Current Faculty Specializations:

• Space and Astronomical Instrumentation
• Optical, Infrared, Radio and X-ray Astronomy
• Planetary science, Granular Mechanics , Contact Mechanics
• Planetary Remote Sensing Geology, Lunar Science, Mineral Mapping, Mineral Spectroscopy, Impact cratering
• Detection and characterization of exoplanets: direct imaging, transit and spectroscopy
• Galactic Astrophysics, Galaxy formation and evolution, interstellar medium, astrophysical fluid dynamics, Galactic feedback
• Compact objects, Neutron stars, pulsars, X-ray binaries, accretion disks, jets
• Astrophysical transients, fast radio bursts
• Cosmology, large scale structure of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization
• Adaptive optics and wavefront control techniques
• Solar Physics
• Cosmic rays
• Multi-messenger Astronomy
• Astrobiology