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Modified by JEB on Jun 07, 2007

Graduate Students

This page includes all students currently registered in the astronomy graduate program, listed by to year of entry. Dissertation topics and doctoral committees are included for students who have advanced to PhD candidacy. Students who have earned astronomy degrees from the University of Hawaii are listed on the Alumni page.

2007

Christopher Beaumont

B.S. 2007, Calvin College

Brendan Bowler

B.A. 2007, Tufts University

Thomas Dixon

B.Sc. 2007, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Marco Micheli

Laurea Specialistica 2007, Università di Pisa

Brian Stuart

B.A. 2007, Boston University

2006

Cooper Downs

B.S. 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz

Emily Levesque

B.S. 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Geoffrey Mathews

B.S. 2000, University of Texas, Austin

Sarah Sonnett

B.S. 2006, The College of Charleston

Rachel Stevenson

M.S. 2006, University College London

Vivian U

B.S. 2006, California Institute of Technology

Tiantian Yuan

B.S. 2006, Beijing Normal University

Maximilian Zavodny

B.S. 2006, California Institute of Technology

2005

Bradley Jacobs

B.A. 2004, University of California, Berkeley

Sarah Jaeggli

B.S. 2005, University of Arizona

Dagny Looper

B.S. 2004, California Institute of Technology

Jeffrey Rich

B.S. 2005, University of Southern California

2004

Trent Dupuy	M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii B.S. 2004, University of Texas
PhD topic: "Direct measurements of the fundamental properties of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs" Committee: Liu (chair), Leggett, Tonry, Rayner, Herbig, Magnier, Ed Scott (outside member)

Ben Granett	M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii B.S. 2004, California Institute of Technology
PhD topic: "Constraining cosmology with large scale structure from PS1" Committee: Szapudi (chair), Chambers, Gal, Kaiser, Magnier, Tully, John Learned (outside member)

Cheng-Jiun Ma	B.S. 2000, National Taiwan University
PhD topic: "MACS: The impact of environment on galaxy evolution at z>0.5" Committee: Ebeling (chair), L. Cowie, Kaiser, Kewley, Williams, Michael Garcia (outside member)

Rita Mann	M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii B.Sc. 2004, University of Victoria, Canada
PhD topic: "An SMA survey of the Orion Proplyds" Committee: Williams (chair), Habbal, Herbig, Jewitt, Liu, Alexander Krot (outside member)

Joseph Masiero	M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii B.S. 2004, Pennsylvania State University
PhD topic: "Using rotation and polarization to probe the composition and surface properties of main belt asteroids" Committee: Jedicke (chair), Bus, Hodapp, Lin, Tokunaga, Kimberly Binsted (outside member)

2003

Li Hsin Chien	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, National Taiwan University
PhD topic: "Star formation histories in merging galaxies" Committee: Barnes (chair), Stockton, Bresolin, Kewley, Sanders, John Learned (outside member)

Hai Fu	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, Nanjing University
PhD topic: "On the triggering mechanisms and environments of active galactic nuclei" Committee: Stockton (chair), Ebeling, Chambers, Kewley, Jedicke, John Learned (outside member)

David Harrington	M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, Michigan Technical University
PhD topic: "Spectropolarimetry of young disk stars at high resolution: an inner disk probe" Committee: Kuhn (chair), Meech, Herbig, Williams, Liu, Paul Lucey (outside member)

Jeyhan Kartaltepe	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, Colgate University
PhD topic: "Multiwavelength study of ultraluminous infrared galaxies in the COSMOS field" Committee: Sanders (chair), Barnes, Habbal, Kewley, Stockton, Kim Binsted (outside member)

Nicholas Moskovitz	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, U.C. Santa Barbara
PhD topic: "Thermal histories of small bodies in the Solar System" Committee: Gaidos (chair), Haghighipour, Jedicke, Jewitt, Owen, Sasha Krot (outside member)

Mark Pitts	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, Ohio State University
PhD topic: "Brown dwarfs in clusters: mass functions and spatial distribution" Committee: Magnier (chair), Liu, Mendez, Rayner, Reipurth, John Learned (outside member)

Steve Rodney	M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii B.S. 2003, Case Western Reserve University
PhD topic: "Type Ia supernovae progenitors" Committee: Tonry (chair), Chambers, Stockton, Magnier, Mendez, Peter Gorham (outside member)

Bin Yang	M.S. 2003, National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing B.S. 2000, Beijing Normal University
PhD topic: "Probing water in small bodies" Committee: Jewitt (chair), Tokunaga, Jedicke, Bus, Owen, Edward Scott (outside member)

2002

Mark Willman	M.A. 1980, University of California, Riverside B.A. 1977, University of California, Riverside
PhD topic: "Space weathering of young asteroid families" Committee: Jedicke (chair), Bus, Reipurth, Owen, Tholen, Edward Scott (outside member)

2001

Yuko Kakazu	M.S. 2003, University of Hawaii B.S. 2001, Tohoku University, Japan
PhD topic: "A wide-field survey for high-redshift quasars" Committee: Hu (chair), A. Cowie, Liu, Stockton, Wainscoat, John Learned (outside member)

Elizabeth McGrath	M.S. 2004, University of Hawaii B.A. 2001, Vassar College
PhD topic: "Origins of the earliest galaxies: probing the mechanisms of spheroid and active galaxy formation at high redshift" Committee: Stockton (chair), Chambers, Ebeling, Hu, Szapudi, Audra Bullock (outside member)

Brian Stalder	M.S. 2003, University of Hawaii B.S. 2001, California Institute of Technology
PhD topic: "AO studies of radio sources near bright natural guide stars" Committee: Chambers (chair), Barnes, Ftaclas, Joseph, Stockton, Tonry, Grieg Steward (outside member)