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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 Associate of the Harvard College Observatory
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.
PhD dissertation: "MHD Modeling of Flux Tubes"
Currently Maui Technology Education & Outreach Specialist, IfA Maui
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"
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
Email: bbarris at gmail.com
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
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 of Physics 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 Research Scientist with the NASA/JPL Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology
Email capak at me.com 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 Assistant Professor at Ohio University
Email: clowe at phy.ohiou.edu Home Page
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"
Currentyl at NASA Ames Research Center
Email: michael.s.connelley at nasa.gov
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
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 Support Astronomer, W. M. Keck Observatory
Email: sdahm at keck.hawaii.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 Home Page
Darren Depoy BS, 1982, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; PhD, 1987, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Nature of Luminous IRAS Galaxies"
Currently Professor at Texas A&M University
Email: depoy at physics.tamu.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: Nicholas.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 at 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
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 Associate Astronomer, University of Arizona
Email: eegami at as.arizona.edu Home Page
PhD dissertation: "The Molecular Gas Content and Ionization Processes in Distant Radio and Infrared-Selected Galaxies"
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia and Associate Astronomer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Email: aevans at virginia.edu Home Page
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
Hai Fu BS, 2003, Nanjing University, China; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2008, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Extended Emission-Line Regions: Remnants of Quasar Superwinds?"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Email: fu at astro.caltech.edu
Eliza Fulton BS, 1995, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; MS, 1998, University of Hawaii
Currently Baylor University Medical School
Email elizafulton at hotmail.com
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
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
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
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
David Harrington B.S. 2003, Michigan Technical University; Harrington M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2008, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "Spectropolarimetry of Young Disk Stars at High Resolution: An Inner Disk Probe"
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, UH Institute for Astronomy
Email: dmh at ifa.hawaii.edu Home Page
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 Home Page
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
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"
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 Associate Professor of Physics, Utah Valley University and Managing Editor for the ASP Conference Series
Email: Joseph.Jensen at uvu.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 heads KJImaging in
Honolulu, Hawaii
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
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 Assistant Adjunct Professor at University of California,
Berkeley.
Email: kalas at astron.berkeley.edu Home Page
Jeyhan Kartaltepe BS, 2003, Colgate University; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii; PhD, 2009, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: “A Multiwavelength Study of (Ultra) luminous Infrared Galaxies in the COSMOS Field”
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at National Optical Astronomy Obseervatory in Tucson
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: dk3wc at virginia.edu
Tae-Sun Kim MS, 1992, Yonsei University,
Korea; PhD, 1999, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Lyman-Alpha Forest at z`>2"
Currently at Astrophysical Institut Potsdam
Email tkim at aip.de
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
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
Email u091007 at lanl.gov
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
Renate 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
Email rkupke at ucolick dot org
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: 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 cora.nwra.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
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 retired and living in Oregon
Email: tzmartin at ashlandhome.net
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
Nicholas Moskovitz BS, 2003, U.C. Santa Barbara; MS, 2005, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: “Thermal Histories of Small Bodies in the Solar System.”
Currently Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Institution, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Email nmoskovitz zt dtm.ciw.edu
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"
Currently CEO, NorthStar Capital Advisors LLC, Charlotte, NC.
Email chrismullis at nstarcapital.com Home Page
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 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
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 Program Director in the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation
Email: bpatten at nsf.gov 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 nso.edu Home Page
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 Home Page
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 Systems Engineer, MAX Project Manager 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 at AOptix Technologies
Email dpotter at aoptix.com
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
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 Assistant Astronomer, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile
Email: susanr at ctio.noano.edu Home Page
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) in Massachusetts
Edward Rosenthal BS, 1984,
Harvard University; PhD, 1994, University of Hawaii
PhD dissertation: "The Stellar Population and Mass
Distribution at the Galactic Center"
Currently Physics & Astronomy Instructor, Glendale Community College, Arizona
Email: edward.rosenthal at gcmail.maricopa.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 an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC
Email: rothberg at ccs.nrl.navy.mil
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: Robert.Ruotsalainen at mail.ewu.edu Home Page
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
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 Associate Research Scientist, University. of
Maryland
Email: eshaya at astro.umd.edu Home Page
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 physics.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 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Astronomy
and Geosciences, Towson University
Email: astorrs 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
Terry Teays BS, 1973, University
of California, Santa Cruz; MS, 1976, University of Hawaii;
PhD, 1986, University of Nebraska
Currently Assistant Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium
Email teays at pha.jhu.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 Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics,
West Chester University, Pennsylvania
Email: RThornton at wcupa.edu Home Page
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 Lead Programmer/Analyst with Science Systems & Applications, Inc. at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Email: miket at lheamail.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
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
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, Assistant Research Fellow, Acadeimia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan and Adjunct Assistant Fellow, National Taiwan University Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, Taiwan
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 a graduate student at the IfA again
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
Maximilian Zavodny BS, 2006, California Institute of Technology; MS, 2008, University of Hawaii
Currently Experimental Physicist at eSolar in Pasadena, California
Email: max46145 at gmail.com