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Staff
Administrative
Gwendolyn King
Administrative Assistant,
Astrophysics
212-313-7441
gking at amnh.org
Elizabeth Stachow
Executive Assistant to the Director,
Hayden Planetarium
212-769-5913
stachow at amnh.org
Research
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Manager, Digital Universe Hayden Planetarium 212-496-3578 abbott at amnh.org |
Development and distribution of the Digital Universe Atlas; astrophysics education and public outreach; science visualization |
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Joanne Bibby Research Scientist 212-496-3598 jbibby at amnh.org |
Imaging and multi-object spectroscopy of massive stars; OB stars, Wolf-Rayet stars; star clusters. Stellar population surveys of nearby star-forming galaxies; searching for core-collapse supernova progenitors. |
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Douglas Brenner Research Scientist 212-313-7633 dbrenner at amnh.org |
Imaging exoplanet and circumstellar disk searches, coronagraphy |
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Research Associate & Assistant Professor, Hunter College—CUNY 212-496-3404 kellecruz at gmail.com |
Low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, the solar neighborhood, star and planet formation, optical and infrared spectroscopy. |
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Research Scientist 212-313-7537 jfaherty at amnh.org |
Infrared Astrometry; Proper Motion survey for nearby brown brown dwarfs in the galactic plane, Parallax Survey of brown dwarfs within 30 parsecs showing spectral features of youth |
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K. E. Saavik Ford Research Associate & Associate Professor of Astronomy, BMCC—CUNY 212-496-3465 sford at amnh.org |
IR & radio observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Modeling of the AGN phenomenon |
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Research Associate, & Astrophysicist Emeritus, NASA/Goddard 202-413-2650 daniel.y.gezari at nasa.gov |
Infrared observational astrophysics; mid-infrared array development applied to imaging of the Galactic Center and star formation regions; exoplanet detection techniques; experimental tests of special relativity; Catalog of Infrared Observations |
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Graduate Student, Tel-Aviv University 212-313-7440 ograur at amnh.org |
Type Ia supernova progenitors; photometric and spectroscopic transient surveys in the optical and near-IR |
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Research Scientist 212-496-3312 lepine at amnh.org |
High proper motion stars; low-mass stars and brown dwarfs; the solar neighborhood; structure and dynamics of hot stellar winds; Wolf-Rayet stars; analysis of large astronomical datasets |
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Research Associate & Associate Professor of Astrophysics, College of Staten Island—CUNY 212-496-3579 cliu at amnh.org |
Star formation history of the universe; merging and interacting galaxies; starburst and post-starburst activity; field galaxy luminosity functions and evolution; quasar absorption line systems |
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Research Scientist 212-313-7080 wlyra at amnh.org |
Planet formation, circumstellar disks, atmospheres of late-type stars, stellar activity, open stellar clusters, star formation. |
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Curator and Professor Curator-in-Charge Chair, Division of Physical Sciences & Adjunct Professor, Columbia University 212-496-3443 mordecai at amnh.org |
Formation of planets, stars, and galaxies. Structure and dynamics of the interstellar medium and star forming clouds. Turbulence. Planetary impacts. Numerical gas dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. |
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Jason Maron Research Scientist 212-496-3442 jmaron at amnh.org |
Astrophysical magnetohydrodynamic turbulence; dynamos; numerical methods |
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Barry McKernan Research Associate & Associate Professor of Astronomy, BMCC—CUNY 212-496-3465 bmckernan at amnh.org |
Active Galactic Nuclei; Accretion onto Supermassive black holes; Multi-wavelength studies; X-ray Astrophysics; Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accretion disks; Hot Intergalactic medium. Hot Galactic halo. Observations of extra-galactic objects using non-redundant masking. |
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Colin McNally Graduate Student, Columbia University cmcnally at amnh.org |
Protoplanetary disks, circumgalactic medium; magnetohydrodynamics, turbulence, numerical methods |
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Jacob L. Mey Research Associate & Associate Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University mey at ldeo.columbia.edu |
Micro imaging of instrument components, novel imaging techniques, geochronology, geochemistry, dating techniques used in paleo climate research. |
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Associate Curator and Professor & Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University 212-313-7921 bro at amnh.org |
Direct imaging, spectroscopy and atmospheres of extrasolar planets, brown dwarfs and circumstellar disks; extremely cool Galactic halo white dwarfs; infrared and adaptive optics instrumentation; coronagraphy and novel imaging techniques |
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Research Associate & Associate Professor of Astronomy, York College—CUNY 212-496-3403 paglione at york.cuny.edu |
Interstellar medium of starburst galaxies; starburst evolution; diffuse gamma-ray emission from normal galaxies; the Galactic center molecular zone; radio galaxy clustering and evolution |
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Jean-Claude Passy Graduate Student, University of Victoria, Canada jpassy at amnh.org |
Stellar evolution and interactions, hydrodynamics, numerical methods |
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Research Scientist 212-313-7631 erice at amnh.org |
Brown dwarfs, young stars, and exoplanets; star and planet formation; infrared spectroscopy. |
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Bárbara Rojas-Ayala Research Scientist brojas-ayala at amnh.org |
Characterization of low-mass stars; Abundances of M dwarf stars; Near Infrared Spectroscopy; M dwarf stars as planetary hosts |
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Michael Shara Curator and Professor & Adjunct Professor, Columbia University 212-769-5488 mshara at amnh.org |
Origins and evolution of strongly interacting binary stars; explosions and shells of novae; Cataclysmic variables in nearby galaxies and in globular clusters; the most massive and luminous stars; simulations of stellar collisions and mergers; simulating the long-term evolution of globular clusters |
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Rémi Soummer Research Associate & Assistant Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute 212-313-7638 rsoummer at amnh.org |
High-contrast direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets, brown dwarfs and circumstellar disks. Theoretical studies and development of novel imaging techniques including coronagraphy and extreme adaptive optics. |
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Research Associate 212-769-5230 soter at amnh.org |
Solar system studies; orbital evolution; tectonics and earthquakes; geoarchaeology |
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Jayashree Toraskar Research Associate 212-313-7918 toraskar at amnh.org |
Performing gas dynamical and magnetohydrodynamic simulations of ionization in star forming regions |
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Research Associate & Astrophysicist & Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Planetarium 212-769-5912 tyson at amnh.org |
Extragalactic and intergalactic supernovae; dwarf galaxies; stellar populations; Galactic structure |
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Graduate Student, Columbia University 212-313-3310 nzimmerman at amnh.org |
Optical techniques for studies of exoplanets and circumstellar disks; high contrast imaging surveys of nearby stars |
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David Zurek Data Collections Manager 212-313-7318 dzurek at amnh.org |
Photometric studies of stellar populations; variable stars; cataclysmic binaries; nova shells |
