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Kohta Murase

Kohta Murase — Associate Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics — Faculty
Office: 321B Osmond Laboratory
Address: 0104 Davey Laboratory University Park, PA 16802 US
kum26@psu.edu
+1 814 863 9594
Kohta Murase
Astronomy Physics CTA GRAND AMON Cosmic Rays Dark Matter Gravitational Waves Multimessenger Astrophysics Neutrinos CMA

Kohta Murase obtained his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 2010. He was JSPS and CCAPP Senior Fellows at the Ohio State University and held a Hubble Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study before joining the faculty at Penn State in 2015

Kohta Murase's research group

Name Role Affiliations Email Phone Office Centers Research topics
Mukul Bhattacharya Mukul Bhattacharya Postdoc Astronomy, Physics mmb5946@psu.edu 320A Osmond Laboratory CMA Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Jose Carpio Dumler Jose Carpio Dumler Graduate Student Physics jac866@psu.edu +1 814 865 7533 CMA Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Abhishek Das Abhishek Das Graduate Student Astronomy, ICDS, Physics ajd6518@psu.edu 321E Thomas Building CMA, IGC Black Holes, Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos, Quasars
Eduardo Gutiérrez Eduardo Gutiérrez Postdoc Physics exg5366@psu.edu +1 814 863 9605 301B Whitmore Laboratory IGC Black Holes, Cosmic Rays, Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Yu Jiang Yu Jiang Faculty Physics yuj119@psu.edu +1 814 863 0871 Whitmore Laboratory CMA Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Ali Kheirandish Ali Kheirandish Graduate Student Physics abk5717@psu.edu +1 814 865 7533 Davey Laboratory CMA Dark Matter, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Mainak Mukhopadhyay Mainak Mukhopadhyay Postdoc Astronomy, Physics mkm7190@psu.edu 320L Osmond Laboratory CMA Gravitational Waves, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
Eduardo Munguia Gonzalez Eduardo Munguia Gonzalez Graduate Student Astronomy, ICDS eem5633@psu.edu 814 863 5565 445A Davey Laboratory IGC Astrostatistics, Multimessenger Astrophysics
Yujia Wei Yujia Wei Graduate Student Astronomy yjw5518@psu.edu 8142803564 440 Davey Laboratory IGC Multimessenger Astrophysics
Chengchao Yuan Chengchao Yuan Graduate Student Physics cxy52@psu.edu +1 814 865 0153 CMA Cosmic Rays, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Neutrinos
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