Astronomy Faculty

	Bradley M. Peterson Professor of Astronomy Department Chair Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1978 Research: Active Galactic Nuclei; Supermassive Black Holes; QSO absorption lines. Contact: peterson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	B. Scott Gaudi Assistant Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000 Research: Extrasolar Planets; the Kuiper Belt; Astrobiology Contact: gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Andrew P. Gould Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences University Distinguished Scholar Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988 Research: Microlensing; Identifying & measuring dark matter; extrasolar planets. Contact: gould@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Eric Herbst Distinguished University Professor Joint Appointment with the Department of Physics Ph.D., Harvard University, 1972 Research: Chemical reactions & dust formation in molecular clouds. Contact: herbst@mps.ohio-state.edu

	Jennifer Johnson Assistant Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999 Research: Stellar Abundances, Stellar Evolution Contact: jaj@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Christopher S. Kochanek Professor of Astronomy Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989 Research: Cosmology, galactic structure, gravitational lenses. Contact: ckochanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Paul Martini Assistant Professor of Astronomy Director of Undergraduate Studies Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000 Research: Active Galaxies & Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation Contact: martini@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Smita Mathur Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991 Research: AGN Physics, X-ray astronomy, High Redshift Universe Contact: smita@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Patrick S. Osmer Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970 Research: Quasar evolution & spectroscopy Contact: posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Marc H. Pinsonneault Professor of Astronomy Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D., Yale University, 1988 Research: Theoretical stellar structure & evolution. Contact: pinsono@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Richard W. Pogge Professor of Astronomy Vice Chair for Instrumentation Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1988 Research: Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets Contact: pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Anil Pradhan Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., University College London, 1977 Research: Atomic & molecular physics Contact: pradhan@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Barbara S. Ryden Associate Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987 Research: Cosmology, large-scale structure of the universe Contact: ryden@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Kristen Sellgren Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1983 Research: Galactic Center; Interstellar Dust; Infrared Astronomy Contact: sellgren@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Krzysztof (Kris) Stanek Associate Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996 Research: Gamma Ray Bursts, Galactic Structure, Extrasolar Planets Contact: kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Gary Steigman Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences Joint Appointment with the Department of Physics Ph.D., New York University, 1968 Research: Cosmology; Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Contact: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu

	Donald M. Terndrup Associate Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986 Research: Galactic Bulge; stellar populations Contact: terndrup@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Todd A. Thompson Assistant Professor of Astronomy Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2002. Research: Theoretical Astrophysics, Starburst Galaxies, AGN Fueling, Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts Contact: thompson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

	Terrence Walker Professor of Physics & Astronomy Joint Appointment with the Department of Physics Ph.D., Indiana University, 1986 Research: Cosmology, high-energy nuclear physics Contact: twalker@mps.ohio-state.edu

	David Weinberg Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences University Distinguished Scholar Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989 Research: Cosmology, large-scale structure. Contact: dhw@astronomy.ohio-state.edu

Affiliated Faculty
	John F. Beacom Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy OSU Physics Department Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997 Research: Particle/Nuclear Astrophysics & Cosmology; Neutrinos Contact: beacom@mps.ohio-state.edu

	James J. Beatty Professor of Physics Physics Department Chair OSU Physics Department Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986 Research: Experimental High-Energy Particle Astrophysics Contact: beatty@mps.ohio-state.edu

Emeritus Professors in Residence

Gerald H. Newsom

Robert F. Wing

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