Finkbeiner Research Group

	Current graduate students:

Aaron Meisner Ph.D., Harvard Physics, 2015? I have worked on multiple projects, from evaluating Pan-STARRS astrometry to studying Milky Way substructure (e.g. the Monoceros Stream) with stellar spectra. Currently, I am creating high-resolution interstellar dust emission/extinction maps using WISE 12 micron images.

Greg Green Ph.D., Harvard Astronomy, 2015? I am using Pan-STARRS photometry of 500,000,000 stars to create a 3-D dust map.

	Former graduate students:

Dr. Tracy Slatyer Ph.D., Harvard Physics, 2010 2010-present Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ Going to MIT Fall, 2013

Dr. Meng Su Ph.D., Harvard Astronomy, 2012 Pappalardo / Einstein Fellow, MIT, Cambridge, MA I'm interested broadly in cosmology and high energy astrophysics. I use gamma-ray/X-ray/microwave/radio observations to study the diffuse emission from the Milky Way, the cosmic ray acceleration and propagation, and the supermassive black hole in the Galaxy. Along with Doug Finkbeiner and Tracy Slatyer, we have discovered a giant gamma-ray bubble structure in the Milky Way (the "Fermi Bubbles"). And with Doug Finkbeiner, we have found evidence for a pair of collimated jet structures emitting gamma rays from the inner Galaxy. I have also been studying various topics in cosmology, including detection of B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background primordial non-Gaussianity of CMB, gravitational lensing of CMB, cosmic reionization, possible Lorentz violation in the early Universe, and constraining properties of dark energy using various cosmological probes. Before going to Harvard, I received my undergraduate degree in physics from Peking University (Beijing University) in 2007. I'm originally from Taiyuan in China.

Dr. Tongyan Lin Ph.D., Harvard Physics, 2012 KICP, University of Chicago My research has centered on indirect and direct detection of dark matter, including directional detection of inelastic dark matter models and the effect of dark matter annihilation on the cosmic microwave background. More generally, I am interested in astroparticle physics as well as particle physics and cosmology.

Dr. Edward Schlafly Ph.D., Harvard Physics, 2012 MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany

	Former postdocs:

Dr. Gregory Dobler Ph.D., Penn, 2006 Postdoc, Harvard, 2006-2009 Karp Fellow, KITP, Santa Barbara, CA Greg works on the haze.

Dr. Mario Juric Ph.D., Princeton, 2007 Hubble Fellow, Harvard, 2010-2012 LSST, Tucson, Arizona Mario is creator of the Large Survey Database (LSD) and is currently the LSST Data Management Project Scientist.