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
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
I am an astrophysicist working at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Science Departement. My work includes the... Read more about Mercedes Lopez-Morales
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
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
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.
My research interests include galactic structure and dynamics, star formation, the interstellar medium, stellar populations, big data, astrostatistics, data... Read more about Catherine Zucker
Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Project Scientist for the Submillimeter Array Associate Senior Member Institute for Theory and Computation
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
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
Research interests: X-ray studies of galaxy clusters and their applications for cosmology and physics of the intergalactic medium. The main past projects...
Michael D. Johnson is a Smithsonian astrophysicist, a lecturer in the Harvard Department of Astronomy and an inaugural member of the Harvard Black Hole...
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
Jake Bennett is part of the Simons Foundation’s “Learning the Universe” collaboration, and is based at the Institute for Theory and Computation at the CfA.... Read more about Jake Bennett
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-249
I am an observational cosmologist currently on a NASA Einstein postdoctoral fellowship here at the CfA. I am driven each day by the desire to understand...
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
Carolina Cuesta is an IAIFI Fellow at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, holding a shared position between MIT and the... Read more about Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro
60 Garden Street, MS-51
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-245
Razi's research has recently focused on different topics in Astrophysics. She is particularly interested in various aspects of the observed gravitational...
Dr. Paola Domínguez Fernández studies large-scale magnetic fields and non-thermal phenomena in the Universe, with special interest in the magnetized cosmic web... Read more about Paola Domínguez Fernández
I am interested in how galaxies convert their gas into stars. In particular, I am interested in the relative roles played by the large-scale galactic...
I study the evolution of gas around galaxies using computer simulations. By combining large-scale cosmological simulations with high-resolution isolated...
Morgan MacLeod is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Astrophysics and ITC Member whose research focuses on stellar encounters in binary systems and...
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
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
Betty is a graduate student in the Physics Department at Harvard University. Her advisor is Prof. Loeb. She studies black-hole-related astrophysical...