Amy J. Barger, Henrietta Leavitt Professor of Astronomy and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor

Dept of Astronomy, UW-Madison
475 N. Charter Street, Madison WI 53706

Office: 6504 Sterling Hall
Email: barger at astro.wisc.edu
Telephone: 608-263-7106
Fax: 608-263-6386

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Observational cosmology, distant galaxies and supermassive black holes, observations at X-ray, optical, near-infrared, submillimeter, and radio wavelengths, star formation and accretion histories of the universe

HONORS AND AWARDS

AAS Fellow, 2021

AAAS Fellow, 2017

Kellet Mid-Career Award at UW-Madison, 2017

Guggenheim Fellow, 2015

Vilas Associates Award at UW-Madison, 2011

American Physical Society Fellow, 2007

Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society, 2007

H. I. Romnes Faculty Research Fellow at UW-Madison, 2006

Phillip R. Certain College of Letters & Science Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award at UW-Madison, 2004

Kavli Fellow, 2003

David and Lucile Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, 2003

Newton Lacy Pierce Prize of the American Astronomical Society, 2002

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2002

Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy, 2001

Hubble Fellow, 1999

Chandra Fellow at Large, 1999

Marshall Scholar, 1993

Goldwater Scholar, 1991

PUBLICATIONS

All from NASA ADS

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

  • Stephen McKay

  • Michael Rosenthal

    FORMER PHD THESIS STUDENTS

  • Anthony Taylor (Ph.D. 2023)

  • Logan Jones (Ph.D. 2021)

  • Isak Wold (Ph.D. 2014)

  • Brian Yencho (co-advisor; Ph.D. 2011)

  • Ryan Keenan (Ph.D. 2011)

  • Laura Trouille (Ph.D. 2010)

  • Aaron Steffen (Ph.D. 2004)

    ASTRONOMY LINKS

  • UW-Madison Department of Astronomy Homepage

  • NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service

  • arXiv Search