Research

UAA is a hub for cutting-edge theoretical and applied research in health, engineering, and the physical and social sciences. In nearly every discipline, undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to join research teams and collaborate with experienced faculty mentors.
Research at UAA

Faculty Directory

Name	Research Interests	Contact Information
Dr. Erin Hicks Associate Professor & Director of the UAA Planetarium & Visualization Theater	Galaxy formation and evolution Supermassive black holes Fueling and feedback from active galactic nuclei	CPSB 202F (907) 786-7764 ehicks@alaska.edu
Dr. Nathaniel Hicks Associate Professor	Experimental and computational plasma, beam and accelerator physics Plasma diagnostics Fusion energy	CPSB 202H (907) 786-1348 nkhicks@alaska.edu
Dr. Tesfaye Kilbret Term Instructor		CPSB 202N (907) 786-1192 tgkibret@alaska.edu
Daniel Koepke Term Instructor		NSB 211 (907) 786-1237 dkoepke@alaska.edu
Dr. Don Martins Retired Professor		afdhm@alaska.edu
Dr. Jim Pantaleone Professor	Chemobrionics (chemical gardens) Fluid dynamics Synchronization Oscillations	CPSB 202E (907) 786-4786 jtpantaleone@alaska.edu
Dr. Greg Parrish Emeritus Professor		mgparrish@alaska.edu
Dr. Katherine Rawlins Professor	Cosmic ray and neutrino astrophysics	CPSB 202G (907) 786-1709 krawlins@alaska.edu
Dr. Travis Rector Chair & Professor	Astrophysics Science education research Astronomical imaging	CPSB 202J (907) 786-1242 tarector@alaska.edu
Dr. Daniel Salmon Term Instructor	Nonlinear dynamics applied to theoretical atomic systems	NSB 205 (907) 786-0507 dasalmon@alaska.edu

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