Science Staff and their Research Interests

Name(and WEB Page) email@ipac.caltech.edu Project Research Interests
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Rachel Akeson  rla  MSC  Star Formation
Babar Ali  babar  Herschel  Brown Dwarfs, Low-Mass Stars, Star Formation
Phil Appleton apple Spitzer ISM in Galaxies: Interacting and Colliding galaxies: Nuclear Activity in galaxies: Evolution of Galaxies
David Ardila ardila Spitzer Star and Planet Formation
Lee Armus  lee  Spitzer  Starburst Galaxies, AGN, Galaxy Evolution 
Thomas Barlow  tab  GALEX  Quasars, AGNs
Chas Beichman chas MSC Searching for planets and evidence for planets such as debris disks around nearby young stars, Understanding the formation and evolution of distant infrared-bright galaxies and their relationship to the Cosmic Infrared Background.
Bruce Berriman gbb IRSA Polarization
Andy Boden bode  MSC  Binary stars
Bidushi Bhattacharya bhattach Spitzer Jovian magnetosphere
Sean Carey carey Spitzer Dark clouds, ISM
Ranga-Ram Chary rchary Postdoc Galaxy evolution, cosmic background
David Ciardi ciardi MSC Molecular clouds, star formation, and young stellar objects to stellar astrophysics, brown dwarfs, and cataclysmic variables.
James Colbert colbert Spitzer  
Brendan Crill bpc Planck  
Roc Cutri roc  2MASS  QSOs and AGN, Luminous IR Galaxies, the Diffuse ISM, Carbon Stars, Low Mass Stars, Asteroids
Sergio Fajardo-Acosta  fajardo  Spitzer Vega-type stars, Planet Formation
Dario Fadda fadda Spitzer  
Fan Fang  fan  Spitzer Galaxy Evolution, Nonlinear Galaxy Clustering
David Frayer  frayer  Spitzer High-Redshift Galaxies, ULIGs, Starbursts, AGN and BCDs
Chris Gelino cgelino Spitzer Brown dwarfs, planet searches around nearby stars
Dawn Gelino dawn MSC  
Bill Glaccum glaccum Spitzer evolved stars
Carl Grillmair  carl  Spitzer Galactic Structure, Dynamics, & Evolution
George Helou  gxh  IPAC  Normal Galaxies, ISM
Eric Hivon  efh  Planck  Cosmology and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Donald Hoard hoard Spitzer  
Robert Hurt  hurt  2MASS  Galaxies, Star Formation
Jim Ingalls  ingalls  Spitzer Interstellar Medium, Structure and Chemistry
Tom Jarrett  jarrett  2MASS  Galaxies, Large Scale Structure, Palomar Prime Focus IR Camera
Davy Kirkpatrick davy  2MASS  Brown dwarfs, Nearby Stars, Stellar/Substellar Spectral Classication
Chris Koresko koresko  MSC  young stars
Mark Lacy mlacy Spitzer galaxy evolution & quasars
Seppo Laine seppo Spitzer galaxy dynamics and evolution
William B. Latter  latter  Spitzer Stellar Evolution, ISM, Astrochemistry
Deborah Levine  deblev  Spitzer Galactic Structure; Center, Lum. IR Galaxies
Carol Lonsdale  cjl  IPAC  Galaxy Evolution
Steve Lord  lord  Herschel Nearby Galaxies, ISM
Patrick Lowrance lowrance Postdoc Brown drawfs
Nanyao Lu  lu  ISO  ISM, Galaxies, Large Scale Structures
Barry Madore  barry  NED  Galaxies, Distance Scale
Bruce McCollum mccollum Spitzer  
Bill Mahoney wam Spitzer X-ray binaries, galaxies
Valeri Makarov vmakarov MSC High-precision astrometry
Vince Mannings  vgm  Spitzer Circumstellar disks, planet formation
Francine Marleau marleau Spitzer Extragalactic observational astrophysics, Galaxy formation and evolution, star formation history of galaxies, Resolved stellar populations and role of dust in elliptical galaxies, General relativity and structure formation
Joseph Mazzarella  mazz  NED  galaxies, tidal interactions and mergers, AGNs, science archive R&D
Vikki Meadows  vsm  Spitzer Solar System, Characterization of Extrasolar Planets, Radiative Transfer
Rafael Millan-Gabet rafael MSC/Keck optical interferometry, star and planet formation, instrumentation
Pat Morris  pmorris  Spitzer Winds of Wolf-Rayet stars & Luminous Blue Variables; Planetary regoliths 
Brant Nelson  nelson  2MASS  AGN variability, Quasars/AGN
Alberto Noriega-Crespo  alberto  Spitzer ISM, Outflows, Star Formation
Patrick Ogle ogle Spitzer Active galaxies, quasars, black holes, and galaxy clusters
JoAnn O'Linger  joanno  Spitzer Star Formation, Outflows, Circumstellar Disks
Deborah Padgett  dlp  Spitzer Star Formation, Proto-Planetary Systems, YSO's
Solange Ramirez solange StARS Stellar abundances, star formation
Bill Reach  reach  Spitzer Cosmic background, ISM, Supernova Remnants, Comets, Zodiacal light
Luisa Rebull rebull Spitzer star formation
Jeonghee Rho  rho  2MASS  Supernova remnants, ISM, clusters of galaxies
Lee Rottler rottler Science Binary stars and their interactions
Bernard Schulz bschulz Herschel extragalactic, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRG), interstellar dust, infrared instrumentation
Kartik Sheth kartik Spitzer  
David Shupe  shupe  Spitzer Extragalactic surveys, ISM, Space-Based instrumentation
Nancy Silbermann  nancys  Spitzer Variable Stars
Tom Soifer  bts  Spitzer ultraluminous galaxies
Gordon Squires squires Spitzer gravitational lenses, glaxy clusters
John Stauffer  stauffer  Spitzer Brown dwarfs,open clusters, star formation 
Susan Stolovy susan Spitzer galactic center
Lisa Storrie-Lombardi  lisa  Spitzer Galaxy Formation and Evolution, High-Redshift Quasars and Absorption Line Systems
Jason Surace  jason  Spitzer Interacting Galaxies, ULIRGs, QSOs/Hosts, Adaptive Optics
Harry Teplitz hit Spitzer  
Gerard Van Belle gerard MSC near-infrared interferometry
Schuyler VanDyk  vandyk  2MASS  Supernovae and their environments; Galaxies
Ann Wehrle  aew  MSC  Quasars, AGNs
Stefanie Wachter wachter Spitzer Compact Objects, Interacting Binaries, X-ray Transients, Soft Gamma Repeaters, Accretion Disks, Star Formation
William Wheaton  waw  Spitzer Gamma-ray astronomy & AGN
Gillian Wilson gillian Spitzer Very high redshift clusters of galaxies, Mapping dark matter using gravitational lensing, and Galaxy evolution studies
Lin Yan lyan Spitzer galaxy evolution, globular clusters
Kevin Xu  cxu  2MASS  galaxy evolution

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