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ITC Director

Senior ITC Members

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).

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Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA, 02138
p: (617) 496-6808
Daniel Eisenstein

Daniel Eisenstein

Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Astronomy
Chair of the Department

Research Interests:  Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy with a mix of theoretical and observational methods; the development of the baryon acoustic oscillation method to measure the cosmic distance scale and study dark energy.... Read more about Daniel Eisenstein

Perkin Lab, P-326
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-20
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-7530

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

Perkin Lab, P-235
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St., MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-4180
Karin Öberg

Karin Öberg

Professor of Astronomy
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences

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

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-346
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
p: (617) 495-7300
Christopher Stubbs

Christopher Stubbs

Dean of Science
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

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.
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
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-255
John M. Kovac

John M. Kovac

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

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS 42
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-0611
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. https://sasselov.cfa.harvard.edu/... Read more about Dimitar Sasselov

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

Senior Emeritus Members

James M. Moran

James M. Moran

Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus

Research Interests: Radio Astronomy, Supermassive Black HolesMassive Star FormationActive Galactic NucleiExtragalactic Distance Scale, Cosmic Masers.
Instrumentation:  Astronomical Detectors and Telescopes , Very Long Baseline Interferometers... Read more about James M. Moran

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

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-42
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617)495-7477

Visiting Scholars

Postdocs

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Richard Cloete

Laukien-'Oumuamua Fellow
Richard is a computer scientist and a Laukien-Oumuamua Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University. He is a member of the... Read more about Richard Cloete
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Office P-247
Cambridge, MA 02138
Yifei Jin

Yifei Jin

CfA Fellow

Yifei Jin obtained his PhD from the Australian National University, under the supervision of A/Prof. Ralph Sutherland and Prof. Lisa Kewley. He is...

Read more about Yifei Jin
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-246
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Cassi Lochhaas

Hubble & ITC Fellow
Research Interests: galaxy evolution, the circumgalactic medium, gas physics, galactic outflows
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Yueying Ni

Yueying Ni

ITC Fellow
I am interested in various topics in astrophysics and cosmology. I develop large cosmological hydrodynamic simulations to study the evolution of quasars and... Read more about Yueying Ni
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-230
Conor Ransome

Conor Ransome

ITC Fellow
My research interest is observational astronomy with a focus on interacting transients--such as type IIn supernovae and supernova impostors and their host... Read more about Conor Ransome
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-241
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Graduate Students

Sophia Sanchez-Maes

Sophia Sanchez-Maes

Graduate Student
Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Research Interests: Theoretical Astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
60 Garden Street, MS-10
Cambridge, MA 02138
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2023-2024 Sabbatical Visitors

 

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