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University of Virginia

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Philip L. ArrasTheoretical Astrophysics
Steven Andrew BalbusAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics
Frank N. BashStar formation, galactic structure1967 Samuel Joseph Goldstein (grad student), Campbell Marion Wade (grad student)
Martha Stahr Carpenterradio astronomy
Arthur D. Codespace astronomy
Heber Doust CurtisAstronomy1902 Ormond Stone (grad student)
James W. Davidson, Jr. Department of Astronomy2013 Karen Beth Shipley Bjorkman (grad student)
Donal Bruce Day1979 James Sidney McCarthy (grad student)
Edward Ryant DyerSpace Science1948 Alexander N. Vyssotsky (grad student)
Aaron S. EvansObservational Astrophysics
Renee FatemiRadiation Physics2002 Donald G. Crabb (grad student), Ralph C. Minehart (grad student)
Nadia Fominnuclear physics physics2008 Donal Bruce Day (grad student)
Laurence W. FredrickAstrometry, space astronomy, instrumentation
Tanim IslamAstronomy and Astrophysics, Fluid and Plasma Physics2007 Steven Andrew Balbus (grad student)
Kelsey E. JohnsonAstronomy
Francis Preserved Leavenworthastronomy18811887 Ormond Stone (research assistant)
Harry J. Lehto19831989 William C. Saslaw (grad student), David Stuphin Heeschen (grad student)
Sean LindenU/lirgs, Merging Galaxies, Star Cluster Formation And Destruction2020 Aaron S. Evans (grad student)
Mengyao Liu Astronomy Jonathan C. Tan (grad student)
Steven R. MajewskiAstronomy and Astrophysics
Vahe MamyanElementary Particles and High Energy Physics2010 Donal Bruce Day (grad student)
Janet Akyüz Mattei1972 Charles Ray Tolbert (grad student)
Billy Murray McCormacspace physics1957 Frank L. Hereford, Jr. (grad student)
Paul M. McKeeNuclear Physics2000 Donal Bruce Day (grad student)
Samuel Alfred Mitchellsolar eclipses, stellar parallaxes
Herbert Rollo Morganorbits of comets and asteroids1901 Ormond Stone (grad student)
Edward Michael Murphyastronomy1996 Felix J Lockman (grad student)
Edward Purdy Neycosmic-rays, atmospheric research, infrared astronomy.1944 Jesse Wakefield Beams (grad student), Leland Bradley Snoddy (grad student)
Charles Pollard Olivier1911 Ormond Stone (grad student), William Wallace Campbell (grad student)
Cheng Pan Physics1988 Hugh P. Kelly (grad student)
Richard J. PattersonDwarf Galaxies, Astrometry, Giant stars, Galactic Astronomy, Milky Way Halo Astronomy Astronomy19891995 Trinh X. Thuan (grad student), Philip A. Ianna (grad student)
Amy E. ReinesAstronomy2011 Kelsey E. Johnson (grad student)
Mercedes Tharam Richards
Helio J. Rocha-PintoGalactic Chemical Evolution, Structure of the Milky Way, Stellar Ages and Abundances Astronomy20012004 Steven R. Majewski (post-doc)
Robert Thomas Roodstellar evolution, stellar abundances and nucleosynthesis
William C. SaslawCosmology, radio galaxies, stellar dynamics
Patrick O. SeitzerStar Clusters, Orbital Debris, History of Astronomy Astronomy1983 Trinh X. Thuan (grad student)
Lewis Emil Snydermolecular astrochemistry
Costas M. SoukoulisPhotonic crystals, metamaterials, plasmonics, random lasers, electron and light localization19791982 Eleftherios N. Economou (post-doc)
Ormond StoneAstronomy
Meng Sunstellar evolution, binary evolution, astroseismology, tides20122018 Philip L. Arras (grad student)
Jonathan C. Tan
Trinh X. Thuanextragalactic astronomy, galaxy formation
Charles Ray TolbertGalactic structure, photometry, 21-cm radio astronomy
Alexander N. VyssotskyStellar spectrophotometry1926 Samuel Alfred Mitchell (grad student), Peter van de Kamp (grad student)
Emma T.R. Williams Vyssotsky
Carl Alvar Wirtanenastrometry1939 Alexander N. Vyssotsky (grad student), Emma T.R. Williams Vyssotsky (grad student)
Howard John WoodAstrophysics, Astronomy
Hongguo ZhuNuclear Physics2000 Donal Bruce Day (grad student)