| Ronald John Allen | interstellar medium in galaxies | | | | |
| Themis Athanassiadou | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2009 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Robert Horace Baker | galactic structure, extragalactic nebulae cataloging, and variable-star measurements | | | | |
| Alexander Balatsky | Physics | Physics | | | David Pines (post-doc) |
| Eugene W. Beier | nuclear physics, elementary particle physics | | | 1966 | Louis Julius Koester (grad student) |
| Robert J. Brunner | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | |
| Julius Hofeller Cahn | variable stars and planetary nebulae | | | | |
| Horacio Emilio Castillo | Condensed Matter Physics | | | 1999 | Paul Mark Goldbart (grad student) |
| Adeline Caulet | interstellar gas and star formation; structure of emission nebulae like the Lagoon Nebula and the Carina Nebula; absorption lines in quasars; and compact dwarf galaxies | | | | |
| Mani Chandra | | Astronomy | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Hsin-Fang Chiang | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Astronomy | | 2011 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Paulo C. Cortes | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2005 | Richard Crutcher (grad student) |
| Eric John Cotts | Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science Engineering, Nanotechnology | | | 1983 | Ansel "Andy" Anderson (grad student) |
| Richard Crutcher | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | |
| Joshua C. Dolence | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Theory Physics | Astronomy | | 2011 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Richard Frank Donnelly | ionospheric and solar‐terrestrial physics | | | 1966 | Albert David Bailey (grad student) |
| Stephen Martin Durbin | Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 1983 | C. Peter Flynn (grad student) |
| Zachariah B. Etienne | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2009 | Stuart L. Shapiro (grad student) |
| William A. Fendt | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | Benjamin D. Wandelt (grad student) |
| Charles F. Gammie | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Theory Physics | | | | |
| Alten Frederick Grandt | Aerospace Engineering | | | 1971 | George Morton Sinclair (grad student) |
| Xiaoyue Guan | Astrophysics Physics | | | 2009 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Troy L. Hacker | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | Astronomy | | 2011 | Robert J. Brunner (grad student) |
| Nicholas S. Hakobian | Astrophysics Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | Astronomy | | 2013 | Richard Crutcher (grad student) |
| Brett P. Hayes | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics | Astronomy | | 2012 | Robert J. Brunner (grad student) |
| Miguel Holgado | | Astronomy | | | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Michael Andrew Jaworski | Fluid and Plasma Physics | | | 2009 | David Neil Ruzic (grad student) |
| Bryan M. Johnson | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2005 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| James Bailey Kaler | Astronomy | | | | |
| Vicky Kalogera | Gravitational waves, X-ray emission from compact binary objects, coalescence of neutron-star binaries. | | 1992 | 1997 | Ronald Frederick Webbink (grad student) |
| Gerald Ray Karr | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mechanical Engineering | | | 1969 | Shee-Mang Yen (grad student), Howard W. Knoebel (grad student) |
| Ivan R. King | star clusters | | | | |
| Woojin Kwon | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2009 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Nikolaos Kylafis | Astrophysics | | | 1978 | Donald Quincy Lamb (grad student) |
| I-Jen Lee | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics | Astronomy | | 2013 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Po K. Leung | Astrophysics Physics | | | 2010 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Joshua Yao-Yu Lin | | Physics | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Leslie W. Looney | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | |
| Ying-He Celeste Lü | | Astronomy | | 2020 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Zarija Lukic | Astronomy and Astrophysics, General Physics | | | 2008 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Britt F. Lundgren | Astrophysics Physics | | | 2009 | Robert J. Brunner (grad student) |
| Thomas Edward Lutz | cosmic distances | | | 1969 | Kenneth Myron Yoss (grad student) |
| Ward B. Manchester | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics | | | 2000 | Dimitri Mihalas (grad student) |
| George Cunliffe McVittie | astronomy, meteorology | | | | |
| Dimitri Mihalas | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | |
| Telemachos C. Mouschovias | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | | |
| Patrick Mullen | | Astronomy | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| George Nickas | | | | 1972 | Stanley Porter Wyatt (grad student) |
| Edmund Richard Nowak | Condensed Matter Physics, Electricity and Magnetism Physics | | 1997 | 1999 | Michael Benjamin Weissman (post-doc) |
| Efthymios Palaiologou | | | | 1983 | Telemachos C. Mouschovias (grad student) |
| Kuo-Chuan Pan | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computer Science | Astronomy | | 2013 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Vasiliki Pavlidou | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2005 | Brian D. Fields (grad student) |
| Eric Petersen | | Physics | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Jacobus Antonius Petterson | | | | | |
| Benjamin Prather | | Physics | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Yahya Rahmat-Samii | Electromagnetics, satellite communication antennas, personal communication antennas including human interaction, biotelemetry and RFID applications, antennas for remote sensing and radio astronomy applications | | | 1975 | Raj Mittra (grad student) |
| Paul M. Ricker | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computer Science | | | | |
| Rahul Roy | condensed matter theory | | | 2007 | Michael (Mike) Stone (grad student) |
| Benjamin R. Ryan | | Astronomy | 2012 | 2018 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Ronald Anthony Schorn | | | | 1963 | Stanley Porter Wyatt (grad student) |
| Jonathan P. Seale | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics | | | 2010 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Dominique M. Segura-Cox | Star Formation | Astronomy | 2011 | 2017 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Syed Ismat Ullah Shah | Condensed Matter, Electricity and Magnetism | | | 1986 | Joseph Edward Greene (grad student) |
| Stuart L. Shapiro | Astrophysics, Gravitation | | | | |
| Yu-Shao Shiao | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2008 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Hotaka Shiokawa | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics | Astronomy | | 2013 | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Lewis Emil Snyder | molecular astrochemistry | | | | |
| Ian W. Stephens | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics Physics, General Physics | Astronomy | | 2013 | Leslie W. Looney (grad student) |
| Natalie E. Strand | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2009 | Robert J. Brunner (grad student) |
| Paul Matthew Sutter | Astrophysics | | | 2011 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| George W. Swenson | Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Acoustics Physics, radio astronomy | | | | |
| Konstantinos Tassis | Astronomy and Astrophysics | | | 2005 | Telemachos C. Mouschovias (grad student) |
| Frank Tsui | Condensed Matter Physics | | | 1992 | C. Peter Flynn (grad student) |
| Richard R. Vanfleet | General Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science Engineering | Physics | | 1997 | Jack McKinney Mochel (grad student) |
| Joaquin D. Vieira | Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy & Astrophysics, Galactic Astronomy & Astrophysics | | | | |
| Raymond Edwin White | archaeoastronomy | | | 1967 | Ivan R. King (grad student) |
| George N. Wong | | Physics | | | Charles F. Gammie (grad student) |
| Stanley Porter Wyatt | | | | | |
| Hsiang-Yi Yang | Astrophysics Physics | | | 2011 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student) |
| Chao-Chin Yang | Astrophysics Physics, Planetology | Department of Astronomy | 2007 | 2010 | Paul M. Ricker (grad student), Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (grad student) |
| Kenneth Myron Yoss | | | | | |