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Year | Current Position | E-Mail Address | Advisor |
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Alex G. Markowitz | 2003 | Research Astronomer, UC, San Diego | agm@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov | Malkan, Matt |
William Hung Kan Lee | 1967 | , US Geological Survey | whklee@usgs.gov | Unknown |
Ronald Sylvester Polidan | 1980 | Scientist, Northrup-Grumman | ronald.s.polidan@gsfc.nasa.gov | Plavec, Mirek |
Wayne Buell Webb | 1992 | Staff Research Associate Astronomer; Director, UCLA; International Space Systems, The Aerospace Corporation | wayne.b.webb@aero.org | Malkan, Matt |
Peter Plavchan§ | 2006 | Staff Scientist, Caltech | plavchan@ipac.caltech.edu | Jura, Mike |
Matthew Wood | 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, SLAC | mdwood@astro.ucla.edu | Vassiliev, V. |
Bernard James O'Mara | 1967 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | omara@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Cecilia Syfert Barnbaum* | 1992 | Professor of Astronomy, Valdosta State University | cbarnbau@valdosta.edu | Morris, Mark |
Amy Mainzer* | 2003 | Deputy Project Scientist for WISE, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | McLean, Ian | |
Daryl Parker | 2010 | parker@astro.ucla.edu | Ulrich, R. | |
Sarah Logsdon* | 2017 | NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | sarah.e.logsdon@nasa.gov | McLean, I. |
Richard Clayton Crawford | 1980 | Scientist, Northrop Grumman | Plavec, Mirek | |
Siek Hyung | 1992 | Professor of Astronomy, Chungbuk National Universiry, Korea | hyung@trut.chunguk.ac.kr | Aller, Lawrence |
Lukas Mandrake§ | 2002 | Coroniti, Ferd | ||
Devrie Shapiro Intriligator* | 1967 | Unknown | ||
Jon C. Mauerhan | 2008 | Research Staff, UC Berkeley | mauerhan@astro.berkeley.edu | Morris, Mark |
Charlotte Mason* | 2018 | cmason@astro.ucla.edu | Treu, T. | |
Fred Davies | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Max-Planck Institut fur Astronomie (MPIA) | davies@mpia.de | Furlanetto, S. |
Tom Esposito | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley | tesposito@berkeley.edu | Fitzgerald, M. |
Eugene Chen§ | 2008 | Scientist, DecisionNext (San Francisco) | eugene@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Nate Ross | 2015 | Sr. Systems Engineer 1 , Raytheon | nross@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
Robin Mostardi Rehagen* | 2015 | Full-time Faculty, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA | robin.rehagen@gmail.com | Shapley, A. |
Shane Frewen | 2015 | Physics and Computer Science Teacher, Flintridge Preparatory School | sfrewen@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Stephen James Little | 1971 | Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Colorado | slittle@casa.colorado.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Seth David Hornstein | 2006 | Senior Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder | seth.hornstein@colorado.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Chris Crockett | 2011 | Freelance science writer | cosmic.thespian@gmail.com | Larkin, J. |
Louis Levenson§ | 2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech | levenson@caltech.edu | Wright, Ned |
Jan Joseph Dobias | 1987 | Lecturer and Research Associate in Astronomy, California State University, Northridge | jdobias@csun1.csun.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Tuan Do | 2010 | Assistant Research Scientist, UCLA | tdo@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Quinn Konopacky* | 2009 | Assisstant Professor, UC San Diego | konopacky@astro.utoronto.ca | Ghez, A. |
Donald Scott Hayes | 1967 | Scientist (retired), Kitt Peak National Observatory | Whitford | |
Geraldine Joan Peters* | 1974 | Professor (Research) of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California | gpeters@usc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
David Rodriguez | 2011 | Archive Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | drodriguez@stsci.edu | Zuckerman, B. |
William Charles Straka | 1969 | Senior Staff Scientist, Lockheed Martin | bill.straka@lmco.com | Upton |
Matthew Michael Barczys | 2006 | Systems Engineer, NASA, Johnson Space Center | matbar@mac.com | Larkin, James |
Varoujan Gorjian | 1998 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | varoujan.gorjian@jpl.nasa.gov | Wright, Ned |
Laura Vican* | 2016 | Science Teacher, Sequoyah School | lvican@astro.ucla.edu | Zuckerman, B. |
Stephen Alan Drake | 1980 | Scientist, HEASARC, Goddard Space Flight Center | drake@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov | Ulrich, Roger |
Allen Wayne Shafter | 1983 | Professor of Astronomy, San Diego State University | shafter@proteus.sdsu.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Donald Frank Figer | 1995 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | figer@cis.rit.edu | McLean, Ian |
Sungsoo Kim | 2000 | Associate Professor of Astronomy, Kyung Hee University, Korea | sungsoo.kim@khu.ac.kr | Morris, Mark |
Cornelia Chesley Lang* | 2000 | Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa | cornelia-lang@uiowa.edu | Morris, Mark |
Angelle Maria Tanner* | 2003 | Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University | at876@msstate.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Edward Joseph Rhodes Jr. | 1977 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Southern California | erhodes@usc.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Emily Rice* | 2009 | Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island | erice@amnh.org | Mclean, I. |
Michael William McElwain | 2007 | Staff Scientist: Civil Servant, Goddard Space Flight Center | michael.w.mcelwain@nasa.gov | Larkin, James |
Jennifer Lynn Patience* | 1999 | Associate Professor, Arizona State University | jennifer.patience@asu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Karen Beth Kwitter* | 1979 | Professor of Astronomy, Williams | kkwitter@williams.edu | Margon |
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 |
Robert Lewis Hurt§ | 1993 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | hurt@ipac.caltech.edu | Coroniti, Ferd/Turner, Jean |
Brant Owen Nelson | 1996 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | nelson@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Sumner Grosby Starrfield | 1969 | Regents' Professor of Astrophysics, Arizona State University | sumner.starrfield@asu.edu | Upton |
Thayne Michael Currie | 2007 | NAOJ-Subaru Research Fellow, Subaru Telescope | currie@naoj.org | Zuckerman, Ben |
John Gunther Beck | 1997 | Staff Scientist, Stanford - Solar Physics Group | beck@fault.stanford.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
John Michael Scalo | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas | parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
David Michael Meyer | 1984 | Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University | davemeyer@northwestern.edu | Jura, Mike |
Robin Bruce Ciardullo | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, Penn State University | rbc@astro.psu.edu | Jura, Mike |
Amy Shiu-Mei Lo* | 2005 | Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Space Technology | amy.lo@ngc.com | Wright, Ned |
Alaina Henry* | 2009 | NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | ahenry@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
Alexander Jarvis§ | 2008 | Analyst, Disney Productions | ajarvis@physics.ucla.edu | Ong, Rene |
Breann Sitarski* | 2016 | Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation | bsitarski@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Carl Melis | 2009 | Assistant Research Scientist, UC, San Diego | cmelis@ucsd.edu | Zuckerman, B. |
James Willian, IV Colbert | 2003 | Staff Scientist, NASA Spitzer Science Center | colbert@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Chao-Wei Tsai | 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher, JPL | cwtsai@ipac.caltech.edu | Turner, J. |
Erin Smith* | 2008 | Staff Scientist, NASA Ames | esmith@hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov | McLean, Ian |
Tiffany Michelle Glassman* | 2002 | Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman | glassman@ipac.caltech.edu | Larkin, James |
Beth Klein* | 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA | kleinb@astro.ucla.edu | Jura, M. |
Sarah Jane Lipscy* | 2004 | Engineer, Ball Aerospace | slipscy@ball.com | Jura, Mike |
Li-Wei Hung* | 2016 | Night Skies Research Scientist, National Park Service | li-wei_hung@nps.gov | Fitzgerald, M. |
Lucian Patrick Crosthwaite | 2001 | Software engineer, Northrop Grumman | lpcrosthwaite@cox.net | Turner, Jean |
S. Michelle Consiglio* | 2018 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA | smconsiglio@astro.ucla.edu | Turner, J. |
Sylvana Yelda* | 2012 | Data Scientist, Gravity | syelda@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Xi Chen* | 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher, IPAC/Caltech | xchen@astro.ucla.edu | Wright, E. |
John Parker Oliver | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida | oliver@astro.ufl.edu | Popper, Dan |
Richard Metcalf Crutcher | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy & Department Chair, University of Illinois | crutcher@astro.uiuc.edu | Riegel, Kurt |
James Bailey Kaler | 1964 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois | kaler@astro.uiuc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
John Mottmann | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, California Polytechnic University | jmottman@calpoly.edu | Abell, George |
Donald Henry Gudehus | 1971 | Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy, Georgia State University | gudehus@chara.gsu.edu | Abell, George |
Russel Joseph White | 1999 | Associate Professor, Georgia State University | white@chara.gsu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Shelley Wright* | 2008 | Assistant Professor, UC San Diego | wright@astro.utoronto.ca | Larkin, James |
Edwin Charles Krupp | 1972 | Director, Griffith Observatory | eckrupp@earthlink.net | Abell, George |
Jessica Lu* | 2008 | Assistant Astronomer, IfA/Hawaii | jlu@ifa.hawaii.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Ian Crossfield | 2012 | Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow, U. Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab | ianc@lpl.arizona.edu | Hansen, B. |
Bruce Edward Bohannan | 1973 | Astronomer, Kitt Peak National Observatory | bruce@noao.edu | Epps, Harland |
Michael Moses Dworetsky | 1971 | Senior Lecturer of Astronomy, University College London | mmd@star.ucl.ac.uk | Aller, Lawrence |
David Stuart Meier | 2002 | Associate Professor, New Mexico Tech | dmeier@nmt.edu | Turner, Jean |
Jay Farihi§ | 2004 | Assistant Professor, University College London | j.farihi@ucl.ac.uk | Becklin, Eric |
Christine Hsiao-Ching Chen* | 2002 | Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute | cchen@stsci.edu | Jura, Mike |
Chun Ly | 2010 | NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | chun.ly@nasa.gov or astro.chun@gmail.com | Malkan, M. |
Harry Louis Burger | 1980 | Senior Scientist, Toyon Research Corporation | hburger@toyon.com | Katz, Jonathan |
Ranga-Ram Chary | 1999 | Postdoctoral Fellow, IPAC/Caltech | rchary@ucolick.org | Wright, Ned |
John Ernest Ross | 1971 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | ross@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Carl John Henney | 1999 | SOLIS Staff Scientist, Kitt Peak National Solar Observatory | henney@noao.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Emily Martin* | 2018 | emartin@astro.ucla.edu | McLean, I. | |
Katherine Kornei* | 2012 | Science Writer; Museum Educator, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry | kkornei@omsi.edu | Shapley, A. |