Current and potential Astronomy & Astrophysics majors and minors are encouraged to contact the Astronomy Department's Undergraduate Advisor for further information:
David Zach (he/him/his)
Phone: 614-292-1358 (students: please email instead of calling)
Email: zach.11@osu.edu
Office Addresses:
1140 Physics Research Building
191 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
4012 McPherson Lab
140 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Spring 2021 Advising Schedule:
All advising appointments will be held through CarmenZoom until further notice due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Instructions on how to access Zoom can be found below. David can be contacted in the following ways:
- By email at zach.11@osu.edu. Emails will be read and responded to during regular business hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm US Eastern Time, with the exception of university holidays.
- Drop-in Advising: Drop-in Advising is for quick questions that students anticipate will take 10 minutes or fewer to discuss. No appointment is necessary - just stop by if you have a question!
To access my drop-ins, please follow the CarmenZoom instructions found on my staff page: https://astronomy.osu.edu/people/zach.11. When you enter, you will be placed into a virtual waiting room, and I will meet with students individually in the order in which they arrived, as I would with in-person drop-ins.
For Spring semester (January 11-April 30, 2021), drop-ins will be held on Tuesdays at 10:00am-12:00pm noon, US Eastern Time
- Express Advising: Express Advising sessions will be offered during times of the semester when there is high demand for academic advising. Express Advising will work similar to virtual drop-in hours in that students will log in to Zoom using the instructions found here: https://astronomy.osu.edu/people/zach.11 and I will meet with them one-on-one. No appointment is necessary. Spring 2021 Express Advising sessions (with more to be added for March and April) are scheduled for:
- 1st week of the semester (January 11-15): 9:00-10:00am; 3:00-4:00pm EST
- 2nd Friday of the semester (Friday, January 22): 3:00-4:30pm EST
- 4th Friday of the semester (Friday, February 5): 3:00-4:30pm EST
- 10th week of the semester (March 15-19), times TBD
- 30-minute Appointments: In general, I am available for appointments between 8:30am and 4:30pm US Eastern Time on weekdays where the university is open, unless I have another obligation or meeting. You may schedule an appointment with me in one of the following ways:
- Assigned Advisees: Appointments for any assigned advisees can be scheduled through OnCourse at https://go.osu.edu/oncourse.
- Choose "Physics Advising Office" for the location, and
- Choose "Phone/Remote Appointment" for the appointment reason.
- Appointments must be scheduled at least 12 hours in advance
- Prospective Majors and Minors: If you are not an assigned advisee but are looking to add an Astronomy & Astrophysics major or minor, please email me to set up an appointment.
- Assigned Advisees: Appointments for any assigned advisees can be scheduled through OnCourse at https://go.osu.edu/oncourse.
CarmenZoom Instructions:
Instructions on how to access David's Zoom room for appointments or drop-ins can be found on his people page.
Professor Scott Gaudi (he/him/his)
Phone: +1 614 292-1914
Email: undergradchair@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Office Address:
4005 McPherson Lab
140 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1173
Dr. Wayne Schlingman (he/him/his)
Email: schlingman.4@osu.edu
Office Address:
4057 McPherson Lab
140 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Appointments:
Wayne is available to talk with students who are interested in getting involved with departmental outreach events or who are looking to pursue a research or internship opportunity within Astronomy & Astrophysics or related fields. Please email to set up an appointment.