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Dan McCammon

Dan McCammon

Expert on on developing X-ray detectors to study very hot parts of interstellar and intergalactic space

Professor, physics College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-5916 — Home and cell phones available upon request mccammon@physics.wisc.edu Home page

Topics

  • X-ray astronomy
  • X-ray instrumentation
  • Interstellar medium, intergalactic medium

Achievements

  • Principal investigator, X-ray Quantum Calorimeter Sounding Rocket Experiment
  • Chair-elect of Astrophysics Division, American Physical Society
  • Committee member, Astro 2010 Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Undergraduate adviser, physics department

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