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Name | Year |
Current Position![]() |
E-Mail Address | Advisor |
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Stephen James Little | 1971 | Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Colorado | slittle@casa.colorado.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Julia Fang* | 2013 | Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | fang@astro.ucla.edu | Margot, J.-L. |
Adam Greenberg | 2017 | Technical Staff, Raytheon | ahgreenberg@astro.ucla.edu | Margot, J. L. |
Matthew Michael Barczys | 2006 | Systems Engineer, NASA, Johnson Space Center | matbar@mac.com | Larkin, James |
Amy Shiu-Mei Lo* | 2005 | Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Space Technology | amy.lo@ngc.com | Wright, Ned |
Tiffany Michelle Glassman* | 2002 | Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman | glassman@ipac.caltech.edu | Larkin, James |
Janet Leigh Weiland* | 1984 | Support Scientist, IR Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center | Plavec, Mirek | |
Christopher Muir Price | 1978 | Support Scientist, Carnegie Inst. of Washington Obs. | Ford, Holland | |
Michael William McElwain | 2007 | Staff Scientist: Civil Servant, Goddard Space Flight Center | michael.w.mcelwain@nasa.gov | Larkin, James |
Erin Smith* | 2008 | Staff Scientist, NASA Goddard | esmith@hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov | McLean, Ian |
George William Hawkins | 1990 | Staff Scientist, AAVSO | hawkins@aavso.org | Zuckerman, Ben |
Scott Edward Evans | 1999 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Scott.Evans@jpl.nasa.gov | Ulrich, Roger |
James Willian, IV Colbert | 2003 | Staff Scientist, NASA Spitzer Science Center | colbert@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
John Gunther Beck | 1997 | Staff Scientist, Stanford - Solar Physics Group | beck@fault.stanford.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Jo Eliza Pitesky* | 1993 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jo.pitesky@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Harry Isaac Teplitz§ | 1997 | Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | hit@ipac.caltech.edu | McLean, Ian |
Wayne Buell Webb | 1992 | Staff Research Associate Astronomer; Director, UCLA; International Space Systems, The Aerospace Corporation | wayne.b.webb@aero.org | Malkan, Matt |
Varoujan Gorjian | 1998 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | varoujan.gorjian@jpl.nasa.gov | Wright, Ned |
Deborah Anne Levine* | 1995 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | deblev@ipac.caltech.edu | Morris, Mark |
Patrick James Lowrance | 2000 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | lowrance@ipac.caltech.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Keven Isao Uchida | 1993 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Cornell University | uchida.4@osu.edu | Morris, Mark |
Carl John Henney | 1999 | SOLIS Staff Scientist, Kitt Peak National Solar Observatory | henney@noao.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Lucian Patrick Crosthwaite | 2001 | Software engineer, Northrop Grumman | lpcrosthwaite@cox.net | Turner, Jean |
Alexis Popkow | 2016 | Senior Systems Engineer, Raytheon | apopkow@ucla.edu | Ong R. |
Isabel Hawkins* | 1986 | Senior Staff Scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, UCB | isabelh@ssl.berkeley.edu | Jura, Mike |
William Charles Straka | 1969 | Senior Staff Scientist, Lockheed Martin | bill.straka@lmco.com | Upton |
Harry Louis Burger | 1980 | Senior Scientist, Toyon Research Corporation | hburger@toyon.com | Katz, Jonathan |
John David Anderson | 1967 | Senior Research Scientist (retired), Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jdandy@earthlink.net | Herrick, Samuel |
Ann Elizabeth Wehrle* | 1987 | Senior Research Astronomer, Space Science Institute | awehrle@spacescience.org | Morris, Mark |
Ann Elizabeth Wehrle* | 1987 | Senior Research Astronomer, Space Science Institute | awehrle@spacescience.org | Morris, Mark |
Nate Ross | 2015 | Senior Principal Modeling & Simulation Engineer, Northrop Grumman | nross@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
Brian Rush§ | 1995 | Senior Navigation Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | brush@jpl.nasa.gov | Malkan, Matt |
Michael Moses Dworetsky | 1971 | Senior Lecturer of Astronomy, University College London | mmd@star.ucl.ac.uk | Aller, Lawrence |
Seth David Hornstein | 2006 | Senior Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder | seth.hornstein@colorado.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Sylvana Yelda* | 2012 | Senior Data Scientist, Kollective Technology | syelda@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Denis Anthony Elliott | 1974 | Scientist in Astronomy Image Processing Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Riegel, Kurt | |
Richard Alan Nolthenius | 1984 | Scientist / Instructor, Univesity of California Santa Cruz / Cabrillo College | rickn@ucolick.org | Jura, Mike |
Nickolaos Mastrodemos | 1998 | Scientist - Navigation Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | mastro@thisvi.jpl.nasa.gov | Morris, Mark |
Donald Scott Hayes | 1967 | Scientist (retired), Kitt Peak National Observatory | Whitford | |
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 |
David Grahame Lawrie | 1978 | Scientist, Aerospace Corporation | Ford, Holland | |
Steven Tomczyk | 1988 | Scientist, High Altitude Observatory at NCAR | tomczyk@hao.ucar.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Mark Allen Fry | 1973 | Scientist, Air Force Weapons Lab | Aller, Lawrence | |
Eugene Chen§ | 2008 | Scientist, DecisionNext (San Francisco) | eugene@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Ozlem Celik*§ | 2008 | Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center | celik@astro.ucla.edu | Ong, Rene |
Ronald Alan Downes | 1984 | Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | downes@stsci.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Sara Ridgway Heap* | 1970 | Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsheap@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
Zhengzhi Wang* | 1994 | Scientist, Boeing Satellite Systems | zhengzhi.j.wang@boeing.com | Ulrich, Roger |
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 |
Katherine Kornei* | 2012 | Science Writer; Museum Educator, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry | kkornei@omsi.edu | Shapley, A. |
Laura Vican* | 2016 | Science Teacher, Sequoyah School | lvican@astro.ucla.edu | Zuckerman, B. |
Jon C. Mauerhan | 2008 | Research Staff, UC Berkeley | mauerhan@astro.berkeley.edu | Morris, Mark |
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 |
Mary Elizabeth Anne Kaiser* | 1990 | Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University | kaiser@pha.jhu.edu | Wright, Ned |
Sylvain Gereon Korzennik | 1990 | Research Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | skorzennik@cfa.harvard.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Caer-Eve McCabe* | 2004 | Research Scientist, Eureka Scientific Inc | caereve@gmail.com | Ghez, Andrea |
Yeuncheol Jeong | 1994 | Research Scientist, Korea | Wright, Ned | |
Christian Howard§ | 2008 | Research Programs Communications Manager, Google | howard@astro.ucla.edu | Rich, M. |
Alex G. Markowitz | 2003 | Research Astronomer, UC, San Diego | agm@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov | Malkan, Matt |
Lukas Mandrake | 2002 | Research Astronomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | lukas.mandrake@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Gregory Mace | 2014 | Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin | gmace@astro.as.utexas.edu | McLean, I. |
Sumner Grosby Starrfield | 1969 | Regents' Professor of Astrophysics, Arizona State University | sumner.starrfield@asu.edu | Upton |
David Stanley Leckrone | 1969 | Project Scientist--Hubble Space Telescope (retired), Goddard Space Flight Center | hrsleckrone@hrs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Aller, Lawrence |
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 |
Bruce Alan Macintosh | 1994 | Professor of Physics, Stanford University | bmacint@stanford.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Bernard James O'Mara | 1967 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | omara@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
John Ernest Ross | 1971 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | ross@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
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 |
Richard Metcalf Crutcher | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy & Department Chair, University of Illinois | crutcher@astro.uiuc.edu | Riegel, Kurt |
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 |
Karen Beth Kwitter* | 1979 | Professor of Astronomy, Williams | kkwitter@williams.edu | Margon |
Edward Joseph Rhodes Jr. | 1977 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Southern California | erhodes@usc.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Lauren Jones Likkel* | 1989 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | likkel@uwec.edu | Morris, Mark |
Denise Kaisler* | 2005 | Professor of Astronomy, Citrus College | dkaisler@citruscollege.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
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 |
William Henry Clarke | 1965 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Toronto | bclarke@astro.utoronto.ca | Aller, Lawrence |
Michael J. Schwartz | 2004 | Professor of Astronomy, Santa Monica College | schwartz_michael@smc.edu | Becklin, Eric/ Young. E |
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 |
John Mottmann | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, California Polytechnic University | jmottman@calpoly.edu | Abell, George |
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 |
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 |
Roland Le Roy Carpenter | 1966 | Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cal State University Los Angeles | rcarpen@neptune.calstatela.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Geraldine Joan Peters* | 1974 | Professor (Research) of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California | gpeters@usc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Joel Harvey Kastner | 1990 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | jhkpci@cis.rit.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
Donald Frank Figer | 1995 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | figer@cis.rit.edu | McLean, Ian |
Xuheng Ding | 2017 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA | dxh@astro.ucla.edu | Treu, T. |
S. Michelle Consiglio* | 2018 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA | smconsiglio@astro.ucla.edu | Turner, J. |
Ryan Sanders | 2018 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis | rlsand@astro.ucla.edu | Shapley, A. |
Tom Esposito | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley | tesposito@berkeley.edu | Fitzgerald, M. |
Fred Davies | 2015 | Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Santa Barbara | davies@mpia.de | Furlanetto, S. |