KNAC Faculty & Staff

...including terminal degree, title, and research specialties.


 

Colgate University
Thomas Balonek UMass Professor of Physics & Astronomy Variable stars, quasar variability, asteroids
Jeff Bary Vanderbilt Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Department Chair Pre-main sequence stars
Jonathan Levine Berkeley Associate Professor of Physics Planetary science, meteorites, and instrument development
 

Haverford College
Daniel Grin Caltech Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Particle cosmology, with a view toward galaxy surveys and CMB experiment
Wynn Ho Cornell Research Associate Neutron star physics, gravitational waves, stellar atmosphere modeling, X-ray binaries
Andrea Lommen Berkeley Professor of Physics and Astronomy Pulsars, gravitational waves
Karen Masters Cornell Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department Chair Extragalactic astronomy, galaxy surveys, galaxy morphology, HI in galaxies, citizen science
Paul Thorman New Mexico Physics Laboratory Instructor Milky Way structure, nearby stars, and data mining large optical/IR surveys
 

Middlebury College
McKinley Brumback Dartmouth Assistant Professor of Physics X-ray astronomy, neutron stars
Eilat Glikman Columbia Associate Professor of Physics Quasars and AGN
Catherine Miller MIT Observatory Specialist Space propulsion, micropropulsion
 

Swarthmore College
David Cohen Wisconsin Professor of Astronomy Modeling and X-ray observations of winds from massive stars, exoplanets
Eric Jensen Wisconsin Professor of Astronomy Formation of planets, young stars in binary systems, exoplanets
Mary Ann Klassen Wyoming Senior Laboratory Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy  
Jesse Rivera Rutgers Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy Radio astronomy, dusty star forming galaxies
Tristan Smith Caltech Associate Professor of Physics Early Universe cosmology, neutrinos, CMB
 

Vassar College
Ed Buie II Arizona State Assistant Professor of Astronomy Circumgalactic medium
Annie Dickson‑Vandervelde RIT Faculty Research Associate in Physics and Astronomy Planetary formation, exoplanets
Colette Salyk Caltech Associate Professor of Astronomy Planet formation
 

Wellesley College
James Battat Harvard Associate Professor of Physics fundamental physics through astrophysics, dark matter detection
Jonathan Kemp Columbia Observatory Manager and Instrument Technician Cataclysmic variable stars, amateur-professional collaboration, time domain astronomy, small telescope science
Kim McLeod Arizona Professor of Astronomy, Observatory Director, Department Chair Observational extrasolar planet searches
Lamiya Mowla Yale Assistant Professor of Astronomy Early Universe galaxy structural evolution
Wesley Watters MIT Associate Professor of Astronomy Mars surface processes, impact cratering, planetary geodynamics
 

Wesleyan University
Meredith Hughes Harvard Associate Professor of Astronomy, Department Chair Radio astronomy and planet formation
Jonathan Jackson Penn State Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Exoplanets
Roy Kilgard Leicester Associate Professor of the Practice in Astronomy X-ray source populations in galaxies, statistical challenges in X-ray astronomy
Edward Moran Columbia Professor of Astronomy X-ray astronomy, X-ray background radiation
Azmain Nisak Georgia State Postdoctoral Scholar Young stars, planets
Seth Redfield Colorado Professor of Astronomy UV and optical spectroscopy, local ISM, exoplanets
Sarah Wellons Harvard Assistant Professor of Astronomy Galaxy formation and evolution, cosmological simulations
Brianna Zawadzki Penn State Postdoctoral Scholar Protoplanetary and debris disks, machine learning, planetary systems, radio interferometry
 

Williams College
Marek Demianski Warsaw Visiting Professor of Astronomy Cosmology and relativistic astrophysics
Kevin Flaherty Arizona Lecturer and Observatory Supervisor Star and planet formation
Anne Jaskot Michigan Assistant Professor of Astronomy Extragalactic astronomy, starburst galaxies, the ISM, and reionization
Jason Young Penn State Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy Star formation, low surface brightness galaxies, multiwavelength observation


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