Wei Cui

Professor of Physics

cui@purdue.edu
Office: Physics 324
Telephone: 765-494-5395

B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1987
M.S., Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1989
Ph.D., Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Research Fields: Instrumentation for Astronomical Applications & High Energy Astrophysics
 Research Subjects: Microquasars, Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma Ray Bursts, X-ray Binaries

Current Research

My research program consists of two distinct but ultimately related components: science and instrumentation. The thrust of my science work is to understand physical processes in black hole systems (including stellar-mass black holes and active galactic nuclei). Of particular interest are mass accretion, particle acceleration, radiation mechanisms, and observational signatures of strong gravity. On the experimental side, I have been involved in hardware and software development for astronomical applications.

Graduate Students

Miguel Araya-Arguedas
 Chulhoon Chang
 Daniel Gall
 Qi Feng
 Angelo Varlotta

Multi-wavelength observations of microquasars

Postdoctoral Researchers

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