Faculty Directory
| Department Chair: Raja Guha Thakurta | Department Manager: Abby Campbell Wong |
| Associate Chair: Ruth Murray-Clay | Graduate Advisor: Lindsay Lauver |
| Associate Chair and Undergraduate Program Director: Jonathan Fortney | Administrative Assistant: Margaret Mattson |
| Graduate Program: Jonathan Fortney | Administrative Assistant, Astrobiology Institute: Deana Tanguay |
- Title
- Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences
- 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
UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064
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