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Avi Loeb

Avi Loeb

Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science
Former Chair, Department of Astronomy (2011-2020)
Director, Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC)

Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He was Former  Chair (2011-2020) of the Department of Astronomy; Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative; and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC).

... Read more about Avi Loeb

Professor Avi Loeb's Website
Avi Loeb's Publications (Astro-ph)
Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA, 02138
aloeb@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-6808
Xingang Chen

Xingang Chen

Senior Lecturer Harvard Astronomy

Research interests: Theoretical cosmology, including: early universe models; primordial density perturbations; cosmic microwave background; large...

Read more about Xingang Chen
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office: P-219
xingang.chen@cfa.harvard.edu
p: 617-495-7452

Lars Hernquist

Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics

Research Interests: Theoretical studies of dynamical processes in cosmology and galaxy formation/galaxy evolution. Numerical simulations of stellar dynamical and hydrodynamical systems. Investigations of the physics of compact objects, particularly neutron stars and the interplay between thermal and magnetic processes in strongly magnetized neutron stars.... Read more about Lars Hernquist

Institute for Theory and Computation
Perkin Lab, P-235
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St., MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
lhernquist@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-4180
Karin Öberg

Karin Öberg

Professor of Astronomy

Research Interests:  Astrochemistry and its impact on planet formation, including the compositions of nascent planets. These topics are addressed using a combination of laboratory ice experiments, spatially and spectrally resolved millimeter observations, and theory.... Read more about Karin Öberg

Research Group
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
koberg@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617)495-3752
Irwin Shapiro

Irwin Shapiro

Timken University Professor

Research Interests: Radio and radar techniques: applications to astrometry, astrophysics, geophysics, planetary physics, and tests of theories of gravitation; Pre-college and college science education: curriculum development and teacher training.... Read more about Irwin Shapiro

Perkin Lab, P-217
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
ishapiro@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-7300
Christopher Stubbs

Christopher Stubbs

Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy

Research Interests:  Foundations of gravitational physics, searches for dark matter, and observational cosmology.... Read more about Christopher Stubbs

Professional Website
Students
Publications: Google Scholar
Christopher Stubbs
Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy
17 Oxford Street
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138
stubbs@physics.harvard.edu

The group’s lab and office space are located at 106 McKay at the Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology.
stubbs@physics.harvard.edu
p: (617)495-1454

Associate Senior ITC Members

Eric Keto

Eric Keto

Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Project Scientist for the Submillimeter Array
Associate Senior Member Institute for Theory and Computation
Eric Keto's Website
60 Garden Street, MS 78
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office M-226 (160 Concord Avenue)
eketo@cfa.harvard.edu
p: 617-495-7074
John M. Kovac

John M. Kovac

Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics

Research Interests: His cosmology research focuses on observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to reveal signatures of the physics that drove the birth of the universe, the creation of its structure, and its present-day expansion. His research over the past two decades has involved the design, deployment, and operation of multiple generations of radio telescopes at the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole.... Read more about John M. Kovac

CMB Group Website
Graduate Students
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS 42
Cambridge, MA 02138
jmkovac@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-0611
James M. Moran

James M. Moran

Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics

Research Interests: Radio Astronomy, Supermassive Black Hole, Massive Star Formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, Extragalactic Distance Scale, Cosmic Masers.
Instrumentation:  Astronomical Detectors and Telescopes , Very Long Baseline Interferometers... Read more about James M. Moran

Professional Website
Office: M-336
160 Concord Street
Fax: 617-495-7345

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-42
Cambridge, MA 02138
jmoran@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617)495-7477
Dimitar Sasselov

Dimitar Sasselov

Phillips Professor of Astronomy
Director, Origins of Life Initiative
Senior Advisor in the Sciences for Advanced Study

Research Interests:  Professor Sasselov studies, among other things, extrasolar planets, and he's a co-investigator on NASA's Kepler mission, which is monitoring 100,000 stars in a three-year hunt for exoplanets -- including Jupiter-sized giants. Sasselov watches for exoplanets by looking for transits, the act of a planet passing across the face of its star, dimming its light and changing its chemical signature. This simple, elegant way of searching has led to a bounty of newly discovered planets.... Read more about Dimitar Sasselov

Professional Website
Origins of Life
Students
Perkin Lab, P-336
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-16
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-7451

Senior Emeritus Members

Visiting Scholars

Idan Ginsburg

Idan Ginsburg

Associate

Idan Ginsburg's current research interests include gravitational microlensing as well as planetary formation and evolution.

60 Garden Street, A-25
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office B-216
iginsburg@cfa.harvard.edu

Postdocs

Evan Bauer

Evan Bauer

CfA Postdoctoral Fellow
Evan Bauer studies stars and how they evolve. He is especially interested in the physics of white dwarf stars, subdwarf stars, binary evolution, and... Read more about Evan Bauer
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-TBD
tbd
Rachel Cochrane

Rachel Cochrane

John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow and ITC Fellow
My primary interest is the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, in particular the fuelling and quenching of star formation at intermediate redshifts (z~1-3... Read more about Rachel Cochrane
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-214
erica nelson

Erica Nelson

Hubble Fellowship / ITC Fellowship
Erica’s research program focuses on understanding the emergence of galactic structure: how the universe evolved from its uniform state shortly after the big... Read more about Erica Nelson
Professional website
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-218
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Graduate Students

John Lewis

John Lewis

Graduate Student

Research interests : Observational studies of star formation, giant molecular clouds, starburst galaxies, and galaxy evolution

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138

John's office is A-110
jalewis@cfa.harvard.edu
p: (617) 496-3908
Amber Medina

Amber Medina

Graduate Student

Research Interests: Stars, supernovae

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138
Room: A-113
amber.medina@cfa.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-0239
Ana-Roxana Pop

Ana-Roxana Pop

Graduate Student

Research interests: Cosmology (simulations), galaxy formation & evolution, high-energy atrophysics (shocks)

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138
Room: A-106
ana-roxana.pop@cfa.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-0741
Zoe R Todd

Zoe R Todd

Graduate Student

Research Interests: Origin of Life: exoplanets and planet formation, prebiotic chemistry, astrochemistry

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138
zoe.todd@cfa.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-3435
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Staff and Administration

Sabbatical Visitors

 

Thomas Millar
ITC Sabbatical Professor
Office P-225
60 Garden St., MS 51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Queen's University Belfast

Thomas MIllar Website

Deepto Chakrabarty
ITC Sabbatical Professor
Office P-225
60 Garden St., MS 51
Cambridge, MA 02138
MIT

Deepto Chakrabarty Website

Eric Peng
ITC Sabbatical Professor
Office P-225
60 Garden St., MS 51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics,Peking University

Eric Peng Website

Adi Nusser
ITC Sabbatical Professor
Office P-215
60 Garden St., MS 51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Technion Department of Physics (Israel)

Adi Nusser Website