A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Nada Al-Haddad BS, 2006,
Sanaa University; MS, 2010, University of Hawaii
Currently, Graduate Student at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Email: nada at ifa.hawaii.edu
Sean Andrews BA, 2001, Northwestern University;
MS, 2003, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Submillimeter Constraints on the Evolution of Circumstellar Disks" (Chair: Jonathan Williams)
Currently Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Email: sandrews at cfa.harvard.edu Home Page
James Annis BS, 1986, University of Washington; PhD, 1994, University of
Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Evolution of X-ray Selected Clusters
of Galaxies"
Currently Scientist, Experimental Astrophysics Group,
Fermilab (Chair: J. Patrick Henry)
Email: annis at fnal.gov Home Page
James Armstrong BS, 1995, Westminster College; MS, 1999, Michigan State University; PhD 2004 University of Hawaii.
PhD dissertation: "MHD Modeling of Flux Tubes" (Chair: Jeffrey Kuhn)
Currently Maui Technology Education & Outreach Specialist, IfA Maui
Email: jd at ifa.hawaii.edu
Dana Backman BS, 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, 1985,
University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Epsilon Aurigae: Infrared Photometric
and Spectroscopic Studies of the Star and its Dark Companion" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Manager of Education and Public Outreach programs for SOFIA, NASA-Ames Research Center
Email: dbackman at mail.arc.nasa.gov Home
Page
Elizabeth Barrett BA, 1998, Cornell; M. Eng., 1999,
Cornell; MS, 2002,
University of Hawaii; PhD, 2006, University of Hawaii;
PhD dissertation: "The Assembly
of Massive Galaxy Clusters: A Joint X-ray–Optical Study" (Chair: Harald Ebeling)
Currently Engineer II at United Space Alliance
Brian Barris BS,
1998, California Institute of Technology; MS, 2000,
University of Hawaii; PhD, 2004 University of Hawaii.
PhD dissertation: "Type Ia supernovae at high redshift" (Chair: John Tonry)
Currently Systems Engineer at Northrup Grumman
Email: bbarris at gmail.com
James Bauer
BS, 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 1996,
SUNY Stonybrook; PhD, 2003, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Dynamical, physical, and evolutionary
relationships of outer solar system bodies" (Chair: Karen Meech)
Currently Scientist, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena
Email: James.M.Bauer at jpl.nasa.gov Home Page
Wendy Hagen Bauer
Charles Beerman BS, 1978, University
of Connecticut; MS, 1980, University of Hawaii
Currently Staff Software Engineer at Intuit Inc.
Email charles at charlesbeerman.com
Chas Beichman AB, 1973, Harvard
University; PhD, 1979, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Formation of Late O and early
B stars within Dense Molecular Clouds" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Executive Director, Michelson Science Center,
California Institute of Technology, and Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
Email: chas at pop.jpl.nasa.gov
Home Page
Jeffrey Bell BS, 1977, University
of Michigan; PhD, 1984, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Search for Ultraprimitive Material
in the Solar System" (Chair: Thomas McCord)
George Bendo BS, 1996, New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology; MS, 1999, University
of Hawaii; PhD, 2002, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Star formation in a representative
sample of galaxies" (Chair: Robert Joseph)
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester
Email: george.bendo(at)manchester.ac.uk Home
Page
Kristin Blais BA, 1989, Wellesley
College; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Search for Optical Proxies for
High Energy Emissions from Solar Flares" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently Author at Private Venture and Consultant for IT companies
Email:
Sandrine Bottinelli MSc, 2001, Imperial
College, London; MS, 2003, University of Hawaii; PhD,
2006, University of Hawaii and Joseph Fourier University,
Grenoble, France
PhD dissertation: "The chemical
complexity in hot Corinos" (Chair: Jonathan Williams)
Currently at CSER-UPS, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France
Email: Sandrine.Bottinelli@cesr.fr
Douglas Braun BA, 1983, Swarthmore
College; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Interaction of High-Degree
P-Mode Oscillations with Solar Active Regions" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently at NorthWest Research Associates,
Colorado Research Associates (CoRA) Division
Email: dbraun at nwra.com Home
Page
Robert Hamilton Brown BS, 1971,
Purdue University; MS, 1975, Purdue University;
PhD, 1982, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Satellites of Uranus: Spectrophotometric
and Radiometric Studies of their Surface Properties and Diameters" (Chair: Thomas McCord)
Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy, University of
Arizona
Email: rhb at lpl.arizona.edu Home
Page
Gabriela Canalizo BS,
1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 1996, University
of Hawaii; PhD, 2000, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Age Dating of Interaction-Induced
Starbursts in QSO host Galaxies and Companions" (Chair: Alan Stockton)
Currently Associate Professor of Physics at University of California,
Riverside
Email gabriela.canalizo at ucr.edu Home
Page
Peter Capak BSc, 1999, University of British Columbia, MS, 2001, University of Hawaii; PhD 2004, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Probing global star & galaxy formation using deep multi-wavelength surveys" (Chair: Lennox Cowie)
Currently Research Scientist with the NASA/JPL Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology
Email capak at me.com Home Page
Gerald Cecil BSc, 1977, McGill University; MSc, 1979, McGill University,
Canada; PhD, 1987, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Kinematics of Spatially Extended
High-Velocity Outflow from the Nucleus of M51" (Chair: Brent Tully)
Professor of Physics & Astronomy, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: gerald at thececils.org Home
Page
Hua Chen BSc, 1983 Beijing University;
MSc, 1985, Beijing University, China; PhD, 1992, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Millimeter and Infrared Studies
of Young Stellar Objects in Dark Cloud L1641" (Chair: Alan Tokunaga)
Currently at Nortel Networks, Santa Clara,
California
Email: huachen at nortelnetworks.com
Jun Chen BS, 1990, Beijing University,
China; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A search for Trojan asteroids" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Software Developer, NETdelivery Corporation,
Boulder, Colorado
Email: jchen at netdelivery.com
Duncan Chesley BA, 1973, Dartmouth
College; MS, 1975, University of Hawaii
Founder, American Image, Inc
Email: chesley at AmericanImage.com Home Page
Li-Hsin Chien BS, 2003, National Taiwan University; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2009, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertaion: "Star Formation Histories in Merging Galaxies" (Chair: Joshua Barnes)
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Space Telescope Science Institute
Email: lihsinchien at gmail.com
Philip Cizdziel BS, 1980,
State University of New York at Buffalo; MS (astronomy),
1982, University of Hawaii; MS (electrical engineering),
1997, San Jose State University
Currently Senior Product Characterization Engineer, Omnivision Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA.
Email pcizdziel at ovt.com
Douglas Clowe BS, 1993, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Redshift Distribution of Distant
Galaxies from Weak Lensing Observations" (Chair: Gerard Luppino)
Currently Associate Professor at Ohio University
Email: clowe at phy.ohiou.edu Home Page
Michael Connelley BS, 2000, Santa Clara University;
MS, 2002, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD topic: "The Evolution of the Multiplicity of Young Stellar Objects" (Chair: Klaus Hodapp)
Currently Assistant Astronomer, UH Institute for Astronomy
Email: msc at ifa.hawaii.edu Home Page
Michael Cushing BS,
1997, Boston University; MS, 2000, University of Hawaii;
PhD 2004 University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A 0.8 - 5.0 Micron Spectroscopic Study of Low-Mass
Stars and Brown Dwarfs" (Chair: Alan Tokunaga)
Currently Assistant Professor at the University of Toledo
Email: michael.cushing at gmail dot com Home Page
Håkon Dahle BSc,
1992, Oslo University, Norway; MSc, 1994, Oslo University;
PhD, 2000, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Investigation of Dark Matter using
Weak Gravitational Lensing" (Chair: Nick Kaiser)
Currently Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway
Email: hdahle at astro.uio.no Home Page
Scott Dahm BS, 1991, Louisiana State; MS, 1996, San
Diego State; PhD, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Evolution
of Young Clusters" (Chair: George Herbig)
Currently Support Astronomer, W. M. Keck Observatory
Email: sdahm at keck.hawaii.edu Home Page
James Deane BA, 1990, Swarthmore
College; MS, 1995, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2000, University of Hawaii; MBA, Cornell, 2002
PhD dissertation: "The Structure of Giant Molecular
Clouds" (Chair: David Sanders)
Currently Associate Director, Engineering, Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization
Email: jrdeane at prf.org Home Page
Darren Depoy BS, 1982, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Nature of Luminous IRAS Galaxies" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Professor at Texas A&M University
Email: depoy at physics.tamu.edu Home
Page
Nicholas Devereux BSc, 1982,
Leicester University, United Kingdom; PhD, 1987, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Infrared Morphology of Nearby
Spiral Galaxies" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Arizona
Email: Nicholas.Devereux at erau.edu Home
Page
David Donovan BA, 1999, Boston University;
MS, 2001, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD
dissertation: "A Weak Lensing Analysis of Massive Galaxy Clusters at 0.3 < z < 0.7" (Chair: Gerard Luppino)
Cooper Downs BS, 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz; MS, 2008, University of Hawaii; PhD, 201, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Exploring Dynamic Events in the Solar Corona" (Chair: Illa Roussev)
Currently Research Scientist with Predictive Science, Inc.
Email: cdowns at predsci.com Home Page
Chris Dudley BA, 1985, Dartmouth
College; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy
of Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies" (Chair: Gareth Wynn-Williams)
Currently at Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington DC
Email: c.christopher.dudley.85 at alum.dartmouth.org
Luke Dundon BS,
2003, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis; MS, 2005,
University of Hawaii
MS thesis: "The Enigmatic Surface
of (3200) Phaethon"
Trent Dupuy BS,
2004, University of Texas; Annapolis; MS, 2006,
University of Hawaii; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Testing Theory with Dynamical Masses and Orbits
of Ultracool Binaries" (chair: Michael Liu)
Currently Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Email: tdupuy at cfa.harvard.edu Home
Page
Suzan Edwards BA, 1973,
Dartmouth College; PhD, 1980, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Enigma of the YY Orionis Stars" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Currently Professor of Astronomy, Five College Astronomy Department,
Smith College
Email: sedwards at smith.edu
Eiichi Egami BS, 1988, Kyoto University,
Japan; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Deep Survey of Fields Around
z > 4 Quasars" (Chair: Esther Hu)
Currently Associate Astronomer, University of Arizona
Email: eegami at as.arizona.edu Home Page
Aaron Evans BSc, 1990, University
of Michigan; PhD, 1996, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Molecular Gas Content and Ionization
Processes in Distant Radio and Infrared-Selected Galaxies" (Chair: David Sanders)
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia and
Associate Astronomer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Email: aevans at virginia.edu Home Page
Yuhong Fan BS, 1989, Beijing University,
China; PhD, 1993, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Dynamic Evolution of Emerging Magnetic
Flux Tubes in the Solar Convective Envelope" (Chair: George Fisher)
Currently Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center
for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Email: yfan at ucar.edu Home
Page
Tony Farnham BSAE, 1986, University
of Southern California; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Modeling Cometary Dust Tails with
a Pseudo-Finson-Probstein Technique" (Chair: Karen Meech)
Currently Research Associate at University
of Maryland
Email: farnham at astro.umd.edu Home
Page
Hai Fu BS, 2003, Nanjing University, China; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2008, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Extended Emission-Line Regions: Remnants of Quasar Superwinds?" (Chair: Alan Stockton)
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
Email: fu.hai.astro at gmail.com
Eliza Fulton BS, 1995, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; MS, 1998, University of Hawaii
Currently a physician in Pennsylvania
Email elizafulton at hotmail.com
Jonathan Gardner AB, 1986,
Harvard University; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Near-Infrared Faint Galaxy Survey:
Evolution and the Cosmological Geometry from K Band Photometry" (Chair: Lennox Cowie)
Currently Chief of the Laboratory for Observational Cosmology and Deputy Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Email: jonathan.p.gardner at nasa.gov Home Page
Catherine Garland BA, 1999, Colby College; MS, 2001, University of Florida; PhD 2004, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The neutral interstellar medium in luminous blue compact galaxies" (Chair: Jonathan Williams)
Currently Associate Professor of Physics, Natural Sciences,
Department, Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont
Email catherine.garland at castleton.edu Home Page
Jeffrey Goldader BS, 1989,
University of Washington; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous
Infrared Galaxies" (Chair: Robert Joseph)
Currently teaches physics at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
John Good BA, 1976, Western Michigan
University; MS, 1979, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 1983, University of Massachusetts.
Currently Systems Architect for Infrared Science Archive,
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute
of Technology
Email jcg at ipac.caltech.edu
Benjamin Granett BS, 2004, California Institute of Technology; MS, 2007, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The dark mark of large-scale structure on the cosmic microwave background" (Chair: István Szapudi)
Currently a postdoc at INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy (Merate)
Email: granett at gmail.com
Wendy Hagen Bauer BA, 1971,
Mount Holyoke College; PhD, 1977, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Circumstellar Gas and Dust Shells
of Late-Type Supergiants" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Currently Professor of Astronomy, Wellesley College
Email: wbauer at wellesley.edu Home
Page
John Hamilton BS, 1977, University
of Texas; MS, 1979, University of Hawaii
Instructor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University
of Hawaii at Hilo.
Email jch at hawaii.edu Home
Page
Heidi Hammel BS, 1982, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Atmosphere of Neptune Studied
with CCD Image at Methane-Band and Continuum Wavelengths" (Chair: Dale Cruikshank)
Currently Co-Director, Research & Senior Research Scientist
with the Space Science Institute in Boulder, CO
Email: hbh at alum.mit.edu Home
Page
Byron Han BS, 1985, Princeton University,
MS (engineering), 1986, Stanford University; MS (astronomy), 1995, University of Hawaii
Currently Senior Manager, Platform Embedded Drivers Team and Factory Support Team, Apple Computer, Inc.
Email: han at apple.com Home Page
David Harrington B.S. 2003, Michigan Technical University; Harrington M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2008, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Spectropolarimetry of Young Disk Stars at High Resolution: An Inner Disk Probe" (Chair: Haosheng Lin)
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, UH Institute for Astronomy
Email: dmh at ifa.hawaii.edu Home Page
William Heacox AB, 1964,
Whitman College; MS, 1972, Washington State University; PhD,
1977, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Composition Characteristics of
HgMn Peculiar A Stars" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Currently Professor of Astronomy, University of Hawaii at
Hilo
Email: heacox at hawaii.edu Home
Page
Linda Hermans-Killam BS, 1981,
California State University, Northridge; MS, 1985, University
of Hawaii
Currently Senior Engineer/Astronomy Outreach Developer,
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute
of Technology
Email lindahermans at yahoo.com Home
Page
Inge Heyer BA, 1985, Smith College;
MS, 1987, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2012, University of Wyoming
Currently Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola University; Deputy Press Officer, American Astronomical Society.
Email inge_heyer at yahoo.com Home Page
Gary Hill BA, 1983, Oxford University,
United Kingdom; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Radio Source Population at
z~0.5" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Senior Research Scientist and
McDonald Observatory Chief Astronomer, University
of Texas
Email: hill at astro.as.utexas.edu Home
Page
Henry Hsieh BA, 2000, Harvard University;
MS, 2003, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Comets amongst the Asteroids: Icy Planetisimals in the Inner Solar System" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Hubble Fellow at IfA
Email: hsieh at ifa.hawaii.edu Home Page
Jiasheng Huang MS, 1988, Nanjing
University, China; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The K-band Wide-field Survey" (Chair: Lennox Cowie)
Currently Astrophysicist with the SIRTF/IRAC team, Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory
Email: jhuang at cfa.harvard.edu
Catherine Ishida BS, 1993,
Yale University; MS, 1995, University of Hawaii; PhD 2004,
University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The link between interactions, infrared emission and
the transformation of galaxies: a detailed study of a complete sample of infrared
galaxies"
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Bradley Jacobs BA, 2004, University of California, Berkeley; MS, 2007, University of Hawai; PhD, 2012 University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Matter and Dynamics of the Local Volume Through Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distances"
(Chair: Brent Tully)
Email: bjacobs at ifa.hawaii.edu
Sarah Jaeggli BS, 2005, University of Arizona;
MS, 2007, University of Hawai‘i; PhD, 2011, University of Hawai‘i
PhD dissertation: "An Observational Study of the Formation and Evolution of Sunspots" (Chair: Haosheng Lin)
Currently
Solar Postdoctoral Fellow at Montana State University
Email: jaeggli at solar.physics.montana.edu Home Page
Joseph Jensen BS, 1992,
California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1997, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Infrared Surface Brightness fluctuations
and the extragalactic distance scale" (Chair: Gerard Luppino)
Currently Associate Professor of Physics, Utah Valley University and Managing Editor for the ASP Conference Series
Email: Joseph.Jensen at uvu.edu Home
Page
Litao Jiao MS, 1990, Beijing Astronomical
Observatory, China: MS, 1995, University of Hawaii; PhD, 1998,
University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Solar Coronal Magnetic Field" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently senior Senior Software Engineer at SS8 Networks
Kevin Jim BA, 1986, Cornell University;
MS, 1995, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2001, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Hawaii Tip-tilt System and
Infrared Gravitational Lensing" (Chair: Gerard Luppino)
Currently heads KJImaging in
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Terry Jones BA, 1972, Occidental
College; PhD, 1977, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Polarimetry of Be Stars at 1.25
and 2.2 Microns" (Chair: Melvin Dyck)
Currently Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astronomy,
University of Minnesota
Email: tjj at astro.umn.edu Home Page
Yuko Kakazu BS, 2001, Tohoku University, Japan; MS, 2003, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Wide-field Survey for High-Redshift Quasars" (Chair: Esther Hu)
Currently Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago
Email: kakazu at oddjob.uchicago.edu Home Page
Paul Kalas BS, 1989, University
of Michigan; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Coronagraphic Survey for Circumstellar
Disks around Main Sequence and Pre-main Sequence Stars" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Associate Adjunct Professor at University of California,
Berkeley.
Email: kalas at astron.berkeley.edu Home Page
Jeyhan Kartaltepe BS, 2003, Colgate University; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: “A Multiwavelength Study of (Ultra) luminous Infrared Galaxies in the COSMOS Field” (Chair: David Sanders)
Currently Hubble Fellow at National Optical Astronomy Obseervatory in Tucson
Email: jkartaltepe at noao.edu Home Page
Dong-Chan Kim BA, 1987, Yonsei
University, Korea; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The IRAS 1-Jansky Survey of Ultraluminous
Infrared Galaxies" (Chair: David Sanders)
Currently Research Associate, National Radio Astronomy Observatory NAASC
Email: dkim at nrao.edu Home Page
Tae-Sun Kim MS, 1992, Yonsei University,
Korea; PhD, 1999, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Lyman-Alpha Forest at z`>2" (Chair: Esther Hu)
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email kim at astro.wisc.edu
Jeremy King BS, 1988, Boston University;
PhD, 1993, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Stellar Oxygen Abundances" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
Email: jking2 at clemson.edu Home Page
Graham Knopp BS, 1992, University
of Wisconsin-Madison; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Imaging polarimetry of High Redshift
Radio Galaxies" (Chair: Kenneth Chambers)
Environmental Consultant; Hilo, Hawaii
Email: gpknopp at yahoo.com Home Page
Dale Kocevski BS,
1999, University of Michigan; MS, 2001, University of
Hawaii; PhD, 2006, University of
Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Clusters
in the Zone of Avoidance" (Chair: Harald Ebeling)
Currently Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
Email kocevski at pa uky edu
Sonali Kolhatkar BA (astronomy),
BS (physics), 1996, University of Texas; MS, 1998, University
of Hawaii
Currently Host/Executive Producer of Uprising at KPFK-FM in the Los Angeles area
Email sonali at sonaliandjim.net Home Page
Marni Krismer BSc, 1993, University of Victoria; MS, 1996, University of Hawaii
Thomas Kunkle BS 1972, University
of Arizona; PhD, 1979, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Study of Linear Polarization
in Spiral Galaxies" (Chair: Melvin Dyck)
Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Email u091007 at lanl.gov
K. D. Kuntz BS, 1985, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; MS, 1988, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2000, University of Maryland
Currently AssociateResearch Scientist, Henry
A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Johns Hopkins University
Email kuntz at pha.jhu.edu Home Page
Renate Kupke BS, 1989, University
of Arizona; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "An Observational Study of the Dynamic
Behavior of Flux Tubes" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for
Adaptive Optics,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email rkupke at ucolick dot org
Russell Lavery BS, 1977,
University of Massachusetts; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Origin of the "Butcher-Oemler
Effect at redshifts near 0.2" (Chair: J. Patrick Henry)
Currently teaches at Imperial Valley College California,
Email: russell.lavery at imperial.edu
K. D. Leka BS, 1989, Yale University;
PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Are Solar Emerging Flux Regions
Carrying Electric Current?" (Chair: Richard Canfield)
Currently Senior Research Scientist, Northwest Research Associates
Inc.
Email: leka at nwra.com Home Page
Emily Levesque BS, 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
MS, 2008, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Exploring the Environments of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts" (Chair: Lisa Kewley)
Currently Einstein Fellow at the University of Colorado
Email: Emily.Levesque at colorado.edu Home page
Dennis Lindwall BA, 1972,
University of Missouri; MS, 1982, University of Hawaii
Ph.D., 1988, University of Hawaii (Geology and Geophysics)
Ph.D. dissertation: "Deep Crustal Structure Under
and Near the Hawaiian Islands"
Currently a staff geophysicist at the Naval Research Lab,
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
Email: lindwall at nrlssc.navy.mil
Dagny Looper BS, 2004, California Institute of Technology;
MS, 2007, University of Hawai‘i; PhD, 2011, University of Hawai‘i
PhD dissertation: "The TW Hydrae Association (TWA): New Nearby Accreting Stars and a First Estimate of the IMF" (Chair: John Rayner)
Currently attending
New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts
Email: dagny.film at gmail.com Home Page
Cheng-Jiun Ma BS, 2000, National Taiwan University; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Impact of Environment on the Evolution of Galaxies in the Most X-ray Luminous Clusters at z > 0.5" (Chair: Harald Ebeling)
Currently postdoctoral fellow at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
cma at cfa.harvard.edu
John MacKenty BA,1979,
Harvard University; PhD, 1986, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Morphologies and Environments
of Seyfert Galaxies" (Chair: Alan Stockton)
Currently Operations Scientist for Wide Field Camera 3,
Space Telescope Science Institute
Email: mackenty at stsci.edu
Rita Mann BSc, 2004, University of Victoria, Canada;
MS, 2006, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Submillimeter Array Survey of Protoplanetary Disks in Orion" (Chair: Jonathan Williams)
Currently Plaskett Fellow at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Victoria, British Columbia
Email:
Rita.Mann at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Deborah Maraziti BS, 1991, Swarthmore College; MS, 1994, University of
Hawaii
Currently, Science Teacher and Service Coordinator, Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Email: dmaraziti at friendscentral.org
Terry Martin BS, 1967, University
of California, Berkeley; PhD, 1975, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Saturn and Jupiter: A Study of
Atmospheric Constituents" (Chair: William Sinton)
Currently retired and living in Oregon
Email: tzmartin at ashlandhome.net
Geoffrey Mathews BS, 2000, University of Texas, Austin; MS, 2009, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2012, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation:"Circumstellar Disks at 5 Myr: A Multiwavelength Survey for Gas and Dust in Upper Scorpius" (Chair: Jonathan Williams)
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher, Leiden Observatory
Email: gmathews at strw.leidenuniv.nl Home Page
Joseph Masiero BS, 2004, Pennsylvania State University; MS, 2006, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: : "Using Rotation and Polarization to Probe the Composition and Surface Properties of Main Belt Asteroids" (Chair: Robert Jedicke)
Currently NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, JPL
Email: click here Home Page
Martina McGinn BSc, 1981, University
of Melbourne, Australia; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Mass Distribution in the Galactic
Center" (Chair: Kristen Sellgren)
Currently Managing Director, Feenyx Pty Ltd, a software development and support company based in Canberra, Australia
Elizabeth McGrath BA, 2001, Vassar College;
MS, 2004, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii;
PhD dissertation: "Origins of the Earliest Galaxies: Probing the Mechanisms of Spheroid and Active Galaxy Formation at High Redshift" (Chair: Alan Stockton)
Currently
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Colby College
Email: emcgrath [at] colby.edu
Michael Mongillo BS, 1971, State University of New York, Stony Brook; MS, 1976, University of Hawaii
Jeffrey Morgan BA, 1976, University
of California at San Diego; PhD, 1983, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Low Resolution Spectroscopy of
the Io Torus" (Chair: Carl Pilcher)
Currently Senior Telescope Engineer for Pan-STARRS, University of Hawaii
Email: morgan at ifa.hawaii.edu
Nancy Morrison AB, 1967, Radcliffe
College; PhD, 1975, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Observations of Diagnostic Spectral
Features in O-type Stars and their Interpretation" (Chair: Sidney Wolff)
Currently Director, Ritter Observatory, The University of
Toledo, Ohio
Email: ndm at physics.utoledo.edu Home
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Nicholas Moskovitz BS, 2003, U.C. Santa Barbara; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: “Thermal Histories of Small Bodies in the Solar System” (Chair: David Tholen)
Currently NSF Fellow, MIT,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences)
Email nmosko (at) mit.edu
Christopher Mullis BA, 1994,
University of Virginia; MS, 1996, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2001, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A complete X-ray selected sample
of galaxy clusters from the ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole Survey" (Chair: J. Patrick Henry)
Currently working in the financial sector.
Email chrismullis at gmail.com
Michael Nassir BS, 1993,
California Institute of Technology; MS, 1996, University of
Hawaii
Currently Instructor, Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Email nassir at hawaii.edu Home
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Megan Novicki BS/AB,
1999, University of Michigan; MS, 2002, University of
Hawaii; PhD, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The rare light elements in very low metallicity
halo stars" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Dan Packman BS, 1974, California
Institute of Technology; MS, 1976, University of Hawaii
Currently Software Engineer, University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research
Email pack at ucar.edu Home Page
Brian Patten BS, 1986, Iowa State University; MS, 1989, Iowa State
University; PhD, 1995, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Evolution of Rotation and Activity
in Young Open Clusters: The Zero-Age Main Sequence" (Chair: Theodore Simon)
Currently Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Email: brian.m.patten<at>gmail<dot>com
Matthew Penn BS, 1986, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Source of 5-Minute Period Umbral
Oscillations" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently Associate Astronomer at the National Solar Observatory
Email mpenn at nso.edu Home Page
Maria Pereira BSc, 2001,
Imperial College (London); MS, 2004, University of Hawaii
Currently a graduate student at Columbia University
Email: pereira at astro.columbia.edu Home Page
Michael Pierce BS, 1979, University
of Oklahoma; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "CCD Photometry of Nearby Galaxies:
Global Properties and the Extragalactic Distance Scale" (Chair: Brent Tully)
Currently Associate Professor, University of Wyoming
Email: mpierce at uwyo.edu Home
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Catherine Pilachowski BS,
1971, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, 1975, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Luminosities and Compositions
of a Group of Mildly Peculiar Late-Type Giant Stars" (Chair: Walter Bonsack)
Currently Professor of Astronomy at Indiana University
Email: catyp at astro.indiana.edu Home
Page
Eric Pilger BA, 1982, Williams
College; MS, 1986,University of Hawaii
Currently Systems Engineer, MAX Project Manager a tHawaii Institute of Geophysics
and Planetology
Email pilger at higp.hawaii.edu Home
Page
Joseph Piscitelli BS, 1983,
University of New Mexico; MS, 1986, University of Hawaii
Currently at Proscripts, LLC, Albuquerque
Email office at proscripts.com
Mark Pitts BS, 2003, Ohio State University;
MS, 2005, University of Hawai‘i;
PhD, 2011, University of Hawai‘i
PhD dissertation: "Color and Motion: New Low-Mass Members of Nearby Star Clusters" (Chair: Eugene Magnier)
Currently, Lecturer, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Eastern Kentucky University
Email: mark.pitts at eku.edu
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Daniel Potter BS, 1994,
University of Colorado; MS, 2000, University of Hawaii; PhD,
2003, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A search for debris disks with
a dual channel adaptive optics imaging polarimeter" (Chair: Alan Tokunaga)
Currently at AOptix Technologies
Email dpotter at aoptix.com
Norman Purves BS, 1976, Portland
i
Currently Instructor in Physics and Astronomy, University
of Hawaii at Hilo
Email purves at hawaii.edu Home
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Michael Ressler BS, 1986,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, 1992, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Near-Infrared Imaging of Deeply-Embedded
Young Stellar Objects" (Chair: Mark Shure)
Currently MIRI (JWST) Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology
Email: Michael.E.Ressler at jpl.nasa.gov Home Page
Jeffrey Rich BS, 2005, University of Southern California;
MS, 2007, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2012, University of Hawaii
PhD topic: "An Integral Field Spectroscopic Study of Ultraluminous and Luminous Infrared Galaxies" (Chair: Lisa Kewley)
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Observatories, Carnegie Institution for Science, Pasadena, California
Email
Susan Ridgway BS, 1988, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Imaging of Complete Samples of
Redshift z ~ 1 3C Sources" (Chair: Alan Stockton)
Currently Assistant Astronomer, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile
Email: susanr at ctio.noano.edu Home Page
Michael Rigler BS, 1986, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Morphologies of Distant Radio
Galaxies" (Chair: Simon Lily)
Currently Technical Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Email: mrigler at microsoft.com
Steven Rodney BS, 2003, Case Western Reserve University; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Thermonuclear Supernova Light Curves: Progenitors and Cosmology" (Chair: John Tonry)
Currently,Hubble Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
Email: rodney at jhu.edu Home Page
Robert Ronan BS, 1986, Harvard
University; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Global Solar Intensity Oscillations
at Solar Maximum" (Chair: Barry LaBonte)
Currently Physician (radiology) in Massachusetts
Edward Rosenthal BS, 1984,
Harvard University; PhD, 1994, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Stellar Population and Mass
Distribution at the Galactic Center" (Chair: Lennox Cowie)
Currently Physics & Astronomy Instructor, Chanlder-Gilbert Community College, Arizona
Email: edward.rosenthal at cgc.edu
Barry Rothberg BS,
1997, Tufts University; MS, 2000, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "An infrared
inverstigation into the formation of elliptical galaxies
via mergers" (Chair: Robert Joseph)
Currently affiliated with George Mason University and located at Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics in Potsdam, Germany
Email: dr.barry.rothberg at gmail.com
Anna Roussanova BS, 2008,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 2010, University of Hawaii
Currently Technical Services Engineer at Epic
in the Madison, Wisconsin area
Robert Ruotsalainen BS,
1974, University of Washington; PhD, 1982, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Multicolor Photometry of Stars
in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies" (Chair: Brent Tully)
Currently Professor of Physics at Eastern Washington University
Email: Robert.Ruotsalainen at mail.ewu.edu Home Page
William Schempp BA, 1973,
Whitman College; PhD, 1980, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Bar Driven Spiral Density Waves
in Galaxies and a Model of the Barred Spiral NGC 1097" (Chair: Brent Tully)
Currnetly Vice President of Research, MedOptics Corporation,
Tucson, Arizona
Email: bschemp at azstarnet.com
Matthew Senay AB, 1983, St. Louis
University; MS, 1990, San Diego State University; PhD, 1997,
University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Sources of Activity in Distant
Comets" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Edward Shaya BA, 1976, Princeton University; MS, 1979, University
of Chicago; PhD, 1984, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Dynamics of the Local Supercluster
and the Origin of the Differences in Galaxy Morphologies" (Chair: Brent Tully)
Currently Associate Research Scientist, University of
Maryland
Email: eshaya at astro.umd.edu Home Page
Scott Sheppard BS, 1998, Oberlin College; MS, 2001, University of Hawaii; Ph D 2004, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Jovian System: from satellites to Trojans to Jupiter family comets" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Faculty Member at Department of Terrrestrial
Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Email: sheppard at dtm.ciw.edu Home Page
Douglas Simons BS, 1985, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1991, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Near-Infrared Search for Brown
Dwarfs in the Pleiades" (Chair: Eric Becklin)
Currently Executive Director, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Email: dsimons at cfht.hawaii.edu
Brian Stalder BS, 2001, California Institute of Technology;
MS, 2003, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2007, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "AO Studies of Radio Sources Near Bright Natural Guide Stars" (Chair: Kenneth Chambers)
Currently, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physics at Harvard University
Email:
stalder at physics.harvard.edu
Alex Stephens BS, 1994, University
of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); PhD, 2000, University of
Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Accretion in the Galactic Halo" (Chair: Ann Boesgaard)
Currently VP, Information Technology Audit at Bank of
America, Charlotte, NC
Email alex_c_stephens at yahoo.com
Alex Storrs BS, 1982, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Evolution of Cometary Activity" (Chair: Dale Cruikshank)
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Astronomy
and Geosciences, Towson University
Email: astorrs at towson.edu Home
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Jason Surace BS, 1992, California
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Multi-Wavelength High Resolution
Study of the Evolutionary Link between Ultraluminous IRAS
Galaxies and Optical QSOs" (Chair: David Sanders)
Currently Senior Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology
Email: jason at ipac.caltech.edu Home
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Terry Teays BS, 1973, University
of California, Santa Cruz; MS, 1976, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 1986, University of Nebraska
Currently Assistant Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium at Johns Hopkins University
Email teays at pha.jhu.edu
Robert Thornton BS, 1995, Lehigh
University; MS, 1998, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 2002, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The AEOS Spectrograph:
Optomechanical Design and Scientific Capability" (Chair: Klaus Hodapp)
Currently Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics,
West Chester University, Pennsylvania
Email: rthornton at wcupa.edu Home Page
Eric Tollestrup BA, 1979,
University of California at Berkeley; PhD, 1987, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "High Angular Resolution Imaging
with an Infrared Charge Coupled Device: The Galactic Center
at Subarcsecond Resolution and Reconstruction of Speckle Interferometric
Data" (Chair: Richard Capps)
Currently Senior Development Program Scientist at the Gemini Observatory
Email:etollest at gemini.edu Home
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Neil Trentham BA, 1991, University
of Cambridge; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters" (Chair: John Kormendy)
Currently PPARC Advanced Fellow, University
of Cambridge
Email: trentham at ast.cam.ac.uk Home
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Michael Tripicco BS, 1982,
University of Rochester; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Spectroscopy of Metal-Rich M31
Globular Clusters" (Chair: James Heasley)
Currently Department Manager - SESDA Space Science with Science Systems & Applications, Inc. at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Email: miket at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov Home
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Chadwick Trujillo BS, 1995,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 1998 University
of Hawaii; PhD, 2000, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Bright Objects in the Outer Solar
System" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Astronomer, Gemini Observatory
Email trujillo at gemini.edu Home Page
Vivian U
BS, 2006, California Institute of Technology; MS, 2008, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2012,
University of Hawaii
John Varsik BS, 1979, Stanford
University; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Properties of stellar activity in
F stars" (Chair: James Heasley)
Currently Researcher/Systems Administrator, Big Bear Solar Observatory
Email: varsik at bbso.nijt.edu Home Page
Stephen Walton BS, 1977,
California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1984, University
of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Flux Tube Models of Solar Faculae" (Chair: James Heasley)
Professor, and Planetarium Director, Dept.
of Physics & Astronomy, California State University, Northridge
Died November 11, 2006
Wei-Hao Wang BS,
1996, National Taiwan University; MS, 1998, National
Central University, Taiwan; PhD, 2006, University of
Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "High Redshift
Star Forming Galaxies in Lensing Cluster
Fields" (Chair: Lennox Cowie)
Currently, Assistant Research Fellow, Acadeimia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan and Adjunct Assistant Fellow, National Taiwan University Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, Taiwan
Email: whwang at
asiaa.sinica.edu.tw Home Page
Douglas Ward BS, 1984, Brigham Young University; MS, 1986, University of Hawaii
Kathryn Whitman BA, 2000,
Cornell University; MS, 2004, University of Hawaii
Currently Graduate Student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Email: whitman at ifa.hawaii.edu
Robert Whiteley BS, 1993, California
Institute of Technology; MS, 1996, University of Hawaii; PhD,
2001, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Compositional Survey of Near-Earth
Asteroids" (Chair: David Tholen)
Currently Principal Scientist, Civil and Military Space at Innovative Technology Systems
Mark Willman BA, 1977, University of California, Riverside; MA, 1980, University of California, Riverside; PhD, 2010, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Space Weathering on S-Complex Asteroids" (Chair: Robert Jedicke)
Currently Instrumentation & Observing Specialist at the Institute for Astronomy in Hilo
Email: willman at ifa.hawaii.edu
Bin Yang BS, 2000, Beijing Normal University; MS, 2003, National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing; PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Probing Water in Small Bodies" (Chair: David Jewitt)
Currently Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hawaii
Email: yangbin at ifa.hawaii.edu Home Page
Tiantian Yuan BS, 2006, Beijing Normal University;MS, 2008, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2012, University of Hawaii
Maximilian Zavodny BS, 2006, California Institute of Technology; MS, 2008, University of Hawaii
Currently Lead Conrtol System Engineer at eSolar in Pasadena, California
Email: max46145 at gmail.com