KNAC Faculty and Staff

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1	including terminal degree, title, and research specialties
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3	Colgate University
4	Thomas Balonek	UMass	Professor of Physics & Astronomy	Variable stars, quasar variability, asteroids
5	Jeff Bary	Vanderbilt	Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Department Chair	Pre-main sequence stars
6	Sohan Ghodla	Auckland	Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics and Astronomy	Dark matter, stellar and compact binaries, gravitational waves, black hole thermodynamics
7	Cosmin Ilie	Michigan	Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Computational cosmology and astrophysics with a particular emphasis on indirect Dark Matter detection
8	Jonathan Levine	Berkeley	Professor of Physics	Planetary science, meteorites, and instrument development
9	Sam Usman	Chicago	Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Globular clusters, stellar streams, gravitational waves
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11	Haverford College
12	Daniel Grin	Caltech	Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Particle cosmology, with a view toward galaxy surveys and CMB experiment
13	Wynn Ho	Cornell	Research Associate	Neutron star physics, gravitational waves, stellar atmosphere modeling, X-ray binaries
14	Andrea Lommen	Berkeley	Professor of Physics and Astronomy	Pulsars, gravitational waves
15	Karen Masters	Cornell	Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department Chair	Extragalactic astronomy, galaxy surveys, galaxy morphology, HI in galaxies, citizen science
16	Kelly Sanderson	New Mexico State University	Postdoc in Extragalactic Astronomy	Extragalactic astronomy, citizen science, radio observations, active galactic nuclei
17	Paul Thorman	New Mexico	Physics Laboratory Instructor	Milky Way structure, nearby stars, and data mining large optical/IR surveys
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19	Middlebury College
20	McKinley Brumback	Dartmouth	Assistant Professor of Physics	X-ray astronomy, neutron stars
21	Michael Dunham	UT Austin	Assistant Professor of Physics	Early star formation, planet formation
22	Eilat Glikman	Columbia	Associate Professor of Physics	Quasars and AGN
23	Catherine Miller	MIT	Observatory Specialist	Space propulsion, micropropulsion
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25	Swarthmore College
26	David Cohen	Wisconsin	Professor of Astronomy	Modeling and X-ray observations of winds from massive stars, exoplanets
27	Eric Jensen	Wisconsin	Professor of Astronomy	Formation of planets, young stars in binary systems, exoplanets
28	Mary Ann Klassen	Wyoming	Senior Laboratory Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy
29	Carolyn Raithel	Arizona	Assistant Professor of Physics	Neutron stars, dense-matter physics, gravitational waves, compact object mergers
30	Jesse Rivera	Rutgers	Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Radio astronomy, dusty star forming galaxies
31	Tristan Smith	Caltech	Associate Professor of Physics	Early Universe cosmology, neutrinos, CMB
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33	Vassar College
34	Ed Buie II	Arizona State	Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Circumgalactic medium
35	Annie Dickson‑Vandervelde	RIT	Faculty Research Associate in Physics and Astronomy	Planetary formation, exoplanets
36	Colette Salyk	Caltech	Associate Professor of Astronomy	Planet formation
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38	Wellesley College
39	James Battat	Harvard	Professor of Physics	fundamental physics through astrophysics, dark matter detection
40	Jonathan Kemp	Columbia	Observatory Manager and Instrument Technician	Cataclysmic variable stars, amateur-professional collaboration, time domain astronomy, small telescope science
41	Kim McLeod	Arizona	Professor of Astronomy, Observatory Director, Department Chair	Observational extrasolar planet searches
42	Lamiya Mowla	Yale	Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Early Universe galaxy structural evolution
43	Wesley Watters	MIT	Associate Professor of Astronomy	Mars surface processes, impact cratering, planetary geodynamics
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45	Wesleyan University
46	Meredith Hughes	Harvard	Associate Professor of Astronomy, Department Chair	Radio astronomy and planet formation
47	Roy Kilgard	Leicester	Professor of the Practice in Astronomy	X-ray source populations in galaxies, statistical challenges in X-ray astronomy
48	Edward Moran	Columbia	Professor of Astronomy	X-ray astronomy, X-ray background radiation
49	Azmain Nisak	Georgia State	Postdoctoral Scholar	Young stars, planets
50	Seth Redfield	Colorado	Professor of Astronomy	UV and optical spectroscopy, local ISM, exoplanets
51	Sarah Wellons	Harvard	Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Galaxy formation and evolution, cosmological simulations
52	Brianna Zawadzki	Penn State	Postdoctoral Scholar	Protoplanetary and debris disks, machine learning, planetary systems, radio interferometry
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54	Williams College
55	Tom Callister	Caltech	Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Gravitational waves, black hole demographics
56	Marek Demianski	Warsaw	Visiting Professor of Astronomy	Cosmology and relativistic astrophysics
57	Kevin Flaherty	Arizona	Lecturer and Observatory Supervisor	Star and planet formation
58	Anne Jaskot	Michigan	Assistant Professor of Astronomy	Extragalactic astronomy, starburst galaxies, the ISM, and reionization