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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Priyamvada Natarajan1990 Alan H. Guth (research assistant)
Huan Huang1990 Lee Grodzins (grad student)
Sheila E. Dwyer2013 Nergis Mavalvala (grad student)
Rodger Evans Doxsey1974 Hale V. Bradt (grad student)
Chi Yuan19661969 Chia-Chiao Lin (post-doc)
Stephen Matthew Kent1974 Thomas B. McCord (research assistant)
Simon Frederik Portegies Zwart20002002 Frederic Rasio (post-doc)
Alan Ernest Exel Rogers1967 Alan Hildreth Barrett (grad student)
Terry Tomboulis Physics1976 Roman Wladimir Jackiw (grad student)
Charles Greeley Abbot1895 Arthur A. Noyes (grad student)
Eliot Fisher Young1993 Richard P. Binzel (grad student)
James Jay Klavetter1989 Edward Willson Dunham (grad student), James Ludlow Elliot (grad student)
Edward Willson Dunham
Nora Shipp
Martin Alphonse Slade1971 Irwin I. Shapiro (grad student)
Edward R. Boyce Planetary Science and Astronomy Planetary Science and Astronomy2006 Steven Theodore Myers (grad student), Jacqueline Nina Hewitt (grad student)
Tom Chang
Michael A. Nowak
Julia C. Lee
William Barton Rogers
Harlan True Stetson
John F. MarkoApplications of statistical mechanics and polymer physics to biophysical problems.1989 A. Nihat Berker (grad student)
Daniel Michael AbramsApplied Mathematics EAPS Daniel Harris Rothman (post-doc)
Richard P. Binzelasteroids and Pluto
Adam S. BurrowsAstronomy and Astrophysics1979 Kenneth Brecher (grad student)
Angela V. OlintoAstronomy and Astrophysics1987 Edward H. Farhi (grad student)
Eugene Allen MagnierAstronomy and Astrophysics1993 Walter H.G. Lewin (grad student)
Marcia J. RiekeAstronomy and Astrophysics1976 Susan Louise Geisel Kleinmann (grad student)
Martin D. WeinbergAstronomy and Astrophysics Physics19821984 Scott Tremaine (grad student)
Paul T. P. HoAstronomy and Astrophysics1977 Alan Hildreth Barrett (grad student)
Webster C. CashAstronomy and Astrophysics
Bryan M. GaenslerAstronomy and Astrophysics
Jeffrey Eugene McClintockAstronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics1969 Walter H.G. Lewin (grad student)
Sebastian HeinzAstronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics20032006 Deepto Chakrabarty (post-doc)
Dheeraj R. PashamAstronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics20192019 Deepto Chakrabarty (post-doc), Deepto Chakrabarty (research scientist)
Karin M. RabeAstronomy and Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics1987 John D. Joannopoulos (grad student)
Amitabh LathAstronomy and Astrophysics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics1995 Henry W. Kendall (grad student)
Wynn HoAstronomy and Astrophysics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics, Fluid and Plasma Physics20052006 Deepto Chakrabarty (post-doc)
Michael GaffeyAstronomy and Astrophysics, Mineralogy, Geology Earth and Planetary Sciences1974 Thomas B. McCord (grad student)
David Hamilton VanderbiltAstronomy and Astrophysics, Theory Physics, Materials Science Engineering1981 John D. Joannopoulos (grad student)
George Rollins Rickerastronomy, high energy astrophysics, experimental physics1971 Walter H.G. Lewin (grad student)
Heidi B. Hammelastronomy, planetary astronomy, planetary science Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences19791982 James Ludlow Elliot (research assistant)
Glen Irvin LangstonAstronomy, structure of the Milky Way, Radio astronomy, astro-chemistry, visions for future research projects Physics19821987 Bernard F. Burke (grad student)
Maximilian N. GüntherAstronomy; Astrophysics; Exoplanets; Stellar Flares
Bernard F. BurkeAstrophysics1953 Malcom W.P. Strandberg (grad student)
Deepto ChakrabartyAstrophysics Center for Space Research19961999 Hale V. Bradt (post-doc)
Elihu BoldtAstrophysics1958 David O. Caldwell (grad student), Bruno Benedetto Rossi (grad student)
Sumner Prindle Davisastrophysics1959 George Russell Harrison (post-doc)
Adam Stallard BoltonAstrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics2005 Scott Michael Burles (grad student)
Justin C. KasperAstrophysics Physics, Fluid and Plasma Physics19992003 Alan Jay Lazarus (grad student), John Winston Belcher (grad student), Bruno Coppi (grad student)
Ashkbiz DanehkarAstrophysics, Astronomy, Physics20152017 Michael A. Nowak (post-doc)
Paul SchechterAstrophysics, Cosmology
Alar ToomreAstrophysics, Stellar Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics
Fran BagenalAtmospheric Sciences, Physical Chemistry, Astrophysics Physics Earth and Planetary Sciences19761981 John Winston Belcher (grad student)
Thomas C. KillianAtomic Physics19931999 Daniel Kleppner (grad student), Thomas J. Greytak (grad student)
Elefterios LidorikisComputational Materials Science20012004 John D. Joannopoulos (grad student)
Stanislaus A. Zygmuntcomputational materials, computational catalysis, Materials Science and Engineering19841988 Keith Huber Johnson (grad student)
Yash Palcosmic rays1958 Bruno Benedetto Rossi (grad student)
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard LemaîtreCosmology1927 Harry Manley Goodwin (grad student)
Robyn Ellyn Sandersondark matter2011 Edmund W. Bertschinger (grad student)
Petar MaksimovicElementary Particles and High Energy Physics1998 Paraskevas Andreas Sphicas (grad student)
Sheperd S. DoelemanEvent Horizon Telescope (EHT)1995 Alan Ernest Exel Rogers (grad student), Bernard F. Burke (grad student)
Katherine Louise BoumanEvent Horizon Telescope project2017 William T. Freeman (grad student)
Rainer WeissExperimental Atomic Physics, Atomic Clocks, Laser Physics,Experimental Gravitation, Millimeter and Sub - millimeter, Astronomy, Cosmic Background Measurements,1962 Jerrold R. Zacharias (grad student), John G. King (grad student)
Arthur J. FreemanFirst-principles simulations of complex materials, including their structural, electronic, magnetic, optical and mechanical properties.1956 John Clarke Slater (grad student)
Craig A. OgilvieGeneral
Robert L. LehenyGeneral Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science Engineering19972000 Robert J. Birgeneau (post-doc)
Reyco HenningGeneral Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics, Radiation Physics2004 Ulrich Becker (grad student)
Anthony DuncanGeneral Physics, Molecular Physics1975 Roman Wladimir Jackiw (grad student)
Leo C SteinGeneral relativity, gravitation, gravitational waves, compact objects, black holes Physics20062012 Scott Alexander Hughes (grad student)
Douglas J. JerolmackGeomorphology, Geophysics2006 David Carl Mohrig (grad student)
Selim ShahriarGravity wave detection, cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, quantum computing, optical communication, optical coherence tomography.1992 Shaoul Ezekiel (grad student)
Robert ClareHigh energy physics experiment1982 Min Chen (grad student)
William L. Kraushaarhigh-energy astronomy
Martin O. HarwitInfrared astronomy1960 William P. Allis (grad student)
Giovanni G. FazioInfrared Astronomy19541959 David M. Ritson (grad student), Robert A. Schluter (grad student)
Ronald John Alleninterstellar medium in galaxies1967 Alan Hildreth Barrett (grad student)
Christopher B CrawfordNuclear Physics2005 Haiyan Gao (grad student)
Bradley R PlasterNuclear Physics, Fundamental Symmetries Stanley B. Kowalski (grad student)
Michael McNeil ForbesNuclear Theory, Quantum Dynamics, Astrophysics, AMO Physics20002005 Frank Wilczek (grad student)
Donald EllisNumerical calculation of material properties, including composite materials, electroceramics, and bioceramics. Physics Physics1966 George F. Koster (grad student), John Clarke Slater (grad student)
Andrew S. Friedmanobservational astronomy
Steven Jeffrey Ostroplanetary radar astronomy Earth and Planetary Science1978 Gordon Hemenway Pettengill (grad student)
Faith Vilasplanetary science, asteroids, surface composition Earth and Planetary Sciences19731975 Thomas B. McCord (grad student)
Manfred A. Biondiplasma physics1949 Sanborn Conner Brown (grad student)
Lorenza ViolaQuantum Physics19972000 Seth Lloyd (post-doc)
Bruce Douglas ChapmanRadar Remote Sensing Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences19821986 Gordon Hemenway Pettengill (grad student)
Fred (Kwok-Yung) LoRadio astronomy1974 Bernard F. Burke (grad student)
Alan Hildreth Barrettradio astronomy, and the spectroscopic study of the interstellar medium
Gordon Hemenway PettengillRadio Astronomy, Planetary Remote Sensing
Samuel Silverradio astronomy, upper atmosphere Physics1940 John Clarke Slater (grad student)
Thomas L. Wilsonradioastronomy, astrophysics1969 Bernard F. Burke (grad student)
Jay R JohnsonSpace Plasma Physics Physics Tom Chang (grad student)
James M. Jacksonstar formation; radio astronomy1985 Alan Hildreth Barrett (grad student)
Robert Thomas Roodstellar evolution, stellar abundances and nucleosynthesis1969 Icko Iben (grad student)
Edward Charles Pickeringstellar spectroscopy18651868 William Barton Rogers (research scientist)
Rennan BarkanaTheoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology: 21-cm cosmology, formation of the first stars and quasars, cosmic dawn and cosmic reionization, dark matter, galaxy formation, large-scale structure, and gravitational lensing1997 Edmund W. Bertschinger (grad student)
Roberto Daniele PecceiTheoretical Elementary Particle Physics1969 Kenneth Alan Johnson (grad student)
Horace YuenTheory of quantum optics and communication, the foundations of quantum physics, new quantum devices, quantum cryptography. Electrical Engineering1970 Robert S. Kennedy (grad student)
Charles L. BennettWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)1984 Bernard F. Burke (grad student)
George W. Clarkx-ray astronomy1952 Bruno Benedetto Rossi (grad student)
Kent Sebastian WoodX-ray astronomy1973 Philip Morrison (grad student)
Walter H.G. LewinX-ray astronomy
Thomas Henry MarkertX-ray astronomy1975 George W. Clark (grad student)
Leon Paul Van SpeybroeckX-ray Astrophysics1965 Henry W. Kendall (grad student), Jerome I. Friedman (grad student)