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John Beacom

John Beacom

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997

Andrew Gould

Andrew Gould

Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy

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.
Klaus Honscheid

Klaus Honscheid

Professor of Physics

Christopher Kochanek

Christopher Kochanek

Professor of Astronomy

Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989.

Gary Steigman

Gary Steigman

Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy/ Physics

CCAPP Chair

Pd.D., New York University, 1968

  • email: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2006 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-1999
  • Research: Cosmology and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
David Weinberg

David Weinberg

Professor of Astronomy

University Distinguished Scholar

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989.

Jim Beatty

Jim Beatty

Professor of Physics

Darren DePoy

Darren DePoy

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1987.

  • email: depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4059 McPherson Lab
  • Phone: (614) 292-7891
  • Research: Infrared spectroscopy, Instrumentation, searches for extrasolor planets
Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes

Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Professor of Physics

  • 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.
Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

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

Richard Kass

Richard Kass

Professor of Physics

  • 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
Paul Martini

Paul Martini

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000.

Smita Mathur

Smita Mathur

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991.

Patrick Osmer

Patrick Osmer

Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Astronomy

Vice Provost and Dean 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

Bradley Peterson

Professor of Astronomy

Department Chair

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, QSO absorbtion lines, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets
Marc Pinsonneault

Marc Pinsonneault

Professor of Astronomy

Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D., Yale University, 1988.

Richard Pogge

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

Barbara Ryden

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987.

Kris Stanek

Kris Stanek

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996.

Todd A. Thompson

Todd A. Thompson

Assistant 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
Terry Walker

Terry Walker

Professor of Astronomy and Physics

Director of CCAPP

Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Indiana University, 1987.

Brian Winer

Brian Winer

Professor of Physics

  • 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)
Mandeep Gill

Mandeep Gill

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • email: msgill@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2007 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 688-3294
Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • email: stelios@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2018 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 247-1501
  • Ph.D., University of Zurich, 2005
  • http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~stelios
  • Research: Theoretical/Computational Astrophysics & Cosmology, Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Galactic Structure, The Nature of Dark Matter, Structure & Substructure of Dark Matter Halos, Supermassive Black Holes
Kyler Kuehn

Kyler Kuehn

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carsten Rott

Carsten Rott

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eduardo Rozo

Eduardo Rozo

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • email: erozo@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2016 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-3426
Hasan Yuksel

Hasan Yuksel

Postdoctoral Researcher

Matthew Kistler

Matthew Kistler

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: kistler@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2000 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-2086
  • Major: Physics
Fredrick Kuehn

Frederick Kuehn

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: kuehn@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3114 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-7370
  • Major:Physics
Greg Mack

Greg Mack

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: gdmack@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2000 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-2086
  • Major: Physics
Chris Orban

Chris Orban

Graduate Research Assistant

Molly Peeples

Molly Peeples

Graduate Student

Aaron Sander

Aaron Sander

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: sander@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3114 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-7370
  • Major: Physics
Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: pdsmith@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3114 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-7370
  • Major: Physics
Cayman Unterborn

Cayman Unterborn

Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • email: unterborn.1@osu.edu
  • Office: 4055 McPherson
  • Major: Astronomy
Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams

Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • email: williams.2560@osu.edu
  • Office: 3061 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-1129
  • Major: Physics
Shunsaku Horiuchi

Shunsaku Horiuchi

Visiting Scholar

Joanne Cohn

Joanne Cohn

Research Scientist at UC Berkeley

Martin White

Martin White

Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UC Berkeley

Yavonne McGarry

Yavonne McGarry

CCAPP Program Coordinator and Webmaster

  • email: mcgarry@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2023 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-0792

 

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