Barger, Amy | Professor
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Research Interests:
Observational cosmology, distant galaxies and supermassive black holes, observations at X-ray, optical, near-infrared, submillimeter, and radio wavelengths, star formation and accretion histories of the universe
Benjamin, Bob | Visiting Associate Professor (UW-Whitewater)
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Research Interests: I work on the global structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, studying the distribution of stars and gas in order to determine the structure of the bulge, bar, disk, spiral arms, and warp. I also work on large-scale models of the ISM and high velocity clouds.
Bershady, Matthew | Professor
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Ph: 608-265-3392
Office: 6215 Chamberlin Hall
D'Onghia, Elena | Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Dynamics and Formation of Galaxies.
Erb, Dawn | Visiting Assistant Professor (UW-Milwaukee)
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Research Interests: Galaxy formation and evolution, the kinematics, chemical evolution and stellar populations of galaxies at high redshift, feedback processes in starburst galaxies, and the evolution of the intergalactic medium at high redshift.
Gallagher, Jay (John) | W. W. Morgan Professor, Department Chair
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Research Interests:
What are the structures of present day galaxies, how are they evolving, and in what ways do they connect to their cosmic environments? My research addresses these and related questions from an observational perspective with an emphasis on less massive galaxies. Active binary stars such as novae also remain an area of interest.
Heinz, Sebastian | Associate Professor
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Research Interests:
High energy astrophysics and the astrophysical application of computational fluid mechanics in the context of cosmic structure formation and flows in the vicinity of compact objects.
Kaplan, David | Visiting Assistant Professor (UW-Milwaukee)
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Research Interests: I work on observations of compact objects (mainly neutron stars and white dwarfs), making precision measurements to help understand their basic properties and evolution. I also work towards using existing and new radio arrays for studies of the time-domain sky.
Lazarian, Alex | Professor
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Research Interests:
MHD Theory: Reconnection, Dynamo Theory; Interstellar Dust: Alignment, Microwave Emission;
Interstellar Turbulence: Statistical Studies; Circumstellar Regions and Comets: Polarization
Molecular Clouds: Dynamics
Mathieu, Robert | Professor
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Research Interests:
Structure, kinematics and dynamics of star clusters and star-forming regions; stellar binary populations; blue stragglers and other objects at the interface of stellar evolution and stellar dynamics; formation of binary stars; stellar angular momentum evolution.
Stanimirovic, Snezana | Associate Professor
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Research Interests: ISM, IGM, galaxies
Townsend, Richard | Assistant Professor
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Research Interests:
I’m interested in dynamical phenomena of massive stars – primarily, rotation, pulsation, mass loss and magnetic fields. I make extensive use of theoretical models and computational tools to explore these fascinating processes.
Tremonti, Christy | Assistant Professor
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Research Interests:
Feedback from massive stars and black holes; the triggering and quenching of star formation and black hole activity; galactic chemical evolution
Wilcots, Eric | Professor
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Ph: 608-262-2364
Office: 6211 Chamberlin Hall
Zweibel, Ellen | W. L. Kraushaar Professor
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Research Interests:
I’m a theoretical astrophysicist with a specialty in plasma astrophysics.