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James Bullock

Dean, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair; Professor of Physics and Astronomy
James Bullock
Email dean@dornsife.usc.edu

Research & Practice Areas

Cosmology, Astrophysics

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    Galaxy formation, near-field cosmology, the nature of dark matter.

    Research Specialties

    Cosmology, Astrophysics

    Detailed Statement of Research Interests

    Professor Bullock studies how galaxies and their constituent dark matter halos have formed and evolved over billions of years of cosmic time. By analyzing data that astronomers have collected using ground and space telescopes, he works to understand how galaxies, including the Milky Way and its Local Group of galaxies, emerged from the primordial universe.  One of his long-standing interests has been the use of astrophysical observations to constrain the microphysical nature of dark matter.

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