Research Staff
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Christopher Anderson
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, University of Wisconsin Madisoncande129@jhu.edu GSFC, Bldg 34, Room S317
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John Appel
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, Princeton University410-516-4572 jappel3@jhu.edu Bloomberg 247
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Brian Cherinka
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, University of Pittsburghbcherin1@jhu.edu Bloomberg 505
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Marco Chiaberge
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, S.I.S.S.A./ISAS Trieste, Italy410-338-4980 marcoc@stsci.edu Bloomberg 633 Personal Website
Research Interests: Active Galactic Nuclei, Radio Galaxies
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Matt Collinge
Assistant Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium
PhD, Princeton University410-516-7106 collinge@jhu.edu Bloomberg 135 Group/Lab Website
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Jaime Combariza
Associate Research Scientist; Director, Maryland Advanced Research Computing Center (MARCC)
410-516-5545 jcombar1@jhu.edu Bloomberg 415
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Joseph Eimer
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, Johns Hopkins University410-516-4899 eimer@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 223
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Thomas Essinger-Hileman
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, Princeton University410-516-0720 essinger@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 223 Personal Website
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Natalie Gandilo
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, University of Toronto301-614-6936 ngandil1@jhu.edu Goddard Space Flight Center, Building 21, Room 070
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Karoline Gilbert
Associate Research Scientist
410-338-2475 kgilbert@stsci.edu Mueller S406A Personal Website
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Alaina Henry
Associate Research Scientist
410-338-6747 ahenry@stsci.edu S408 Space Telescope Science Institute Muller Building
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Mary Beth Kaiser
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles410-516-5088 kaiser@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 107
Research Interests: Experimental astrophysics; spectrophotometry; Seyfert and starburst galaxies; sounding rocket space astronomy
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Seyed Koohpayeh
Research Scientist
PhD, University of Birmingham410-516-7687 koohpayeh@pha.jhu.edu Bloomberg 327
Research Interests: Condensed Matter Physics
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K. D. Kuntz
Research Scientist
PhD, University of Maryland410-516-5829 kkuntz1@jhu.edu Bloomberg 535
Research Interests: The X-ray background, hot ISM/IGM, X-ray instrumentation, solar wind charge-exchange, and various topics concerning the Earth's magnetosheath
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Dmitry Medvedev
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, Bauman Moscow State Technical University410-516-4932 dmedved1@jhu.edu Bloomberg 373
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Margaret Meixner
Principal Research Scientist, CAS; Deputy Head of Instruments Division
B.S., Electrical Eng., University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with Honors; B.S. Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with Honors; M.S. Astronomy, UC Berkeley; Ph.D. Astronomy, UC Berkeley410-338-5013 410-338-5090 meixner@stsci.edu Personal Website
Research Interests: Infrared Instrumentation: ground based and space based; Magellanic Clouds: the life cycle of baryonic matter; Dust evolution in galaxies
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Nathan Miller
Assistant Research Scientist
301-286-8401 nmille47@jhu.edu offsite - Goddard Space Center
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Bram Ochsendorf
Assistant Research Scientist
Ph.D., Leiden University410-516-8589 bochsen1@jhu.edu Bloomberg 233 Personal Website
Research Interests: star formation & ISM
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Rachel Osten
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, Astrophysics and Planetary Science410-338-4762 410-338-5090 osten@stsci.edu STSCI - Muller 437 Personal Website
Research Interests: Dynamics of Stellar Outer Atmospheres/Multi-wavelength Astronomy
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Molly Peeples
Associate Research Scientist
410-338-2451 molly@stsci.edu Bloomberg 606 Personal Website
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Imants Platais
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, Latvian University410-516-5285 imants@jhu.edu Bloomberg 503
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Marc Rafelski
Associate Research Scientist
410-338-6740 mrafelski@stsci.edu N421C - Space Science Telescope Institute Muller Building
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Anand Sivaramakrishnan
Research Scientist (JHU); Observatory Scientist (STScI)
Ph. D. University of Texas at Austin410 338 4711 anand@stsci.edu Bloomberg P635
Research Interests: High contrast imaging (optics, coronagraphy, non-redundant masking, adaptive optics)
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Stephen Smee
Principal Research Scientist, Engineering Manager - Instrument Development Group
410-516-7097 smee@jhu.edu Bloomberg 123 Group/Lab Website
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Johannes Staguhn
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, University of Cologne, GermanyResearch Interests: Astrophysics; far-infrared through millimeter wavelength astronomical instrumentation and observations, concentrating on AGN phenomena, star formation, and cosmology
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Dan Stutman
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, Hebrew University410-516-7929 dstutman@jhu.edu Bloomberg 111
Research Interests: Atomic processes in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas
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Ani Thakar
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, Ohio State University410-516-4850 thakar@jhu.edu Bloomberg 388 Personal Website
Research Interests: Computational astrophysics; counterrotating disks in spiral galaxies
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David Thilker
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, New Mexico State University410-516-3861 dthilker@jhu.edu Bloomberg 405
Research Interests: Star formation and the interstellar medium in nearby galaxies; low surface brightness outskirts of galaxies; circumgalactic HI and HVCs; ultraviolet, infrared, radio, and H-alpha imaging; space-based astronomy
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Kevin Tritz
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison609-243-3158 410-516-5494 ktritz@jhu.edu Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Research Interests: Plasma Physics
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Maria Pia Valdivia Leiva
Assistant Research Scientist
PhD, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Chile410-516-8705 mvaldiv2@jhu.edu Bloomberg 113
Research Interests: High Energy Density (HED) diagnostics, fast transient plasmas, pulsed power, and experimental plasma physics
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Lynne Valencic
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, Louisiana State University301-286-1041 Lynne.A.Valencic@nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Janet Weiland
Associate Research Scientist
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles919-557-3712 jweilan2@jhu.edu
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Richard Wilton
Associate Research Scientist
MD, University of California, Los Angeles410-516-0284 richard.wilton@jhu.edu Bloomberg 365
Research Interests: Astrophysics
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Wei Zheng
Principal Research Scientist
PhD, University of California, San Diego410-516-5459 wzheng3@jhu.edu Bloomberg 225
Research Interests: Experimental astrophysics; UV and optical spectroscopy of quasars and active galaxies; study of the intergalactic medium
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Guangtun Ben Zhu
Visiting Scientist
PhD, New York University917-776-1436 guangtun@jhu.edu Bloomberg 524
Research Interests: Astrophysics
