Astronomy Faculty

Professor	Interests	Email, Office & Phone
Professor Thomas T. Arny, Ph.D., Arizona, 1965	Educational development. History of stellar evolution.	arny@daisy.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 517J 545-3665
Professor Tom Dennis, Ph.D., Princeton, 1970	Galaxy photometry.	tdennis@mhc.mtholyoke.edu Williston Observatory, Mount Holyoke College 538-2203
Professor William A. Dent, Ph.D., Michigan, 1965	Nonthermal radio sources and planetary radio astronomy.	dent@daisy.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 517K 545-3626
Visiting Assistant Professor M. Darby Dyar, Ph.D., M.I.T., 1985	Geology of the terrestrial planets and planetoids. Lunar rocks. Martian and other extraterrestrial meteorites.	mdyar@mtholyoke.edu 405 Clapp Labs, Mount Holyoke College 538-3073
Professor Suzan Edwards, Ph.D., Hawaii, 1980	Star formation. Stellar evolution. Educational development. Circumstellar environment of young stars.	edwards@makapuu.astro.smith.edu 408 McConnell Hall, Smith College 585-3933
Research Professor Neal A. Erickson, Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1979	FCRAO, LMT/GTM, SWAS. Development of advanced mm and sub-mm receivers. Structure of molecular clouds.	neal@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 624 545-1873
Professor George S. Greenstein, Ph.D., Yale, 1968	Relativistic astrophysics and neutron star physics. Educational development.	gsgreenstein@amherst.edu 203 Merrill Science Center, Amherst College 542-2075
Research Assistant Professor Mark Heyer, Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1986	Molecular cloud astrophysics and star formation. FCRAO.	heyer@fermat.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 618 545-4264
Professor William M. Irvine, Ph.D., Harvard, 1961	Radio astronomy and the interstellar medium; solar system physics. FCRAO.	irvine@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 626 545-0733
Research Assistant Professor Shashi Kanbur, Ph.D., London, 1989	Stellar Pulsation, the Cosmic Distance scale, Galaxy Formation	shashi@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 517G 577-0470
Assistant Professor Neal S. Katz, Ph.D., Princeton, 1989	Numerical simulations of the early universe. Galaxy formation. Modeling the Lyman alpha forest.	nsk@kaka.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 520 545-2085
Professor John Kwan, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1972	Astrophysics	kwan@daisy.astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 636 545-4395
Assistant Professor James D. Lowenthal, Ph.D., U. Arizona, 1991	Observational cosmology. Galaxy formation. Galaxy evolution. Quasar absorption line systems. High-redshift galaxies.	james@daisy.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 526 545-3070
Research Associate Professor C. Read Predmore, Ph.D., Rice, 1971	FCRAO. IOTA. LMT Pointing and Instrumentation. SiO masers. Millimeter polarization and VLBI.	predmore@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 734 545-0638
Professor and Chairman of the 5-College Astronomy Department F. Peter Schloerb, Ph.D., Cal. Tech., 1978	Director, FCRAO. LMT/GTM. Planetary radio astronomy. Molecular cloud astrophysics. Optical interferometry (IOTA).	schloerb@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 619J 545-4303
Associate Professor Stephen E. Schneider, Ph.D., Cornell, 1985	Radio astronomy. Galaxies. Galactic dynamics. Educational development. 2MASS.	schneider@astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 536 545-2076
Associate Professor Mike F. Skrutskie, Ph.D., Cornell, 1987	Infrared instrumentation and observations. Low-mass star and sub-stellar objects. Galactic structure. Educational development. 2MASS.	skrutski@astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 532/531 545-2456/3160
Professor Ronald L. Snell, Ph.D., Texas, 1979	FCRAO, LMT/GTM, SWAS. Radio astronomy. Molecular clouds and star formation.	snell@fcrao1.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 622 545-1949
Research Professor Rae F. Stiening, Ph.D., M.I.T., 1963	Experimental particle physics. Astronomical instrumentation. Ion optics. 2MASS.	stiening@cannon.astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 534 545-5006
Associate Professor Eugene Tademaru, Ph.D., Chicago, 1969	Astrophysics	etade@astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 638 545-4328
Professor David J. Van Blerkom, Ph.D., Colorado, 1969	Astrophysics. Educational develoment.	dvb@daisy.astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 634 545-0460
Assistant Professor Daniel Q. Wang, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1990	X-ray astronomy, interstellar medium, structure and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters.	wqd@dorado.astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 524 545-2131
Associate Professor and Chairman of the University Program Martin D. Weinberg, Ph.D., M.I.T., 1984	Stellar dynamics. Galactic structure and evolution. Globular cluster dynamics. Binary star systems. 2MASS.	weinberg@owl.astro.umass.edu LGRT-C 530 545-3821
Research Professor Sander Weinreb, Ph.D., M.I.T., 1963	FCRAO, LMT/GTM. Radio astronomy development of advanced mm-wave receivers.	72164.560@compuserve.com LGRT-C 726 545-2514
Professor Richard E. White, Ph.D., Columbia, 1971	Interstellar matter.	rwhite@smith.edu 412 McConnell Hall, Smith College 585-3932
Professor Judith S. Young, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1979	FCRAO. Radio astronomy. Extragalactic astronomy. Star formation. Galaxy evolution.	young@astro.umass.edu LGRT-B 620 545-4311
Physics Faculty with Related Interests
Professor Edward S. Chang, Ph.D., California, Riverside, 1967	Infrared spectroscopy. Radiative transfer. Atmospheric modeling.	chang@phast.umass.edu Has 223 545-0586
Professor Jennie Traschen, Ph.D., Harvard, 1984	Gravitation and cosmology.	lboo@phast.umass.edu LGRT-B 522 545-1974