Staff Astronomers
Division Director/ Science Deputy
Ph.D., 1994, University of Maryland
Interests: Galaxy groups, X-ray astronomy
Staff Member
MPhys (physics and astrophysics), 1997, University of Leicester; PhD, 2000, University of Durham
Interests: The formation of cosmic structure, from dark matter to galaxies and AGN.
Staff Member
B.S. Physics, Princeton (1992); PhD Astrophysics, Caltech (1998)
Interests: stellar abundances, galaxy formation & evolution, structure formation, instrumentation, optical design
Staff Associate
B.S. Astronomy, (2004), M.Sc. Astronomy (2006), Universidad de Chile; PhD Astronomy, UT Austin (2011)
Interests: Galaxy evolution, star formation, chemical abundances in nebulae, integral field spectroscopy, advocacy for dark skies protection.
Associate Director for Technological Affairs
B.S. Physics, 1997, Arizona State University; M.A. Astronomy, 1999, Ph.D. Astronomy, 2004, University of Virginia
Interests: Instrumentation, Milky Way and Local Group, Extrasolar Planets
Staff Member Emeritus
B.A. (physics), 1970, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1976, University of California, Santa Cruz
Interests: Galaxy evolution, IMACS spectrograph
Staff Associate
B.S. (astronomy and physics), 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ph.D (astronomy), 1998, University of California, Santa Cruz
Interests: How galaxies formed, grew, and evolved
Staff Member
B.S. (physics), 2000, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D (astronomy), 2006, The Ohio State University
Interests: Theoretical astrophysics concerning the growth of cosmic structure on all scales
Retiree Prior Afw
B.S. (astronomy and physics) 1969, University of Southern California; M.Sc. (astronomy), 1971, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1974, University of Toronto
Interests: The complexities of deciphering galaxy evolution
Staff Member
B.Sc., 1981, London University; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, University of Texas - Austin
Interests: Chemical evolution and nucleosynthesis
Director Emeritus
A.B., 1969, Princeton University; M.S. and Ph.D., 1974, California Institute of Technology
Interests: Data reduction, evolution of galaxies in clusters
Staff Member Emeritus
B.Sc. (physics), 1966, McGill University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1972, California Institute of Technology
Interests: Exploring the universe with infrared detectors
Director Emeritus
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Staff Member
Interests: High energy theoretical astrophysics with a focus on supernovae, GWs and EM counterparts, accretion disks, tides, and compact objects
Director Emeritus
B.S. (physics), 1952, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1959, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Understanding stellar evolution
Staff Member
Diploma (physics), 1988, Gutenberg University, Mainz; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1992, Cambridge University
Interests: Unraveling the cosmic web
Staff Member
Interests: High-redshift galaxies, the circumgalactic medium
Staff Member Emeritus
Lizentiat (astronomy), 1968, University of Bern; M.A., 1970, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1975, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: How galaxies assemble and evolve
Staff Member
B.S. (physics), 1969, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1973, California Institute of Technology
Interests: Galaxies, low-metal stars, and astronomical tools
Staff Member
B.S. (physics), 1998, Stanford University; M.A. (astrophysics), 2000, Ph.D. (astrophysics), 2005, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Dark Matter, chemical evolution, supernovae, and nearby galaxies
Staff Member
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
Interests: Globular clusters, instrumentation
Research Staff
Research Associate
BSc. Physics, Bishop's University (1994); MSc. Physics, (1995), PhD Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto (2002)
Interests: Cosmology, Distance scale, Supernovae, Numerical analysis, Bayesian Statistics
Research Associate
Interests: galaxy evolution, groups and clusters, large-scale structure
SDSS-V Project Manager
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.
Interests: Star Formation, Galactic Center, Systems Approach to Development, Management of Complexity.
SDSS-V Lead Systems Engineer
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Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates
Carnegie- Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Astronomy & Astrophysics --- The University of Chicago, 2015
AB, Physics --- Columbia University, 2009
• I was a postdoc at UCLA from 2015 to 2018.
Interests: Galaxy evolution (and its epistemology).
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: Milky Way science, computational data analysis methods
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. (Aerospace Engineering) 2010, Monash University; M.Sc. (Aeronautics), 2012, Ph.D. (Aeronautics), 2019, California Institute of Technology
Interests: Astronomy instrumentation; CCD characterization
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.A. (physics), Cornell University 2012, PhD (physics/astronomy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018
Interests: galaxy evolution, high redshift galaxies, circumgalactic medium
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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Carnegie-Princeton Fellow
- Ph.D., Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology (2020)
- B.S., Physics with Specialization in Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego (2015)
Interests: Galaxy formation, stellar spectroscopy, stellar chemical abundances, galactic archaeology, Local Group, M31
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: Stellar evolution and spectral modeling, effects of binary interactions on surroundings nearby and at high redshift
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Astronomy --- The Ohio State University, 2017
B.S., Astrophysics --- Rutgers University, 2013
Interests: Transients (tidal disruption events, supernovae), sky surveys
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: First stars and galaxies, origin of the elements
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Hubble & Carnegie-Princeton Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: Dark Matter, Milky Way Halo Formation, Dwarf Galaxies, Stellar Streams, Photometric and Spectroscopic Survey, Optical Instrumentation
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Bachelors of Science in Astronomy and in Physics, Minor in Math, 2009, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
- Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
Interests: Building instruments, merging galaxies, active black holes, outflows, adaptive optics
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
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Carnegie-Caltech Fellow
- Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2020
- B.S., Physics, New York University, 2013
Interests: Astrophysical Transients, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Carnegie Fellow
- Ph.D. Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Arizona, 2020
- B.S. Physics and Astronomy, University of Washington, 2015
Interests: metal-poor massive stars, young stellar populations, dwarf galaxies, high-redshift galaxies
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2017
MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2011
B.S., University of Arizona, 2010
Interests: galaxy formation and evolution, high-redshift galaxies, massive stars
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: Formation and evolution of high-redshift dusty galaxies.
Visiting Investigator
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Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow
Interests: Galaxy Evolution
Social Media and Outreach
Interim Manager of Strategic Communications
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Outreach Coordinator
Interests: Galaxy Evolution, Interstellar Medium, Stellar Populations
Library Assistant/Archivist
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LCO Support Astronomer
Instrument Support Scientist
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Magellan Instrumentation Scientist
Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Rome "La Sapienza" (2008)
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LCO Technical Manager
Ph.D Astronomy, 2007, University of Padova
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Resident Astronomer
Ph.D. in Astronomy, Universidad de La Plata, Argentina (1984)
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LCO Associate Director
B.S. (Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences), 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D (Astronomy), 1995, University of Florida
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Telescope Scientist
Ph.D. (physics and astronomy), 1996, Rutgers University
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