Matthew Malkan

Matthew Malkan is professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, where his research explores the physics of quasars and active galactic nuclei. Malkan earned his undergraduate degree before completing his Ph.D. in astrophysics at Caltech, where his fellowship began in 1979. His research has advanced the understanding of supermassive black holes in galactic centers, including the optical and infrared spectral properties of quasars and Seyfert galaxies. He has used large spectroscopic surveys to study the evolution of AGN populations across cosmic time.