Members of The Theoretical Astrophysics Center

Faculty | Visiting Faculty | Adjunct Faculty | Research Staff| Visiting Researchers
Postdoctoral Researchers| Graduate Students | Undergraduate Students | Support Staff Former TAC Fellows

Faculty

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Jonathan Arons
Astronomy & Physics
537 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-4730
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Compact objects, plasma physics, instabilities, magnetohydrodynamics, relativistic outflows
Publications
Eugene Chiang
Astronomy
511 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-2131
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Planetary and orbital dynamics, the Kuiper Belt, circumstellar and circumplanetary disks, T Tauri stars
Publications
Marc Davis
Astronomy & Physics
517 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-5156
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Physical cosmology, large scale velocity fields, structure formation, galactic dust
Publications
Research Group
Lawrence Hall
Physics
411 Birge Hall or
50-5048 LBNL
(510) 642-6536 or
(510) 486-4469
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Compact extra dimensions, gauge unification, neutrino oscillations
Publications
Chung-Pei Ma
Astronomy
641B Campbell Hall
(510) 642-4850
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Cosmology, dark matter dynamics, halos, gravitational clustering, the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, gravitational lensing
Publications
Philip Marcus
Mechanical Engineering
6121 Etcheverry Hall
(510) 642-5942
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Algorithms, atmospheric flows, convection, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, ocean flows, numerical analysis, turbulence
Chris Mckee
Physics & Astronomy
501A Campbell Hall
(510) 642-0805
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Star formation, star clusters, turbulence, molecular clouds, shocks, the interstellar medium
Publications
Research Group
Militzer
Burkhard Militzer
EPS & Astronomy
407 McCone Hall
(510) 643-7414
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Computer simulations of materials in planetary interiors; first-principle simulation techniques; equation of state calculations
Publications
Hitoshi Murayama
Physics
447 Birge Hall
50A 5101 LBL
(510) 642-1019
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Neutrino physics, particle cosmology, supersymmetry phenomenology and field theories, collider physics
Eliot Quataert, Director
Astronomy & Physics
645 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-3792
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compact objects, galaxy formation, high energy astrophysics
Publications
uros photo Uros Seljak
Physics
441 Old Leconte
(510) 666-2627
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theoretical cosmology
Publications
Philip Stark
Statistics
403 Evans Hall
(510) 642-1430
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Data reduction and inference (inverse) problems, primarily in physical science
Publications
Martin White
Physics & Astronomy
561C Campbell Hall
(510) 642-1969
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Cosmology, the cosmic microwave background, gravitational lensing, gravitational clustering, structure formation, the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, dark matter, halos, power spectra, inflationary physics, the early universe
Publications
Research Group
Jonathan Wurtele
Physics
423 Birge Hall
(510) 643-1575 or
486-6572
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Advanced accelerator concepts, intense laser-plasma interactions and the basic equilibrium, stability, and radiation properties of intense charged particle beams
Publications

Visiting Faculty

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Norm Murray
Astronomy
619 Campbell Hall
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Planetary dynamics, accretion flows, disk winds, active galactic nuclei, the broad line region, solar physics, magnetohydrodynamics
Publications

Adjunct Faculty

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Alfred Glassgold
Astronomy
455 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-6708
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The interstellar medium, star formation, protoplanetary disks, protostellar winds, chondritic meteorites, extinct radioactivities, circumstellar chemistry
Publications
Richard Klein
Astronomy
551 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-3379
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Multi-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, star formation, supernova remnants, accretion, plasmas
Publications
Research Group

Research Staff

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Joanne Cohn
519 Campbell Hall
(510) 642-7570
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Cosmology, large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, mergers, analytic modeling
Publications

Visiting Researchers

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Hsien Shang
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Visiting Scholar; ISM and Star Formation
Publications

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Niccolo Bucciantini
549 Campbell Hall
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Hubble Fellow;  Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics; Pulsar Wind Nebulae; GRBs;  Publications
Sukanya Chakrabarti
531 Campbell Hall
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Phil Hopkins
553 Campbell
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Miller Fellow; galaxy formation; AGN; Publications
Mike Kuhlen
433 Campbell
TAC Fellow; 
dark matter, black hole feedback, Milky Way substructure
Publications
Pak-Shing Li
427 Campbell
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Working with Chris McKee & Richard Klein; Multi-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics
Matt McQuinn
553 Campbell Hall
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Einstein Fellow; 
Lyman Alpha, Reionization
Publications
Rowin Rowin Meijerink
523 Campbell
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Working with Al Glassgold; Interstellar and Circumstellar Matter; Publications


Ian Parrish
431 Campbell
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Chandra Fellow; X-ray Clusters, Plasma Astrophysics; Publications
Tony Piro
431 Campbell
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TAC fellow; compact objects;  Publications
Prateek Sharma
427 Campbell Hall
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Chandra Fellow; Plasma Astrophysics; X-ray Clusters; Accretion Disks
Publications
Anze Slosar
Email Anze Slosar
BCCP Fellow; Cosmology- parameter estimation
Publications
Tristan Smith
Email Tristan Smith
BCCP Fellow; Cosmology
Publications


Andrey Timokhin
549 Campbell Hall
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Working with Jon Arons; Pulsars
Publications
Jeremy Tinker
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BCCP Fellow, physical cosmology, large scale structure
Publications
Nevin Weinberg
521 Campbell Hall
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TAC fellow; Superbursts; Supernovae; Tides in Stars and Planets
Publications
Oliver Zahn
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BCCP Fellow; Cosmology- CMB, reionization;
Publications

Graduate Students

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Jordan Carlson
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Working with Martin White; Baryon Oscillations
Jackson Debuhr
547 Campbell
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Working with Chung-Pei Ma & Eliot Quataert; galaxy formation
Onsi Fakhouri
621 Campbell Hall
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Working with Chung-Pei Ma; Theoretical cosmology


Charles Hansen
727A Campbell
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Working with Chris McKee & Richard Klein; Massive Star Formation
Eric Huff
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Working with David Schlegel; Physical Cosmology
Brian Metzger
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Working with Eliot Quataert; Magnetized relativistic winds; GRBs
Yookyung Noh
557 Campbell Hall
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Working with Joanne Cohn; Large Scale Structure, Baryon Oscillations
Renske Smit
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Working with Martin White and Joanne Cohn; Galaxy Clusters
Linda Strubbe
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Working with Eliot Quataert; tidal disruption of stars
Andrew Wetzel
533 Campbell Hall
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Working with Martin White; Galaxy Clusters & Galaxy Formation

Undergraduate Students

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Support Staff

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Kelley McDonald
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Senior Network Administrator

Natasha Singh
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TAC Administrative Coordinator, TAC Visitor Contact

Former TAC Fellows
Name
Years
Curent Location
Current Position
Arieh Konigl
1980-83
University of Chicago Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abraham Achterberg
1983-84
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Professor of Astrophysics
Lars Hernquist
1984-87
Harvard University Professor of Astronomy
Roger Romani
1987-90
Stanford University Professor of Physics
Christopher Kochanek
1990-93
Ohio State University Eminent Professor
Zhi-Yun Li
1993-96
University of Virginia Associate Professor of Astronomy
Nick Gnedin
1996-98
Fermilab Scientist
Yuri Levin
1999-2002
Leiden Asst. Professor
Yoram Lithwick
2002-2005
CITA Research Scientist
Tzu-Ching Chang
2003-2006
CITA/Taiwan Research Scientist



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