Scientific Staff and Research Interests
Staff Astronomers
John Mulchaey
Ph.D., 1994, University of Maryland
Andrew Benson
MPhys (physics and astrophysics), 1997, University of Leicester; PhD, 2000, University of Durham
Rebecca Bernstein
B.S. Physics, Princeton (1992); PhD Astrophysics, Caltech (1998)
Guillermo Blanc
B.S. Astronomy, (2004), M.Sc. Astronomy (2006), Universidad de Chile; PhD Astronomy, UT Austin (2011)
Jeff Crane
B.S. Physics, 1997, Arizona State University; M.A. Astronomy, 1999, Ph.D. Astronomy, 2004, University of Virginia
Alan Dressler
B.A. (physics), 1970, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1976, University of California, Santa Cruz
Daniel Kelson
B.S. (astronomy and physics), 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ph.D (astronomy), 1998, University of California, Santa Cruz
Juna Kollmeier
B.S. (physics), 2000, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D (astronomy), 2006, The Ohio State University
Barry Madore
B.S. (astronomy and physics) 1969, University of Southern California; M.Sc. (astronomy), 1971, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1974, University of Toronto
Patrick McCarthy
B.S. physics and astronomy 1983, University of Arizona; Ph.D. astronomy, 1988, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew McWilliam
B.Sc., 1981, London University; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, University of Texas - Austin
Anthony Piro
George Preston
B.S. (physics), 1952, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1959, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Rauch
Diploma (physics), 1988, Gutenberg University, Mainz; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1992, Cambridge University
Francois Schweizer
Lizentiat (astronomy), 1968, University of Bern; M.A., 1970, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1975, University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Shectman
B.S. (physics), 1969, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1973, California Institute of Technology
Josh Simon
B.S. (physics), 1998, Stanford University; M.A. (astrophysics), 2000, Ph.D. (astrophysics), 2005, University of California, Berkeley
Ian Thompson
B.Sc. (physics and astronomy), 1971, M.Sc. (physics and astronomy), 1974, University of British Columbia; Ph.D. (physics and astronomy), 1980, University of Western Ontario
Research Staff
Chris Burns
BSc. Physics, Bishop's University (1994); MSc. Physics, (1995), PhD Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto (2002)
Shannon Patel
Solange Ramirez
B.S. (physics) U. de Chile, 1991; M. S. (astronomy) U. de Chile, 1994; Ph. D. (astronomy and astrophysics) The Ohio State University, 2000; M. S. (systems engineering) University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates
Louis Abramson
PhD, Astronomy & Astrophysics --- The University of Chicago, 2015
AB, Physics --- Columbia University, 2009
• I was a postdoc at UCLA from 2015 to 2018.
Eduardo Banados
B.S. (astronomy), 2010, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Ph.D (astronomy), 2015, Heidelberg University/Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Thomas Connor
Social Media and Outreach
Cynthia Hunt
- 2004 PhD, Materials Science, Caltech
- 1998 AB (Honors), Physics, University of Chicago
Jeff Rich
LCO Support Astronomer
Konstantina Boutsia
Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (2008)
Francesco Di Mille
Ph.D Astronomy, 2007, University of Padova
Nidia Morrell
Ph.D. in Astronomy, Universidad de La Plata, Argentina (1984)
Dave Osip
B.S. (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences), 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D (Astronomy), 1995, University of Florida
Povilas Palunas
Ph.D. (physics and astronomy), 1996, Rutgers University
