Faculty Profile Rachel Somerville Distinguished Professor George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics Member of the Graduate Faculty Group: Astrophysics Phone: 848-445-8964 Office: W317 Email: somerville@physics.rutgers.edu News Item(s): Distinguished Professor Rachel Somerville, Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics and Simons Investigator, has been appointed to the Simons Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) to lead the Galaxy Formation GroupDavid Shih, Chuck Keeton, and Rachel Somerville promotedRachel Somerville has been named a 2014 Simons Investigator