Recent Astronomy PhDs
(Selected list.)
Year |
Name |
Advisor |
Thesis |
Present Location |
| 2009 |
Tsang, David |
Lai |
Accretion Disk Instabilities As A Source of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations |
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech |
| 2008 |
Gutenkunst, Shannon |
Houck |
Tracing Abundances in Galaxies with the Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph |
Postdoc, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY for the summer of 2008 |
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Berthoud, Marc |
Herter |
CO Emission From the Inner Disk Around Intermediate-Mass Stars |
Instrument Scientist, Yerkes Observ. (Univ. Chicago) |
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Kent, Brian |
Giovanelli |
Toward the Virgo Cluster: On the Study of Neutral Hydrogen in the Local Universe |
Jansky Fellow, National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
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Long, Min |
Lovelace and Romanova |
Disk Accretion to Rotating Magnetized Stars: Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations |
Postdoc, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, Univ. Illinois at Urbana |
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Medin, Zach |
Lai |
Matter and Radiation in the Strong Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars |
Lorne Trottier Postdoc Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
| 2007 |
Rothstein, David |
Lovelace |
The Weather Around Black Holes: Accretion Disk and Jet Evolution in GRS 1915+105 and Other Systems |
Software Engineer, Acquia, Boston, MA |
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Pandian, Jagadheep |
Goldsmith |
6.7 GHz Methanol Masers: Properties, Associations and Traces of Galactic Structure |
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany |
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Karcz, John |
Chernoff |
First-Principles Examination of Molecule Formation in Interstellar Grains |
Postdoc, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA |
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Akgun, Taner |
Wasserman |
Precession of Neutron Stars |
Postdoc, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago Chile |
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McConnochie, Timothy |
Bell |
Observations of the Martian Atmosphere: Themis-Vis Calibration, Mesopheric Clouds, and the Polar Vortex |
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
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Vanderveld, Riva (Ali) |
Wasserman & Flanagan |
Systematic Effects of Local Large Scale Structure on the Measured Expansion History of the Universe |
Postdoc, Caltech & JPL |
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Shirakawa, Akiko |
Lai |
Topics in Theoretical Astrophysics: Precession of Warped Disks, Oscillations of Presupernova Stars, and Thermal Evolution and Nucleosynthesis of Young Neutron Stars |
Working in private industry in California |
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Saintonge, Amelie |
Giovanelli |
Properties of Low Mass Dwarf Galaxies in the ALFALFA Survey |
Postdoc, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Zurich |
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Soderblom, Jason |
Bell |
Properties of Martian Soils, Rocks, and Atmospheric Dust Derived From Analysis of Hubble Space Telescope and Mars Exploration Rover Data |
Postdoc, University of Arizona |
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Marshall, Jason |
Herter |
The Decomposition of Dusty Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions |
Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar at JPL |
| 2006 |
Furlan, Elise |
Herter |
Properties and Evolution of Circumstellar disks and Envelopes Around Young, Low-Mass Stars in the Taurus Star-Forming Region |
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Astrobiology Institute, Univ. California at Los Angeles |
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Wyman, Mark |
Wasserman |
Cosmic Superstrings: Observable Remnants of Brane Inflation |
Postdoctorfal Fellow, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
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Favata, Marc |
Flanagan |
Kicking Black Holes, Crushing Neutron Stars, and the Validity of the Adiabatic Approximation for Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals |
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Kavli Institue for Theoretical Phsyics, Univ. of california, Santa Barbara |
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Springob, Christopher |
Haynes |
Cosmological Applications of HI Spectral Line Surveys |
Director's Fellow, Anglo-Australian Observatory, Sydney, Australia |
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Rojo, Patricio |
Gierasch/Harrington |
Transit Spectroscopy of the Extrasolar Planet HD209458b |
Professor of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile |
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Van Adelsberg, Matthew |
Lai |
Thermal Radiation From Isolated Neutron Stars: Spectra and Polarizations |
Postdoc, JILA, Boulder, CO |
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Scharringhausen, Britt |
Nicholson |
A Photometric Model of the Inclined F Ring of Saturn |
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Beloit College, Beloit, WI |
| 2005 |
Masters, Karen |
Haynes |
Galaxy Flows In and Around The Local Supercluster |
2008 Gruber Foundation Fellow & Senior Research Associate, Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, Univ. of Portsmouth, UK |
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Spekkens, Kristine |
Giovanelli |
Testing Cold Dark Matter Paradigm Predictions with Disk Galaxy Dynamics |
Assist. Prof., Canadian Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario |
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Brink, Jeandrew |
Teukolsky |
A Nonlinear Coupling Network to Capture the R-Mode Instability in Neutron Stars |
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech |
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Drasco, Steven |
Flanagan |
Detecting Non-Gaussian Stochastic Signals and Gravitational Radiation From Test Particles Bound to Back Holes |
Postdoctoral Fellow, AEI, Potsdam, Germany |
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Racine, Etienne |
Flanagan |
Aspects of The Motion of Extended Bodies In The Post-newtonian Approximation To General Relativity |
Postdoc, Caltech |
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Schmekel, Bjoern |
Wasserman |
Collisionless Beam-Radiation Processes In The Laboratory and Astrophysics |
Postdoc, Univ. California-Berkeley |
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Carter, Lynn |
Campbell |
Investigating Mantling Deposits On Venus and Regoliths On Asteroids Using Radar Polarimetry |
Research Scientist, Center for Earth & Planetary Studies, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC |
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Cuk, Matija |
Burns |
Dynamics and Origin of the Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets |
Daly-Clay Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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Lim, Lucy |
Squyres |
Asteroid Spectroscopy: I. A Thermal Infrared Survey of Asteroids II. X-Ray Fluroescence Spectroscopy of 433 EROS |
Physical Scientist, NASA/Goddard |
| 2004 |
Noe-Dobrea, Eldar |
Bell |
Spectroscopic Searches for Water Alteration Products on Mars |
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA |
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Catinella, Barbara |
Haynes |
Internal Kinematics of Disk Galaxies in the Local Universe |
Post-doc, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany |
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Carson, Joseph |
Houck/Eikenberry |
The Cornell High-order Adaptive Optics Survey for Brown Dwarf Companions and Related Instrumentation Studies for Brown Dwarf Research |
Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech/JPL |
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Carruba, Valerio |
Burns |
Dynamics of Asteroid Families and Irregular Satellites of Jovian Planets |
Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute for Astronomy & Geophysics, Univ. of Sao Paulos |
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Moon, Dae-Sik |
Eikenberry/Houck |
Instrument Development for High-Speed Infrared and Optical Photometry and Observational Studies of Pulsars |
Millikan Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology |
| 2003 |
Chatterjee, Shamibrata |
Cordes |
Neutron Star Kinematics:Pulsar Parallaxes, Bowshock Nebulae & Interstellar Medium |
Research Associate, NAIC, Dept. of Astronomy, Cornell Univ. |
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Ho, Wynn |
Lai |
Thermal Radiation from the Atmospheres of Magnetic Neutron Stars |
Senior Research Associate, Univ. of Southampton, UK |
|
2002 |
Estrada, Paul Rene |
Squyres |
The Formation of Satellites Around Gas Giant Planets |
Research Assoc., NASA Ames Research Center |
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Li, Di |
Goldsmith |
Massive Cores in the Orion Molecular Cloud |
Astronomer, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
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Darling, Jeremiah |
Giovanelli |
The Arecibo OH Megamaser Survey |
Assist. Prof., Univ. of Colorado - Boulder |
|
2001 |
McLaughlin, Maura Ann |
Cordes |
Multi-Wavelength Studies of Rotation Driven Pulsars |
Assist. Prof., Univ. of West Virginia |
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Smith, John-David Thomas |
Houck |
The Wolf-Rayet Phenomenon in the Infrared: Massive Stars Probing Stellar Formation |
Post-doc.; Univ. Arizonia |
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Bradford, Charles Mathias |
Stacey |
The Warm, Dense Gas in the Central Two Parsecs of the Galaxy: Observations with SPIFI, a New Direct-Detection Submillimeter Spectrometer |
Staff Scientist, JPL |
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Kornreich, David A. |
Haynes |
Asymmetric Morphology and Dynamics in Spiral Galaxies |
Asst. Prof., Humbolt State University |
|
2000 |
McGhee, Colleen Anne |
Nicholson |
Comet Shoemaker-levy's 1994 Collision with Jupiter and Saturn's 1995 Plane Crossings |
Post-Doc, Wellesley College |
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Landry, Walter |
Teukolsky |
An Efficient Method for Fully Relativistic Simulations of Coalescing Binary Neutron Stars |
Research Associate, UC San Diego |
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Rathbun, Julie Ann |
Squyres |
Three Studies of Planetary Processes Involving Heat Transport. I. Formation of Beta Regio, Venus II. Ice Diapirism on Europa III. Hydrothermal Systems in Martian Impact Craters |
Asst. Prof., University of Redlands |
|
1999 |
Margot, Jean-Luc |
Campbell |
Lunar Topography from Earth-based Radar Interferometric Mapping |
Assistant Prof., Cornell University |
|
1998 |
Lombardi, James Carmen |
Teukolsky |
Smoothed Particle Simulations of Stellar Collisions |
Asst. Prof., Vassar College |
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Moersch, Jeffrey Edward |
Squyres |
Telescopically-Derived Constraints on the Composition and Thermophysical Properties of the Martian Surface |
Asst. Prof., Univ. Tennessee |
|
1997 |
Black, Gregory James |
Nicholson |
Chaotic Rotation of Hyperion and Modeling the Radar Properties of the Icy Galilean Satellites as a Coherent Backscatter Effect |
Research Assoc., Univ. Virginia |
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Jore, Katherine Patricia |
Haynes |
The Kinematics and Dynamics of Sa Galaxies |
Asst. Prof., Univ. of Wisconsin |
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Nordgren, Tyler E. |
Terzian |
A Neutral Hydrogen Study of Close and Wide Galaxy Pairs |
Asst. Prof., Univ. Redlands, Redlands, CA |
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Scodeggio, Marco |
Giovanelli |
The Distances to Nearby Galaxy Clusters |
Univ. Milan, Italy |
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Lazio, T. Joseph |
Cordes |
Genetic Algorithms, Pulsar Planets, and Ionized Interstellar Microturbulence |
Radio Astronomer, Remote Sensing Div., Naval Research Lab |
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Lee, Pascal Clayton-Clyde |
Veverka |
Physical properties and Processing of Asteroid Regoliths and Interiors |
Visiting Prof., Univ. Tenn. |
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Gladman, Brett James |
Burns |
Delivery of Planetary Ejecta to Earth |
Assoc.Prof., Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver. |
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van Zee Liese Ellen |
Haynes |
Evolutionary Studies of Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Galaxies |
Asst. Prof., Indiana University |
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Hajian, Arsen Rosdom |
Terzian |
Circumstellar Ejecta Surrounding Evolved, Intermediate Mass Stars |
Sr. Scientist, US Naval Observatory |
