| University of Minnesota
Department of Astronomy 116 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 |
Main Office: 356 Physics
Phone: 612-624-4811 Fax: 612-626-2029 |
| Directions to the Astronomy Department | |
Faculty
| Davidson, Kris D. | Tate 368 | (612) 624-5711 | ||
| Professor | ||||
| Director of Graduate Studies | 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. | |||
| Gehrz, Robert D. | Tate 357 Tate 385 |
(612) 624-7806 (612) 626-2067 |
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| Professor | ||||
| Department Chair | Research interests: Infrared Astronomy; novae; circumstellar and interstellar dust; development of novel instrumentation. | |||
| Humphreys, Roberta M. | Tate 358A Tate 485 |
(612) 624-6530 (612) 624-9069 |
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| 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 |
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| Professor | Research interests: Infrared Astronomy; high-resolution spectroscopy of stars; interstellar medium; galaxies. | |||
| Jones, Thomas W. | Tate 376 Walter 411 |
(612) 624-8546 (612) 624-1699 |
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| Professor | ||||
| Graduate Student Committee | Research interests: Theoretical Astrophysics; numerical astrophysics; gas dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, active galaxies, supernova remnants; cosmic ray acceleration. | |||
| Kuhi, Len | ||||
| Professor Emeritus | ||||
| Rudnick, Lawrence | Tate 383 | (612) 624-3396 | ||
| Professor | Research interests: Radio Astronomy; radio galaxies and supernova remnants; relativistic particle acceleration. | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Graduate Student Committee | 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 351 | (612) 624-0254 | ||
| Professor | Research interests: Infrared instrumentation and technology development for observational astrophysics. | |||
| Program Director, LBT/SO | ||||
| Woodward, Paul R. | Walter 428 | (612) 625-8049 | ||
| Professor | Research interests: Numerical Astrophysics; hydrodynamic simulations applied to a wide range of astrophysical problems. | |||
| Director, LCSE | ||||
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Adjunct Professors
| Venn, Kim | (250) 472-5182 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | Research interests: Extragalactic stellar abundances and galaxy evolution, Local Group galaxies, stellar spectroscopy and chemical abundances, massive star evolution, formation of light elements. | ||
Additional Astrophysics Graduate Faculty
| Cattell, Cynthia | Tate 316 | (612) 626-8918 | |
| Professor of Physics | Research interests: Space plasma physics; magnetic and electric field measurements; auroral particle acceleration;particle acceleration processes;non-linear plasma physics; magnetic reconnection and shocks. | ||
| Hanany, Shaul | Tate 333 | (612) 626-8929 | |
| Associate Professor of Physics | Research interests: Studies of the early universe through observations of the cosmic microwave background, its anisotropy and polarization properties. | ||
| Hegar, Alexander | - | - | |
| Associate Professor of Physics | Research interests: Massive and very massive stars (10-1000 solar masses), the first generations of stars in the universe, evolution of rotating massive stars and the spin of their remnants; mixing and transport processes in the stellar interior, nucleosynthesis and the origin of elements. | ||
| Lysak, Robert | Tate 375 | (612) 625-1323 | |
| Professor of Physics | 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 of Physics | Research interests: Gravitational wave physics, observational cosmology, early universe physics. | ||
| Olive, Keith | Tate 414 | (612) 624-7354 | |
| Professor of Physics | 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 | |
| Associate Professor of Physics | 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 |
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| Professor of Physics | |||
| 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. | |||
| Qian, Yong-Zhong | Tate 342C | (612) 624-7567 | |
| Associate Professor of Physics | |||
| Research interests: Nuclear/particle astrophysics and cosmology, supernova explosion and nucleosynthesis, chemical evolution of galaxies, neutrino oscillations and their effects in astrophysical environments. | |||
| Wygant, John | Tate 371 | (612) 626-8921 | |
| Associate Professor | Research interests: Spacecraft measurement of electric fields and particle acceleration in space plasmas. | ||
Visiting Scholars
| French, Howard | (763) 954-2665 | ||
| Adjunct Professor | |||
Research Associates
| Hidalgo, Sebastian L. | Tate 467 | (612) 624-1756 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | Research interests: Local Group; star formation history of dwarf galaxies; evolution of galaxies | ||
Professional and Academic
| Knox, Michael | 4th Floor, Walter Library | (612) 626-9224 | |
| Info Tech Professional | |||
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Graduate Students
| Austin, Crystal | Tate 475A | (612) 626-1841 | |
| Boyer, Martha | Tate 367 | (612) 626-1811 | |
| Brown, Shea | Tate 475A | (612) 626-1819 | |
| Delgado, Jennifer | Tate 475B | (612) 626-2052 | |
| Edmon, Paul | Walter 415 | (612) 626-2275 | |
| Ennis, Jessica | Tate 475A | (612) 626-1841 | |
| Farnsworth, Damon | Tate 475A | (612) 626-1841 | |
| Helton, Andrew | Tate 485B | (612) 625-0580 | |
| Isensee, Karl | Tate 469B | (612) 626-2052 | |
| McQuinn, Kristen | Tate 469a | (612) 624-9069 | |
| Mehner, Andrea | Tate 485 | (612) 624-7043 | |
| Mendygral, Peter | Walter 415 | (612) 626-2275 | |
| Milligan, Michael | Tate 336 | (612) 626-9149 | |
| Polsgrove, Daniel | Tate 336 | (612) 626-9149 | |
| Ruch, Gerry | Tate 367 | (612) 626-1811 | |
| Ryan, Erin | On Leave | ||
| Temim, Tea | On Leave | ||
| Tiffany, Chelsea | Tate 485 | (612) 624-9069 | |
| Warren, Steven | Tate 469A | (612) 626-1819 | |
| Weisz, Daniel | Tate 469A | (612) 626-1819 | |
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 | |
| Office Supervisor | |||
| Fay, Greta | Tate 356 | (612) 624-8379 | |
| Student Secretary | |||
Locations and Phone Numbers
| Astronomy 1001 Labs | Tate 450 | |
| Tate B49 | ||
| Astronomy 1001 TA 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 | (612) 624-3859 | |
| Reading Room | Tate 358 | |
| O'Brien Observatory | Marine-on-St.Croix, MN | (651) 433-3425 |