Faculty Directory
Department Chair: Raja Guha Thakurta | Department Manager: Patricia Schell (Acting) |
Undergraduate Program Director: Jonathan Fortney | Graduate Advisor: Lindsay Lauver |
Graduate Program: Brant Robertson | Administrative Assistant: position is vacant |
Program Coordinator, Astrobiology Institute: Deana Tanguay |

- Title
- Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
- Phone 831-459-3400
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 341
- Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Astronomy, Astrophysics
Research Interests
My research focuses on the violent universe with an emphasis on stellar explosions, gamma-ray bursts and accretion phenomena. I am particularly interested in understanding the physical processes that govern accretion onto relativistic objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
Biography, Education and Training
Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Cambridge 2003
Chandra and John Bahcall Fellow L, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2003-2007