Astrophysics staff at New Mexico Tech

Our faculty members who do astrophysics are:
  • Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman
      Stars & stellar evolution; optical instrumentation
      mce at kestrel.nmt.edu
  • Dr. Jean Eilek
      Plasma astrophysics, radio galaxies, pulsars, clusters of galaxies
      jeilek at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Tim Hankins
      Pulsars, radio astronomy instrumentation, signal processing
      thankins at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Peter Hofner
      Star formation and the interstellar medium
      phofner at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Dave Westpfahl
      Dynamics of spiral and dwarf galaxies
      dwestpfal at mro.nmt.edu
  • Dr. Lisa Young
      Dynamics and evolution of nearby galaxies; properties of the interstellar medium
      lyoung at kestrel.nmt.edu
The crescent nebula, created by winds from
a massive star. Optical/Xray overlay image
from the CHANDRA web site.

The radio halo in the nearby active galaxy M87,
created when the jet from the central black hole
interacts with the surrounding gas. VLA image
from F. Owen (NRAO)
Our adjunct faculty members in astrophysics are:
  • Dr. K. S. Balasubramaniam (National Solar Observatory)
      Spectroscopy and radiative transfer of solar active regions; solar magnetography
      bala at sunspot.noao.edu
  • Dr. Stirling Colgate (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
      Astrophysics, plasma physics, astrophysical dynamos
      colgate at lanl.gov
  • Dr. Miller Goss (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
      Radio astronomy, interstellar medium
      mgoss at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Dan Klinglesmith (Magdalena Ridge Observatory)
      Asteroids, photometry, image processing
      dklinglesmith at mro.nmt.edu
  • Dr. Michael Rupen (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
      Gas and dust in galaxies, microquasars, radio transients
      mrupen at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Eileen Ryan (Magdalena Ridge Observatory)
      Asteroids, optical instrumentation
      eryan at mro.nmt.edu
  • Dr. Greg Taylor (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
      Active galactic nuclei, very long baseline interferometry
      gtaylor at aoc.nrao.edu
  • Dr. Jim Ulvestad (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
      Seyfert galaxies, active galactic nuclei, compact radio sources, space VLBI
      julvesta at aoc.nrao.edu

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