Alumni (alphabetical listing)

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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"
Currently at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Email: sandrews at cfa.harvard.edu   

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
Email: annis at fnal.gov    Home Page

James Armstrong BS, 1995, Westminster College; MS, 1999, Michigan State University; PhD 2004 University of Hawaii.
Currently Maui Technology Education & Outreach Specialist, IfA Maui.
PhD dissertation: "MHD Modeling of Flux Tubes"
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"
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"
Email barrett at ifa.hawaii.edu

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"
Currently Systems Engineer at Northrup Grumman
Home Page

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"
Currently Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Email: James.M.Bauer at jpl.nasa.gov 

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     Home Page

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"
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"
Currently Associate Professor, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii
Email: bell at higp.hawaii.edu

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona 
Email: g.bendo at imperial.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"
Currently with Raytheon Systems Company, C^3I Division, Falls Church, VA.
Email: kblais at fallschurch.esys.com

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"
Currently eSMA Post-doctoral Research Associate with Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands
Email: sandrine at strw.leidenuniv.nl

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"
Currently at NorthWest Research Associates, Colorado Research Associates (CoRA) Division
Email: dbraun at cora.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"
Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy, University of Arizona
Email: rhb at lpl.arizona.edu   Home Page

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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"
Currently Assistant Professor 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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow with the COSMOS project, California Institute of Technology
Email capak at astro.caltech.edu   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"
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"
Currently Currently at Nortel Networks, Santa Clara, California

Jun Chen BS, 1990, Beijing University, China; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A search for Trojan asteroids"
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

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow at  University of Arizona
Email: dclowe at as.arizona.edu 

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"
Email: msc at ifa.hawaii.edu

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"
Currently NGA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Email: mcushing at ifa.hawaii.edu

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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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, 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"
Currently NSF Fellow at California Institute of Technology
Email: sed at astro.caltech.edu

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"
Currently Technology Licensing Specialist at the University of Michigan College of Engineering
Email: jdeane at umich.edu

Darren Depoy BS, 1982, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Nature of Luminous IRAS Galaxies"
Currently Professor and Astronomy Graduate Program Chair, Ohio State University
Email: depoy at astronomy.ohio-state.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"
Currently Associate  Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona
Email: 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"
Currently Scientist at Sanjole, Inc.
Email: ddonovan at sanjole.com

Chris Dudley BA, 1985, Dartmouth College; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
Email: dudley at vivaldi.nrl.navy.mil 

Luke Dundon BS, 2003, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii
MS thesis: "The Enigmatic Surface of (3200) Phaethon"
Currently an officer in the U.S. Navy

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Suzan Edwards BA, 1973, Dartmouth College; PhD, 1980, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Enigma of the YY Orionis Stars"
Currently Professor of Astronomy, Five College Astronomy Department, Smith College
Email: sedwards at smith.edu  Home Page

Eiichi Egami BS, 1988, Kyoto University, Japan; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "A Deep Survey of Fields Around z > 4 Quasars"
Currently Assistant Astronomer, University of Arizona
Email: eegami at as.arizona.edu  

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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"
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"
Currently Research Associate at University of Maryland
Email: farnham at astro.umd.edu  Home Page

Eliza Fulton BS, 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 1998, University of Hawaii
Currently Baylor University Medical School
Email elizafulton at hotmail.com 

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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"
Currently Deputy Senior Project Scientist, 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"
Currently Assistant Professor of Physics, Natural Sciences, Department, Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont
Email catherine.garland at castleton.edu

Deborah Goldader (née Maraziti) BS, 1991, Swarthmore College; MS, 1994, University of Hawaii
Currently Lecturer/Observatory Supervisor and PhD candidate, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Email goldader at dept.physics.upenn.edu  Home Page

Jeffrey Goldader BS, 1989, University of Washington; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Luminous Infrared Galaxies"
Currently Lecturer, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Email: jdgoldad at physics.upenn.edu  Home Page

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 

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Wendy Hagen Bauer BA, 1971, Mount Holyoke College; PhD, 1977, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Circumstellar Gas and Dust Shells of Late-Type Supergiants"
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

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"
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 Development Engineer, Apple Computer, Inc. 
Email: han at apple.com 

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"
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 lmh at ipac.caltech.edu  Home Page

Inge Heyer BA, 1985, Smith College; MS, 1987, University of Hawaii
Currently Public Outreach Officer of the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hilo.
Email i.heyer at jach.hawaii.edu  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"
Currently Project Scientist for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Low-Resolution Spectrograph, McDonald Observatory, 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"
Currently Postdoctoral Assistant at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Email: h.hsieh at qub.ac.uk  

Jiasheng Huang MS, 1988, Nanjing University, China; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The K-band Wide-field Survey"
Currently Astrophysicist with the SIRTF/IRAC team, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Email: jhuang at cfa.harvard.edu 

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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"
Currently Researcher and Public Relations Coordinator, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, Hawaii
Email: cat at naoj.org

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Joseph Jensen BS, 1992, California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Infrared Surface Brightness fluctuations and the extragalactic distance scale"
Currently Head of Instrumentation, Gemini Observatory
Email: jjensen at gemini.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"
Currently senior NT Web developer,  Concentric Network Corp, Cupertino California

Kevin Jim BA, 1986, Cornell University; MS, 1995, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2001, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Hawai`i Tip-tilt System and Infrared Gravitational Lensing"
Currently Research Associate/Project Manager, TerraSystems, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Email: kjim at terrasys.com   Home Page

Terry Jones BA, 1972, Occidental College; PhD, 1977, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Polarimetry of Be Stars at 1.25 and 2.2 Microns"
Currently Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota
Email: tjj at astro.umn.edu  Home Page

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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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Email: kakazu at iap.fr

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley.
Email: kalas at astron.berkeley.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"
Currently Research Associate, University of Maryland
Email: >dckim at astro.umd.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"
Currently at Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, England
Email tkim at ast.cam.ac.uk  

Jeremy King BS, 1988, Boston University; PhD, 1993, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Stellar Oxygen Abundances"
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"
Environmental Consultant; Hilo, Hawaii 
Email: gpknopp at yahoo.com

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Davis Deparment of Physics
Email kocevski at physics.ucdavis.edu

Sonali Kolhatkar BA (astronomy), BS (physics), 1996, University of Texas; MS, 1998, University of Hawaii
Currently Associate Computing Analyst, SIRTF Science Center, California Institute of Technology
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"
Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory

K. D. Kuntz BS, 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, 1988, University of Hawaii;  PhD, 2000, University of Maryland
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University 
Email kuntz at halo.gsfc.nasa.gov   Home Page

Reni Kupke BS, 1989, University of Arizona; PhD, 1998, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "An Observational Study of the Dynamic Behavior of Flux Tubes"
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher, The Laboratory for Adaptive Optics, Univeristy of California, Santa Cruz

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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"
Currently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University,
Email: Russell.Lavery at iastate.edu 

K. D. Leka BS, 1989, Yale University; PhD, 1995, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Are Solar Emerging Flux Regions Carrying Electric Current?"
Currently Research Scientist, Northwest Research Associates Inc.
Email: leka at colorado-research.com   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  

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John MacKenty BA,1979, Harvard University; PhD, 1986, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Morphologies and Environments of Seyfert Galaxies"
Currently Operations Scientist for Wide Field Camera 3,  Space Telescope Science Institute
Email: mackenty at stsci.edu 

Martina McGinn BSc, 1981, University of Melbourne, Australia; PhD, 1988, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Mass Distribution in the Galactic Center"

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher: Next Generation Adaptive Optics for the Keck Telescopes, Center for Adaptive Optics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: mcgrath at ucolick.org

Terry Martin BS, 1967, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, 1975, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Saturn and Jupiter: a Study of Atmospheric Constituents"
Currently Scientist, Earth & Planetary Atmospheres, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Email: tzmartin at pop.jpl.nasa.gov  

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"
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"
Currently Director, Ritter Observatory, The University of Toledo, Ohio
Email: ndm at physics.utoledo.edu   Home Page

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"
Research Scientist at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email cmullis at umich.edu   Home Page

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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 ifa.hawaii.edu   Home Page

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"
Member of the Technical Staff, Senior, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Email megan.novicki at ngc.com

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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"
Currently Staff Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Email: bpatten at cfa.harvard.edu  Home Page

Matthew Penn BS, 1986, California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Source of 5-Minute Period Umbral Oscillations"
Currently at the National Solar Observatory
Email mpenn at nao.edu  

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

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"
Currently Associate Professor, University of Wyoming
Email: mpierce at uwyo.edu  Home Page

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"
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 Electrical Engineer at Hawaii 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 Home Page

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow at Steward Observatory, Arizona
Email dpotter at as.arizona.edu

Norman Purves BS, 1976, Portland State University; MS, 1979, University of Hawaii
Currently Instructor in Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Email purves at hawaii.edu  Home Page

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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"
Currently Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Email: Michael.E.Ressler at jpl.nasa.gov   Home Page

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"
Currently Research staff, Johns Hopkins University
Email: ridgway at pha.jhu.edu

Michael Rigler BS, 1986, California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Morphologies of Distant Radio Galaxies"
Currently Program Manager, Word Business Unit, Microsoft Corporation
Email: mrigler at microsoft.com  

Robert Ronan BS, 1986, Harvard University; PhD, 1992, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Global Solar Intensity Oscillations at Solar Maximum"
Currently Physician (radiology), Hyannis, Massachusetts
Email:    Home Page

Edward Rosenthal BS, 1984, Harvard University; PhD, 1994, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Stellar Population and Mass Distribution at the Galactic Center"
Currently Staff Scientist at National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Email: erosenthal at noao.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"
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Space Telescope Science Institute
Email: rothberg at stsci.edu

Robert Ruotsalainen BS, 1974, University of Washington; PhD, 1982, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Multicolor Photometry of Stars in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies"
Currently Professor of Physics at Eastern Washington University
Email: ruotsalainen at ewu.edu   

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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"
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"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts
Email: senay at fcrao1.phast.umass.edu  Home Page

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"
Currently Adjunct Research Associate, University. of Maryland, and Chief Scientist at Raytheon ITSS on a contract to support the Astrophysics Data Facility at Goddard Space Flight Center
Email: edward.j.shaya.1 at gsfc.nasa.gov 

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"
Currently Staff 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"
Currently Director of Gemini Observatory
Email: dsimons at gemini.edu  Home Page

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"
Currently, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Physics at Harvard University
Email:  stalder at fas.harvard.edu

Alex Stephens BS, 1994, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); PhD, 2000, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Accretion in the Galactic Halo"
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"
Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University
Email: storrs at towson.edu  Home Page

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"
Currently SIRTF staff scientist, California Institute of Technology
Email: jason at ipac.caltech.edu  Home Page

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Terry Teays BS, 1973, University of California, Santa Cruz; MS, 1976, University of Hawaii; PhD, 1986, University of Nebraska
Currently Manager of the Formal Education Branch in the Office of Public Outreach and the Director of NASA's Origins Education Forum, Space Telescope Science Institute
Email  teays at stsci.edu  Home Page

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"
Currently Postdoctoral Associate in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
Email: rjt at bcm.tmc.edu

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"
Currently IRTF Deputy Division Chief, University of Hawaii
Email: tolles at ifa.hawaii.edu  Home Page

Neil Trentham BA, 1991, University of Cambridge; PhD, 1997, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Email: trentham at ast.cam.ac.uk   Home Page

Michael Tripicco BS, 1982, University of Rochester; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Spectroscopy of Metal-Rich M31 Globular Clusters"
Currently Senior Programmer/Analyst Hughes STX Corp, working on Rossi XTE satellite at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Email: miket at rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov  Home Page

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"
Currently Assistant Astronomer, Gemini Observatory
Email trujillo at gemini.edu  Home Page

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John Varsik BS, 1979, Stanford University; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Properties of stellar activity in F stars"
Currently Assistant Research Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Email: varsik at bbso.nijt.edu   Home Page

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Stephen Walton BS, 1977, California Institute of Technology; PhD, 1984, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Flux Tube Models of Solar Faculae"
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"
Currently Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Email: whwang at aoc.nrao.edu  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 Spectrographic Specialist at the IfA
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"
Currently Special Assistant to the Director of Development and Transformation at the US Air Force Space Command, Space & Missile Systems Center
Email: robert.whiteley at losangeles.af.mil

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