Modified by
JEB
on Oct 02, 2009
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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.
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2009
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Jason Chu
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B.A. 2009, University of California, Berkeley
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Gabriel Dima
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M.A. 2009, Cambridge University, UK
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Michael Lum
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B.S. 2009, San Jose State University
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Matthew Zagursky
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B.S. 2009, University of Maryland College Park
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2008
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Nada Al-Haddad
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B.S. 2006, Sanaa University
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Garrett Elliott
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B.S. 2008, Ohio State University
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Jonathan Gazak
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B.S. 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Heather Kaluna
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B.A. 2008, University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Alain Khayat
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M.S. 2006, Lebanese University
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Robert Knight
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B.S. 2006, University of Hawaii at Hilo
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Kirsten Larson
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B.A. 2008, College of Wooster
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Nicholas Lee
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B.S. 2007, University of California, Berkeley |
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Anna Roussanova
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B.S. 2008, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hsin Yi Shih
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B.S. 2008, University of California, Los Angeles
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Thomas Swindle
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B.S. 2008, Washington University
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Justin Troyer
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B.S. 2008, Purdue University
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Harus Zahid
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B.A. 2005, University of California, Berkeley
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Anthony Zenn
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B.S. 2007, University of Michigan |
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2007
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Thomas Dixon
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B.Sc. 2007, University of Hertfordshire, UK
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Marco Micheli
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Laurea Specialistica 2007, Università di Pisa
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Brian Stuart
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B.A. 2007, Boston University
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2006
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Cooper Downs
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M.S. 2008, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
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PhD topic: "Exploring Dynamic Events in
the Solar Corona"
Committee: Roussev (chair), Kudritzki, Kuhn, Lugaz,
Igor Sokolov, Steven Businger (outside member)
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Emily Levesque
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M.S. 2008, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2006, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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PhD topic: "Exploring the Environments of Long-Duration
Gamma-Ray Bursts"
Committee: Kewley (chair), Kudritzki, Bresolin, Boesgaard,
Phil Massey, John Learned (outside member)
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Geoffrey Mathews
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M.S. 2009, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2000, University of Texas, Austin
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PhD topic: "Characterizing Circumstellar
Disks at 5 Myr – a Multiwavelength Gas and
Dust Survey in Upper Scorpius"
Committee: Williams (chair), Cieza, Liu, Rayner,
Reipurth, Gary Huss (outside member)
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Sarah Sonnett
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M.S. 2009, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2006, The College of Charleston
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PhD topic: "Surface Properties and
Activity in Blue and Neutral TNOs"
Committee: Meech (chair), Bus, Jedicke,
Schorghofer, Ralf Kaiser (outside member)
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Vivian U
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M.S. 2008, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2006, California Institute of Technology
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PhD topic: "Kinematics and Energetics in
Luminous Infrared Galaxies: Tracing the formation
and Evolution of AGN in Galaxy Mergers"
Committee: Sanders (chair), Barnes, Aaron Evans,
Kewley, Kudritzki, Steven Businger (outside member)
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Tiantian Yuan
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M.S. 2008, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2006, Beijing Normal University
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PhD topic: "Using Strong Lensed Galaxies
to Probe the Metallicity History of Star-Forming
Galaxies Between Redshift 1.5 and 3"
Committee: Kewley (chair), Kaiser, Kudritzki,
Priya Natarajan, Sanders, Kim Binsted (outside member)
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2005
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Bradley Jacobs
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M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii
B.A. 2004, University of California, Berkeley
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PhD topic: "Matter and Dynamics of the Local Volume through Tip
of the Red Giant Branch Distances"
Committee: Tully(chair), Szapudi, Liu, Kudritzki,
John Learned (outside member)
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Sarah Jaeggli
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M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2005, University of Arizona
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PhD topic: "An Observational Study of the Formation
and Evolution of Sunspots"
Committee: Lin (chair), Joseph, Habbal, Roussev,
Han Uitenbroek, Steven Businger (outside member)
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Dagny Looper
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M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2004, California Institute of Technology
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PhD topic: "Tracing Recent Star Formation in the Solar
Neighborhood"
Committee: Rayner (chair), Reipurth, Herbig, Adam Burgasser,
Eric Gaidos (outside member)
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Jeffrey Rich
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M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2005, University of Southern California
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PhD topic: "An Integral Field Study of Galactic
Winds in (U)LIRGs"
Committee: Kewley (chair), Stockton, Boesgaard, Sanders,
Mike Dopita, Kim Binstead (outside member)
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2004
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Trent Dupuy
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M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2004, University of Texas
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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)
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Ben Granett
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M.S. 2007, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2004, California Institute of Technology
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PhD topic: "Constraining cosmology with
large scale structure from PS1"
Committee: Szapudi (chair), Chambers, Gal, Kaiser,
Magnier, Tully, John Learned (outside member)
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Cheng-Jiun Ma
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B.S. 2000, National Taiwan University
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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)
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Rita Mann
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M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii
B.Sc. 2004, University of Victoria, Canada
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PhD topic: "An SMA survey of the Orion
Proplyds"
Committee: Williams (chair), Habbal, Herbig,
Jewitt, Liu, Alexander Krot (outside member)
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Joseph Masiero
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M.S. 2006, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2004, Pennsylvania State University
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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)
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2003
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Li Hsin Chien
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M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2003, National Taiwan University
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PhD topic: "Star formation histories in
merging galaxies"
Committee: Barnes (chair), Stockton, Bresolin,
Kewley, Sanders, John Learned (outside member)
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Mark Pitts
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M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2003, Ohio State University
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PhD topic: "Brown dwarfs in clusters: mass
functions and spatial distribution"
Committee: Magnier (chair), Liu, Mendez, Rayner,
Reipurth, John Learned (outside member)
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Steve Rodney
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M.S. 2005, University of Hawaii
B.S. 2003, Case Western Reserve University
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PhD topic: "Type Ia supernovae
progenitors"
Committee: Tonry (chair), Chambers, Stockton,
Magnier, Mendez, Peter Gorham (outside member)
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Bin Yang
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M.S. 2003, National Astronomical Observatories,
Beijing
B.S. 2000, Beijing Normal University
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PhD topic: "Probing water in small
bodies"
Committee: Jewitt (chair), Tokunaga, Jedicke,
Bus, Owen, Edward Scott (outside member)
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2002
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Kathryn Whitman
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M.A. 2004, University of Hawaii
B.A. 2000, Cornell University
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Mark Willman
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M.A. 1980, University of California, Riverside
B.A. 1977, University of California, Riverside
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PhD topic: "Space weathering of young
asteroid families"
Committee: Jedicke (chair), Bus, Reipurth,
Owen, Tholen, Edward Scott (outside member)
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