mountain profile Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii

Postdoctoral Researchers

Chris Bennett  PhD
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Formation of astrobiologically important molecules in ices, UHV design, physical chemistry
Beth Biller  PhD, 2007, University of Arizona
        Hubble Fellow
        Brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets
Niall Deacon  PhD, 2007, University of Edinburgh
        Low-Mass Stars & Brown Dwarfs Postdoctoral Fellow
        Brown dwarfs, substellar initial mass function
Heather Flewelling  PhD, 2009, University of Michigan
        Pan-STARRS PS1SC Postdoctoral Researcher
        Gamma-ray bursts
Tomotsugu Goto  PhD, 2003, University of Tokyo
        Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow
        High-z QSOs, post-starburst (E+A) galaxies, luminous Infrared galaxies,
        environmental effects on galaxy evolution
Mikael Granvik  PhD, 200, University of Helsinki (Finland)
        Pan-STARRS PS1 MOPS Postdoctoral Fellow
        Asteroids
David Harrington  PhD, 2008, University of Hawaii
       Spectropolarimetry of young disk stars
Brant Jones PhD
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Reaction dynamics, spectroscopy, tunable UV/VUV radiation, Kuiper Belt Objects,
      scattering experiments
Jacqueline Keane  PhD, 2002, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Ice and dust in young stellar objects, protoplanetary disks
Aglae Kellerer  PhD, 2007, Paris University
       Adaptive Optics Postdoctoral Fellow
       Adaptive optics, atmospheric turbulence
Jan Kleyna  PhD, 1998, Harvard University
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Main Belt Comets, Pan-STARRS moving object software, DIXI mission support
Adam Kraus   PhD, 2009, California Institute of Technology
       Hubble Fellow
       Star and planet formation, extrasolar planets, stellar populations, fundamental stellar
       properties, Main Belt comets, Pan-STARRS software, DIXI mission support
Elena Moise   PhD, 2004, University of Arizona
       Solar and Heliospheric Postdoctoral Fellow 
Huw Morgan  PhD, 2005, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
       Solar Physics
Jagadheep Pandian  PhD, 2007, Cornell University
       Submillimeter Postdoctoral Fellow
       Massive star formation, 6.7 GHz methanol masers
Gayle Philip  PhD, 2006, National University of Ireland (Maynooth, Ireland)
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Computational biology, evolutionary biology.
Jana Pittichová  PhD, 1999, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
        Comets
Paul Price  PhD, 2004, Australian National University
       Pan-STARRS
       Gamma-ray bursts, high-redshift universe
Timm-Emanuel Riesen  Ph.D.,2007, University of Bern, Switzerland
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Mass spectrometers, Rosetta Mission, main-belt comets, solar system
Alberto Robador  PhD, 2009, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, University of Bremen,
       Germany
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Temperature control of sedimentary bacterial energy metabolism; ecophysiology; bacterial
       diversity
David Rupke  PhD, 2004, University of Maryland.
       Infrared-selected galaxies, galactic winds, Fabry-Perot instrumentation
Gal Sarid  PhD, 2009, Tel Aviv University
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Thermal, structural, and dynamical evolution of icy objects in the solar system
Ana Maria Teodorescu  PhD, 2006, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
       Planetary nebulae in our Galaxy and others
Ezequiel Treister    PhD, 2005, Universidad de Chile
       Chandra Fellow
       AGN, galaxy evolution
Miguel A. Urbaneja PhD, 2004, University of La Laguna (Canary Islands, Spain)
        Hot star atmospheres, quantitative spectroscopy of blue supergiant stars,
        extragalactic stellar astronomy; chemical evolution of galaxies
Zahed Wahhaj  PhD, 2005, University of Pennsylvania
        High Angular Resolution Postdoctoral Fellow 
        Disks and planets around nearby stars
Josh Walawender  PhD, 2006, University of Colorado
        Star Formation, protostellar outflows
Christopher Waters  PhD, 2007, Michigan State University
        Pan-STARRS PS1SC Postdoctoral Researcher
        Globular cluster dynamics
Bin Yang  PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Main Belt comets, jovian trojan asteroids, spectroscopy, infrared astronomy

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