LASP Tenure Track Faculty
More than two dozen CU Boulder tenure track faculty members are affiliated with LASP, the university’s longest-established and highest-budgeted research institute and the only academic research institute in the world to have sent instruments to study every planet in the solar system and beyond.
LASP faculty and researchers serve as formal or informal supervisors and on committees for graduate students from many CU Boulder programs, including those listed below. For more information about graduate student opportunities at LASP, please go to the Graduate Students webpage.
| Name | Title | CU Boulder Department | E-mail Address | LASP Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Baker | Distinguished Professor | APS | daniel.baker@colorado.edu | Space Physics |
| Lauren Blum | Assistant Professor | APS | lauren.blum@colorado.edu | Space Physics |
| Jordy Bouwman | Associate Professor | CHEM | jordy.bouwman@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Dave Brain | Professor | APS | david.brain@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Ben Brown | Assistant Professor | APS | benjamin.p.brown@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Steven Cranmer | Professor | APS | steven.cranmer@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Shannon Curry | Associate Professor | APS | shannon.curry@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Emily de Jong | Assistant Professor (Effective Aug. 2027) | ATOC | emily.dejong@lasp.colorado.edu | Earth Atmosphere |
| Bethany Ehlmann | Director, LASP; Professor, Earth Science; Affiliate Professor, APS | ERTH, APS | bethany.ehlmann@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Bob Ergun | Professor | APS | robert.ergun@colorado.edu | Space Physics |
| Kevin France | Professor | APS | kevin.france@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Jake Gristey | Associate Professor (Effective Jan. 2027) | ATOC | jake.gristey@lasp.colorado.edu | Earth Atmosphere |
| Paul Hayne | Assistant Professor | APS | paul.hayne@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Mihaly Horanyi | Professor | PHYS | horanyi@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Brian Hynek | Professor | ERTH | hynek@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Maria Kazachenko | Associate Professor | APS, National Solar Observatory (NSO) | maria.kazachenko@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Sascha Kempf | Associate Professor | PHYS | sascha.kempf@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Adam Kowalski | Assistant Professor | APS, National Solar Observatory (NSO) | adam.f.kowalski@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Xinlin Li | Professor | AES | xxli@colorado.edu | Space Physics |
| David Malaspina | Associate Professor | APS | david.malaspina@colorado.edu | Space Physics |
| Peter Pilewskie | Professor | ATOC | peter.pilewskie@colorado.edu | Earth Atmosphere |
| Mark Rast | Professor | APS | mark.rast@colorado.edu | Solar and Stellar |
| Nick Schneider | Professor | APS | nick.schneider@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |
| Sebastian Schmidt | Associate Professor | ATOC | sebastian.schmidt@colorado.edu | Earth Atmosphere |
| Zoltan Sternovsky | Professor | AES | zoltan.sternovsky@colorado.edu | Planetary Science |