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John Beacom

John Beacom

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Director of CCAPP

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1997

Amy Connolly

Amy Connolly

Assistant Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003

  • Email: hill.1370@osu.edu
  • Office: 3060 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-4368
  • Research: Ultra-high-energy neutrino experiments
Klaus Honscheid

Klaus Honscheid

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of Bonn, 1988

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1999

Gary Steigman

Gary Steigman

Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Chair of CCAPP Science Board

Ph.D., New York University, 1968

  • email: steigman@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2006 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-1999
  • Research: Cosmology, Astro-Particle Physics, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Todd A. Thompson

Todd A. Thompson

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., The University of Arizona, 2002

  • email: thompson@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4019 McPherson Lab
  • Phone: (614) 292-7971
  • website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~thompson
  • Research: Theoretical Astrophysics, Starburst Galaxies, AGN Fueling, Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts
David Weinberg

David Weinberg

Professor of Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
University Distinguished Scholar

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989

Jim Beatty

Jim Beatty

Professor of Physics
Chair of Physics

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986

Andrew Gould

Andrew Gould

Professor of Astronomy
Thomas Jefferson Professor for Discovery and Space Exploration
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
University Distinguished Scholar

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1988

  • email: gould@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4039 McPherson
  • Phone: (614) 292-1892
  • Research: Microlensing; Identifying & measuring dark matter; extrasolar planets.
Richard Hughes

Richard Hughes

Professor of Physics
Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992

  • email: hughes@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 1040L/3046 PRB
  • Phone (O): (614) 292-3885
  • Lab: 3114/3115 PRB
  • website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~hughes/hughes.html
  • Research: Studying proton-antiproton collision at the world's highest energy collider, the Fermilab Tevatron.
Richard Kass

Richard Kass

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, 1978

  • email: kass@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3146 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-6958
  • Lab: 3130/3153 PRB
  • website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kass
  • Research: Heavy quark physics and electron-position interactions
Christopher Kochanek

Christopher Kochanek

Professor of Astronomy
Ohio Eminent Scholar in Observational Cosmology

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989

Paul Martini

Paul Martini

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2000

Smita Mathur

Smita Mathur

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1991

Patrick Osmer

Patrick Osmer

Professor of Astronomy
Distinguished Professor of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Dean and Vice Provost of the Graduate School

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970

  • email: posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4055 McPherson Lab
  • Phone: (614) 292-1773
  • Office: 250 University Hall
  • Phone: (614) 247-7413
  • website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~posmer
  • Research: Quasar evolution & spectroscopy
Bradley Peterson

Bradley Peterson

Professor of Astronomy
University Distinguished Scholar
Chair of Astronomy

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1978

Marc Pinsonneault

Marc Pinsonneault

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Yale University, 1988

Richard Pogge

Richard Pogge

Professor of Astronomy
Vice Chair for Instrumentation

Ph.D., University of California, San Cruz, 1988

  • email: pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4037 McPherson Lab
  • Phone: (614) 292-0274
  • website: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge
  • Research: Active Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Instrumentation, Extrasolar Planets
Barbara Ryden

Barbara Ryden

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1987

Kris Stanek

Kris Stanek

Professor of Astronomy

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996

Terry Walker

Terry Walker

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1987

Brian Winer

Brian Winer

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1991

  • email: winer@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 3042 PRB
  • Phone (O): (614) 292-8996
  • Lab: 3114/3115/3163 PRB
  • website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~winer
  • Research: Experimental Astroparticle Particle Physics (GLAST)
Basudeb Dasgupta

Basudeb Dasgupta

CCAPP Fellow

Shunsaku Horiuchi

Shunsaku Horiuchi

CCAPP Fellow

Stelios Kazantzidis

Stelios Kazantzidis

CCAPP Senior Fellow

  • email: stelios@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2018 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 247-1501
  • Website: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~stelios
  • Research: Theoretical/Computational Astrophysics & Cosmology, Galaxy Formation & Evolution, Galactic Structure, Supermassive Black Holes
Peter Melchior

Peter Melchior

CCAPP Fellow

Michael Mortonson

Michael Mortonson

CCAPP Fellow

Kohta Murase

Kohta Murase

CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow

Carsten Rott

Carsten Rott

CCAPP Senior Fellow

Ralph Schoenrich

Ralph Schoenrich

CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Hubble Fellow

  • email: schoenrich@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: 4009 McPherson
  • Phone: (614) 558-6930
  • Research: Galactic dynamics and kinematics, chemical evolution, stellar ages
Micheal Stamatikos

Michael Stamatikos

CCAPP Fellow

Paul Sutter

Paul Sutter

CCAPP Visiting Fellow

  • email: sutter.84@osu.edu
  • Office: M2016 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 247-1878
  • Research: Cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, galaxy cluster magnetic fields
Paul Sutter

Zhaoyu Yang

CCAPP Associate and Fermi Group Postdoc

  • email: yang.395@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2010 PRB
  • Lab: 3114 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-8016, (614) 292-7370 (lab)
  • Research: Experimental particle astrophysics
Andrea Albert

Andrea Albert

Graduate Research Assistant

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Jonathan Bird

Jonathan Bird

Graduate Research Assistant

Brian Dailey

Brian Dailey

Graduate Research Assistant

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Eugene Hong

Eugene Hong

Graduate Research Assistant

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Ranjan Laha

Ranjan Laha

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: laha.1@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2000 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-2086
  • Advisor: John Beacom
Kenny Ng

Kenny Ng

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: ng.199@osu.edu
  • Office: M2000 PRB
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Ken Patton

Ken Patton

Graduate Research Assistant

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Rebecca Reesman

Rebecca Reesman

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: rreesman@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2000 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-2086
  • Website: http://ccapp.osu.edu/reesman/
  • Advisors: Terry Walker, Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins
Eric Suchyta

Eric Suchyta

Graduate Research Assistant

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Julia Young

Julia Young

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: jyoung@mps.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2005 PRB
  • Advisor: Klaus Honscheid
Dong Zhang

Dong Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant

  • email: dzhang@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: McPherson
  • Advisor: Todd Thompson
Lisa Krehnovi

Lisa Krehnovi

Program Coordinator

  • email: krehnovi.5@asc.ohio-state.edu
  • Office: M2023 PRB
  • Phone: (614) 292-0792

 

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