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Dr. Andrew Buffington works on solar system studies, on time series studies of more distant objects, and on development of new imaging instrumentation.
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Kevin Crowley
Dr. Kevin Crowley has spent his scientific career designing, building, and operating instrumentation for the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background. He would like to answer the question: Did our universe actually undergo inflation? To do this, he is working on the deployment of the first of multiple small-aperture telescopes for the Simons Observatory experiment.
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Dr. David Harker specializes in planetary science, with a research focus on solar system objects such as comets and small celestial bodies.
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Dr. Bernard Jackson specializes in solar astrophysics and space-based instrument programs, and is principal investigator of solar instrumenation lab at UC San Diego.
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Dr. Jérôme Maire's work focuses on developing high-time resolution instrumentation to search for astrophysical transients and developing high-contrast imaging techniques to discover and characterize extrasolar planets.
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Dr. Malkov works on the acceleration of cosmic rays in supernova remnants, stellar bowshocks, and binary star systems, including cosmic ray propagation from those objects. He is also working on collisionless shocks in heliospheric and laboratory plasmas and the formation of transport barriers in magnetic fusion devices and the ionosphere.
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Dr. Carl Melis is a stellar astrophysicist and his studies include the birth, life, death, and re-birth of stars and their planetary systems.
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Jarred Roberts, PhD, is a project scientist exploring the fascinating and awe-inspiring high-energy phenomena of our Universe. He works on multiple cutting-edge astrophysics missions, including COSI—a NASA MeV gamma-ray space telescope scheduled to launch in 2027—that will revolutionize our understanding of antimatter, black holes, and the cosmic origins of the elements. His work helps tackle one of humanity’s oldest questions: Where do we come from? Jarred also contributes to future mission concepts like the Advanced Particle-astrophysics Telescope (APT) and Strobe-X, both of which aim to push the boundaries of γ-ray and X-ray astronomy. Passionate about sharing science beyond the lab, Jarred co-chairs the UCSD A&A Outreach Committee and co-founded the UCSD A&A Astrophotography Group, combining his love of science with the art of capturing the cosmos.
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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ruffio is interested in extrasolar planets, high contrast imaging, and advanced image processing and statistical analysis techniques.
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Dr. Rick Rothschild studies X-ray and gamma ray emission from neutron stars and black holes of all sizes, in order to understand the physical processes involved in accretion onto them.
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Dr. Rameswar Singh conducts research on magnetic fusion energy with particular interests in zonal flows, momentum transport, turbulence, instabilities, and shearing effects in tokamak plasmas.
Research Scientists & Project Scientists
Full-time UC San Diego Research Scientists and Project Scientist that conduct independent research programs while collaborating with faculty, researchers, and graduate students. Research Scientists and Project Scientists actively participate in mentoring students and perform Astronomy service.