Professor Emeritus

Robert  P. Kirshner

Robert P. Kirshner

Clowes Research Professor of Science

Research interests:   Observations of supernovae for themselves and for cosmology using HST, Magellan, MMT, and the Whipple Observatory.  Use of rest frame infrared observations for Type Ia supernovae to improve measurements of dark energy properties.  Ongoing Hubble Space Telescope study of SN 1987A, the brightest since 1604!

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Robert Kirshner, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Thirty Meter Telescope Project, Mauna Kea
James M. Moran

James M. Moran

Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus

Research Interests: Radio Astronomy, Supermassive Black HolesMassive Star FormationActive Galactic NucleiExtragalactic Distance Scale, Cosmic Masers.
Instrumentation:  Astronomical Detectors and Telescopes , Very Long Baseline Interferometers... Read more about James M. Moran

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