Hiroshi Oguri
Kent and Joyce Kresa Leadership Chair
Sunil Golwala
Deputy Executive Officer for Astrophysics
Thomas B. Graber
Executive Officer for Mathematics
Andrew W. Howard
Executive Officer for Astronomy
David Hsieh
Executive Officer for Physics
Thomas Greene
Executive Director of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)
Gregg W. Hallinan
Director, Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Christopher Martin
Director, Caltech Optical Observatories
John P. Preskill
Allen V.C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology (IQIM)
David H. Reitze
Executive Director of the LIGO Project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
Professors Emeriti
Michael Aschbacher, Ph.D.
Shaler Arthur Hanisch Professor of Mathematics
Barry C. Barish, Ph.D., Laurea h.c., Nobel Laureate
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics
Judith G. Cohen, Ph.D.
Kate Van Nuys Page Professor of Astronomy
Marshall H. Cohen, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Michael C. Cross, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
James P. Eisenstein, Ph.D.
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
Steven C. Frautschi, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Peter M. Goldreich, Ph.D.
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics
Alexander S. Kechris, Ph.D., D.h.c.
Mathematics
Thomas A. Prince, Ph.D.
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Physics
Eric M. Rains, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Dinakar Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.
Taussky-Todd-Lonergan Professor of Mathematics
Anthony C. Readhead, Ph.D.
Robinson Professor of Astronomy
Anneila I. Sargent, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c.
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Astronomy
John H. Schwarz, Ph.D.
Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics
Nicholas Z. Scoville, Ph.D.
Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy
Barry M. Simon, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c.
IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
B. Thomas Soifer, Ph.D.
Harold Brown Professor of Physics
Kip S. Thorne, Ph.D., D.Sc.h.c., D.h.c., L.H.D.h.c., Nobel Laureate
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Rochus E. Vogt, Ph.D.
R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Physics
Richard M. Wilson, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Professors
Rana Adhikari, Ph.D.
Physics
Jason Alicea, Ph.D.
William K. Davis Professor of Theoretical Physics
Marco Bernardi, Ph.D.
Applied Physics, Physics and Materials Science
James J. Bock, Ph.D.
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics; JPL Senior Research Scientist
Fernando Guadalupe Dos Santos Lins Brandão, Ph.D.
Bren Professor of Theoretical Physics
Xie Chen, Ph.D.
Eddleman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Yanbei Chen, Ph.D.
Physics
Clifford Cheung, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
David Conlon, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Vesselin Dimitrov, Ph.D.
Mathematics
S. George Djorgovski, Ph.D.
Astronomy and Data Science
Manuel A. Endres, Ph.D.
Physics
Bradley W. Filippone, Ph.D.
Francis L. Moseley Professor of Physics
Matthias Flach, Ph.D.
Mathematics
James Fuller, Ph.D.
Theoretical Astrophysics
Sunil Golwala, Ph.D.
Physics
Thomas Graber, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Sergei Gukov, Ph.D.
John D. MacArthur Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Gregg W. Hallinan, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Fiona A. Harrison, Ph.D., D.techn.h.c.
Harold A. Rosen Professor of Physics
Lynne Hillenbrand, Ph.D.
Astronomy
David G. Hitlin, Ph.D.
Physics
Philip F. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Ira S. Bowen Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Andrew W. Howard, Ph.D.
Astronomy
David Hsieh, Ph.D.
Donald A. Glaser Professor of Physics
Thomas Hutchcroft, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Philip Isett, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Anton Kapustin, Ph.D.
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Mansi M. Kasliwal, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Alexei Kitaev, Ph.D.
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Theoretical Physics & Mathematics
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Ph.D.
George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science
Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Ph.D.
Physics
Nikolai G. Makarov, Ph.D.
Richard Merkin Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Elena Mantovan, Ph.D.
Taussky-Todd-Lonergan Professor of Mathematics
Matilde Marcolli, Ph.D.
Robert F. Christy Professor of Mathematics and Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Christopher Martin, Ph.D.
Physics
Dimitri P.Q. Mawet, Ph.D.
David Morrisroe Professor of Astronomy
Olexei Motrunich, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Harvey B. Newman, Sc.D, D.h.c.,
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics
Yi Ni, Ph.D
Mathematics
Hiroshi Oguri, Ph.D.
Fred Kavli Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics
Oskar J. Painter, Ph.D.
John G. Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Ryan Patterson, Ph.D.
Physics
Robert B. Phillips, Ph.D.
Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology and Physics
E. Sterl Phinney, Ph.D.
Theoretical Astrophysics
H. David Politzer, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate
Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Frank C. Porter, Ph.D.
Physics
John P. Preskill, Ph.D.
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics
Vikram Ravi, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Gil Refael, Ph.D.
Taylor W. Lawrence Professor of Theoretical Physics
Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Physics
Michael L. Roukes, Ph.D.
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Bioengineering
Axel Scherer, Ph.D.
Bernard Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics and Physics; Merkin Institute Professor
David Simmons-Duffin, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Antoine Y. Song, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Maria Spiropulu, Ph.D.
Shang-Yi Ch'en Professor of Physics
Charles C. Steidel, Ph.D.
Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astronomy
Omer Tamuz, Ph.D.
Economics and Mathematics
Yunqing Tang, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Saul Teukolsky, Ph.D.
Robinson Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Alan J. Weinstein, Ph.D.
Physics
Mark B. Wise, Ph.D.
John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics (Theoretical)
Nai-Chang Yeh, Ph.D.
Thomas W. Hogan Professor of Physics
Tony Yue Yu, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Jonas Zmuidzinas, Ph.D.
Merle Kingsley Professor of Physics
Kathryn M. Zurek, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Assistant Professors
Katherine Bouman, Ph.D.
Astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar
Katerina Chatziioannou, Ph.D.
Physics; William H. Hurt Scholar
Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Ph.D.
Physics
Katherine De Kleer, Ph.D.
Astronomy; Hufstedler Family Scholar
Kareem El-Badry, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Robert (Hsin-Yuan) Huang, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Nicholas R. Hutzler, Ph.D.
Physics
Lee P. McCuller, Ph.D.
Physics
Elias Most, Ph.D.
Theoretical Astrophysics
Huy Tuan Pham, Ph.D.
Mathematics; Rosenberg Scholar
Kimmy (Wai Ling) Wu, Ph.D.
Physics
Linda Ye, Ph.D.
Physics
Lingfu Zhang, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Teaching Assistant Professors
Matthew Gherman, Ph.D.
Hearst, Mathematics
Senior Research Associates Emeriti
Petr Vogel, Ph.D.
Physics
Research Professors
Bertrand Echenard, Ph.D.
Physics
Matthew Graham, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Thomas Greene, Ph.D.
Astronomy
George Helou, Ph.D.
Physics
Robert Kirshner, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Takashi Kurumaji, Ph.D.
Physics
Stephen Padin, Ph.D.
Physics
Michele Papucci, Ph.D.
Physics
David H. Reitze, Ph.D.
Physics
Jack Sayers, Ph.D.
Physics
Mark Scheel, Ph.D.
Physics
Daniel M. Silevitch, Ph.D.
Physics
Research Assistant Professors
Drew Miles, Ph.D.
Physics
Lecturers
Eric D. Black, Ph.D.
Physics
Sergi R. Hildebrandt, Ph.D.
Physics
Frank R. Rice, III, Ph.D.
Physics
Visiting Professors
Paolo Aluffi, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Senior Faculty Associates
Charles Beichman, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Olivier Doré, Ph.D.
Physics
Shouleh Nikzad, Ph.D.
Physics
Visiting Associates
Dolev Bluvstein, Ph.D.
Physics
Charles Matt Bradford, Ph.D.
Physics
Curt Cutler, Ph.D.
Physics
Yejun Feng, Ph.D.
Physics
Rupert Frank, Ph.D.
Mathematics
Dawn Gelino, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Assaf Horesh, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Joseph W. Lazio, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Patrick Lee, Ph.D.
Physics
Hien T. Nguyen, Ph.D.
Physics
Michael Ramsey-Musolf, Ph.D.
Physics
Fabian Walter, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Sander Weinreb, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Michael Werner, Ph.D.
Astrophysics
Members of the Professional Staff
Rachel Akeson, Ph.D.
Stuart Anderson, Ph.D.
Philip Appleton, Ph.D.
Lee Armus, Ph.D.
Thomas Barlow, Ph.D.
Bruce Berriman, Ph.D.
James Kent Blackburn, Ph.D.
Andrew Boden, Ph.D.
Sean J. Carey, Ph.D.
Robert Carr, M.Phil
Ranga Ram Chary, Ph.D.
Jessie Christiansen, Ph.D.
David R. Ciardi, Ph.D.
Kieran A. Cleary, Ph.D.
Christina M. S. Cohen, Ph.D.
Walter R. Cook, Ph.D.
Alan C. Cummings, Ph.D.
Roc Cutri, Ph.D.
Richard Dekany, Ph.D.
Andrew Drake, Ph.D.
Valery Frolov, Ph.D.
Dawn M. Galino, Ph.D.
Joseph A. Giaime, Ph.D.
Carl Grillmair, Ph.D.
David A. Imel, Ph.D.
Keita Kawabe, Ph.D.
Davy Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Phillip Korngut, PhD.
Michael Landry, Ph.D.
Albert Lazzarini, Ph.D.
Richard A. Leske, Ph.D.
Joseph Masiero, Ph.D.
Keith Matthews, Ph.D.
Joseph Mazzarella, Ph.D.
Patrick Morris, Ph.D.
J. E. Brian O’Reilly, Ph.D.
Roberta Paladini, PhD.
Luisa M. Rebull, Ph.D.
Reed Riddle, Ph.D.
Richard Savage, Ph.D.
Patrick Shopbell, Ph.D.
David Shupe, Ph.D.
Daniel Sigg, Ph.D.
Roger Smith, B.E.
Gordon Squires, Ph.D.
Harry Teplitz, Ph.D.
Calum Torrie, Ph.D.
Schuyler Van Dyk, Ph.D.
Gabriele Vajente, Ph.D.
Yun Wang, Ph.D.
David P. Woody, Ph.D.
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Ph.D.
Lin Yan, Ph.D.
Ren-Yuan Zhu, Ph.D.
Michael Zucker, Ph.D.
Teaching Postdoctoral Scholars
Catherine Babecki, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd - Von Karman, Mathematics
Riccardo Caniato, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Daren Chen, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Dingding Dong, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Yassine El Maazouz, Ph.D.
Harry Bateman, Mathematics
Yu Fu, Ph.D.
Noether, Mathematics
Otte Heinaevaara, Ph.D.
Scott Russell Johnson, Mathematics
Yujin Kim, Ph.D.
NSF-Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Shi-Zhuo Looi, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Lily Reeves, Ph.D.
NSF - Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Seung-Yeon Ryoo, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Josef Svoboda, Ph.D.
Simons Collaboration, Mathematics
Weihong Xu, Ph.D.
Harry Bateman, Mathematics
Liyang Yang, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Mathematics
Xincheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Olga Taussky & John Todd, Mathematics
Senior Postdoctoral Scholars
Christopher Anderson, Ph.D.
Physics
Kon Leung, Ph.D.
Physics
Sophie Middleton, Ph.D.
Physics
Postdoctoral Scholars
Oluwashina Adegoke, Ph.D.
Physics
Eric Anschuetz, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Leonardo Badurina, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Shankar Balasubramanian, Ph.D.
DuBridge, Theoretical Physics
Nitay Ben Shachar, Ph.D.
Physics
Kim Berghaus, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Soham Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Physics
Sophie Bini, Ph.D.
Physics
Sean Bruton, Ph.D.
Physics
Giorgi Butbaia, Ph.D.
Math
Ruby Byrne, Ph.D.
NSF, Astronomy
Jose Calderon-Infante, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Thow Min Cham, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Wen-Hao Chang, Ph.D.
Physics
Cuncheng Chen, Ph.D.
Brinson, Physics
Senrui Chen, Ph.D.
IQIM, Physics
James Cheshire, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Maine Christos, Ph.D.
AWS, Theoretical Physics
Ari Cukierman, Ph.D.
Physics
Torrey Cullen, Ph.D.
Physics
Louis Dartez, Ph.D.
Physics
Margarita Davydova, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Theoretical Physics
Nina del Ser Claudel, Ph.D.
DFG, Theoretical Physics
Alejandro Diaz, Ph.D.
Clark B. Millikan, Physics
Karia Dibert, Ph.D.
Hubble, Physics
Clarissa Do Ó, Ph.D.
B. Thomas Soifer, Astronomy
Zhiyu Dong, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Lisa Drummond, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Physics
Samuel Dunham, Ph.D.
Theoretical Astrophysics
Luisa Eck, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Roland Farrell, Ph.D.
DuBridge, Theoretical Physics
Zili Feng, Ph.D.
Physics
Eliot Finch, Ph.D.
Physics
Marianna Foschi, Ph.D.
Physics
Jose Fuentes, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Astrophysics
Giulia Fumagalli, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Astrophysics
Margarita Gavrilova, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Fei Ge, Ph.D.
Physics
Steven Giacalone, Ph.D.
NSF, Astronomy
Gregory Gilbert, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Lei Gioia, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Utkarsh Giri, Ph.D.
Physics
Hila Glanz, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Astrophysics
Jane Glanzer, Ph.D.
Physics
Maude Gull, Ph.D.
Carnegie-Caltech Brinson, Astronomy
Temple He, Ph.D.
Heising-Simons, Theoretical Physics
Aaron Hillman, Ph.D.
DuBridge, Theoretical Physics
K-Ryan Hinds, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Nathan Holland, Ph.D.
Physics
Alexandre Homrich, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Xiaoshan Huang, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Astrophysics
Wynn Jacobson-Galan, Ph.D.
Hubble, Astronomy
Aaron Johnson, Ph.D.
Physics
Elias Kammoun Ph.D.
Physics
Cole Kampa, Ph.D.
Troesh, Physics
Jae Hwan Kang, Ph.D.
Physics
Raghav Kansal, Ph.D.
Physics
Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Physics
Keunho Kim, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Demet Kirmizibayrak, Ph.D.
Physics
Marc Klinger, Ph.D.
Heising-Simons, Theoretical Physics
Aretaios Lalakos, Ph.D.
Theoretical Astrophysics
King Lau, Ph.D.
Physics
Yuan Le, Ph.D.
AWS, Physics
Andrea Lin, Ph.D.
Troesh, Astronomy
Yu-Heng Lin, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Nivedita Mahesh, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Jean-Marc Martin, Ph.D.
Physics
Guillem Megias Homar, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Benjamin Metha, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Daisuke Miki, Ph.D.
JSPS, Theoretical Astrophysics
Geoffrey Mo, Ph.D.
Carnegie-Caltech Brinson, Astronomy
Andrew Mueller, Ph.D.
Physics
Gabriel Muro, Ph.D.
Physics
Kalina Nedkova, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Ho Yin Ng, Ph.D.
Croucher, Theoretical Astrophysics
Chi Nguyen, Ph.D.
Physics
Stella Ocker, Ph.D.
Brinson, Astronomy
Martijn Oei, Ph.D.
Prize, Astronomy
Anusha Pai Asnodkar, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Nondh Panithanpaisal, Ph.D.
Carnegie, Astronomy
Vivek Pareek, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Davide Passaro, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Nisarga Paul, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Lewis Picard, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Vincent Picouet, Ph.D.
Physics
Joanna Piotrowska, Ph.D.
Physics
Daniel Ranard, Ph.D.
DuBridge, Theoretical Physics
Lily Reeves, Ph.D.
NSF, Mathematics
Zafar Rustamkulov, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Zahra Sattari, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Kristen Schumacher Aloh, Ph.D.
MPS-Ascend, Physics
Thomas Schuster, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Gal Shavit, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Kaitlyn Shin Ph.D.
Astronomy
Rafail Skalidis, Ph.D.
Hubble, Astronomy
Francesco Spezzati, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Lev Spodyneiko, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Jacob Steiner, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Lucy Thomas, Ph.D.
Physics
Aaron Tohuvavohu, Ph.D.
Troesh, Physics
Robijn Vanhove, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Shreya Vardhan, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Sander Vermeulen, Ph.D.
Physics
Nils Vu, Ph.D.
Theoretical Physics
Samson Wang, Ph.D.
IQIM, Theoretical Physics
Wuji Wang, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Zhenyuan Wang, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Gaurav Waratkar, Ph.D.
Physics
Zack Weinstein, Ph.D.
IQIM, Theoretical Physics
Nikolas Wittek, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Jennifer Wright, Ph.D.
Physics
Junwen Xiong, Ph.D.
Brinson, Physics
Qian Xu, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Physics
Zigong Xu, Ph.D.
Physics
Chi Zhang, Ph.D.
David & Ellen Lee, Physics
Yapeng Zhang, Ph.D.
51 Pegasi b, Astronomy
Yechi Zhang, Ph.D.
Astronomy
Xiurui Zhao, Ph.D.
Physics
Guoxin Zheng, Ph.D.
Clark B. Millikan, Physics
Yici Zhong, Ph.D.
Sherman Fairchild, Theoretical Astrophysics