Riccardo Giacconi: University of Milan Ph.D. (1954)
Nobel laureate; Experimental astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, the early universe.
Jonathan A. Bagger, (Kreiger Eisenhower Professor and Chair) Princeton University Ph.D. (1983).
Particle theory; theory and phenomenology of supersymmetry, supergravity and superstrings. Bruce A. Barnett, University of Maryland–College Park Ph.D. (1970).
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders. Steven V.W. Beckwith, Caltech Ph.D. (1978)
Experimental astrophysics; circumstellar matter, astronomical instrumentation. Charles L. Bennett (P.I. WMAP) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1984)
Experimental astrophysics; cosmology, radio/submillimeter/infrared astronomy, astronomical instrumentation Barry J. Blumenfeld, Columbia University Ph.D. (1974)
Experimental high-energy physics; neutrino physics, hadron colliders. Collin L. Broholm, University of Copenhagen Ph.D. (1988)
Experimental condensed matter physics, using neutron scattering. Chia-Ling Chien, (Jacob L Hain Professor and Director, MRSEC) Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. (1972)
Experimental condensed matter physics; nanostructured solids. Chih-Yung Chien, Yale University Ph.D. (1966)
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders. Adam Falk, (Dean, KSAS) Harvard University Ph.D. (1991)
Theoretical high-energy physics; interactions, bound states and decays of heavy quarks. Paul D. Feldman, Columbia University Ph.D. (1964)
Experimental astrophysics; spectroscopy, space physics, planetary and cometary atmospheres. Holland Ford, (P.I., ACS) University of Wisconsin–Madison Ph.D. (1970)
Experimental astrophysics; stellar dynamics, stellar populations, active galactic nuclei and astronomical instrumentation. Timothy Heckman, (Director, CAS) University of Washington Ph.D. (1978)
Experimental astrophysics; active galaxies and quasars. Richard C. Henry, (Director, MSGC) Princeton University Ph.D. (1967)
Astronomy and astrophysics. Julian H. Krolik, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. (1977)
Theoretical astrophysics; galactic nuclei, high energy astrophysics. Warren Moos, (Gerard H. Dieke Professor) University of Michigan Ph.D. (1962)
Experimental astrophysics and plasma physics. Charles Mattias Mountain (Director, STScI) London University Ph.D. (1983)
Star formation in galaxies, capabilities of "second generation telescope". David A. Neufeld, Harvard University Ph.D. (1987)
Theoretical astrophysics; interstellar medium, astrophysical masers. Colin A. Norman, Oxford University D. Phil. (1973)
Theoretical and observational astrophysics. Daniel H. Reich, University of Chicago Ph.D. (1988)
Experimental condensed matter physics; magnetism and superconductivity in low-dimensional systems. Adam Riess, Harvard University Ph.D. (1996)
Observations of physical cosmology, primarily through the use of distance indicators like supernovae. Measurements of dark energy and the expansion history of the Universe using optical and near-infrared instruments from space and the ground. Mark O. Robbins, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. (1983)
Theoretical condensed matter physics; non-equilibrium processes, atomic origins of macroscopic phenomena. Raman Sundrum, (Alumni Centennial Professor, Director, TIPAC) Yale University Ph.D. (1990)
Particle theory: higher dimensional theories, supersymmetric theories, physics beyond the standard model. Morris Swartz, University of Chicago Ph.D. (1983)
Experimental high-energy physics; precision tests of and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. Alexander S. Szalay, (Alumni Centennial Professor) Eötvös Lorànd University Ph.D. (1975)
Theoretical astrophysics; galaxy formation. Zlatko Tesanovic, University of Minnesota Ph.D. (1985)
Theoretical condensed matter physics; many-body theory, high-Tc superconductors. Rosemary F.G. Wyse, Cambridge University Ph.D. (1982)
Astrophysics; galaxy formation and evolution.
University of Chicago Ph.D. (1997)
Experimental condensed matter physics; disordered materials, soft matter. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1998)
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders. N. Peter Armitage, Stanford University Ph.D. (2002)
Experimental condensed matter physics. Andrei Gritsan, University of Colorado at Boulder Ph.D. (2000)
Experimental high-energy physics; colliders. David Kaplan, University of Washington Ph.D. (1999)
Theoretical high-energy physics; quantum field theory Nina Markovic, University of Minnesota Ph.D. (1998)
Experimental condensed matter physics; nanoscience; superconductivity. Oleg Tchernyshyov, Columbia University Ph.D. (1998)
Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Shiyi Chen, (Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Bejing University Ph.D. (1987)
Statistical theory and computation of fluid turblence. Mesoscopic physics and lattice Boltzmann computational Methods. Gregory Eyink, (Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics) Ohio State University Ph.D. (1987)
Mathematical physics, fluid mechanics, turbulence, dynamical systems. Jack Morava, (Professor, Department of Mathematics) Rice University Ph.D. (1969)
Algebraic topology, mathematical physics. Peter Searson, (Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering) University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Ph.D. (1982)
Electronic, nanophase, and semiconductor materials. Darrell F. Strobel, (Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ) Harvard University Ph.D. (1969)
Planetary atmospheres and astrophysics.
Luciana Bianchi (Galex/Fuse), University of Padua Ph.D. (1978)
Experimental astrophysics; study of hot stars in local group galaxies; ultraviolet space instrumentation. Michael Finkenthal, Hebrew University Ph.D. (1977)
Experimental plasma physics. William Blair, University of Michigan Ph.D. (1981)
Experimental astrophysics; supernova remnants, cataclysmic variable stars. Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. (1982)
Ultraviolet, optical, infrared, X-ray, and radio spectroscopy and imaging of comets, planets, and satellites.
Ronald J. Allen, (STScI) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1967)
Observational astronomy; structure of galaxies, physics of the interstellar medium, interferometry and imaging in astronomy. Michael Fall, (STScI) Oxford University D. Phil. (1976)
Astrophysics. Henry Ferguson (STScI) Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. (1990)
Observational cosmology, galaxy evolution, dwarf galaxies, space astronomy instrumentation, and calibration. Michael Hauser, (STScI) Caltech Ph.D. (1967)
Infrared and submillimeter astronomy; interplanetary and interstellar medium; cosmology. Gerard A. Kriss (STScI) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1982)
Extragalactic observational astronomy (quasars, active galaxies, galaxy clusters). Mario Livio, (STScI) Tel Aviv University Ph.D. (1978)
Theoretical astrophysics; accretion onto black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs; supernova explosions, active galactic nuclei, planetary nebulae. Antonella Nota, (STScI) Universita de Padova Ph.D. (1983)
Astronomy Ethan Schreier, (AUI) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. (1970)
Astrophysics, active galaxies and jets. Mark D. Stiles, (NIST) Cornell University Ph.D. (1986)
Theoretical condensed matter physics. Electric and magnetic properties of magnetic multilayers. Electronic structure calculations. Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI), Leiden University Ph.D. (1994)
Extragalactic observational and theoretical astronomy; Galaxy Structure, Dynamics and Formation; Black Holes. Kimberly Weaver (GSFC) University of Maryland - College Park Ph.D. (1993)
Experimental astrophysics; X-ray spectroscopy and imaging studies of AGN and starburst galaxies. Robert Williams, (STScI) University of Wisconsin - Madison Ph.D. (1965)
Observational astronomy; Novae, distant galaxies, spectroscopy, emission nebulae.
(GSFC) Penn State University Ph.D. (2002)
Studies of x-ray emission from star formation in galaxies at cosmologically interesting distances (z>0.1). (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Florida State University Ph.D. (2000)
Experimental condensed matter physics.
Gabor Domokos, Dubna University Ph.D. (1963)
Theoretical high-energy physics, astro-particle physics. Gordon Feldman, University of Birmingham Ph.D. (1953)
Quantum field theory and theory of elementary particles; atomic theory. Thomas Fulton, Harvard University Ph.D. (1954)
Theoretical high-energy physics; quantum electrodynamics, atomic theory. Brian R. Judd, (Gerhard H. Dieke Professor Emeritus) Oxford University D. Phil. (1955)
Theoretical atomic and molecular physics, group theory, solid state theory. Chung W. Kim, Indiana University Ph.D. (1963)
Theory of elementary particles, nuclear theory, cosmology. Eotvos Lorand University Ph.D. (1963)
Theoretical high-energy physics; astro-particle theory Yung Keun Lee, Columbus University Ph.D. (1961)
Experimental nuclear physics; relativistic heavy ion physics. Aihud Pevsner, (Jacob L. Hain Professor Emeritus) Columbia University Ph.D. (1954)
Experimental high energy physics. James C. Walker, Princeton University Ph.D. (1961)
Experimental condensed matter physics; thin films and surfaces, nuclear physics.
CAS = Center for Astrophysical Sciences
MRSEC = Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
STScI = Space Telescope Science Institute
TIPAC = Theoretical Interdisciplinary Physics and Astrophysics Center
ACS = Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys
FUSE = Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
GSFC = NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MSGC = Maryland Space Grant Consortium
KIAS = Korea Institute for Advanced Study
KSAS = Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences
WMAP = Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe | 
