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Department Faculty

University Professor

Riccardo Giacconi, Ph.D. University of Milan (1954)
Nobel laureate; Experimental astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy, the early
universe.


Faculty

N. Peter Armitage, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Stanford University (2002)
Experimental condensed matter physics.

Jonathan A. Bagger, Professor (Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs), Ph.D. Princeton University (1983).
Particle theory; theory and phenomenology of supersymmetry, supergravity and superstrings.

Bruce A. Barnett, Professor, Ph.D. University of Maryland College Park (1970).
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders.

Charles L. Bennett, Alumni Centennial Professor of Physics and Astronomy (P.I. WMAP), Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984)
Experimental astrophysics; cosmology, radio/submillimeter/infrared astronomy, astronomical instrumentation.

Luciana Bianchi, Research Professor (Galex), Ph.D. University of Padua (1978)
Experimental astrophysics; study of hot stars in local group galaxies; ultraviolet space instrumentation.

William Blair, Research Professor, Ph.D. University of Michigan (1981)
Experimental astrophysics; supernova remnants, cataclysmic variable stars.

Barry J. Blumenfeld, Professor, Ph.D. Columbia University (1974)
Experimental high-energy physics; neutrino physics, hadron colliders.

Collin L. Broholm, Gerhard H. Dieke Professor, Ph.D. University of Copenhagen (1988)
Experimental condensed matter physics, using neutron scattering.

Tamas Budavari (SDSS): Associate Research Professor, Ph.D Eotvos Lorand University . (2001) Observational cosmology; Large-scale structure, galaxy clustering; Galaxy properties and evolution; Statistical inference and embedding; Data-intensive parallel computing.

Chia-Ling Chien, Jacob L .Hain Professor (Director, MRSEC), Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University (1972)
Experimental condensed matter physics; nanostructured solids.

Paul D. Feldman, Research Professor, Ph.D. Columbia University (1964)
Experimental astrophysics; spectroscopy, space physics, planetary and cometary atmospheres.

Michael Finkenthal, Research Professor, Ph.D. Hebrew University (1977)
Experimental plasma physics.

Holland Ford, Research Professor (P.I. ACS), Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison (1970)
Experimental astrophysics; stellar dynamics, stellar populations, active galactic nuclei and astronomical instrumentation.

Andrei Gritsan, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder (2000)
Experimental high-energy physics; colliders.

Timothy Heckman, A. Hermann Pfund Professor (Director, CAS), Ph.D. University of Washington (1978)
Experimental astrophysics; active galaxies and quasars.

Richard C. Henry, Academy Professor (Director, MSGC), Ph.D. Princeton University (1967)
Astronomy and astrophysics.

Marc Kamionkowski, Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago (1991) Theoretical physics specializing in cosmology and particle physics.

David Kaplan, Professor, Ph.D. University of Washington (1999)
Theoretical high-energy physics; nanoscience; superconductivity.

Julian H. Krolik, Professor, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1977)
Theoretical astrophysics; galactic nuclei, high energy astrophysics.

Robert Leheny, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago (1997)
Experimental condensed matter physics; disordered materials, soft matter.

Petar Maksimovic, Professor, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998)
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders.

Nina Markovic, Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Minnesota (1998)
Experimental condensed matter physics; nanoscience; superconductivity.

Tobias Marriage, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Princeton University (2006)
Cosmology and Astrophysics.

Stephan McCandliss, Research Professor, Ph.D. Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder (1988) Experimental astrophysics; sounding rocket space astronomy in the far UV; physics of the interstellar medium; physical properties of hot stars and their environments; astronomical instrumentation.

Kirill Melnikov, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Johannes Gutenberg University (1996)
Theoretical High Energy Physics.

Brice Menard, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Paris (2003)
Extragalactic astrophysics; cosmology, large surveys.

Warren Moos, Research Professor, Ph.D. University of Michigan (1962)
Experimental astrophysics and plasma physics.

Charles Mattias Mountain, Professor (Director, STScI), Ph.D. London University (1983)
Star formation in galaxies, capabilities of "second generation telescope".

Stephan Murray, Research Professor, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (1971) X-ray astronomy.

David A. Neufeld, Professor, Ph.D. Harvard University (1987)
Theoretical astrophysics; interstellar medium, astrophysical masers.

Colin A. Norman, Professor, Ph.D. Oxford University (1973)
Theoretical and observational astrophysics.

Daniel H. Reich, Professor (Chair), Ph.D. University of Chicago (1988)
Experimental condensed matter physics; Biological physics.

Adam Riess, Krieger Eisenhower Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Nobel Laureate, Ph.D. Harvard University (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, Professor, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1983)
Theoretical condensed matter physics; non-equilibrium processes, atomic origins of macroscopic phenomena.

Joseph Silk, Research Professor and Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D. Harvard University (1968) Cosmology.

Morris Swartz, Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago (1983)
Experimental high-energy physics; precision tests of and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.

Alexander S. Szalay, Alumni Centennial Professor (Director, IDIES), Ph.D. E tv s Lor nd University (1975)
Theoretical astrophysics; galaxy formation.

Oleg Tchernyshyov, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Columbia University (1998)
Theoretical condensed physics.

Zlatko Tesanovic, Professor, Ph.D. University of Minnesota (1985)
Theoretical condensed matter physics; many-body theory, high-Tc superconductors.

Harold A. Weaver, Jr., Research Professor, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University (1982)
Ultraviolet, optical, infrared, Xray, and radio spectroscopy and imaging of comets, planets, and satellites.

Rosemary F.G. Wyse, Professor (Director, TIPAC) Ph.D. Cambridge University (1982)
Astrophysics; galaxy formation and evolution.

Nadia Zakamska, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Princeton University (2005)
Astronomy and Astrophysics.


Joint Faculty with Primary Appointments in other Departments

Shiyi Chen, Professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Ph.D. Bejing University (1987)
Statistical theory and computation of fluid turblence.  Mesoscopic physics and lattice Boltzmann computational Methods.

Gregory Eyink, Professor (Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics), Ph.D. Ohio State University (1987)
Mathematical physics, fluid mechanics, turbulence, dynamical systems.

Michael Falk, Associate Professor (Materials Science & Engineering), Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara (1998) Theoretical & Computational Research.

Tyrell McQueen, Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry), Ph.D. Princeton University (2009) Solid State and Inorganic Chemistry/Condensed Matter Physics.

Jack Morava, Professor (Department of Mathematics), Ph.D. Rice University (1969)
Algebraic topology, mathematical physics.

Peter Searson, Professor (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), Ph.D. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (1982)
Electronic, nanophase, and semiconductor materials.

Darrell F. Strobel, Professor (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences), Ph.D. Harvard University (1969)
Planetary atmospheres and astrophysics.



Adjunct Faculty


Ronald J. Allen, 
Adjunct Professor (STScI), Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1967)
Observational astronomy; structure of galaxies, physics of the interstellar medium, interferometry and imaging in astronomy.

Henry Ferguson Adjunct Professor (STScI), Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University (1990)
Observational cosmology, galaxy evolution, dwarf galaxies, space astronomy instrumentation, and calibration.

Michael Hauser, Adjunct Professor (STScI), Ph.D. Caltech (1967)
Infrared and submillimeter astronomy; interplanetary and interstellar medium; cosmology.

Ann Hornschemeier, Adjunct Assistant Professor (GSFC) Ph.D. Penn State University (2002)
Studies of x-ray emission from star formation in galaxies at cosmologically  interesting distances (z>0.1).

Peter McCullough, Adjunct Associate Professor, (STScI) Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1993), Astronomy

Nikolic Predrag, Adjunct Assistant Professor (George Mason University), Ph.D. MIT (2004), Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.

Cedomir Petrovic, Adjunct Professor (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Ph.D. Florida State University (2000)Experimental condensed matter physics.

Mark D. Stiles, Adjunct Professor (NIST), Ph.D. Cornell University (1986)
Theoretical condensed matter physics. Electric and magnetic properties of magnetic multilayers. Electronic structure calculations.

Roeland P. van der Marel  Adjunct Professor (STScI), Ph.D. Leiden University (1994)
Extragalactic observational and theoretical astronomy; Galaxy Structure, Dynamics and Formation; Black Holes.

Kimberly Weaver Adjunct Professor (GSFC), Ph.D. University of Maryland College Park (1993)
Experimental astrophysics; X-ray spectroscopy and imaging studies of AGN and starburst galaxies.

Robert Williams, Adjunct Professor (STScI), Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison (1965)
Observational astronomy; Novae, distant galaxies, spectroscopy, emission nebulae.



Emeritus Faculty

Chih-Yung Chien, Ph.D. Yale University (1966)
Experimental high-energy physics; hadron colliders.

Gabor Domokos, Ph.D. Dubna University (1963)
Theoretical high-energy physics, astro-particle physics.

Gordon Feldman, Ph.D. University of Birmingham (1953)
Quantum field theory and theory of elementary particles; atomic theory.

Brian R. Judd, (Gerhard H. Dieke Professor Emeritus) Ph.D. (Oxford University 1955)
Theoretical atomic and molecular physics, group theory, solid state theory.

Chung W. Kim, Ph.D. Indiana University (1963)
Theory of elementary particles, nuclear theory, cosmology.

Susan Kovesi-Domokos, Ph.D. Eotvos Lorand University (1963)
Theoretical high-energy physics; astro-particle theory

Yung Keun Lee, Ph.D. Columbus University (1961)
Experimental nuclear physics; relativistic heavy ion physics.

Aihud Pevsner, (Jacob L. Hain Professor Emeritus) Ph.D. Columbia University (1954)
Experimental high energy physics.

James C. Walker, Ph.D. Princeton University (1961)
Experimental condensed matter physics; thin films and surfaces, nuclear physics.


Abbreviations:
ACS Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys
CAS Center for Astrophysical Sciences
FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
GSFC NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
IDIES Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science
KIAS Korea Institute for Advanced Study
KSAS Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences
MRSEC Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
MSGC Maryland Space Grant Consortium
STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
TIPAC Theoretical Interdisciplinary Physics and Astrophysics Center
WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe

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