faculty
observational faculty
Using a wide range of world-class observational facilities, including the ground-based Keck Observatory, Rubin Observatory, Las Cumbres Observatory, South Pole Telescope, as well as the spaced-based Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, our research spans a diverse range of topics, including cosmology, large-scale structure, dark matter, dark energy, clusters of galaxies, galaxy formation, supernovae, and stellar evolution.
Christopher Fassnacht
strong gravitational lensing, dark-matter substructure, the expansion of the Universe and the Hubble Constant
Tucker Jones
galaxy formation
Lori Lubin
clusters of galaxies
Stefano Valenti
time domain astronomy, supernovae, stellar evolution
David Wittman
galaxy clusters, self-interacting dark matter, gravitational lensing
theoretical faculty
Our theoretical research also spans a wide range of topics, including cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, large-scale structure, the cosmic microwave background, cosmological structure formation, galaxy formation, supermassive black holes, and stars. Much of this work is highly computational, using the nation's most powerful supercomputers.
Nemanja Kaloper
particle physics, cosmology, gravity
Lloyd Knox
cosmology, large-scale structure, data analysis, the cosmic microwave background
Brenna Mockler
high-energy transients, tidal disruption events, supermassive black holes, stars
Andrew Wetzel
galaxy formation, cosmological simulations, the Milky Way
emeritus faculty
Andreas Albrecht
cosmology, inflation, dark energy
Robert Becker
extragalactic astrophysics, radio astronomy
Patricia Boeshaar
stellar spectroscopy, cool and low mass stars, brown dwarfs, stellar statistics, galactic structure
Tony Tyson
experimental cosmology, cameras and detectors, dark matter, dark energy, Rubin Observatory and LSST