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Name | Year | Current Position |
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Advisor |
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Jan Joseph Dobias | 1987 | Lecturer and Research Associate in Astronomy, California State University, Northridge | jdobias@csun1.csun.edu | Plavec, Mirek |
Jennifer Lynn Patience* | 1999 | Associate Professor, Arizona State University | jennifer.patience@asu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Joel Harvey Kastner | 1990 | Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology | jhkpci@cis.rit.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
Jessica Lu* | 2008 | Assistant Astronomer, IfA/Hawaii | jlu@ifa.hawaii.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
John Mottmann | 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, California Polytechnic University | jmottman@calpoly.edu | Abell, George |
Jo Eliza Pitesky* | 1993 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | jo.pitesky@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Keri Dixon*§ | 2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Sussex | K.Dixon@sussex.ac.uk | Furlanetto, S. |
Mary Elizabeth Anne Kaiser* | 1990 | Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University | kaiser@pha.jhu.edu | Wright, Ned |
James Bailey Kaler | 1964 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Illinois | kaler@astro.uiuc.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Kevin Hainline | 2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher, JWST NIRCam Science Team;, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona | kevinhainline@gmail.com | Shapley, A. |
Charles Dayton Keyes | 1981 | Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute | keyes@stsci.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Dong-Woo Kim | 1988 | Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | kim@cfa.harvard.edu | Jura, Mike |
Katherine Kornei* | 2012 | Science Writer; Museum Educator, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry | kkornei@omsi.edu | Shapley, A. |
Kristin Kulas* | 2013 | Lecturer, Santa Clara University | kkulas@scu.edu | McLean, I. and Shapley, A. |
Karen Beth Kwitter* | 1979 | Professor of Astronomy, Williams | kkwitter@williams.edu | Margon |
Beth Klein* | 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA | kleinb@astro.ucla.edu | Jura, M. |
Quinn Konopacky* | 2009 | Assisstant Professor, UC San Diego | konopacky@astro.utoronto.ca | Ghez, A. |
Samuel Bradley Larson | 1997 | , Raytheon Electronic Systems | Larsonsbj@cs.com | McLean, Ian |
Louis Levenson§ | 2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech | levenson@caltech.edu | Wright, Ned |
Lauren Jones Likkel* | 1989 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | likkel@uwec.edu | Morris, Mark |
Li-Wei Hung* | 2016 | Night Skies Research Scientist, National Park Service | liweih@astro.ucla.edu | Fitzgerald, M. |
Patrick James Lowrance | 2000 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | lowrance@ipac.caltech.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Lucian Patrick Crosthwaite | 2001 | Software engineer, Northrop Grumman | lpcrosthwaite@cox.net | Turner, Jean |
Lukas Mandrake | 2002 | Research Astronomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | lukas.mandrake@jpl.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Laura Vican* | 2016 | Science Teacher, Sequoyah School | lvican@astro.ucla.edu | Zuckerman, B. |
Nickolaos Mastrodemos | 1998 | Scientist - Navigation Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | mastro@thisvi.jpl.nasa.gov | Morris, Mark |
Matthew Michael Barczys | 2006 | Systems Engineer, NASA, Johnson Space Center | matbar@mac.com | Larkin, James |
Jon C. Mauerhan | 2008 | Research Staff, UC Berkeley | mauerhan@astro.berkeley.edu | Morris, Mark |
Paolo Alberto Mazzali | 1989 | Astronomer, Osservatorio Astronomico - Trieste, Italy | mazzali@ts.astro.it | Plavec, Mirek |
Murray Daniel Silverstone | 2000 | Instructor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama | mdsilverstone@ua.edu | Becklin, Eric |
Matthew Wood | 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, SLAC | mdwood@astro.ucla.edu | Vassiliev, V. |
Michael William McElwain | 2007 | Staff Scientist: Civil Servant, Goddard Space Flight Center | michael.w.mcelwain@nasa.gov | Larkin, James |
Mark Roland McGovern | 2005 | Instructor - Astronomy/Physics, Antelope Valley College | mmcgovern@avc.edu | McLean, Ian |
Michael Moses Dworetsky | 1971 | Senior Lecturer of Astronomy, University College London | mmd@star.ucl.ac.uk | Aller, Lawrence |
Brant Owen Nelson | 1996 | 2MASS Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech | nelson@ipac.caltech.edu | Malkan, Matt |
Aimee Ann Norton* | 2000 | Assistant Astronomer, National Solar Observatory, Tucson | norton@noao.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Nate Ross | 2015 | Sr. Systems Engineer 1 , Raytheon | nross@astro.ucla.edu | Malkan, M. |
John Parker Oliver | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida | oliver@astro.ufl.edu | Popper, Dan |
Bernard James O'Mara | 1967 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | omara@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Daryl Parker | 2010 | parker@astro.ucla.edu | Ulrich, R. | |
John Michael Scalo | 1974 | Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas | parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Philip Jon Sakimoto | 1985 | Program Planning Specialist, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters | phil.sakimoto@hq.nasa.gov | Coroniti, Ferd |
Peter Plavchan§ | 2006 | Staff Scientist, Caltech | plavchan@ipac.caltech.edu | Jura, Mike |
Pornchai Pacharintanakul | 1981 | Professor of Astronomy, Chulalongkorn University Thailand | pornchai@sprl.chula.ac.th | Jura, Mike |
Robin Bruce Ciardullo | 1986 | Professor of Astronomy, Penn State University | rbc@astro.psu.edu | Jura, Mike |
Roland Le Roy Carpenter | 1966 | Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cal State University Los Angeles | rcarpen@neptune.calstatela.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Ranga-Ram Chary | 1999 | Postdoctoral Fellow, IPAC/Caltech | rchary@ucolick.org | Wright, Ned |
Joseph Hakjin Rhee | 2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA | rhee@astro.ucla.edu | Larkin, James |
Richard Alan Nolthenius | 1984 | Scientist / Instructor, Univesity of California Santa Cruz / Cabrillo College | rickn@ucolick.org | Jura, Mike |
Ryan Mallery | 2010 | Image Processing Scientist, Rebellion Photonics | rmallery@astro.ucla.edu | Rich, M. |
Robin Mostardi Rehagen* | 2015 | Full-time Faculty, Las Positas College, Livermore, CA | robin.rehagen@gmail.com | Shapley, A. |
Ronald Sylvester Polidan | 1980 | Scientist, Northrup-Grumman | ronald.s.polidan@gsfc.nasa.gov | Plavec, Mirek |
John Ernest Ross | 1971 | Professor of Astrophysics, University of Queensland Australia | ross@physics.uq.edu.au | Aller, Lawrence |
Richard Albert Webb | 2000 | NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames | rwebb@mail.arc.nasa.gov | Zuckerman, Ben |
Sarah Logsdon* | 2017 | NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center | sarah.e.logsdon@nasa.gov | McLean, I. |
Gregory Ronald Schultz | 1999 | Postdoctoral Fellow, PFSMETE program, Space Sciences Laboratory, UCB | schultz@ssl.berkeley.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
Gregory Ronald Schultz | 1999 | Education/Outreach Scientist and Teacher Educator, Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley | schultz@ssl.berkeley.edu | Zuckerman, Ben |
Michael J. Schwartz | 2004 | Professor of Astronomy, Santa Monica College | schwartz_michael@smc.edu | Becklin, Eric/ Young. E |
Scott Edward Evans | 1999 | Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Scott.Evans@jpl.nasa.gov | Ulrich, Roger |
Seth David Hornstein | 2006 | Senior Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder | seth.hornstein@colorado.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
Shane Frewen | 2015 | Physics and Computer Science Teacher, Flintridge Preparatory School | sfrewen@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Allen Wayne Shafter | 1983 | Professor of Astronomy, San Diego State University | shafter@proteus.sdsu.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Steven David Kilston | 1973 | Manager of Extrasolar Planet Advanced Missions, Ball Aerospace & Tech Corp | skilston@ball.com | Ulrich, Roger |
Sylvain Gereon Korzennik | 1990 | Research Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | skorzennik@cfa.harvard.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Sarah Jane Lipscy* | 2004 | Engineer, Ball Aerospace | slipscy@ball.com | Jura, Mike |
Stephen James Little | 1971 | Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Colorado | slittle@casa.colorado.edu | Aller, Lawrence |
Steve Berukoff§ | 2009 | Assistant Director for Data Products, National Ecological Observation Network | steveb@astro.ucla.edu | Hansen, B. |
Sumner Grosby Starrfield | 1969 | Regents' Professor of Astrophysics, Arizona State University | sumner.starrfield@asu.edu | Upton |
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 |
Sungsoo Kim | 2000 | Associate Professor of Astronomy, Kyung Hee University, Korea | sungsoo.kim@khu.ac.kr | Morris, Mark |
Lyla Suzanne Casement* | 1995 | JWST Research Scientist, Northrop Grumman Space Technology | suzanne.casement@ngc.com | McLean, Ian |
Siyi Xu* | 2014 | ESO Fellow, ESO (European Southern Observatory) | sxu@astro.ucla.edu | Jura, M. |
Sylvana Yelda* | 2012 | Data Scientist, Gravity | syelda@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Tim Arlen§ | 2013 | Machine Learning Software Engineer, Second Spectrum, Inc. | tca3@psu.edu | V. Vassiliev |
Tuan Do | 2010 | Assistant Research Scientist, UCLA | tdo@astro.ucla.edu | Ghez, A. |
Steven Tomczyk | 1988 | Scientist, High Altitude Observatory at NCAR | tomczyk@hao.ucar.edu | Ulrich, Roger |
Tham Tran | 2009 | - | tran@astro.ucla.edu | Ulrich, R. |
Keven Isao Uchida | 1993 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Cornell University | uchida.4@osu.edu | Morris, Mark |
Varoujan Gorjian | 1998 | Spitzer Staff Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | varoujan.gorjian@jpl.nasa.gov | Wright, Ned |
Wayne Buell Webb | 1992 | Staff Research Associate Astronomer; Director, UCLA; International Space Systems, The Aerospace Corporation | wayne.b.webb@aero.org | Malkan, Matt |
Russel Joseph White | 1999 | Associate Professor, Georgia State University | white@chara.gsu.edu | Ghez, Andrea |
William Hung Kan Lee | 1967 | , US Geological Survey | whklee@usgs.gov | Unknown |
Shelley Wright* | 2008 | Assistant Professor, UC San Diego | wright@astro.utoronto.ca | Larkin, James |
Xi Chen* | 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher, IPAC/Caltech | xchen@astro.ucla.edu | Wright, E. |
Yeuk Chun (Ken) Chow§ | 2010 | Financial Sector | yckchow@astro.ucla.edu | Ong, Rene |
Zhengzhi Wang* | 1994 | Scientist, Boeing Satellite Systems | zhengzhi.j.wang@boeing.com | Ulrich, Roger |