Faculty
Chair: Joseph Barranco
Associate Chair: Huizhong Xu
Astronomy Graduate Coordinator: Adrienne Cool
Physics Graduate Coordinator: Maarten Golterman
Undergraduate Major Advisors - Astronomy: John Brewer, Charli Sakari
Undergraduate Major Advisors - Physics: Weining Man, Huizhong Xu
Tenured & Tenure Track Faculty
Joseph Barranco (He/Him/His)
Professor, Department Chair
Astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics.
(415) 338-2450
Adrienne Cool (She/Her/Hers)
Professor, Director of SF State Observatory and Hagar Planetarium, Astronomy Graduate Coordinator
Galactic astronomy, globular clusters. On leave in Fall 2025.
Maarten Golterman (He/Him/His)
Professor, Physics Graduate Coordinator
Theoretical high-energy physics. On leave for 2025-2026 academic year.
Eileen Gonzales (She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
Low mass stars, brown dwarfs, and giant exoplanets.
Ron Marzke (He/Him/His)
Associate Dean of College of Science and Engineering
Extragalactic astronomy.
415-338-2955
Charli Sakari (She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor
Extragalactic astronomy, galactic archaeology. On sabbatical in Fall 2025.
Huizhong Xu (He/Him/His)
Professor, Associate Chair
Nano-optics and biophysical imaging.
415-338-1602
Lecturer Faculty & Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer Faculty
Instructor for Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
