My research group is based at the College Park Campus of the University of Maryland and works on the large- and small-scale astrophysical manifestations of black holes.  Group members are:

• Dr. Christopher Reynolds (Associate Professor of Astronomy)
• Tamara Bagdanovic (Theory Group Prize Postdoc; UMd-Astronomy)
• Laura Brenneman (Graduate Student; UMd-Astronomy)
• David Garofalo (Graduate Student; UMd-Physics)
• John Vernaleo (Graduate Student; UMd-Astronomy)
• Diana Hanson (Undergraduate Student; UMd-Physics/Astronomy)
• Oluchi Ofoha (Undergraduate Student; UMd-Physics)

Topics of current research within the group:

• X-ray spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei (Reynolds, Brenneman, Hanson)
• Radio & X-ray studies of AGN/galaxy-cluster interactions (Reynolds)
• Theory of AGN/cluster feedback & galaxy formation (Reynolds, Bogdanovic, Vernaleo)
• MHD of black hole accretion disks (Reynolds, Garofalo)
• X-ray source population in normal galaxies (Reynolds, Ofoha)

Old group members:

• Dr. Barry McKernan (Postdoctoral Research Associate 2003-2005; currently Assistant Professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College)
• Franziska Koeckert (Graduate Student 2002-2005; currently PhD student in Potsdam, Germany)
• Elyse Casper (Graduate Student; 2006; currently working in commercial sector on renewable energy)

Other research related web-pages that I have produced:

• X-rays and black holes
• X-ray studies of AGN
• More information about black holes
• MHD studies of black hole accretion disks

Also see my list of research presentations.