About Us

The team

  • Dr. Stefano Meschiari (UT, editor/webmaster)Exoplanets, planet formation, astronomy education
  • Zach Vanderbosch (UT, editor/webmaster)White dwarf stars, stellar structure/evolution, optical instrumentation, time series photometry
  • Dr. Monika Adamow (UT)Exoplanet detection, the chemical composition of stars, stellar evolution, stellar populations
  • Keaton Bell (UT)Stars, stellar structure and evolution, white dwarfs, asteroseismology
  • Dr. Fritz Benedict (UT)Astrometry, space astronomy, exoplanets, distance determinations
  • Dr. Brendan Bowler (UT)Exoplanets, direct imaging of exoplanets, adaptive optics, brown dwarfs, planet formation
  • Maria Jose Bustamante-Rosell (UT)Galactic dynamics, neutrino physics, cosmology
  • Prof. Augusto Carballido (Baylor University)Planet formation, solar system objects, space exploration, extraterrestrial life
  • Prof. Caitlin Casey (UT)Galaxy formation and evolution, dust and gas in the Universe, galaxy mergers, galaxy clusters, starbursts
  • Jim Chandler (Austin Astronomical Society)Amateur astronomy and equipment
  • Dr. Tom Crawford (University of Chicago)Cosmology, cosmic microwave background (CMB), millimeter-wave astronomy
  • Patrick Drew (UT)Extragalactic astronomy, star-forming regions in the Milky Way
  • Dr. Mike Endl (UT)Exoplanets, astrobiology
  • Sam Factor (UT)Exoplanets, planet formation, radio interferometry
  • Prof. Steve Finkelstein (UT)Galaxies, galaxy evolution, reionization
  • Thomas Gomez (UT)Atomic physics/spectroscopy, stars
  • Dr. Natalie Gosnell (UT)Binary stars, stellar evolution, star clusters
  • Dr. Jacob Hummel (UT)First stars and galaxies, cosmology, structure formation, galaxy formation, star formation, chemical enrichment, supercomputing
  • Briana Indahl (UT)Astronomy instruments, galaxies, HETDEX, VIRUS
  • Dr. Marshall C. Johnson (Ohio State University)Exoplanets, spectroscopy, astronomical observing, transiting planets, Kepler, spin-orbit misalignments, planetary migration, the interstellar medium, the heliosphere and astrospheres, space exploration and orbital dynamics
  • Intae Jung (UT)Galaxies, reionization, dark matter interactions, large-scale structure evolution
  • Dr. Kyle Kaplan (UT)Interstellar medium, molecular gas, infrared spectroscopy
  • Dr. Hwihyun Kim (UT)Formation and evolution of stars and star clusters, HII regions, near-infrared astronomy, and spectroscopy, career advice
  • Prof. Adam Kraus (UT)Extrasolar planets, star formation, planet formation, adaptive optics
  • Dr. Rachael Livermore (UT)Galaxies, high redshift, gravitational lensing
  • Dr. Gregory Mace (UT)Low-mass stars, young stars, brown dwarfs, instrumentation
  • Dr. Andrew Mann (UT)Exoplanet detection and characterization, Stellar Host Properties
  • Raquel Martinez (UT)Star and planet formation, exoplanet-hunting
  • Dr. Adam McKay (UT)Comets, asteroids, planets, moons, Kuiper Belt objects, astrobiology, astrochemistry
  • Dr. Eva Noyola (UT)Black holes, star clusters, galaxies, dark matter, stars, neutron stars, VIRUS instrument
  • Max Parks (UT)Orbital dynamics, space probes, space telescopes, NASA
  • Dr. Judit Ries (UT)Planetary astronomy, astrometry, near-Earth objects, Earth-crossing asteroids
  • Dr. Aaron Rizzuto (UT)Stellar astrophysics, young stars, young moving groups, star formation, binary stars, interferometry, imaging
  • Dr. Sarah Salviander (UT)Quasars / active galaxies, supermassive black holes, black hole – galaxy relationships/evolution
  • Sydney Sherman (UT)Galaxies, galaxy evolution, multi-wavelength data
  • Dr. Matthew Shetrone (UT)Observational techniques, galactic nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution
  • Dr. Jeffrey Silverman (UT)Supernovae, transient phenomena, astronomy education, and outreach
  • Aaron Smith (UT)Cosmology, fir stars and galaxies, black holes, general relativity
  • Matt Stevans (UT)Galaxies, galaxy evolution, active galactic nuclei, the intergalactic medium
  • Rebecca Tippens (UT)Cosmology, dark energy, dark matter
  • Prof. J. Craig Wheeler (UT)Stellar evolution, supernovae, white dwarf stars, neutron stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts (GRB), astrobiology
  • Prof. Don Winget (UT)White dwarf stars, stellar and galactic evolution an cosmochronolgy, experimental astrophysics
  • Yao-Lun Yang (UT)star formation, interstellar medium, spectroscopy, infrared and radio astronomy, radiative transfer
  • Dr. Emma Yu (UT)Star formation, planet formation

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of individual authors and don’t necessarily represent the University’s or the Observatory’s positions. Send your feedback to askanastronomer@astro.as.utexas.edu.

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