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Name | Year | Current Position | E-Mail Address |
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Xinnan Du | annadu@astro.ucla.edu | |||
Matt Buchovecky | mbuchove@ucla.edu | |||
George William Rainey Jr. | 1977 | Faculty, California Polytechnic University | gwrainey@csupomona.edu | Abell, George |
Thomas Stephen Eastmond | 1977 | Faculty, Santa Ana Community College | Abell, George | |
Ronald Joseph Richard | 1975 | Faculty, Thomas Aquinas College | Abell, George | |
John Mottmann | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, California Polytechnic University | jmottman@calpoly.edu | Abell, George |
Edwin Charles Krupp | 1972 | Director, Griffith Observatory | eckrupp@earthlink.net | Abell, George |
Donald Henry Gudehus | 1971 | Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy, Georgia State University | gudehus@chara.gsu.edu | Abell, George |
Bernard James O'Mara | 1967 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | omara@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Siek Hyung | 1992 | Professor of Astronomy, Chungbuk National Universiry, Korea | hyung@trut.chunguk.ac.kr | Aller, Lawrence |
Roland Le Roy Carpenter | 1966 | Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cal State University Los Angeles | rcarpen@neptune.calstatela.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
William Henry Clarke | 1965 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Toronto | bclarke@astro.utoronto.ca | Aller, Lawrence |
Geraldine Joan Peters* | 1974 | Professor (Research) of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California | gpeters@usc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
James Bailey Kaler | 1964 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois | kaler@astro.uiuc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Mark Allen Fry | 1973 | Scientist, Air Force Weapons Lab | Aller, Lawrence | |
Stephen James Little | 1971 | Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Colorado | slittle@casa.colorado.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
John Ernest Ross | 1971 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | ross@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Michael Moses Dworetsky | 1971 | Senior Lecturer of Astronomy, University College London | mmd@star.ucl.ac.uk | Aller, Lawrence |
Sara Ridgway Heap* | 1970 | Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsheap@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
David Stanley Leckrone | 1969 | Project Scientist--Hubble Space Telescope (retired), Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsleckrone@hrs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
Charles Dayton Keyes | 1981 | Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | keyes@stsci.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Patrick James Lowrance | 2000 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | lowrance@ipac.caltech.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Murray Daniel Silverstone | 2000 | Instructor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama | mdsilverstone@ua.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Jay Farihi§ | 2004 | Assistant Professor, University College London | j.farihi@ucl.ac.uk | Becklin, Eric |
Bruce Alan Macintosh | 1994 | Professor of Physics, Stanford University | bmacint@stanford.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Michael J. Schwartz | 2004 | Professor of Astronomy, Santa Monica College | schwartz_michael@smc.edu | Becklin, Eric/ Young. E |
Yi-Tian Gao | 1991 | Faculty Associate / Laboratory Director, China | Cline, David | |
Gordon Eric Eggum§ | 1986 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Lukas Mandrake | 2002 | Research Astronomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | lukas.mandrake@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Richard K. Albano | 1989 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Philip Jon Sakimoto | 1985 | Program Planning Specialist, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters | phil.sakimoto@hq.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Lukas Mandrake§ | 2002 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Richard K. Albano§ | 1989 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Brian Mathew Punsly§ | 1988 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Jo Eliza Pitesky* | 1993 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jo.pitesky@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Stewart Lee Moses§ | 1986 | Coroniti, Ferd/Kennel, C. | ||
Omar Al Hurricane§ | 1994 | Coroniti, Ferd/Pellat, R. | ||
Robert Lewis Hurt§ | 1993 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | hurt@ipac.caltech.edu | Coroniti, Ferd/Turner, Jean |
Bruce Edward Bohannan | 1973 | Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory | bruce@noao.edu | Epps, Harland |
Tom Esposito | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley | tesposito@berkeley.edu | Fitzgerald, M. |
Li-Wei Hung* | 2016 | Night Skies Research Scientist, National Park Service | li-wei_hung@nps.gov | Fitzgerald, M. |
Christopher Muir Price | 1978 | Support Scientist, Carnegie Inst. of Washington Obs. | Ford, Holland | |
David Grahame Lawrie | 1978 | Scientist, Aerospace Corporation | Ford, Holland | |
George Howard Jacoby | 1978 | Deputy Director (Technology), Lowell Observatory | Ford, Holland | |
Fred Davies | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Santa Barbara | davies@mpia.de | Furlanetto, S. |
Keri Dixon*§ | 2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Sussex | K.Dixon@sussex.ac.uk | Furlanetto, S. |
Lauren Holzbauer* | 2014 | Government Employee, Non-Astronomy Institution | holzbauer@astro.ucla.edu | Furlanetto, S. |
Tuan Do | 2010 | Assistant Research Scientist, UCLA | tdo@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Breann Sitarski* | 2016 | Optical Systems Scientist, GMT | bsitarski@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Quinn Konopacky* | 2009 | Assisstant Professor, UC San Diego | konopacky@astro.utoronto.ca | Ghez, A. |
Samantha Chappell | 2018 | schappell@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. | |
Sylvana Yelda* | 2012 | Senior Data Scientist, Kollective Technology | syelda@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Angelle Maria Tanner* | 2003 | Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University | at876@msstate.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Jessica Lu* | 2008 | Assistant Astronomer, IfA/Hawaii | jlu@ifa.hawaii.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Jennifer Lynn Patience* | 1999 | Associate Professor, Arizona State University | jennifer.patience@asu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Russel Joseph White | 1999 | Associate Professor, Georgia State University | white@chara.gsu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Seth David Hornstein | 2006 | Senior Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder | seth.hornstein@colorado.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Caer-Eve McCabe* | 2004 | Research Scientist, Eureka Scientific Inc | caereve@gmail.com | Ghez, Andrea |
Shane Frewen | 2015 | Physics and Computer Science Teacher, Flintridge Preparatory School | sfrewen@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Steve Berukoff§ | 2009 | Assistant Director for Data Products, National Ecological Observation Network | steveb@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Eugene Chen§ | 2008 | Scientist, DecisionNext (San Francisco) | eugene@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Ian Crossfield | 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Kansas | ianc@lpl.arizona.edu | Hansen, B. |
John David Anderson | 1967 | Senior Research Scientist (retired), Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jdandy@earthlink.net | Herrick, Samuel |
Beth Klein* | 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA | kleinb@astro.ucla.edu | Jura, M. |
Siyi Xu* | 2014 | Assistant Astronomer, Gemini Observatory | sxu@astro.ucla.edu | Jura, M. |
Christine Hsiao-Ching Chen* | 2002 | Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute | cchen@stsci.edu | Jura, Mike |
Dong-Woo Kim | 1988 | Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | kim@cfa.harvard.edu | Jura, Mike |
Robin Bruce Ciardullo | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, Penn State University | rbc@astro.psu.edu | Jura, Mike |
Isabel Hawkins* | 1986 | Senior Staff Scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, UCB | isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu | Jura, Mike |
Peter Plavchan§ | 2006 | Assistant Professor, George Mason University | plavchan@ipac.caltech.edu | Jura, Mike |
David Michael Meyer | 1984 | Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University | davemeyer@northwestern.edu | Jura, Mike |
Richard Alan Nolthenius | 1984 | Scientist / Instructor, Univesity of California Santa Cruz / Cabrillo College | rickn@ucolick.org | Jura, Mike |
Sarah Jane Lipscy* | 2004 | Engineer, Ball Aerospace | slipscy@ball.com | Jura, Mike |
Pornchai Pacharintanakul | 1981 | Professor of Astronomy, Chulalongkorn University Thailand | pornchai@sprl.chula.ac.th | Jura, Mike |
Harry Louis Burger | 1980 | Senior Scientist, Toyon Research Corporation | hburger@toyon.com | Katz, Jonathan |
Anna Boehle* | 2017 | Postdoctoral Scholar, ETH Zurich | aboehle@astro.ucla.edu | Larkin, J. |
Jeffrey Chilcote | 2014 | Assistant Professor, Notre Dame | jchilcote@astro.ucla.edu | Larkin, J. |
Chris Crockett | 2011 | Freelance science writer | cosmic.thespian@gmail.com | Larkin, J. |
Tiffany Michelle Glassman* | 2002 | Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman | glassman@ipac.caltech.edu | Larkin, James |
Shelley Wright* | 2008 | Assistant Professor, UC San Diego | wright@astro.utoronto.ca | Larkin, James |
Michael William McElwain | 2007 | Staff Scientist: Civil Servant, Goddard Space Flight Center | michael.w.mcelwain@nasa.gov | Larkin, James |
Matthew Michael Barczys | 2006 | Systems Engineer, NASA, Johnson Space Center | matbar@mac.com | Larkin, James |
Joseph Hakjin Rhee | 2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA | rhee@astro.ucla.edu | Larkin, James |
Chun Ly | 2010 | NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | chun.ly@nasa.gov or astro.chun@gmail.com | Malkan, M. |
Nate Ross | 2015 | Senior Principal Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Northrop Grumman | nross@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
Alaina Henry* | 2009 | NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | ahenry@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
Wayne Buell Webb | 1992 | Staff Research Associate Astronomer; Director, UCLA; International Space Systems, The Aerospace Corporation | wayne.b.webb@aero.org | Malkan, Matt |
Alex G. Markowitz | 2003 | Research Astronomer, UC, San Diego | agm@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov | Malkan, Matt |
James Willian, IV Colbert | 2003 | Staff Scientist, NASA Spitzer Science Center | colbert@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Wei-Hsin Sun | 1987 | Professor of Astronomy; Director General, National Taiwan University; The National Museum of Natural Science Taichung, Taiwan | sun@phys.ntu.edu.tw | Malkan, Matt |
Erin Kathleen Strobel Hicks* | 2006 | Assistant Professor of Astronomy; Director of UAA Planetarium & Visualization Theater, University of Alaska Anchorage | ekhicks@uaa.alaska.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Brant Owen Nelson | 1996 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | nelson@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Frederick Keith Baganoff | 1996 | Research Scientist, a member of the Chandra/ACIS Instrument Team and of the NuSTAR Science Team, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research | fkb@space.mit.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Brian Rush§ | 1995 | Senior Navigation Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | brush@jpl.nasa.gov | Malkan, Matt |
Karen Beth Kwitter* | 1979 | Professor of Astronomy, Williams | kkwitter@williams.edu | Margon |
Adam Greenberg | 2017 | Technical Staff, Raytheon | ahgreenberg@astro.ucla.edu | Margot, J. L. |
Julia Fang* | 2013 | Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | fang@astro.ucla.edu | Margot, J.-L. |
Sarah Logsdon* | 2017 | Assistant Scientist/NEID Instrument Scientist, NSF’s OIR Lab | slogsdon@noao.edu | McLean, I. |
Emily Rice* | 2009 | Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island | erice@amnh.org | Mclean, I. |
Emily Martin* | 2018 | NSF Postdoctoral Scholar/UC Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Santa Cruz | emartin@astro.ucla.edu | McLean, I. |