Phil Armitage

Department of physics and astronomy
Professor

Dr. Phil Armitage is a computational astrophysicist who studies the astrophysics of extrasolar planetary systems, protoplanetary disks, and black holes.

Dr. Phil Armitage is a computational astrophysicist.  He studies the astrophysics of extrasolar planetary systems, protoplanetary disks, and black holes.  He is the author of over 100 journal articles in peer-reviewed journals and a graduate text in astrophysics, and has garnered over $5M in funding for his research.  He holds a BA and PhD from the University of Cambridge, and joins the College of Arts and Sciences from the University of Colorado, where he holds a joint appointment between the Department of Physics and the JILA laboratory.