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Department Of Astronomy


Degree Programs: Full-Time: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Chair: David J. Helfand, Ph.D.
1020 Pupin
Tel: 212.854.2150


Director of Graduate Studies: Jacqueline Van Gorkom, Ph.D.
1314 Pupin
Tel: 212.854.6850


Faculty

Michael Allison:
Adjunct Professor (NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Ph.D., Rice University (Space Physics and Astronomy), 1982
Interests: Planetary Fluid Dynamics, Remote Sensing of Planetary Atmospheres, Spaceflight Mission Planning
James H. Applegate:
Professor, Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook, 1980
Interests: Stellar dynamics; supernovae; neutron star physics; early universe
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Greg Bryan:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Illinois, 1996
Interests: Numerical cosmology, theoretical astrophysics; simulations
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Arlin P. S. Crotts:
Professor, Ph.D., Chicago, 1986
Interests: SN light echos; quasar absorption lines; large scale structure
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Zoltan Haiman:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1998
Interests: Cosmology, early universe, galaxy clusters
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jules P. Halpern:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 1982
Interests: X-ray astronomy; active galactic nuclei
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
David J. Helfand:
Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1977
Interests: X-ray astronomy; radio astronomy
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kathryn V. Johnston:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz), 1996
Interests: Galactic structure, numerical simulations, mergers
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Laura E. Kay:
Associate Professor (Barnard College), Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz), 1990
Interests: Active galaxies; spectropolarimetry; Antarctic astrophysics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kristen Menou:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Paris, 1999
Interests: Theoretical astrophysics; accretion theory
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Mark-Maclow Mordecai:
Adjunct Associate Professor (American Museum of Natural History,Department of Astrophysics), Ph.D., Colorado (Boulder), 1989
Interests: Formation and Evolution of Planets, Stars and Galaxies,Structure of the Interstellar Medium
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Benjamin Oppenheimer:
Adjunct Assistant Professor (American Museum of Natural History, Department of Astrophysics), Ph.D., CalTech, 1999
Interests: Brown dwarfs, Imaging of Exrasolar planets, Instrumentation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Frederik B. Paerels:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Utrecht (Netherlands), 1987
Interests: X-ray astronomy; high-energy astrophysics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Joseph Patterson:
Professor, Ph.D., Texas (Austin), 1979
Interests: Close binary stars; eruption variables
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Caleb Scharf:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1994
Interests: Galaxy clusters
David Schiminovich:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1998
Interests: Ultraviolet astronomy, experimental astrophysics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Michael Shara:
Adjunct Professor (American Museum of Natural History), Ph.D., Tel-Aviv, 1978
Interests: Cataclysmic Variables, Globular Clusters, Massive Stars
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Edward A. Spiegel:
Professor (Astronomy), Ph.D., Michigan, 1958
Interests: Theoretical astrophysics; fluid mechanics; theoretical solar physics; chaos
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jacqueline Van Gorkom:
Professor, Ph.D., Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, 1980
Interests: Galactic structure; HI observations of galaxies and clusters
Approved Dissertation Sponsor




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