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Name |
Year![]() |
Current Position | E-Mail Address | Advisor |
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Harry Isaac Teplitz§ | 1997 | Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | hit@ipac.caltech.edu | McLean, Ian |
Samuel Bradley Larson | 1997 | , Raytheon Electronic Systems | Larsonsbj@cs.com | McLean, Ian |
John Gunther Beck | 1997 | Staff Scientist, Stanford - Solar Physics Group | beck@fault.stanford.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
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 |
Deborah Anne Levine* | 1995 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | deblev@ipac.caltech.edu | Morris, Mark |
Lyla Suzanne Casement* | 1995 | JWST Research Scientist, Northrop Grumman Space Technology | suzanne.casement@ngc.com | McLean, Ian |
Donald Frank Figer | 1995 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | figer@cis.rit.edu | McLean, Ian |
Omar Al Hurricane§ | 1994 | Coroniti, Ferd/Pellat, R. | ||
Bruce Alan Macintosh | 1994 | Professor of Physics, Stanford University | bmacint@stanford.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Zhengzhi Wang* | 1994 | Scientist, Boeing Satellite Systems | zhengzhi.j.wang@boeing.com | Ulrich, Roger |
Yeuncheol Jeong | 1994 | Research Scientist, Korea | Wright, Ned | |
Robert Lewis Hurt§ | 1993 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | hurt@ipac.caltech.edu | Coroniti, Ferd/Turner, Jean |
Jo Eliza Pitesky* | 1993 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jo.pitesky@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Keven Isao Uchida | 1993 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Cornell University | uchida.4@osu.edu | Morris, Mark |
Wayne Buell Webb | 1992 | Staff Research Associate Astronomer; Director, UCLA; International Space Systems, The Aerospace Corporation | wayne.b.webb@aero.org | Malkan, Matt |
Cecilia Syfert Barnbaum* | 1992 | Professor of Astronomy, Valdosta State University | cbarnbau@valdosta.edu | Morris, Mark |
Siek Hyung | 1992 | Professor of Astronomy, Chungbuk National Universiry, Korea | hyung@trut.chunguk.ac.kr | Aller, Lawrence |
Gregory Benjamin Taylor | 1991 | Distinguished Professor Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Director of the Long Wavelength Array, UNM | gbtaylor@unm.edu | Morris, Mark |
Yi-Tian Gao | 1991 | Faculty Associate / Laboratory Director, China | Cline, David | |
George William Hawkins | 1990 | Staff Scientist, AAVSO | hawkins@aavso.org | Zuckerman, Ben |
Mary Elizabeth Anne Kaiser* | 1990 | Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University | kaiser@pha.jhu.edu | Wright, Ned |
Joel Harvey Kastner | 1990 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | jhkpci@cis.rit.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
Sylvain Gereon Korzennik | 1990 | Research Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | skorzennik@cfa.harvard.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Richard K. Albano§ | 1989 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Lauren Jones Likkel* | 1989 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | likkel@uwec.edu | Morris, Mark |
Paolo Alberto Mazzali | 1989 | Astronomer, Osservatorio Astronomico - Trieste, Italy | mazzali@ts.astro.it | Plavec, Mirek |
Richard K. Albano | 1989 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Brian Mathew Punsly§ | 1988 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Steven Tomczyk | 1988 | Scientist, High Altitude Observatory at NCAR | tomczyk@hao.ucar.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Dong-Woo Kim | 1988 | Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | kim@cfa.harvard.edu | Jura, Mike |
Ann Elizabeth Wehrle* | 1987 | Senior Research Astronomer, Space Science Institute | awehrle@spacescience.org | Morris, Mark |
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 |
Ann Elizabeth Wehrle* | 1987 | Senior Research Astronomer, Space Science Institute | awehrle@spacescience.org | Morris, Mark |
Jan Joseph Dobias | 1987 | Lecturer and Research Associate in Astronomy, California State University, Northridge | jdobias@csun1.csun.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Stewart Lee Moses§ | 1986 | Coroniti, Ferd/Kennel, C. | ||
Gordon Eric Eggum§ | 1986 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Arati Chokshi* | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, India | Wright, Ned | |
Robin Bruce Ciardullo | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, Penn State University | rbc@astro.psu.edu | Jura, Mike |
Paul Bernard Etzel | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, San Diego State University | etzel@mintaka.sdsu.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Isabel Hawkins* | 1986 | Senior Staff Scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, UCB | isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu | Jura, Mike |
Philip Jon Sakimoto | 1985 | Program Planning Specialist, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters | phil.sakimoto@hq.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
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 |
Janet Leigh Weiland* | 1984 | Support Scientist, IR Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center | Plavec, Mirek | |
Ronald Alan Downes | 1984 | Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | downes@stsci.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Allen Wayne Shafter | 1983 | Professor of Astronomy, San Diego State University | shafter@proteus.sdsu.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Pornchai Pacharintanakul | 1981 | Professor of Astronomy, Chulalongkorn University Thailand | pornchai@sprl.chula.ac.th | Jura, Mike |
Philip Dumont | 1981 | Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Ulrich, Roger | |
Charles Dayton Keyes | 1981 | Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | keyes@stsci.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Ronald Sylvester Polidan | 1980 | Scientist, Northrup-Grumman | ronald.s.polidan@gsfc.nasa.gov | Plavec, Mirek |
Harry Louis Burger | 1980 | Senior Scientist, Toyon Research Corporation | hburger@toyon.com | Katz, Jonathan |
Richard Clayton Crawford | 1980 | Scientist, Northrop Grumman | Plavec, Mirek | |
Stephen Alan Drake | 1980 | Scientist, HEASARC, Goddard Space Flight Center | drake@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov | Ulrich, Roger |
Karen Beth Kwitter* | 1979 | Professor of Astronomy, Williams | kkwitter@williams.edu | Margon |
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 | |
George William Rainey Jr. | 1977 | Faculty, California Polytechnic University | gwrainey@csupomona.edu | Abell, George |
Edward Joseph Rhodes Jr. | 1977 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Southern California | erhodes@usc.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Thomas Stephen Eastmond | 1977 | Faculty, Santa Ana Community College | Abell, George | |
Ronald Joseph Richard | 1975 | Faculty, Thomas Aquinas College | Abell, George | |
Geraldine Joan Peters* | 1974 | Professor (Research) of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California | gpeters@usc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
John Michael Scalo | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas | parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
John Parker Oliver | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida | oliver@astro.ufl.edu | Popper, Dan |
Denis Anthony Elliott | 1974 | Scientist in Astronomy Image Processing Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Riegel, Kurt | |
Bruce Edward Bohannan | 1973 | Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory | bruce@noao.edu | Epps, Harland |
Mark Allen Fry | 1973 | Scientist, Air Force Weapons Lab | Aller, Lawrence | |
Steven David Kilston | 1973 | Manager of Extrasolar Planet Advanced Missions, Ball Aerospace & Tech Corp | skilston@ball.com | Ulrich, Roger |
John Mottmann | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, California Polytechnic University | jmottman@calpoly.edu | Abell, George |
Richard Metcalf Crutcher | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy & Department Chair, University of Illinois | crutcher@astro.uiuc.edu | Riegel, Kurt |
Edwin Charles Krupp | 1972 | Director, Griffith Observatory | eckrupp@earthlink.net | Abell, George |
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 |
Donald Henry Gudehus | 1971 | Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy, Georgia State University | gudehus@chara.gsu.edu | Abell, George |
Rolf Erik Zimmermann | 1970 | Faculty, Newark State College | Upton | |
Sara Ridgway Heap* | 1970 | Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsheap@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
Sumner Grosby Starrfield | 1969 | Regents' Professor of Astrophysics, Arizona State University | sumner.starrfield@asu.edu | Upton |
William Charles Straka | 1969 | Senior Staff Scientist, Lockheed Martin | bill.straka@lmco.com | Upton |
David Stanley Leckrone | 1969 | Project Scientist--Hubble Space Telescope (retired), Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsleckrone@hrs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
John David Anderson | 1967 | Senior Research Scientist (retired), Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jdandy@earthlink.net | Herrick, Samuel |
William Hung Kan Lee | 1967 | , US Geological Survey | whklee@usgs.gov | Unknown |
Bernard James O'Mara | 1967 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | omara@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Donald Scott Hayes | 1967 | Scientist (retired), Kitt Peak National Observatory | Whitford | |
Devrie Shapiro Intriligator* | 1967 | Unknown | ||
Roland Le Roy Carpenter | 1966 | Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cal State University Los Angeles | rcarpen@neptune.calstatela.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Uri Fehr | 1966 | Unknown | ||
Thomas Charles Winter Jr | 1965 | Unknown | ||
William Henry Clarke | 1965 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Toronto | bclarke@astro.utoronto.ca | Aller, Lawrence |
Paul Jerome Coleman Jr | 1965 | Unknown | ||
James Hardin Jr. Hunter | 1964 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida | astjhh@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu | Weymann, Ray |
James Bailey Kaler | 1964 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois | kaler@astro.uiuc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Lewis Larmore§ | 1952 | Popper, Dan |