Astronomy Program
Department of Physics & Astronomy


Faculty

Ron Buta
rbuta(at)bama.ua.edu
observation, morphology, & dynamics of galaxies; galaxy catalogues
Philip E. Hardee
phardee(at)bama.ua.edu
magnetohydrodynamics of collimated outflows, Plasma astrophysics, extragalactic astronomy
Jimmy A. Irwin
jairwin(at)ua.edu
X-ray observations of galaxies, accreting neutron stars & black holes
William C. Keel
wkeel(at)bama.ua.edu
observation of interacting & active galaxies, galaxy evolution
Dean M. Townsley
Dean.M.Townsley(at)ua.edu
supernovae, nucleosynthesis, accreting compact binaries, compact stars, stellar physics
Raymond E. White III
rwhite(at)ua.edu
evolution of intracluster gas, cooling accretion flows in galaxies & clusters of galaxies


Graduate Students

e-mail PhoneRoom entry
year
MS
Timmy Brockett brock007(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082009
Erin Darnell ekdarnell(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813092006
Michael Larsonmjlarson(at)crimson.ua.edu348-49063272011
Branyon May may001(at)crimson.ua.edu 20042007
Krista McCord kmccord(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813092010
Broxton Milesbjmiles(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082011
Beidi Peng bpeng1(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082010
James Pepper japepper(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082009
Digesh Rautdraut(at)crimson.ua.edu348-49063272011
Aparajita Senguptaasengupta(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082006
Yuanyuan Su ysu(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813092007 2011
Garrison Turnerghturner(at)crimson.ua.edu348-50813082011
Donglian Xu dxu(at)crimson.ua.edu348-30422182008


Post Docs

e-mail PhoneRoom
Evan Millionemillion(at)ua.edu348-4593310D
Ka-Wah Wong kwong(at)ua.edu348-2065324
Mihoko Yukitamyukita(at)ua.edu348-2065324


Retired Faculty

e-mail Current Position
Gene Byrdbyrd(at)ua.eduEmeritus Professor, University of Alabama
Jack W. Sulentic  sulentic(at)iaa.es  Institute for Astrophysics of Andulusia, Spain


Recent Graduates

MS PhDPost-PhD Position
Anna Manning2011
Alana May2010
Adriana Durbala20072009Asst. Prof., Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Sebastian Zamfir20072009searching
Rebecca Grouchy 20052008Postdoc, University of Oulu, Finland
Patrick Treuthardt20002008Postdoc, University of Oulu, Finland
Enrique Gomez 20032006Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University
Matthew Wimmer 2006
Jin He 20022005
Sergei Vasylyev 2005 Field Engineer, Shlumberger, Ltd.
Rumen Bachev 2003 Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Bulgaria
Robert Mohr 19972001Instructor, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Donovan Domingue19982000Assistant Professor, Georgia College & State University
Wentao Wu 1999Postdoc, Louisiana State University
Renato Dupke 1999Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan
Susan Gessner Stewart 1999Staff astronomer, US Naval Observatory
Audress Johnson 2000 Lockheed Martin
Victor Andersen 1998Adjunct professor, University of Houston
Guy Purcell 19941998Commercial programming, Cendant
José María Castro Cerón 1998 Royal Observatory of the Spanish Navy
Carlos Rabaca 19951997University of Rio de Janeiro
Jim Scott 1996
Lauren Jones 1995 Assistant professor, Dennison University
Jack Gallimore 1994 Assistant professor, Bucknell University
Fabio Bresolin 1993 European Southern Observatory
Jordan Burkey 1993 Abington Friends School, Connecticut
Michael Cooper 1993
Duilia de Mello 1993 Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden
Mario Klaric 1992Faculty, Midlands Technical College, South Carolina


Former PostDocs

Current Position
Alex Rosen Staff, School of Math. Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland
Paul EskridgeAsst. Prof., Minnesota State University, Mankato
David DavisGLAST Research Scientist at NASA/Goddard
Theo Koupelis Professor, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County
Mark HenriksenAssoc. Prof., University of Marlyand, Baltimore County
Eric Lufkin Analyst, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Adeline CauletInstrument Scientist, European Southern Observatory

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