Princeton University

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Stuart L. ShapiroAstrophysics, Gravitation1973 P. James E. Peebles (grad student)
Robert Edmond Tribbleweak interactions, nuclear reactions at low and high energy and nuclear astrophysics1973 Gerald Thomas John Garvey (grad student)
George B. FieldAstrophysics1955 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Lyman Spitzer1938 Henry Norris Russell (grad student)
Henry Norris Russell1900 Charles Augustus Young (grad student)
Donald Howard MenzelAstrophysics1924 Henry Norris Russell (grad student)
Harlow Shapleyglobular star clusters1913 Henry Norris Russell (grad student)
Edwin Brant FrostAstronomy1887 Charles Augustus Young (post-doc)
Carl E. HeilesInterstellar matter, radio astronomy, numerical analysis1966 George B. Field (grad student), Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
J. Beverley Okestellar and extragalactic astronomy1953 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Puragra Guhathakurtaformation and evolution of galaxies1989 J. Anthony Tyson (grad student), James E. Gunn (grad student)
Alfred Y.-F. WongPlasma and Environmental Physics1963 Robert William Motley (grad student)
Marc DavisLarge-scale structure, cosmology, evolution of galaxies Astronomy1973 David Todd Wilkinson (grad student), P. James E. Peebles (post-doc)
Charles F. Kennelspace plasma physics and astrophysics1964 Edward Allan Frieman (grad student), John M. Greene (grad student)
Eugene Engels1962 James Watson Cronin (grad student)
B. Kent HarrisonGravitation1959 John Archibald Wheeler (grad student)
Bahram MashhoonTheory of Gravitation, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology1972 John Archibald Wheeler (grad student)
Lawrence H. FordTheoretical physics1974 John Archibald Wheeler (grad student)
William G. UnruhGravity, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Computing, Cosmology1971 John Archibald Wheeler (grad student)
Blair DeWillis Savage1967 Robert Emil Danielson (grad student)
Paul E. BoyntonAstronomy, Astrophysics, Relativity & Gravitation1967 Thomas J. Devlin (grad student)
Per J. KrausTheoretical Elementary Particle Physics1995 Frank Wilczek (grad student)
Bernard J.T. Jonesformation of galaxies P. James E. Peebles (post-doc)
Tyler W. AbramsFluid and Plasma Physics Astrophysical Sciences2015 Michael Andrew Jaworski (grad student)
Gonzalo J. Aniano PorcileAstrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Physics Astrophysical Sciences2012 Bruce T. Draine (grad student)
Katy GhantousFluid and Plasma Physics Astrophysical Sciences2013 Nikolai Gorelenkov (grad student)
Bruce T. DraineAstrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Physics
Douglas O. RichstoneCosmology, Extragalactic & Galactic; Computational Astrophysics; Astronomy1974 Jeremiah P. Ostriker (grad student)
Scott TremaineAstronomy and Astrophysics1975 Jeremiah P. Ostriker (grad student)
Rainer WeissExperimental Atomic Physics, Atomic Clocks, Laser Physics,Experimental Gravitation, Millimeter and Sub - millimeter, Astronomy, Cosmic Background Measurements, Robert H. Dicke (post-doc)
William D. CochranAstronomy and Astrophysics1976 Robert Emil Danielson (grad student)
Lei HaoAstronomy and Astrophysics2004 Michael Abram Strauss (grad student)
Chio Z. ChengAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics
Sorin G. ZahariaAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics2003 Chio Z. Cheng (grad student)
Leonard Searle1956 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Mona BerciuCondensed Matter Theory2002 Ravindra N. Bhatt (post-doc)
John KwongAstronomy and Astrophysics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics2009 Thomas Alan Shutt (grad student)
Carl E. DahlAstronomy and Astrophysics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics2009 Thomas Alan Shutt (grad student)
Jonathan Anders BaggerTheory Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics1983 Edward Witten (grad student)
Justin Emanuel AlbertElementary Particles and High Energy Physics2002 A.J. Stewart Smith (grad student)
Thomas Alan ShuttAstronomy and Astrophysics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics
Michael Andrew JaworskiFluid and Plasma Physics
Brian SaamRadiology, Medical Biophysics1995 William Happer (grad student), Gordon D. Cates (grad student)
Claire E. MaxAstrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics1972 Francis William Perkins (grad student)
Ray J. Weymann Astrophysical Sciences1959 Martin Schwarzschild (grad student)
Richard H. DurisenAstronomy and Astrophysics1971 Jeremiah P. Ostriker (grad student)
Mordecai-Mark Mac LowAstrophysics, Formation of Planets and Stars, Structure of the Interstellar Medium1983 Joseph H. Taylor (research assistant)
Steven C. CowleyAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics1985 Russell M. Kulsrud (grad student)
Siu-Tat ChuiCondensed Matter, Electricity and Magnetism1972 Philip Warren Anderson (grad student)
Earl J. SpillarAstronomy and Astrophysics, Optics Physics1986 David Todd Wilkinson (grad student)
Xiaohui FanAstronomy and Astrophysics2000 Michael Abram Strauss (grad student)
Paul McRae RoutlyAstrophysics Astronomy1951 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
William Clyde Martinatomic spectroscopy1956 Allen Goodrich Shenstone (grad student)
George William Collinscomputational studies of the effects of rotation on the atmospheres and spectra of rotating stars1959 Martin Schwarzschild (research assistant)
Mark Louis PittExperimental Nuclear Physics1992 Frank P. Calaprice (grad student)
Frank Bradshaw Woodphotometry1941 Raymond Smith Dugan (grad student), Henry Norris Russell (grad student)
Newton Lacy Pierce1937 Henry Norris Russell (grad student), Raymond Smith Dugan (grad student)
Robert C. Hermanmolecular spectroscopy, cosmology, traffic science1940 Robert Hofstadter (grad student), Edward Condon (research assistant)
Robert Hugh Sandersactive galactic nuclei1970 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Herbert GurskyX-ray astronomy1959 George T. Reynolds (grad student)
Malcolm Paul Savedofftheoretical astrophysics1952 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
John E. Gaustad1962 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
William F. M. Buscombeastronomical spectroscopy1951 Lyman Spitzer (grad student), Martin Schwarzschild (grad student)
Eugene Merle Shoemakerplanetary science1960 Harry Hammond Hess (grad student)
Julianne DalcantonAstronomy and Astrophysics1995 David N. Spergel (grad student)
Louis Craig Greenstellar spectroscopy1937 Henry Norris Russell (grad student)
Barry Michael Laskerobservational astronomy1965 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Krzysztof Z. StanekAstronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics1996 Bohdan Paczynski (grad student)
Trinh X. Thuanextragalactic astronomy, galaxy formation Astrophysical Sciences1974 Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Charles F. GammieAstrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Theory Physics1992 J. Jeremy Goodman (grad student)
Richard Conn Henry Astronomy Astrophysics1967 Bengt Strömgren (grad student), George B. Field (grad student)
William C. SaslawCosmology, radio galaxies, stellar dynamics1965 Lyman Spitzer (research assistant)
Sudhir Raskutti Astrophysical Sciences2016 Eve Charis Ostriker (grad student)
Munan Gong Astrophysical Sciences2017 Eve Charis Ostriker (grad student)
David Crisp1984 Stephen Brook Fels (grad student)
Nikolai GorelenkovFluid and Plasma Physics
Kassandra Anderson Astronomy2019 Dong Lai (grad student)
Diego R. García Lambas P. James E. Peebles (post-doc)
María Teresa RuizWhite Dwarfs, Near Stars, Star Clusters1975 Martin Schwarzschild (grad student)
Robert D. MathieuStructure, kinematics and dynamics of star clusters and star-forming regions; stellar binary populations; blue stragglers and other objects on alternative stellar evolution pathways; stellar angular momentum evolution.1978 Lyman Spitzer (research assistant)
Robert Burnett KingStellar Spectroscopy1933 Henry Norris Russell (grad student), Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly (grad student)
John Ellsworth Merrilleclipsing binaries1931 Raymond Smith Dugan (grad student)
Isadore Epsteinstellar interiors, observatory site surveys1950 Martin Schwarzschild (grad student)
Edward Leonard Firemannuclear astrophysics1949 Rubby Sherr (grad student)
Jeremiah P. Ostrikertheoretical astrophysics
Richard Warren Michie1960 Uco van Wijk (grad student), Lyman Spitzer (grad student)
Michael E. Ash
Chun Wa Wong1966 Gerald E. Brown (post-doc)
Jeffrey R. KuhnAstronomy and Astrophysics1981 Robert H. Dicke (grad student)
Eun-Hwa Kim Jay R Johnson (post-doc)
Roberto Alexander Tejada ArevaloAstrophysics/Planetary Science Astrophysical Sciences Astrophysical Sciences20222026 Adam S. Burrows (grad student), Joshua Nathan Winn (grad student)
Charles Augustus Young
Raymond Smith Duganphotometry
Charlotte Emma Moore SitterlyAstronomy1920 Henry Norris Russell (research assistant)
Martin SchwarzschildAstrophysics19361937 Svein Rosseland (post-doc)
Félix Cernuschiastrophysics, theoretical physics19381939 Henry Eyring (post-doc)
Dorothy N. Davis Locanthiastrophysics19401942 Henry Norris Russell (post-doc)
Uco van WijkAstronomy
Martin David Kruskalastrophysics, nuclear fusion and the soliton
Roger J. Taylerastrophysics19531954 Martin Schwarzschild (post-doc)
Kip S. ThorneGravitational Physics/Theoretical Astrophysics19621965 John Archibald Wheeler (grad student)
Thomas J. Devlinexperimental high energy physics
David Todd WilkinsonCosmology
John Norris Bahcallnuclear astrophysics, the solar neutrino problem
James E. Gunnobservational cosmology, dark matter
Ethan T. VishniacAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics19801982 Jeremiah P. Ostriker (post-doc)
James Avery SaulsTheoretical Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Information, Condensed Matter, Nuclear Astrophysics Physics19801982 Philip Warren Anderson (post-doc)
Charles M BachmannCostal remote sensing, imaging science, spectroscopy, radiative transfer modeling and theory
Bohdan PaczynskiAstronomy and Astrophysics
Neal S. KatzAstronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics19841989 James E. Gunn (grad student)
Hongwen JiangExperimental Condensed Matter Physics19891991 Daniel C. Tsui (post-doc), Horst L. Störmer (post-doc)
Sangeeta MalhotraAstrophysics Physics Astrophysical Sciences19901994 Gillian Revill Knapp (grad student)
James RhoadsAstrophysics Physics19921996 Edwin L. Turner (grad student)
Benjamin D. G. ChandranAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics19921996 Russell M. Kulsrud (grad student)
Ingrid H. StairsAstronomy Physics19931998 Joseph H. Taylor (grad student)
Jay R JohnsonSpace Plasma Physics19951997 Chio Z. Cheng (post-doc)
Michael Gutperle Physics and Astronomy19971999 Igor R. Klebanov (post-doc)
Paul J. Steinhardtparticle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, condensed-matter physics
Jo Baker Physics20022005 Pedro Gil Ferreira (grad student)
Christopher Frank ChybaAstronomy and Astrophysics, Geochemistry
Godfrey E. J. MillerFundamental Physics and Cosmology Physics20062007 Paul J. Steinhardt (research assistant)
Luis G. RosaCondensed Matter Chemistry20062008 Giacinto Scoles (post-doc)
Adam S. BurrowsAstronomy and Astrophysics
Eve Charis OstrikerAstronomy and Astrophysics
Chang-Goo KimISM, star formation, computational astrophysics Astrophysical Sciences2013 Eve Charis Ostriker (post-doc)
Philip MoczTheoretical Astrophysics