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Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Astronomy & Astrophysics Department

Title Professor

Affiliation Faculty

Faculty Type Regular Faculty

Areas of Expertise Astrophysics
Astronomy
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Computational Modeling
Big Data
Cosmology
Machine Learning

Web Site

Primary Office Location Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
335

Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory

Biography, Education and Training

BS, Physics and Astronomy, University of Washington

MA, Astronomy, Harvard University

PhD, Astronomy, Harvard University

Summary of Expertise

Theoretical topics related to galaxy formation, dark matter, hydrodynamics, machine learning, and numerical simulation methodologies.

Research Interests

Brant Robertson's research interests include theoretical topics related to galaxy formation, dark matter, hydrodynamics, machine learning, and numerical simulation methodologies. 

Awards, Honors and Grants

• Distinguished Visitor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2026)
• Spitzer Lecturer, Princeton University (2024)
• Maureen and John Hendricks Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (2019) 
• Bart J. Bok Prize, Harvard University (2014)
• Hubble Fellow, California Institute of Technology (2009)
• Spitzer and Institute Fellow, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (2006)

Advisees, Grad Students & Researchers , (brvillas)
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Carreira, Courtney (ccarreir)
Garza, Diego (digarza)
Uppal, Anavi (anuppal)
Mengistu, Petra (pmengist)

Courses Astronomy 202: Radiative Processes
Astronomy 5: Formation and Evolution of the Universe
Astronomy 240A: Galaxies and Stellar Systems
Astronomy 119: Introduction to Scientific Computing
Astronomy 19: Practical Programming for the Sciences