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Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

University of Minnesota
Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics
116 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455		 Main Office: 356 Physics
Phone: 612-624-4811
Fax: 612-626-2029
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Faculty

Cattell, Cynthia Tate 316 (612) 626-8918
Professor Research interests: Space plasma physics; magnetic and electric field measurements; auroral particle acceleration;particle acceleration processes;non-linear plasma physics; magnetic reconnection and shocks.
Cushman, Priscilla Tate 260F (612) 626-8917
(612) 624-1534
Professor Research interests: Exploration into the building blocks of matter through complementary approaches: (1) the most senstitive search for a direct signal from the dark matter halo surrounding our galaxy (the CDMS experiment in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota), (2) the highest energy accelerator (the CMS experiment at the future Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland), and (3) the most precise measurement of the magnetic moment of the muon (g-2 at Brookhaven Lab in New York).
Davidson, Kris D. Tate 368 (612) 624-5711
Professor Research interests: Emission-line analyses; quasi-stellar objects; supernova remnants; x-ray sources; massive stars.
Dickey, John M.
Professor Emeritus Research interests: Radio astronomy; single dish and aperture synthesis; spectral lines; structure of the interstellar medium.
Fortson, Lucy Tate 377 (612) 624-9587
Associate Professor Research interests: High-energy astrophysics, gamma-ray astronomy, extragalactic astronomy including active galactic nuclei and barred spirals; Developing online citizen science as a method to solve research problems with large datasets; physics education research.
Gehrz, Robert D. Tate 357
Tate 385		 (612) 624-7806
(612) 626-2067
Professor
Director Research interests: Infrared Astronomy; novae; circumstellar and interstellar dust; development of novel instrumentation.
Hanany, Shaul Tate 333 (612) 626-8929
Professor Research interests: Studies of the early universe through observations of the cosmic microwave background, its anisotropy and polarization properties.
Humphreys, Roberta M. Tate 358A
Tate 485		 (612) 624-6530
(612) 624-9069
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies Research interests: Astronomy and astrophysics; stellar spectroscopy; galactic and extragalactic studies; the cosmic distance scale. She heads the Automated Plate Scanner Research Group.
Jones, Terry J. Tate 355
Tate 385		 (612) 624-8009
(612) 626-2067
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies Research interests: Infrared Astronomy; high-resolution spectroscopy of stars; interstellar medium; galaxies.
Jones, Thomas W. Tate 369
Walter 411		 (612) 624-8546
(612) 624-1699
Professor Research interests: Theoretical Astrophysics; numerical astrophysics; gas dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, active galaxies, supernova remnants; cosmic ray acceleration.
Kuhi, Len
Professor Emeritus
Lysak, Robert Tate 375 (612) 625-1323
Professor Research interests: Particle acceleration and the dynamics of current flow in the earth's auroral zone.
Mandic, Vuk Tate 320 (612) 624-6844
Assistant Professor Research interests: Gravitational wave physics, observational cosmology, early universe physics.
Olive, Keith Tate 414 (612) 624-7354
Professor Research interests: Particle physics and cosmology, big bang nucleosynthesis, the origin of the light element isotopes through 7Li; particle dark matter; big bang baryogenesis, and inflation.
Peloso, Marco Tate 342E (612) 624-6525
Professor Research interests: Astroparticle physics, inflation, cosmology of extra-dimensions, physics beyond the standard model.
Pepin, Robert Shep 421
Lind 136		 (612) 624-0819
(612) 625-2800
Professor Research interests: Origin and early history of volatile elements and compounds in the solar system as revealed by mass spectrometer measurements of noble gases and nitrogen in meteorites and lunar samples.
Pryke, Clement Tate 313 (612) 624-7578
Associate Professor Research interests: Astrophysics and cosmology; cosmic microwave background
Qian, Yong-Zhong Tate 342C (612) 624-7567
Professor Research interests: Nuclear/particle astrophysics and cosmology, supernova explosion and nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution of galaxies, neutrino oscillations and their effects in astrophysical environments.
Rudnick, Lawrence Tate 383 (612) 624-3396
Professor Research interests: Radio Astronomy; radio galaxies and supernova remnants; relativistic particle acceleration.
Scarlata, M. Claudia Tate 373 (612) 626-1811
Assistant Professor Research interests: Observations of high redshift galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution.
Skillman, Evan D. Tate 241 (612) 624-9523
Professor Research interests: Chemical abundances; star formation; evolution of galaxies.
Williams, Liliya L. R. Tate 353 (612) 624-1084
Associate Professor
TA Coordinator Research interests: Theoretical cosmology; cosmological parameters; large scale structure; formation and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies; gravitational lensing including computational techniques.
Woodward, Charles E. Tate 376 (612) 624-0254
Professor
Program Director, LBT/SO Research interests: Infrared instrumentation and technology development for observational astrophysics.
Woodward, Paul R. Walter 428 (612) 625-8049
Professor
Director, LCSE Research interests: Numerical Astrophysics; hydrodynamic simulations applied to a wide range of astrophysical problems.
Wygant, John Tate 371 (612) 626-8921
Professor Research interests: Spacecraft measurement of electric fields and particle acceleration in space plasmas.

[top]Visiting Scholars

French, Howard (763) 954-2665
Adjunct Professor

[top]Research Associates

Kovacs, Attila Tate 485 (612) 624-7806
Postdoctoral Associate Research interests: Submillimeter astronomy
McQuinn, Kristen Tate 351 (612) 624-1817
Postdoctoral Associate Research Interests: Galactic evolution, starburst galaxies, star formation histories
Mendygral, Peter at Cray, Inc.
Postdoctoral Associate Research Interests: Computational astrophysics, magnetohydrodynamics, active galaxies, galaxy clusters

[top]Professional and Academic

Knox, Michael 4th Floor, Walter Library (612) 626-9224
Info Tech Professional
Song, Yan Tate 375 (612) 624-4053
Sr. Research Associate



[top]Graduate Students

Bagley, Micaela Tate 475B (612) 626-2052
Berg, Danielle Tate 469A (612) 626-1819
Bullock, Eric Tate 475A (612) 626-1841
Delgado, Jennifer Tate 385 (612) 626-2067
Dolan, Kyle Tate 475B (612) 626-2052
Farnsworth, Damon Tate 469A (612) 626-2052
Forootaninia, Zahra Tate 475A (612) 626-1841
Gordon, Michael Tate 475A (612) 626-1841
Grammer, Skyler Tate 485 (612) 624-7043
Johnson, Andrew Walter 415 (612) 626-2275
Lame'e, Mehdi Tate 475B (612) 626-2052
Mehta, Vihang Tate 485 (612) 624-9069
Neary, Kyle Tate 469A (612) 626-1819
Noble, Melanie Tate 485 (612) 624-9069
Outreach Coordinator
O'Neill, Brian Tate 475A (612) 626-1841
Sandalski, Stou Tate 467
Shahinyan, Karlen Tate 485 (612) 624-9069
Shenoy, Dinesh Tate 485 (612) 624-9069
Simones, Jake Tate 469A (612) 626-1819

[top]Staff

Thibeault, Terry Tate 356 (612) 624-4811
Executive Assistant
Knutson, Allen Tate 78 (612) 624-3353
Electrical/Mechanical Specialist
Komor, Corinne Tate 358 (612) 624-7053
Financial Administrator

[top]Locations and Phone Numbers

AST 1001 Labs Tate 450  
Tate B49
Teaching Asst. Office Tate 451 (612) 626-0034
Automated Plate Scanner Tate 485 (612) 624-9069
Computer Support () Tate S43 (612) 624-5040
Department Office Tate 356 (612) 624-4811
(612) 626-2029 (fax)
Infrared Lab Tate 385 (612) 626-2067
Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering (LCSE) Walter 499 (612) 626-1142
Lecture Preparation Room Tate 135 (612) 624-6584
Mt. Lemmon Observatory Tucson, AZ (520) 576-1617
Public Outreach  
Reading Room Tate 358  
O'Brien Observatory Marine-on-St.Croix, MN (651) 433-3425