Dr. Christoph Keller
Natural Sciences PhD ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1992 ckeller@lowell.edu928.259.5076 Christoph joined Lowell Observatory as the Director of Science in early 2022. His research expertise includes (exo-)planets, solar and stellar magnetic fields, […]
Read MoreDr. Teddy Kareta
Planetary Science PhD University of Arizona, 2021 Dr. Kareta joined the Lowell Observatory as a postdoc in 2021. His primary research interests are in understanding how the modern properties of […]
Read MoreDr. Larry Wasserman
Planetary Science PhD Cornell University, 1973 Dr. Wasserman is the longest-tenured astronomer at Lowell Observatory, having begun working here in September 1974. As a graduate student at Cornell he worked […]
Read MoreDr. Tim Ellsworth-Bowers
Astronomy PhD University of Colorado Boulder, 2014 As the LDT Support Astronomer, Dr. Dr. Ellsworth-Bowers develops and maintains documentation for observers, provides new-user observing support, organizes operational engineering tasks to […]
Read MoreDr. Kaspar von Braun (Adjunct)
Stellar Astronomy PhD University of Michigan, 2002 The combination of interferometric and spectrophotometric data, along with trigonometric parallaxes, allows for model independent determination of physical stellar radii, effective temperatures, and […]
Read MoreDave Schleicher
PhD, 1983, University of Maryland Dr. Dave Schleicher’s major research interests include the physical properties, chemical composition, and behavior of comets. He uses a variety of observational tools plus theoretical modeling […]
Read MoreDr. Wes Lockwood (Emeritus)
Planetary Science PhD University of Virginia, 1968 Dr. Lockwood joined Lowell Observatory in 1973 to work on a “Solar Variations and Atmospheric Transparency” project, an offshoot of the Observatory’s “Project […]
Read MoreDr. Edward “Ted” Bowell (Emeritus)
Planetary Science D. ès Sci Université de Paris 6, 1973 Dr. Ted Bowell directed the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS), which used a fully automated 59-cm Schmidt telescope at Anderson […]
Read MoreDr. Otto Franz (Emeritus)
Stellar Astronomy PhD University of Vienna, 1955 Dr. Otto Franz was hired as an astronomer at Lowell in 1965 by Dr. John Hall, the Observatory’s fourth director. While he has […]
Read MoreDr. Will Grundy
Planetary Science PhD University of Arizona, 1995 Dr. Grundy does spectroscopic, thermal, and imaging observations of outer Solar System bodies using numerous large ground- and space-based telescopes including Hubble, Keck, […]
Read MoreDr. Stephen Levine
Dynamics/Astrometry PhD University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1992 Dr. Levine joined Lowell Observatory’s science staff in 2010. He moved to Lowell from the US Naval Observatory’s Flagstaff Station to lead […]
Read MoreDr. Phil Massey
Stellar Astronomy PhD University of Colorado,, 1980 Dr. Massey joined the Lowell staff in September 2000, coming from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), where (among other things) he was […]
Read More