John Beacom

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Director of CCAPP

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997

• email: beacom@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2004 PRB
• Phone: (614) 247-8102
• website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~beacom
• Research: Particle/Nuclear Astrophysics & Cosmology, Neutrinos

Amy Connolly

Assistant Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003

• Email: hill.1370@osu.edu
• Office: 3060 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-4368
• Research: Ultra-high-energy neutrino experiments

Klaus Honscheid

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of Bonn, 1988

• email: kh@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 3054 PRB
• Phone (O): (614) 292-3287
• Lab: 3157/3759 PRB
• Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~Klaus/Klaus.html
• Research: Weak Lensing, Dark Energy

Jennifer Johnson

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999

• email: jaj@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4025 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-5651
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~jaj
• Research: Stellar Abundances, Stellar Evolution

Annika Peter

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008

• email: annika.peter (at) uci.edu
• website: http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~apeter/
• Research: Dark Matter Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Particle Physics, Dynamics of the Milky Way, Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, and the Solar System

Todd A. Thompson

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 2002

• email: thompson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4019 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-7971
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~thompson
• Research: Theoretical Astrophysics, Starburst Galaxies, AGN Fueling, Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts

David Weinberg

Professor of Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
University Distinguished Scholar
Chair of CCAPP Science Board

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989

• email: dhw@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4041 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-6543
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~dhw
• Research: Cosmology, large-scale structure

Jim Beatty

Professor of Physics
Chair of Physics

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986

• email: beatty@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 3064 PRB
• Phone (O): (614) 247-8413
• Lab: 3061/3109 PRB
• Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~beatty
• Research: Experimental Particle Astrophysics

Linda Carpenter

Assistant Professor

• email: lmc@physics.osu.edu
• Office: M2054
• Phone : (614) 292-1843
• Website:
• Research:

Andrew Gould

Professor of Astronomy
Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
University Distinguished Scholar

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988

• email: gould@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4039 McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-1892
• Research: Microlensing; Identifying & measuring dark matter; extrasolar planets.

Chris Hirata

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2005

• email: chirata (at) tapir.caltech.edu
• website: http://www.astro.caltech.edu/people/faculty/Chris_Hirata.html
• Research: Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe, Galaxy Clustering, Gravitational Lensing, General Relativity, Cosmic Microwave Background and Reionization

Richard Hughes

Professor of Physics
Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992

• email: hughes@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 1040L/3046 PRB
• Phone (O): (614) 292-3885
• Lab: 3114/3115 PRB
• website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~hughes/hughes.html
• Research: Studying proton-antiproton collision at the world's highest energy collider, the Fermilab Tevatron.

Richard Kass

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, 1978

• email: kass@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 3146 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-6958
• Lab: 3130/3153 PRB
• website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kass
• Research: Heavy quark physics and electron-position interactions

Christopher Kochanek

Professor of Astronomy
Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989

• email: ckochanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4045 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-5954
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ckochanek
• Research: Cosmology, galactic structure, gravitational lenses

Paul Martini

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000

• email: martini@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4021 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-8632
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~martini
• Research: Active Galaxies &Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation

Smita Mathur

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991

• email: smita@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4023 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-7881
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~smita
• Research: AGN Physics, X-ray astronomy, High Redshift Universe

Patrick Osmer

Professor of Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Dean and Vice Provost of the Graduate School

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970

• email: posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4055 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-1773
• Office: 250 University Hall
• Phone: (614) 247-7413
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~posmer
• Research: Quasar evolution & spectroscopy

Bradley Peterson

Professor of Astronomy
University Distinguished Scholar
Chair of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1978

• email: peterson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4055B McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-2022
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~peterson
• Research: Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Quasar Absorption Lines

Marc Pinsonneault

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Yale University, 1988

• email: pinsono@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4043 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-5346
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pinsono
• Research: Theoretical stellar structure & evolution

Richard Pogge

Professor of Astronomy
Vice Chair for Instrumentation

Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1988

• email: pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4037 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-0274
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge
• Research: Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets

Barbara Ryden

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987

• email: ryden@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4035 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-4562
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden
• Research: Cosmology, large-scale structure of the universe

Michael Stamatikos

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
OSU Newark

• email: Michael.Stamatikos-1@nasa.gov
• Office: M2024 PRB
• Website: http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/CVs/Michael.Stamatikos/
• Research: High-Energy Particle Astrophysics, Gamma-ray Bursts (Swift and Fermi), Neutrino Astronomy (IceCube)

Kris Stanek

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996

• email: kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4003 McPherson Lab
• Phone: (614) 292-3433
• website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~kstanek
• Research: Gamma Ray Bursts, Galactic Structures, Extrasolar Planets

Gary Steigman

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

Ph.D., New York University, 1968

• email: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2006 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-1999
• Research: Cosmology, Astro-Particle Physics, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Terry Walker

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1987

• email: twalker@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2012 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-3251
• website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~twalker
• Research: Theoretical Astrophysics, Cosmology, and high-energy nuclear physics

Brian Winer

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1991

• email: winer@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 3042 PRB
• Phone (O): (614) 292-8996
• Lab: 3114/3115/3163 PRB
• website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~winer
• Research: Experimental Astroparticle Particle Physics (GLAST)

Patrick Allison

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

• email: allison.122@osu.edu
• Office: PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-xxxx
• Website:
• Research:

Sheldon Campbell

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

• email: campbell.1431@osu.edu
• Office: M2024 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-0734
• Website:
• Research:

Gisella DeRosa

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

• email: derosa@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-2076
• Research:

Eric Huff

CCAPP Fellow

• email: huff.791@osu.edu
• Office: M2021 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-7369
• Research: Cosmology, Weak Gravitational Lensing, Statistical Inference in Astronomical Surveys

Stelios Kazantzidis

CCAPP Senior Fellow

• email: stelios@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2018 PRB
• Phone: (614) 247-1501
• Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~stelios
  
• Research: Theoretical/Computational Astrophysics & Cosmology, Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Galactic Structure, Supermassive Black Holes

Peter Melchior

CCAPP Fellow

• email: melchior.12@osu.edu
• Office: M2018 PRB
• Phone: (614) 247-1501
• Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~melchior.12/
• Research: Gravitational lensing, Physics of Galaxy Clusters, Image Processing

Carl Pfendner

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

• email: pfendner.1@osu.edu
• Office: 3077 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-4368
• Website:
• Research:

Carsten Rott

CCAPP Senior Fellow

• email: carott@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2024 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-1795
• Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~carott/
• Research: Experimental Particle Astrophysics, Dark Matter, GZK neutrinos

Ralph Schoenrich

CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Hubble Fellow

• email: schoenrich@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4009 McPherson
• Phone: (614) 558-6930
• Research: Galactic dynamics and kinematics, chemical evolution, stellar ages

Paul Sutter

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

• email: sutter.84@osu.edu
• Office: M2016 PRB
• Phone: (614) 247-1878
• Website: pmsutter.com
• Research: Cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, galaxy cluster magnetic fields

Gail Zasowski

CCAPP Visiting Fellow
NSF Fellow

• email: gail.zasowski@gmail.com
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-6925
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~zasowski/Welcome.html
• Research: Galactic Stellar Structure, Interstellar Dust

Andrea Albert

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: albert.143@osu.edu
• Office: 3114 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-8263
• Advisor:

Brett Andrews

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: andrews@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~andrews/
• Advisor:

Joe Antognini

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: antognini@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-7881
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~antognini/
• Advisor:

Carl Coker

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: coker@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-6442
• Advisor: Todd Thompson

Brian Dailey

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: dailey.110@osu.edu
• Office:
• Website:
• Advisor:

Courtney Epstein

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: epstein@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~epstein/
• Advisor:

Catherine Grier

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: grier@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: 4011 McPherson
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~grier/
• Advisor:

Eugene Hong

Graduate Research Assistant

• email:
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• Website:
• Advisor:

Rubab Khan

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: khan@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~khan/
• Advisor: Kris Stanek

Ranjan Laha

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: laha.1@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2000 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-2086
• Advisor: John Beacom

Shirley (Weishi) Li

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: li.1287@osu.edu
• Office: 3035 PRB
• Advisor: John Beacom

Kenny Ng

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: ng.199@osu.edu
• Office: M2000 PRB
• Advisor: John Beacom

Ken Patton

Graduate Research Assistant

• email:
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• Advisor:

Ondrej Pejcha

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: pejcha@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-5403
• Advisor: Todd Thompson

Rebecca Reesman

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: rreesman@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2000 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-2086
• Website: http://ccapp.osu.edu/reesman/
• Advisors: Terry Walker, Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins

Ben Shappee

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: shappee@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-7881
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~shappee/
• Advisor: Todd Thompson

Eric Suchyta

Graduate Research Assistant

• email:
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• Advisor:

Julia Young

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: jyoung@mps.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2005 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-7369
• Advisor: Klaus Honscheid

Dong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: dzhang@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Phone: (614) 292-5413
• Advisor: Todd Thompson

Ying Zu

Graduate Research Assistant

• email: yingzu@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
• Office: McPherson
• Website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~yingzu/
• Advisor:

Lisa Colarosa
(formerly Krehnovi)

Program Coordinator

• email: krehnovi.5@asc.ohio-state.edu
• Office: M2023 PRB
• Phone: (614) 292-0792

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