Edward Brown is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University, with an appointment in both the astronomy group and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). He is also affiliated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), an NSF Physics Frontier Center. Brown studies compact stars (neutron stars and white dwarfs), stellar explosions, and nuclear processes in astrophysics. Samples of recent work can be found on his research blog.