Former PhDs
2012
Wen Fu
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
Postdoc, Rice University
Thesis
Wave Dynamics of Accretion Disks and Other Rotating Astrophysical Flows
2011
Nishant Agarwal
Advisor: Bean
Present Location
McWilliams Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis
Cosmic Acceleration, Past and Present
Ryan Anderson
Advisor: Bell
Present Location
U. S. Geological survey, Shoemaker Postdoctoral Fellow
Thesis
Lasers and Landing Sites: The Geomorphology, Stratigraphy and Composition of Mars
Barbara Rojas Ayala
Advisor: Lloyd
Present Location
Postdoc, American Museum of Natural History
Thesis
On the Metallicity of M-Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood
David Bernat
Advisor: Lloyd
Present Location
Thesis
Non-Redundant Aperture Masking Interferometry With Adaptive Optics: Developing Higher Contrast Imaging To Test Brown Dwarf and Exoplanet Evolution Models
Francois Foucart
Advisor: Teukolsky
Present Location
Postdoc, CITA
Thesis
Numerical Studies of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries
Ann Martin
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Langley Research Center
Thesis
Neutral Hydrogen in the Local Universe: Distributions of Gas-Rich Galaxies From Alfalfa
Phil Muirhead
Advisor: Lloyd
Present Location
Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology & Univ. of California-Berkeley
Thesis
Externally Dispersed Interferometry for Terrestrial Exoplanets Detection
Sharvari Nadkarni (Physics Student)
Advisor: Chernoff
Present Location
Postdoc, S. Bose Res. Institute
Thesis
Modeling Non-Linear Large Scale Structures Using Lagrangian Perturbation Theory
Melissa Rice
Advisor: Bell
Present Location
Caltech, Mars Science laboratory
Postdoct
Thesis
Annals of a Former World: The Remnants of Water At Gusev Crater and Eberswalde Crater, Mars
2010
Iulia Deneva
Advisor: Cordes
Present Location
Postdoc, Arecibo Observatory
Paul Grabowski (Physics Student)
Advisor: Chernoff
Present Location
Postdoc, Los Alamos Lab
Briony Horgan
Advisor: Bell
Present Location
SESE Postdoctoral Fellow, Arizona State University
Akshay Kulkarni
Advisor: Romanova
Present Location
Postdoc Harvard Univ.
Ryan Shannon
Advisor: Cordes
Present Location
Research Associate, Center for Astronomy & Space Sciences (CSIRO, Sydney, Australia)
Thesis
Pulsars, Their Environments and the Detection of Gravitational Waves
Sabrina Stierwalt
Advisor: Haynes & Giovanelli
Present Location
Spitzer Science Center, Caltech
Matipon Tangmatitham
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
Thesis
Nick Taylor (Physics Student)
Advisor: Teukolsky
Present Location
Postdoc, Caltech
James Wray
Advisor: Squyres
Present Location
Assistant Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thesis
High-Resolution Studies of Aqueous Environments on Ancient Mars
2009
Steven Hailey-Dunsheath
Advisor: Stacey
Present Location
Postdoc, Caltech
Abdul Hussein Kamel Mroue (Physics Student)
Advisor: Teukolsky
Present Location
Postdoc, CITA
Thomas Oberst (Physics Student)
Advisor: Stacey
Present Location
Assistant Professor of Physics, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
Patrick Taylor
Advisor: Margot
Present Location
Research Associate, Arecibo Observ.
David Tsang (Physics Student)
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech
Yanling Wu
Advisor: Houck
2008
Ruxandra Bondarescu (Physics Student)
Advisor: Teukolsky
Present Location
ITP, Univ. Zurich
Shannon Gutenkunst (Physics Student)
Advisor: Houck
Present Location
Freelance Scientific Editor, Crimson Interactive Pvt.Ltd, Santa Fe, NM
Tanja Hinderer (Physics Student)
Advisor: Flanagan
Present Location
Postdoc, Univ. of Maryland
Suniti Karunatillake (Physics Student)
Advisor: Squyres
Present Location
Assistant Professor of Physics, Rider University
Thesis
A Chemical Odyssey on the Martian Surface
Brian Kent
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Scientific Staff Member, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Richard Kipphorn
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
Thesis
Min Long
Advisor: Romanova
Present Location
Flash Center, Univ. of Chicago
Andrew Lundgren (Physics Student)
Advisor: Flanagan
Present Location
Postdoc, Penn State
Zachary Medin
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ryan Yamada
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
Thesis
2007
Taner Akgun
Advisor: Wasserman
Present Location
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Thesis
Marc Berthoud
Advisor: Herter
Present Location
Instrument Scientist, Yerkes Observ. (Univ. Chicago)
John Karcz (Physics Student)
Advisor: Chernoff
Present Location
Postdoc, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Jason Marshall
Advisor: Herter
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Jagadheep Pandian
Advisor: Goldsmith
Present Location
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Patricio Rojo
Advisor: Gierasch
Present Location
Professor of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile
David Rothstein
Advisor: Lovelace
Amelie Saintonge
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Garching)
Britt Scharringhausen
Advisor: Nicholson
Present Location
Beloit College
Akiko Shirakawa (Physics Student)
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
Working in private industry in California
Jason Soderblom
Advisor: Bell
Present Location
Univ. of Arizona
Matt Van Adelsberg
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
Georgia Institute of Technology
Riva (Ali) Vanderveld (Physics Student)
Advisor: Wasserman
Present Location
KICP Fellow, Univ. of Chicago
2006
Marc Favata
Advisor: Flanagan
Elise Furlan
Advisor: Herter
Present Location
Spitzer Fellowship, JPL (ended 8/31/11)
Effective 12/2011: NOAO Postdoctoral Research Associate, IPAC (Caltech)
Timothy McConnochie
Advisor: Bell
Christopher Springob
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Mark Wyman (Physics Student)
Advisor: Wasserman
Present Location
Postdoctoral Fellow, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
2005
Katheryn Becker
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
Jeandrew Brink (Physics Student)
Advisor: Teukolsky & Wasserman
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Assistant Professor, Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Joseph Carson
Advisor: Houck & Eikenberry
Present Location
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at College of Charleston
Lynn Carter
Advisor: Campbell
Present Location
Planetary Geodynamics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Barbara Catinella
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany
Matija Cuk
Advisor: Burns
Present Location
Smithsonian Astrophysical Lab, Harvard-Smithsonian CFA
Steven Drasco (Physics Student)
Advisor: Flanagan
Present Location
Postdoctoral Fellow, AEI, Potsdam, Germany
Lucy Lim
Advisor: Squyres
Karen Masters
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Univ. of Portsmouth (UK)
Etienne Racine (Physics Student)
Advisor: Flanagan
Present Location
Postdoc, Caltech
Bjoern Schmekel (Physics Student)
Advisor: Wasserman & Lovelace
Present Location
College of Studies for Foreign Diploma Recipients, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany
Kristine Spekkens
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Assistant Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
2004
Valerio Carruba
Advisor: Burns
Present Location
Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Astronomy & Geophysics, Univ. of Sao Paulos
Dae-Sik Moon
Advisor: Eikenberry & Houck
Eldar Noe Dobrea
Advisor:
Present Location
2003
Shamibrata Chatterjee
Advisor: Cordes
Present Location
Research Associate, Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell Univ.
Wynn Ho
Advisor: Lai
Present Location
School of Mathematics, University of Southampton (UK)
Harald Pfeiffer
Advisor: Teukolsky
Present Location
Assistant Professor, CITA
2002
Jeremiah Darling
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Faculty member, Univ. of Colorado (Boulder)
Paul Rene Estrada
Advisor: Squyres
Present Location
2001
Charles Bradford
Advisor: Stacey
David Kornreich
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Maura McLaughlin
Advisor: Cordes
Present Location
Dept. of Physics, West Virginia Univ.
John-David Smith
Advisor: Houck
Present Location
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Univ. Toledo
2000
Katrin Hagemann
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
Walter Landry
Advisor: Teukolsky
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Senior Software Engineer, Caltech
Colleen McGhee
Advisor:
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Julie Rathbun
Advisor: Squyres
Present Location
Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, CA
1999
Jean-Luc Margot
Advisor: Campbell
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UCLA Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. California (Los Angeles)
Stephen Rinehart
Advisor: Houck
Present Location
Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1998
Daniel Dale
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Faculty Member, Univ. of Wyoming (Laramie)
James Lombardi
Advisor: Teukolsky
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Assistant Professor, Vassar College
Jeffrrey Moersch
Advisor: Squyres
Present Location
Assistant Professor, Univ. Tennessee
Morten Nielsen
Advisor: Masters Degree
Present Location
1997
Gregory Black
Advisor: Nicholson & Campbell
Present Location
Azimuth, Inc.
Katherine Jore
Advisor: Haynes
Present Location
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy Dept., Univ. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Joseph Lazio
Advisor: Cordes
Present Location
JPL
Pascal Lee
Advisor: Veverka
Present Location
Visiting Prof., Univ. of Tennessee
Tyler Nordgren
Advisor: Terzian
Marco Scodeggio
Advisor: Giovanelli
Present Location
Univ. Milan, Itlay
Susan Stolovy
Advisor: Herter
Present Location
Peter Wilson
Advisor: Burns
Present Location
1996
Brett Gladman
Advisor: Burns
Present Location
Assoc. Prof., Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver
Arsen Hajian
Advisor: Terzian
Present Location
Sr. Scientist, US Naval Observatory
Lev Nayvelt
Advisor: Gierasch
Present Location
Thesis
Waves and Dynamics in the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets
