Jonathan Trump

Associate Professor

Physics

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Research Interests

Observation studies of active galaxies: that is, galaxies with an accreting supermassive black hole. Co-evolving growth of black holes and galaxies: how do galaxies feed their black holes, and how do black holes influence star formation in their host galaxies. Time-domain monitoring of black hole accretion to echo map the structure of matter just above the black hole. Uses telescopes spanning the electromagnetic spectrum: observation in X-rays (Chandra, XMM-Newton), ultraviolet (GALEX), optical (Hubble, SDSS, Keck, Subaru, Magellan, LCO), infrared (JWST, Spitzer, Herschel) and radio (VLA) light.

CV

Education

• Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Arizona, 2010
• B.Sc., Astronomy, Penn State University, 2004
• B.Sc., Physics, Penn State University, 2004

Experience

• 2016-present: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
• 2013-2016: Hubble Fellow, Penn State
• 2010-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz

Professional Societies

• Member, American Astronomical Society

Honors

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• Hubble Fellowship