Astronomy Department Directory

This is the most recent directory for the Astronomy Department at University of Maryland, College Park.

Links to department and personal webpages are provided if those pages exist. Department members who wish to create their pages may follow these instructions.

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Lecturers

 Adjunct and Visiting Profs Research and Specialized Faculty Postdocs and Faculty Assistants Graduate Students Staff

 Student Workers FAX Numbers

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Bolatto, Alberto Professor bolatto@umd.edu PSC 1158 (301) 405-1521  dept page
 personal
Diemer, Benedikt Assistant Professor and CTC Director diemer@umd.edu PSC 1107 (301) 405-2682  dept page
 personal
Earl, James Professor Emeritus jearl@umd.edu  dept page
Gezari, Suvi Associate Professor suvi@umd.edu PSC 1164 (301) 405-8360  dept page
Hamilton, Douglas Professor dphamil@umd.edu PSC 1153 (301) 405-1548  dept page
 personal
Harrington, J. Patrick Professor Emeritus jpha@umd.edu ATL 0249  dept page
 personal
Harris, Andrew Professor and Chair aharris1@umd.edu PSC 1208D (301) 405-7531  dept page
 personal
Hartzell, Christine Affiliate Associate Professor hartzell@umd.edu
Miller, M. Coleman Professor mcmiller@umd.edu PSC 1114 (301) 405-1037  dept page
 personal
Mundy, Lee Professor and LMA Director and CRESST II Director lgm@umd.edu ATL 0203 (301) 405-1529  dept page
 personal
Mushotzky, Richard Professor rmushotz@umd.edu PSC 1154 (301) 405-6853  dept page
Papadopoulos, K. Dennis Professor Emeritus dpapadop@umd.edu  dept page
Reynolds, Chris Distinguish University Professor creynold@umd.edu PSC 1160 (301) 405-6651  dept page
 personal
Richardson, Derek Professor Emeritus dcr@umd.edu  dept page
 personal
Ricotti, Massimo Professor ricotti@umd.edu PSC 1156 (301) 405-5097  dept page
 personal
Sunshine, Jessica Professor and SBG Director jsunshin@umd.edu ATL 1207F (301) 405-1045  dept page
Veilleux, Sylvain Professor and Optical Director veilleux@umd.edu PSC 1109 (301) 405-0282  dept page
 personal
Vogel, Stuart Professor Emeritus svogel@umd.edu PSC 1164 (301) 405-2134  dept page
Weiner Mansfield, Megan Assistant Professor mwm@umd.edu PSC 1112 (301) 405-8786  dept page

Lecturers

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Hayes-Gehrke, Melissa Principal Lecturer and Undergraduate Director/Advisor mhayesge@umd.edu PSC 1208C (301) 405-1562  dept page
 personal
Hunt, James Lecturer jhunt1@umd.edu ATL 1317
Jones Jr., Marvin Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor mjones73@umd.edu PSC 1103 (301) 405-5065
Livengood, Tim Associate Research Scientist tlivengo@umd.edu ATL 1319 (301) 286-1552  dept page

Adjunct and Visiting Professors

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Cenko, Brad Adjunct Professor cenko@umd.edu PSC 1101 (301) 286-4678  dept page
Kempton, Eliza Adjunct Professor ekempton@umd.edu  dept page
Knight, Matthew Adjunct Assistant Professor mknight2@umd.edu
Komacek, Thaddeus Adjunct Assistant Professor tkomacek@umd.edu  dept page
 personal
Neufeld, David Visiting Professor dneufeld@umd.edu ATL 1223  dept page
Singer, Leo Adjunct Assistant Professor lpsinger@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-5439  dept page
Tielens, Alexander Adjunct Professor tielens@umd.edu  dept page

Research and Specialized Faculty

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Abshire, James Visiting Research Scientist abshirej@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 614-6081
Achterberg, Richard Associate Research Scientist achterbe@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-1550  dept page
Ahrens, Caitlin Assistant Research Scientist cahrens@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Allen, Alice Senior Faculty Specialist ascl@umd.edu ATL 0231 (301) 405-8360  dept page
Arnaud, Keith Associate Research Scientist karnaud@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-5857  dept page
Avanov, Levon Research Engineer lavanov@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8825  dept page
Barnes, Tilden Principal Faculty Specialist tbarnes4@umd.edu ATL 1255 (301) 405-2081  dept page
Bauer, James Research Professor gerbsb@umd.edu ATL 1301A (301) 405-6218  dept page
Bennett, David Research Scientist bennettd@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-5473  dept page
Bertone, Stefano Visiting Assistant Research Scientist sbertone@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Bessho, Naoki Research Scientist nbessho@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8751  dept page
Bhattacharya, Aparna Assistant Research Scientist abhatta5@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
Boettcher, Erin Assistant Research Scientist eboettch@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Bonnell, Jerry Senior Faculty Specialist bonnell@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-1579  dept page
Bovill, Mia Visiting Assistant Research Scientist msbovill@umd.edu  dept page
Bower, Dina Associate Research Scientist dbower@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 614-5786  dept page
Buzulukova, Natalia Associate Research Scientist nyb@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8961
Carr, John Visiting Research Scientist jcarr108@umd.edu ATL 0257  dept page
Chirenti, Cecilia Associate Research Scientist chirenti@umd.edu PSC 1103 (301) 286-4216  dept page
Chornay, Dennis Research Engineer dchornay@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-2588  dept page
Dahlin, Joel Assistant Research Scientist jdahlin@umd.edu NASA GSFC (240) 296-2141
Dailey, John Senior Faculty Specialist dailey@umd.edu  dept page
Darg, Daniel Senior Faculty Specialist ddarg@umd.edu ATL 1257 (301) 405-3733  dept page
 personal
Deming, L. Drake Research Professor ldeming@umd.edu ATL 0245  dept page
Eggen, Joe Senior Faculty Specialist jeggen@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-4645  dept page
Farnham, Tony Research Scientist farnham@umd.edu ATL 1207E (301) 405-3856  dept page
 personal
Feaga, Lori Research Professor lfeaga@umd.edu ATL 1207A (301) 405-1383  dept page
Ferrara, Elizabeth Research Scientist eferrara@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
 personal
Fixsen, Dale Research Scientist dfixsen@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
Gamble, Ronald Assistant Research Scientist rgamble3@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Gicquel-Brodtke, Adeline Senior Faculty Specialist agicquel@umd.edu ATL 1301B (301) 405-1503  dept page
Henning, Wade Assistant Research Scientist whenning@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Hewagama, Tilak Associate Research Scientist tilakh@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-9130  dept page
Hirsch, Benjamin Senior Faculty Specialist bhirsch1@umd.edu ATL 1257 (301) 405-3069  dept page
Honniball, Casey Assistant Research Scientist chonniba@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Huang, Yi-Min Visiting Associate Research Scientist yopology@umd.edu
Huard, Tracy Associate Research Scientist thuard@umd.edu ATL 0225 (301) 405-2059  dept page
Ibacache, Rodrigo Visiting Senior Faculty Specialist ribacac1@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Kashlinsky, Alexander Visiting Research Scientist akashlin@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Kazmierczak, Jeanette Senior Faculty Specialist jkazmie1@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-2799  dept page
Kelley, Mike Research Scientist mkelley5@umd.edu ATL 1207B (301) 405-3796  dept page
 personal
Kolokolova, Lioudmila Research Scientist lkolokol@umd.edu ATL 1207D  dept page
 personal
Kostov, Veselin Visiting Assistant Research Scientist vkostov@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Kramida, Alexander Visiting Research Scientist akramida@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Kutyrev, Alexander Associate Research Scientist akutyrev@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-2150  dept page
Lawton, Pat Senior Faculty Specialist plawton@umd.edu ATL 1102 (301) 405-2579  dept page
Leskauskas, David Faculty Specialist dleskaus@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Liang, Haoming Assistant Research Scientist haoming@umd.edu ATL 0259
Liu, Tingting Visiting Assistant Research Scientist tliu1214@umd.edu 4338
Livengood, Tim Associate Research Scientist tlivengo@umd.edu ATL 1319 (301) 286-1552  dept page
Loewenstein, Michael Associate Research Scientist mloewens@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-3615  dept page
Mamoutkine, Andrei Senior Faculty Specialist amamoutk@umd.edu ATL 1246  dept page
Martinez Castellanos, Israel Assistant Research Scientist imc@umd.edu NASA
Martos Martin, Yasmina Associate Research Scientist ymartosm@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
Mattson, Barb Principal Faculty Specialist mattson@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-1243  dept page
Mitchell, Sara Senior Faculty Specialist saram@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-4598  dept page
Moiseev, Alexander Research Scientist amoiseev@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-5581  dept page
Moriarty, Daniel Assistant Research Scientist m0riarty@umd.edu NASA GSFC (401) 258-7926
Neveu, Marc Associate Research Scientist mneveu@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Ng, Jonathan Assistant Research Scientist jonng@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-1237
Ogorzalek, Anna Visiting Assistant Research Scientist ogoann@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Olmschenk, Gregory Assistant Research Scientist golmsche@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Olsen, Karen Visiting Principal Faculty Specialist olsenk@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Pound, Marc Research Scientist mpound@umd.edu  dept page
 personal
Pritchard, Tyler Visiting Assistant Research Scientist tylerap@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Rahmani, Maryam Visiting Assistant Research Scientist rahmanim@umd.edu NASA GSFC (240) 909-0709
Ralchenko, Yuri Visiting Research Scientist yralchen@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Ramos-Walker, Kelly Faculty Specialist kramoswa@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Rauch, Kevin Associate Research Scientist rauch@umd.edu ATL 0213 (301) 405-4967  dept page
 personal
Raugh, Anne Principal Faculty Specialist araugh@umd.edu ATL 1249 (301) 405-6855  dept page
Reddy, Francis Principal Faculty Specialist fjreddy@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-4453  dept page
Renaud, Joe Assistant Research Scientist jrenaud@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Richardson, Ian Research Scientist irichard@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-3079  dept page
Romanelli, Norberto Associate Research Scientist nromanel@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Sankar, Shannon Assistant Research Scientist ssankar@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8241  dept page
Sasaki, Makoto Associate Research Scientist msasaki@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-0998  dept page
Schanche, Nicole Assistant Research Scientist nschanch@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Scheidt, Stephen Visiting Associate Research Scientist scheidt@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Sewilo, Marta Research Scientist mmsewilo@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-5401
Share, Gerald Visiting Research Scientist gshare@umd.edu ATL 1223
Sharkey, Benjamin Senior Faculty Specialist sharkey@umd.edu ATL 1101  dept page
Shaya, Edward Associate Research Scientist eshaya@umd.edu ATL 0247 (301) 405-2040  dept page
 personal
Shkolyar, Svetlana Assistant Research Scientist sneveu@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Shuster, Jason Assistant Research Scientist shuster@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8943
Southard, Adrian Visiting Associate Research Engineer asouthar@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Tan, Joseph Visiting Research Scientist jtan1932@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Tan, Lun-Chang Senior Faculty Specialist ltan@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
Terry, Sean Assistant Research Scientist skterry@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Teuben, Peter Research Scientist teuben@umd.edu ATL 0223 (301) 405-1540  dept page
 personal
Thorpe, Michael Assistant Research Scientist mtthorpe@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Valencia, Sarah Assistant Research Scientist snvalenc@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page
Wadiasingh, Zorawar Visiting Assistant Research Scientist zorawar@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Ward, Jacob Visiting Assistant Research Scientist jwward@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Warner, Elizabeth Principal Faculty Specialist and Observatory Director ewarner@umd.edu ATL 1251 (301) 405-6555  dept page
 personal
Wellnitz, Dennis Principal Faculty Specialist wellnitz@umd.edu ATL 1253 (301) 405-1546  dept page
Whelley, Patrick Associate Research Scientist pwhelley@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 614-5129  dept page
Wolfire, Mark Research Scientist Emeritus mwolfire@umd.edu ATL 0229 (301) 405-1538  dept page
 personal
Ye, Quanzhi Associate Research Scientist qye@umd.edu ATL 1105 (301) 405-1549  dept page
 personal
Zoghbi, Abdu Associate Research Scientist azoghbi@umd.edu NASA GSFC

Postdocs and Faculty Assistants

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Ballhausen, Ralf Post Doctoral Associate ballhaus@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Beltz, Hayley Post Doctoral Associate hbeltz@umd.edu PSC 1118  dept page
 personal
Bera, Ankita Post Doctoral Associate ankitabm@umd.edu PSC 1105  dept page
Berteaud, Joanna Post Doctoral Associate berteaud@umd.edu NASA  dept page
 personal
Bhadra, Tanay Faculty Assistant tmbhadra@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Brande, Jonathan Post Doctoral Associate jbrande@umd.edu PSC 1105  dept page
Farcy, Benjamin Post Doctoral Associate bfarcy@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Garavito-Camargo, Nicolas Post Doctoral Associate garavito@umd.edu PSC 1111
Gurram, Harsha Post Doctoral Associate hgurram@umd.edu  dept page
Hankla, Amelia (Lia) Post Doctoral Associate-Neil Gehrels Fellow ahankla@umd.edu PSC 1122  dept page
Harkleroad, Emily Anne Faculty Assistant eharkle1@umd.edu  dept page
Hemmer, Rachael Faculty Assistant rhemmer@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Hull, Samuel Post Doctoral Associate shull@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Kim, Yaeji Post Doctoral Associate ykim1231@umd.edu ATL 1104  dept page
Kloos, Jacob Post-Doctoral Associate jlkloos@umd.edu ATL 1104
Kuruppuaratchi, Dona Chathuni Piumika Post Doctoral Associate dkuruppu@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Lopez Barquero, Vanessa Post Doctoral Associate vlopezb@umd.edu PSC 1122
Martin de Blas, Juan Ignacio Post-Doctoral Associate jmartind@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Matthews, Nat Post-Doctoral Associate natm@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Mendoza, Ismael Post Doctoral Associate ismael@umd.edu PSC 1101  dept page
Rastinejad, Jillian Post Doctoral Associate jcrastin@umd.edu PSC 1120
Stein, Robert Post-Doctoral Associate rdstein@umd.edu PSC 1120
Teng, Yu-Hsuan (Eltha) Post Doctoral Associate yhteng@umd.edu PSC 1118  dept page
Trent, Tyler Post Doctoral Associate ttrent1@umd.edu PSC 1116
Uy, Alan Post Doctoral Associate aluy@umd.edu NASA GSFC
Vandorou, Aikaterini Post Doctoral Associate katievan@umd.edu NASA GSFC

Graduate Students

Last, First Title Advisor E-mail Room Phone Website
Allee-Press, Lacey Graduate Student laceyap@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Biancalani, Enrico Graduate Student Veilleux ebian@umd.edu ATL 1241  dept page
Bogat, Ell Graduate Student Diemer ebogat@umd.edu ATL 1229  dept page
Broadmeadow, Amanda Graduate Student Mundy abroadme@umd.edu  dept page
Cronin, Serena Graduate Student Bolatto cronin@umd.edu ATL 1229  dept page
 personal
Dan, Kylie Graduate Student Veilleux kydan@umd.edu PSC 1260  dept page
Davenport, Brian Graduate Student bdav@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Ding, Keyi Graduate Student kyding@umd.edu PSC 1260  dept page
Donaghue, Keaton Graduate Student kdonaghu@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Ealy, Jordan Graduate Student Veilleux jealy@umd.edu ATL 1237  dept page
Fromont, Emeline Graduate Student Diemer efromont@umd.edu ATL 1231  dept page
Gursahani, Yash Graduate Student yashag@umd.edu ATL 1227  dept page
Guzman Caloca, Giannina Graduate Student Kempton gguzmanc@umd.edu ATL 1237  dept page
Heathcote, Jane Graduate Student jheathco@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Hobson-Ritz, Marshall Graduate Student mhobritz@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Hoffman, Erika Graduate Student Reynolds ebhoff@umd.edu ATL 1231  dept page
Holt, Isiah Graduate Student Miller imholt@umd.edu ATL 1235  dept page
Hood, Maximus Graduate Student mxhood@umd.edu PSC 1260
Jarrett, Shaniya Graduate Student shaniya@umd.edu ATL 1239  dept page
Kaluzienski, Brooke Graduate Student bkaluzie@umd.edu PSC 1260
Kanaparthy, Yugadeep Graduate Student ykanapar@umd.edu PSC 1260  dept page
Kocjan, Zuzanna Graduate Student Diemer zkocjan@umd.edu ATL 1227  dept page
Lastovka, Matthew Graduate Student Mundy mlastovk@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Leidig, Katya Graduate Student Diemer kleidig@umd.edu ATL 1229  dept page
Mirizio, Emma Graduate Student Richardson emirizio@umd.edu ATL 1239  dept page
Osinga, Calvin Graduate Student Diemer cosinga@umd.edu ATL 1259  dept page
 personal
Peplinski, Em Graduate Student epeplins@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Reisner, Charles Graduate Student creisner@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Robbins, Sophie Graduate Student srobbin7@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Savel, Arjun Graduate Student Kempton asavel@umd.edu ATL 1235  dept page
 personal
Seebeck, Jerome Graduate Student Veilleux jseebeck@umd.edu ATL 1239  dept page
Smith, Cole Graduate Student csmit103@umd.edu PSC 1260  dept page
Solanki, Siddhant Graduate Student Reynolds siddhant@umd.edu ATL 1239  dept page
Somers, R. Sander Graduate Student rssomers@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Srinivasaragavan, Gokul Graduate Student Miller gsriniv2@umd.edu  dept page
Starecheski, Sara Graduate Student sarastar@umd.edu PSC 1238  dept page
Ugalino, Mark Graduate Student Diemer ugalino@umd.edu ATL 1227  dept page
 personal
Vider, Jacob Graduate Student jivider@umd.edu PSC 1248  dept page
Volpert, Carrie Graduate Student Bolatto cvolpert@umd.edu ATL 1259  dept page
Williams, Jonathan Graduate Student Mushotzky jonvwill@umd.edu ATL 1241  dept page
 personal
Yates, Eric Graduate Student eayates@umd.edu PSC 1260  dept page

Staff

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone Website
Callahan, Emily Business Manager ecallaha@umd.edu PSC 1121 (301) 405-3177  dept page
Cheyne, Leland CRESST II Program Manager lcheyne@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-9563  dept page
Dent, Olivia Director of Academic Administration and Faculty Relations odent@umd.edu PSC 1208F (301) 405-1512  dept page
Hansborough, Barbara Coordinator barbarah@umd.edu PSC 1208 (301) 405-1508  dept page
Harrison, Erica CRESST II Manager ebenton1@umd.edu NASA GSFC (301) 286-8370  dept page
Huynh, Brian Coordinator bhuynh13@umd.edu PSC 1117
Kimbrell, Dorinda Director of Finance dkimbrel@umd.edu PSC 1125 (301) 405-1511
Lehr, Susan Coordinator of Business Services slehr@umd.edu PSC 1115 (301) 405-1507  dept page
Miles, Lauren Program Coordinator Lmiles14@umd.edu PSC 1208E (301) 405-1505  dept page
Rauch, Kevin Associate Research Scientist rauch@umd.edu ATL 0213 (301) 405-4967  dept page
 personal
Rowe, Natalie Business Manager narowe@umd.edu PSC 1119 (301) 405-1560  dept page
Susanto, Y. Mona Assistant Program Director for Finance ysusanto@umd.edu PSC 1123 (301) 405-6882  dept page
Vaidya, Varada CRESST II Coordinator vvaidya@umd.edu NASA GSFC  dept page

Student Workers

Last, First Title E-mail Room Phone
Chapman, Grant Teaching Assistant gchapma2@umd.edu ATL 1243
George, Jonah Teaching Assistant jonahg17@umd.edu ATL 1243
Lai, Grace General Assistant glai1@umd.edu
Mech, Enora Teaching Assistant emech@umd.edu ATL 1243
Melendez, Michelle Student Office Assistant mmelend2@terpmail.umd.edu PSC 1208B
Merchant-Dest, Sofia Teaching Assistant sofiamd@umd.edu ATL 1243
O'Brien, Oliver Teaching Assistant obriekay@umd.edu ATL 1243
Oruitemeka, Joyce Student Worker joruitem@terpmail.umd.edu PSC 1208B (301) 405-4505
Peng, Yixuan Teaching Assistant xuan0405@umd.edu ATL 1243
Prem, Matthew Teaching Assistant mprem@umd.edu ATL 1243
Rubio-Mendez, Yenfier Student Office Assistant yerubio@terpmail.umd.edu PSC 1208B

FAX Numbers

Location Room FAX
Mail Room Fax PSC 1113 (301) 314-9067

Phone database revision date: 2025-9-11
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