Department Directory — Darin Ragozzine

Darin Ragozzine

Darin Ragozzine
Darin Ragozzine
Associate Professor

Contact

Summer 2026 Schedule

Title Time Days Room Building Link
Physics 697R 12:00p - 12:50p W C215 ESC
Physics 699R 12:00p - 12:50p W C247 ESC
Devotional 11 am Tu MC
Faculty Meeting (some weeks) 11 am Th N288 ESC

Research

Specialty: Planetary Science, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Astrostatistics

Professional Bio

Positions and Education

  • Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University (2016-2021)
  • Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology (2013-2016)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida (2012-2013)
  • Harvard Institute for Theory and Computation Fellow (2011-2012)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2011)
  • Ph.D. in Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology (2004-2009)
  • AB in Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics, Harvard University (1999-2004)

Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in cutting-edge projects; multiple student-led publications accepted and in preparation.

Science Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on multiple NASA grants. Principal Investigator of multiple Hubble Space Telescope proposals/grants. 

Affiliated with Science Teams of multiple NASA missions and ground-based efforts.