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Postdoctoral Researchers

Robert Bowers PhD, 2012, University of Colorado
        Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
        Subseafloor microbial ecology
Jason Byrne  PhD, 2010, University of Dublin, Trinity College
        Coronal Mass Ejection Model & Data Analyst Postdoctoral Fellow
        Solar physics
Julien Carron   PhD, 2012, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
        Cosmology Postdoctoral Fellow
        Large-scale structure of the Universe, weak lensing
Caitlin Casey  PhD, 2010, University of Cambridge
        Hubble Fellow
        Ultraluminous galaxies, starburst AGN interaction, galaxy evolution
Hsin-Fang Chiang  PhD, 2011, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
        Low-mass star formation
Patricia Doyle  PhD, 2012, Imperial College London, UK
         Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
         Water in the early solar system, Mn-Cr chronometry, Ti-oxidation states, experimental petrology
Heather Flewelling  PhD, 2009, University of Michigan
        Pan-STARRS PS1SC Postdoctoral Researcher
        Gamma-ray bursts
Lydia Hallis  PhD, 2010, Open University, UK
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Water in the early solar system
David Harrington  PhD, 2008, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
       Spectropolarimetry, instrumentation, stellar & solar physics
Brendan Hermalyn  PhD, 2011, Brown University
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Hypervelocity impact and ejecta dynamics
Henry Hsieh  PhD, 2007, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
        Hubble Fellow
        Comets, asteroids
Mark Huber  PhD, 2002, University of Wyoming
        Pan-STARRS PS1SC Postdoctoral Researcher
        Transients and variable stars
Regina Jorgenson PhD, 2008, University of California, San Diego
       NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellow
       Galaxy formation and evolution, quasar absorption lines, damped Lyman-alpha systems, interstellar/galactic medium
Jan Kleyna  PhD, 1998, Harvard University
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Main Belt comets, Pan-STARRS moving object software, DIXI mission support
Michael Koss   PhD, 2011, University of Maryland   
       X-ray surveys, host galaxies of AGN, merger AGN connection   
Jessica Lu  PhD, 2008, University of California, Los Angeles
       NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellow
       High-mass star and cluster formation, galactic centers, adaptive optics, astrometry
Nicholas McConnell  PhD, 2012, University of California, Berkeley
       Beatrice Watson Parrent Postdoctoral Fellow
       Supermassive black holes, galaxy nuclei, brightest cluster galaxies
Eric Nielsen  PhD, 2011, University of Arizona
       Exoplanets, Circumstellar Disks, or Brown Dwarfs Postdoctoral Fellow
       Directly imaging and characterizing extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs
Timm-Emanuel Riesen  Ph.D.,2007, University of Bern, Switzerland
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Mass spectrometers, Rosetta Mission, main-belt comets, solar system
Eva Schunova  PhD, 2012, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
       ATLAS Survey Simulations Postdoctoral Fellow
       Near-Earth asteroids, asteroid families, meteors
James Stephenson  PhD 2011, University of Cambridge, UK
              Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
              Life's choice of amino acids
Ana Maria Teodorescu  PhD, 2006, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
       Planetary nebulae in our Galaxy and others
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
Peter Vereš  PhD, 2010, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
        Pan-STARRS PS1 MOPS Postdoctoral Fellow
        Populations of small near-Earth asteroids; meteors; transiting exoplanets
Christopher Waters  PhD, 2007, Michigan State University
        Pan-STARRS PS1SC Postdoctoral Researcher
        Globular cluster dynamics
Bin Yang  PhD, 2009, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
       Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow
       Main Belt comets, jovian trojan asteroids, spectroscopy, infrared astronomy

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