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For the 2020-2021 academic year, there are eleven tenure-track faculty, three emeritus professors, several research associates and postdoctoral assistants, two professional office staff, nearly thirty Apache Point Observatory staff, and several dozen graduate students in the Astronomy Department. In addition, there are many adjunct faculty affiliated with the department from various other institutions, and we typically have numerous visitors throughout the year. Please feel free to talk with any and all of them on a regular basis. We are here to help you through your course work and to advise you on your research. Below, the names and research areas of our faculty are listed. If you have an interest in one of the research areas of these individuals, seek him/her out and begin discussions about her/his field and possible research problems. We encourage you to start working with the faculty as soon as possible on problems of interest in research.
| Tenured or tenure-track | ||
| Joe Burchett | Assistant Prof. | Gas around galaxies, galaxies |
| Nancy Chanover | Prof. | Planetary Atmospheres, Instruments, PI of PDS Atmospheres Node, APO 3.5m Director |
| Chris Churchill | Prof. | Quasar Absorption Lines, Intergalactic Medium |
| Kristian Finlator | Assistant Prof. | high redshift galaxy evolution, hydrodynamic simulations |
| Jon Holtzman | Prof./Dept. Head | Stellar Population in Galaxies; Star Formation Histories in Galaxies; Instrumentation. |
| Jason Jackiewicz | Prof. | Helioseismology, Solar Physics, Space Weather, Condensed matter physics |
| Wladimir Lyra | Assistant Prof. | planet formation, MHD, computational astrophysics |
| James McAteer | Associate Prof. | Solar physics, space weather |
| Eric Nielsen | Assistant Prof. | Extrasolar planets and direct planet detection, stars |
| Moire Prescott | Assistant Prof. | high redshift galaxy formation, Lyman alpha structures |
| Juie Shetye | Assitant Prof. | Solar physics, chromosphere |
| Other | ||
| Kurt Anderson | Emeritus Prof | Galaxy Morphology, Active Galactic Nuclei, Stellar Evolution. |
| Jim Murphy | Associate Dean | Atmospheric Science, Martian Atmosphere, Mars Exploration Missions |
| Reta Beebe | Planetary atmospheres; HST, Voyager, and Galileo spacebased observations | |
| Rene Walterbos | Emeritus Prof. | The Interstellar Medium of External Galaxies, Galaxy Evolution, Massive Stellar Populations, Galactic Structure |
| Lyle Huber | Planetary Data System Atmospheres Node |
| Joni Johnson | PDS Atmospheres Node |
| Lynn Neakrase | PDS Atmospheres Node |
| Irma Trejo | PDS Atmospheres Node |
| Tina Gueth | PDS Atmospheres Node |
| Ondrej Prochazka | solar group |
| Shuo Wang | solar group |
| Ofelia Acosta | Administrative Assistant |
| Lydia Medrano | Accountant |
| Zachary Edwards | Lab/Observatory Manager |
| Dmitry Bizyaev | 2.5m observer |
| Tina Blay | buyer |
| Christian Carter | 2.5m observer |
| Frances Cope | fiber optic technician |
| Jack Dembicky | 3.5m observing specialist |
| John Downey | chief telescope technician, 2.5m |
| James Eriksen | Director of Operations |
| Bill Fayter | Machinist |
| Tracey Fernandez | IT |
| Dylan Gatlin | 2.5m observer |
| Katie Grabowski | 2.5m observer |
| Candace Gray | 3.5m observing specialist |
| Ben Harris | site supervisor |
| Bill Ketzeback | chief telescope engineer, 3.5m |
| Karen Kinemuchi | 2.5m observer |
| Ed Leon | electronics engineer |
| Viktor Malanushenko | 2.5m observer |
| Russet McMillan | lead support astronomer, 3.5m |
| Fred Mrozek | chief telescope technician, 2.5m |
| Tracy Naugle | lab tech |
| Dan Oravetz | 2.5m observer |
| Audrey Oravetz | 2.5m observer |
| Kaike Pan | 2.5m head observer |
| James Parker | electronics |
| Ted Rudyk | 3.5m observer |
| Muwen Shi | Fiber Optics technician |
| Shane Thomas | IT |
| Diana Torres | program manager |
| Ryan Wagner | telescope technician, 2.5m |
| Dean Nabhan | Engineering support |
| Ben Novisoff | observer |
| Joey Fish | IT |
| Liz Jones | Visitors center |
| Heidi Sanchez | Visitors center |