Tag astronomy
Ed Churchwell
Professor emeritus, astronomy
Expert on star formation, infrared and radio astronomy, issues of extraterrestrial life
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
Professor, astronomy
Expert on galaxies, galaxy formation, galaxy evolution, the distant universe, and astronomical telescopes and instrumentation
Francis Halzen
Professor, physics; principal investigator, IceCube Research Center
A theoretician studying problems at the interface of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology
Sanjay Limaye
Distinguished Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center
Solar system exploration, atmospheres of planets, weather on planets
Dan McCammon
Professor, physics
Expert on on developing X-ray detectors to study very hot parts of interstellar and intergalactic space
Justin Vandenbroucke
Assistant professor, physics and astronomy
Expert on particle astrophysics, neutrino astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, cosmic rays, IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Marina Orio
Senior visiting scientist, astronomy
Expert on astronomy, stellar physics, white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes, eruptive binary stars.
Michael Shank
Professor and chair, history of science
Expert on the history of early science to Newton
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.