Astronomy Experts for Media

If you are a member of the media and need to talk to an expert on just about any topic in astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin has got someone for you. Please use our search function below, or the pulldown menu of topics at right, or simply browse the table at bottom. For more personalized assistance, contact press officer Rebecca Johnson at 512.475.6763 or rjohnson@astro.as.utexas.edu.

If you are a member of the general public with an astronomy question, please visit our FAQ on McDonald Observatory's skywatching web site, StarDate Online.

	Thomas G. Barnes 512-471-1301 tgb@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Cepheid Variables Stars Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Life Infrared Astronomy
	George F. Benedict 512-471-3448 fritz@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Astrometry Extrasolar Planets Hubble Space Telescope SIM-Planetquest Mission
	Anita L. Cochran 512-471-1471 anita@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Solar System Comets Asteroids
	Neal J. Evans 512-471-3302 nje@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Birth of Stars Brown Dwarfs Astrobiology and Extraterrestrial Life Spitzer Space Telescope
	Karl Gebhardt 512-471-1473 gebhardt@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Galaxies Dark Energy Black Holes Dark Matter
	Mary Kay Hemenway 512-471-1309 marykay@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	History of Astronomy Galileo Galilei
	Shardha Jogee 512-471-1395 sj@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Galaxies Dark Matter Hubble Space Telescope
	John Kormendy 512-471-8191 kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Black Holes Galaxies Dark Matter Andromeda Galaxy, M31
	Chris Sneden 512-471-1349 chris@verdi.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Lifecycle of Stars Chemistry of the Universe Spectroscopy Milky Way Galaxy
	J. Craig Wheeler 512-471-6407 wheel@astro.as.utexas.edu Personal web page	Novae and Supernovae Black Holes Neutron Stars Gamma-Ray Bursters