Tag astronomy
![Amy Barger](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA0MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--609c7fff218a055a8a86889e8da76348f0a9efa1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-12.51.21-PM-e1660748534328.png)
![Ed Churchwell](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjkyMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a8ebde717cb59e252e008714ba60677a46de9900/people_churchwell_ed_187_231_cy.png)
Ed Churchwell
Professor emeritus, astronomy
Expert on star formation, infrared and radio astronomy, issues of extraterrestrial life
![James Lattis](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjkxNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2a9500207a166f3987b5eaecb9b773faaecf168e/Lattis_James_hs16_9642-562x844.jpg)
James Lattis
Director, UW Space Place; faculty associate, astronomy
History of astronomy and cosmology, observational astronomy, astronomy education, science outreach, science and the arts
![Matthew Bershady](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQxOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--01fea9a34406b32519db191bbd7965d687d05d53/mattb.jpg)
Matthew Bershady
Professor, astronomy
Expert on galaxies, galaxy formation, galaxy evolution, the distant universe, and astronomical telescopes and instrumentation
![Francis Halzen](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQzOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--21ecb3d88968296db24ab3f660cbd8c57f47eb21/Halzen_Francis_hs06_0298.jpg)
Francis Halzen
Professor, physics; principal investigator, IceCube Research Center
A theoretician studying problems at the interface of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology
![Sanjay Limaye](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc2NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--54ac90d47450a5dffa13faf21d85b86b5c9951e4/limaye.jpg)
Sanjay Limaye
Distinguished Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center
Solar system exploration, atmospheres of planets, weather on planets
![Richard Townsend](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTgwMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--573dfc6563343fddbcb8bd309b967f285bfe6ca0/mugshot.jpg)
![Peter Timbie](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTgxNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8eed0e625a7ac15ca706e87a9581b25f53692c8f/ptimbie.jpg)
![Dan McCammon](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTg0NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0d992d15fd89858b4374d0dfc1880b0eac22f2f0/DanMcCammon_small.jpg)
Dan McCammon
Professor, physics
Expert on on developing X-ray detectors to study very hot parts of interstellar and intergalactic space
![Justin Vandenbroucke](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA3NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2ffd84d3760ccf01af1f575682ffe9eb4d6e7060/dscn9917.jpg)
Justin Vandenbroucke
Assistant professor, physics and astronomy
Expert on particle astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, cosmic rays, IceCube Neutrino Observatory
![Marina Orio](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjExMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--73bce612d014906bad9edb93fc87c21758327916/people_orio_marina_thumb_187_231_cy.png)
Marina Orio
Senior visiting scientist, astronomy
Expert on astronomy, stellar physics, white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes, eruptive binary stars.
![Michael Shank](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjE5MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f353be184750cd712e82bb1d94ac79c8ad76a8cf/shank.jpg)
Michael Shank
Professor and chair, history of science
Expert on the history of early science to Newton
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Snezana Stanimirovic
Professor/Astronomy
I study properties of the interstellar matter in galaxies using radio and infrared telescopes, with a goal of understanding how molecules form and evolve.