Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology

Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology Faculty

Amy Barger

Position title: Professor, Department Chair

Email: barger@astro.wisc.edu

Matthew Bershady

Position title: Professor

Email: mab@astro.wisc.edu

Catherine Grier

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: kate.grier@astro.wisc.edu

Sebastian Heinz

Position title: John and Abigail Van Vleck Professor of Astronomy

Email: sheinz@wisc.edu

Michael Maseda

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: maseda@wisc.edu

Christy Tremonti

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: tremonti@astro.wisc.edu

Extragalactic astronomy studies the structure and evolution of other galaxies, including their stellar populations, active galactic nuclei, and interstellar media, and the clustering of galaxies. Cosmology studies the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole.

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