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Faculty

 
 

Links to the pages for individual faculty members are available below.

 

Teaching Faculty

Name  Title & Research Interests
Angel, J. R. P.  Regents Professor, Adaptive optics, Instrumentation, Extrasolar planets, Telescope design and optical fabrication, Geoengineering, Concentrating photovoltaic solar energy
Arnett, David  Regents Professor, Theoretical Astrophysics, Supernovae, Stellar Astronomy
Bechtold, Jill  Professor, Cosmology, Intergalactic Medium, Instrumentation, Extragalactic Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei
Bieging, John  Professor, Interstellar Medium, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation
Brown, Robert  Professor, Solar System, Planetary Astronomy
Burge, Jim  Professor, Instrumentation, Telescope Design and Optical Fabrication
Close, Laird  Associate Professor, Brown Dwarfs, Adaptive Optics, Instrumentation, Infrared Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation, Astrobiology
Davé, Romeel  Associate Professor, Theoretical Astrophysics, Extragalactic Astronomy, Intergalactic Medium, Cosmology, Numerical Hydrodynamics
Eisenstein, Daniel  Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy, Theoretical Astrophysics, Cosmology
Eisner, Joshua  Assistant Professor, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation, Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, Instrumentation
Fan, Xiaohui  Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Guyon, Olivier  Assistant Professor, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets
Hinz, Philip  Associate Professor, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology
Impey, Chris  University Distinguished Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation, Astrobiology, Astronomy Education
Liebert, James W.  Professor, Stellar Astronomy, Exoplanets
Meyer, Michael  Associate Professor, Galactic Astronomy, Star and Planet Formation, Astrobiology
Özel, Feryal  Assistant Professor, Theoretical Astrophysics
Pinto, Philip A.  Associate Professor, Theoretical Astrophysics
Poss, Richard L. Associate Professor, History of Astronomy, Astronomy and the Arts
Psaltis, Dimitrios  Associate Professor, Theoretical High Energy Astrophysics, General Relativity, Computational Astrophysics
Rieke, George  Regents Professor, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Instrumentation, Infrared Astronomy, Astronomy Education
Rieke, Marcia  Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Instrumentation, Infrared Astronomy, Galactic Astronomy
Schmidt, Gary  Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy, Cosmology, Stellar Astronomy, Instrumentation
Shirley, Yancy  Assistant Professor, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation, Extragalactic Astronomy, Astrochemistry, Astrobiology
Strittmatter, Peter Professor, Director of Steward Observatory, Extragalactic Astronomy, Cosmology, Theoretical Astrophysics, Active Galactic Nuclei, Instrumentation, Astronomy Education
Thompson, Rodger Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation, Infrared Astronomy, Instrumentation
Walker, Christopher  Professor, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation, Instrumentation
Zabludoff, Ann  Associate Professor, Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology
Zaritsky, Dennis  Professor, Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy
Ziurys, Lucy  Professor, Astrochemistry, Interstellar Medium, Origins of Life, Astrobiology, Laboratory Astrophysics, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation

 

Research Faculty

Name  Title & Research Interests
Allen, Richard  Associate Staff Scientist, Polarimetry, Instrumentation
Axelrod, Tim Astronomer,
Codona, Johanan  Senior Research Scientist, Adaptive Optics, Instrumentation, Interferometry, High-Contrast Imaging
Egami, Eiichi  Associate Astronomer, Cosmology, Infrared Astronomy, Extragalactic Astronomy
Engelbracht, Chad  Assistant Astronomer, Instrumentation, Infrared Astronomy, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Fleming, Thomas  Associate Astronomer, Astronomy Education, Stellar Astronomy, High Energy Astrophysics, X-ray Astronomy
Grauer, Al Astronomer, Astronomy Education, Near Earth Astroids, Stellar Astronomy, Robotic Telescopes, Infrared Astronomy, Instrumentation
Green, Elizabeth  Associate Astronomer, Stellar Astronomy
Green, Richard F.  Astronomer, Director of LBT, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Instrumentation
Groppi, Chris Assistant Staff Scientist, Instrumentation
Hart, Michael  Associate Astronomer, Adaptive Optics, Interferometry, Extrasolar Planets, Instrumentation
Hege, E. Keith  Associate Astronomer, Instrumentation, Interferometry
Hill, John  Astronomer, Telescope Design, Optical Fabrication, Instrumentation
Hubeny, Ivan  Senior Research Scientist, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation, Planetary Astronomy, Theoretical Astrophysics, Supernovae, Brown Dwarfs, Extrasolar Planets, White Dwarfs, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astrobiology
Kenworthy, Matthew  Assistant Astronomer, Novel Instrumentation Techniques, Low Mass Stars, Infrared Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology
Kim, J. Serena  Assistant Astronomer, Galactic Astronomy, Star and Planet Formation
Kulesa, Craig  Assistant Astronomer, Stellar Astronomy, Galactic Astronomy, Instrumentation, Astronomy Education
Lesser, Michael P.  Senior Research Scientist, Instrumentation
Martin, Buddy Research Faculty, Instrumentation
McCarthy, Don  Astronomer, Astronomy Education, Instrumentation, Extragalactic Astronomy, Cosmology, Planetary Astronomy
Misselt, Karl  Associate Staff Scientist, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation
Morrison, Jane  Associate Staff Scientist, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Olszewski, Ed  Astronomer, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Prather, Ed  Associate Staff Scientist, Astronomy Education
Schneider, Glenn  Astronomer, Galactic Astronomy, Infrared Astronomy, Extrasolar Planets, Brown Dwarfs, Star Formation, Instrumentation
Smith, Paul  Associate Astronomer, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Polarimetry, Active Galactic Nuclei
Stansberry, John  Associate Astronomer, Galactic Astronomy, Star and Planet Formation, Instrumentation
Su, Kate  Assistant Astronomer, Planetary Astronomy, Galactic Astronomy, Star Formation
Sykes, Mark  Astronomer, Asteroids, Planetary Astronomy
Vilas, Faith  Astronomer, Director MMT, Planetary Astronomy
Wehinger, Peter  Staff Astronomer, Active Galactic Nuclei, Comets, Imaging, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation, Origins of Life, Astrobiology
Weiner, Benjamin  Assistant Astronomer, Instrumentation, Infrared Astronomy, Extragalactic Astronomy
West, Steven Staff Scientist, Instrumentation
Willmer, Christopher Assistant Astronomer, Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, Infrared Astronomy
Young, Erick T.  Astronomer, Instrumentation, Galactic Astronomy and Star Formation

Joint Appointments

Name  Title & Research Interests
Beshore, Ed Senior Staff Scientist (LPL)
Fang, Li-Zhi Professor
Gehrels, Tom  Professor (LPL), Cosmogony
Jokipii, Randy Regents Professor (LPL), Theoretical Astrophysics, Cosmic rays, Solar system
McMillan, Robert Associate Research Scientist (LPL), Planetary Science
Melia, Fulvio Professor (Physics), Theoretical Astrophysics
Sarcevic, Ina  Professor (Physics), Theoretical Astrophysics
Sasian, Jose Professor (Optical Sciences)

Adjunct Faculty

Name Institution Title
Willy Benz University of Bern Professor/ Astronomer
Adam Burrows Princeton Professor/ Astronomer
Wolfgang Duschl Institute for Theoretical
Astrophysics
Astronomer
Mark Giampapa NOAO Astronomer
Paul Goldsmith Jet Propulsion Laboratory Professor
William Hartman Planetary Science Institute Professor/ Astronomer
David Hollenbach NASA Ames Professor
Stuart Jefferies Institue for Astronomy Astronomer
Joan Najita NOAO Associate Astronomer
Gerald Neugebauer Caltech (emeritus) Professor
Stephen Pompea NOAO Associate Professor
Stephen Shawl University of Kansas (emeritus) Professor
Matthias Steinmetz Astrophysical Institute
Potsdam
Professor/ Astronomer
Sumner Starrfield Arizona State University Regents Professor
Rogier Windhorst Arizona State University Regents Professor
Richard Boyle Vatican Observatory Associate Astronomer
Christopher Corbally Vatican Observatory Associate Professor/
Associate Astronomer
George Coyne Vatican Observatory Professor/ Astronomer
Jose Funes Vatican Observatory Assistant Astronomer
William Stoeger Vatican Observatory Associate Professor/
Associate Astronomer

 

Emeritus Professors

Name  Title & Research Interests
Cocke, W.J. Emeritus Professor
Hoffmann, William Emeritus Professor
Pacholczyk, A.G. Emeritus Professor
Tifft, William Emeritus Professor
Woolf, N. J.  Emeritus Professor, Interferometry, Extrasolar Planets, Origins of Life, Astrobiology