Big Bang and the heavy elements in supernovae; the weak interaction and neutrinos. A common theme running through much of Professor Fullers work is the interplay of the weak interaction, nuclei, and gravitation. |
| Griest, Kim Professor | kgriest@ucsd.edu MH 3206 / SERF 337 (858) 534-0924/8914 | Particle astrophysics/MACHO Project |
| Harker, David Associate Research Scientist | dharker@ucsd.edu SERF 333B (858) 822-4893 | |
| Hick, Paul Project Scientist | pphick@ucsd.edu SDSC (858) 534-8965 | |
| Hinton, Fred Research Scientist | fhinton@ucsd.edu SERF 303A (858) 534-7282 | Collisional and turbulent transport in magnetically confined plasmas. |
| Jackson, Bernard Research Scientist | bvjackson@ucsd.edu SERF 303 (858) 534-3358 | |
| Junkkarinen, Vesa Research Scientist | vesa@ucsd.edu SERF 379 (858) 534-0735 | |
| Karimabadi, Homayoun Associate Research Scientist | hkarimabadi@ucsd.edu EBU-I 2607 (858) 534-3486 | |
| Keating, Brian Associate Professor | bkeating@ucsd.edu SERF 333 (858) 534-7930 | Observational and experimental cosmology, polarization and temperature measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Backround (CMB), near-infrared background measurements & cosmological reionization. Low noise detector and modulation mechanisms, microwave and infrared optics. |
| Kirkman, David Associate Project Scientist | dkirkman@ucsd.edu SERF 425 (858) 534-5601 | |
| Kritsuk, Alexei Research Scientist | akritsuk@ucsd.edu SERF 333A (858) 534-2943 | Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics: Physics of the multiphase interstellar medium, molecular clouds, star formation, and feedback processes. Intracluster medium, AGN feedback, and turbulence in clusters of galaxies. Compressible magnetized turbulence in astrophysical systems and beyond. |
| Lai, David Assistant Research Scientist | dlai@physics.ucsd.edu SERF 333 (858) 534-6626 | Optical observing specializing in stellar spectroscopy and abundance
determinations. |
| Lingenfelter, Richard Research Physicist-Recalled | rlingenfelter@ucsd.edu SERF 402 (858) 534-2464 | His research interests range broadly from high-energy astrophysics theory in the origin and interactions of cosmic rays and the sources of gamma rays, through solar flare physics of neutron and gamma-ray emission, meteoritic isotope production, water on the Moon and Mars, and geophysics in radiocarbon and atmospheric neutron production, radiation belt sources, river flood flows, cloud formation and volcanoes, all the way to the history of the American West and Pacific Islands, mining labor and finance, and folk songs. |
| Malkov, Mikhail Research Scientist | mmalkov@ucsd.edu SERF 306 (858) 534-7275 | |
| Markowitz, Alex Assistant Research Scientist | almarkowitz@ucsd.edu SERF 412 (858) 534-8016 | X-ray spectroscopy and variability analysis of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) |
| Marti, Kurt Professor Emeritus | kmarti@ucsd.edu MH 5330 (858) 534-2939 | Cosmochemistry |
| Matteson, James Research Scientist-Recalled | jmatteson@ucsd.edu SERF 407 (858) 534-4429 | X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. Interactions and background effects of photon and particle radiation. Design and experimental characterization of position-sensitive solid-state detectors. Design and performance-modeling of X-ray and gamma-ray imaging instruments. |
| McIlwain, Carl Professor Emeritus | cmcilwain@ucsd.edu SERF 307 (858) 534-3314 | Magnetospheric physics |
| Mendis, Asoka Professor Emeritus | amendis@ece.ucsd.edu EBU-I 2409 (858) 534-2719 | Space plasma physics |
| Murphy, Thomas Associate Professor | tmurphy@physics.ucsd.edu SERF 336 (858) 534-1844 | Solar-system tests of general relativity; Energy and the environment |
| Norman, Michael Professor | mlnorman@ucsd.edu SERF 424 (858) 822-4194 | Computational Astrophysics: Cosmology, galaxy formation, star formation, high-energy astrophysics. |
| Paar, Hans Professor | hpaar@ucsd.edu SERF 326 (858) 822-1232 | Experimental cosmology, in particular the experimental study of the properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background with emphasis on its polarization. |
| Padoan, Paolo Associate Professor | ppadoan@ucsd.edu SERF 334 (858) 243-6660 | supersonic turbulence -- star formation -- interstellar medium |
| Pelling, Michael Research Scientist-Recalled | mpelling@ucsd.edu SERF 404 (858) 534-2512 | |
| Peterson, Laurence Professor Emeritus | lepeterson@ucsd.edu SERF 404 (858) 534-3461 | High energy astronomy |
| Puetter, Richard Research Physicist | rpuetter@ucsd.edu SERF 317 (858) 534-4945 | Quasars/AGN, IR astronomy, interstellar medium, radiative transfer, computational physics, inverse problems, image reconstruction, complexity theory, image compression |
| Quest, Kevin Professor | kquest@ucsd.edu EBU-I 2608 (858) 534-4676 | Space plasma physics |
| Rebeiz, Gabriel Professor | grebeiz@ucsd.edu EBU-I 5608 (858) 534-8001 | Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) for microwave applications, design of radio frequency/microwave/millimeter-wave systems with radio-astronomical applications. |
| Rephaeli, Yoel Research Scientist | yrephaeli@ucsd.edu SERF 437 (858) 534-1151 | Cosmology and high energy astrophysics, with main current foci on CMB cosmology, astrophysics of galaxy clusters, and high energy emission from starburst galaxies |
| Rickett, Barnaby Professor | bjrickett@ucsd.edu EBU-1 2405 (858) 534-2731 | Radio astronomy |
| Rosenberg, Marlene Research Scientist (ECE) | mrosenberg@ucsd.edu EBU-I 2408 (858) 534-4509 | |
| Rothschild, Richard Research Scientist-Recalled Adjunct Lecturer in Physics High Energy Astrophysics group | rrothschild@ucsd.edu SERF 413 (858) 534-3462 | High energy astrophysics, including but not limited to accreting X-ray pulsars, active galactic nuclei, high energy emission from clusters of galaxies; nuclear astrophysics, including the 511 keV positron annihilation radiation, and other line radiation (Al-26, Ti-44, etc.); high energy astrophysics instrumentation, including coded mask imaging and hard X-ray imaging telescopes; mission development, such as the MIRAX concept to monitor X-ray temporal variability for the central region of the Galaxy, hard X-ray telescope missions such as Nustar, Astro-H, and the International X-ray Observatory; humanitarian demining; and detection/monitoring of radionuclides at a distance. |
| Shapiro, Vitaly Professor Shapiro passed away on June 28, 2010 | ||
| Shevchenko, Valentin Research Scientist | vshevchenko@ucsd.edu EBU-I 2406 (858) 534-8547 | |
| Shu, Frank Distinguished Professor Emeritus University Professor Emeritus | fhshu@ucsd.edu SERF 427 (858) 822-1214 | |
| Skelton, Thomas Associate Project Scientist-Recalled | rskelton@ucsd.edu SERF 406 (858) 534-0962 | Development of Cadmium Zinc Telluride solid-state detectors for X-rays and gamma rays, and on ASICs to read out their signals. |
| Thiemens, Mark Professor | mthiemens@ucsd.edu UH 2040 (858) 534-6732 | Cosmochemistry |
| Tucker, Wallace Research Physicist (Retired) | wktucker@sd.znet.com SERF 326 (858) 822-1232 | |
| Tytler, David Professor | dtytler@ucsd.edu SERF 428 (858) 534-7670 | Optical/UV Astronomy |
| Vernon, Wayne Professor | wvernon@ucsd.edu MH 5134/3310 (858) 534-3329 | |
| Wolfe, Arthur Professor Endowed Chair, Chancellor's Assoc Chair IV (Physics) | awolfe@ucsd.edu SERF 423 (858) 534-7435 | Galaxy formation - observation and theory
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