The Carnegie Observatories - Scientific Staff

Scientific Staff and Research Interests

The current permanent scientific staff members are listed below together with links to pages describing their areas of interest. A full list of recent papers is available from the Publications and Library Services main page.

	Alan Dressler B.A. (physics), 1970, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1976, University of California, Santa Cruz Galaxy evolution, IMACS spectrograph Publications and Preprints
	Wendy L. Freedman, Director B.Sc., 1979, M.Sc., 1980, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1984, University of Toronto Cosmology, galactic and stellar evolution Publications and Preprints
	Luis C. Ho B.A. (astronomy and physics), 1990, Harvard University; M.A., 1991, Ph.D (astronomy), 1995, University of California, Berkeley Probing the mysteries of black holes Publications and Preprints \| Personal Page
	Daniel D. Kelson B.S. (astronomy and physics), 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ph.D (astronomy), 1998, University of California, Santa Cruz How the earliest galaxies evolved Publications and Preprints \| Personal Page
	Barry F. Madore B.S. (astronomy and physics) 1969, University of Southern California; M.Sc. (astronomy), 1971, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1974, University of Toronto The complexities of deciphering galaxy evolution Publications and Preprints
	Patrick McCarthy B.S. physics and astronomy 1983, University of Arizona; Ph.D. astronomy, 1988, University of California, Berkeley Probing the era of galaxy formation Publications and Preprints
	Andrew McWilliam B.Sc., 1981, London University; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, University of Texas - Austin Chemical evolution and nucleosynthesis Publications and Preprints
	John Mulchaey Ph.D., 1994, University of Maryland Galaxy groups, X-ray astronomy Publications and Preprints \| Personal Page
	Augustus Oemler, Staff Astronomer; Director Emeritus A.B., 1969, Princeton University; M.S. and Ph.D., 1974, California Institute of Technology Data reduction, evolution of galaxies in clusters Publications and Preprints
	Eric Persson B.Sc. (physics), 1966, McGill University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1972, California Institute of Technology Exploring the universe with infrared detectors Publications and Preprints
	Mark M. Phillips, Associate Director for Magellan; Associate Director, Las Campanas Observatory A.B., 1974 San Diego State University; Ph.D. (Astronomy), 1977, University of California, Santa Cruz Supernovae, expansion of the universe Publications and Preprints
	George W. Preston, Director Emeritus B.S. (physics), 1952, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1959, University of California, Berkeley Understanding stellar evolution Publications and Preprints
	Michael Rauch Diploma (physics), 1988, Gutenberg University, Mainz; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1992, Cambridge University Unraveling the cosmic web Publications and Preprints \| Personal Page
	Miguel R. Roth, Director, Las Campanas Observatory B.S. (physics), 1971; Ph.D. (solid-state physics), 1976, University of Chile Star formation, supernovae, instrumentation Publications and Preprints
	Allan Sandage, Staff Member Emeritus A.B. (physics), 1948, University of Illinois; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1953, California Institute of Technology; Sc.D., 1966, Yale University; Sc.D., 1967, University of Illinois; Sc.D., 1967, University of Chicago; LL.D., 1971, University of Southern California; Sc.D., 1974, Miami University; Sc.D., 1985, Graceland College (Iowa); Doctor Honoris Causa, 1992, University of Chile The extragalactic distance scale and stellar evolution Publications and Preprints
	François Schweizer Lizentiat (astronomy), 1968, University of Bern; M.A., 1970, Ph.D. (astronomy), 1975, University of California, Berkeley How galaxies assemble and evolve Publications and Preprints
	Stephen A. Shectman B.S. (physics), 1969, Yale University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1973, California Institute of Technology Galaxies, low-metal stars, and astronomical tools Publications and Preprints
	Ian B. Thompson B.Sc. (physics and astronomy), 1971, M.Sc. (physics and astronomy), 1974, University of British Columbia; Ph.D. (physics and astronomy), 1980, University of Western Ontario Globular clusters, instrumentation Publications and Preprints