Astronomy Alumni (1966-Present)

This list originally compiled Kartik  Sheth.
Last Modified: 22-Feb-2007 - sel

 Overall statistics:

Ph.D.s awarded since 1966:     141 (20 unknown, 2 deceased, 2 in other fields)
Of these, # still in astronomy:    117  (83 %)


Ph.D.s awarded from 1986-1999:     56
Of these, # still in astronomy:    54  (96.4 %),   1 person is in the Seminary, 1 is a computer consultant for IBM

These 54 alumni have the following distribution in job positions:
 
Permanent / Semi-permanent
Temporary
University
National Labs/Institutes
University
Lab
21
19
14
2

Of these, the number that are permanent as faculty, tenure-track astronomers or civil servants:
 
Faculty/Tenure Trk
26


 
Year Name Thesis Title
2006 Walsh, Kevin The Formation and Evolution of Binary Near-Earth Asteroids from Tidal Disruptions
2006 Mazzuca, Lisa Morphology, Star Formation, and Kinematics of Nuclear Rings
2006 Gultekin, Kayhan Three-Body Dynamics with Gravitational Waves
2005 Pierce, Donna Formation and Destruction of CO in Cometary Comae
2005 Piontek, Robert Thermal and Magnetorotational Instability in the Interstellar Medium
2005 Yang, Yuxuan A Chandra Large Area Synoptic Survey of the Lockman Hole Northwest
2005 Li, Jianyang Light Scattering Properties of Asteroids and Cometary Nuclei
2005 Fast, Kelly Mars Ozone Abundances From Infrared Hetrodyne Spectra and Their Application to the Study of the Study of the Stability of the Martian Atmosphere
2005 Leinhardt, Zoe Planetesimal Evolution and the Formation of Terrestrial Planets
2004 Volgenau, Nikolaus Turbulence in Star Formation: Tracing the Velocity Fields of Dense Cores
2004 Marshall, James A Large Survey for Very Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
2004 Rupke, David ** Observations of Infrared-Luminous Galaxies: Absorption Line Spectroscopy of Starbursts and AGNs **Ph.D. in Physics
2004 Miller, Scott The Nature and Origin of Diffuse Ionized Gas in Nearby Edge-on Spiral Galaxies
2004 Baumgartner, Wayne Elemental Abundances via X-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters and the InFOCUS Hard X-Ray Telescope
2004 Berendse, Fred Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Cassiopeia A and Grazing-Incidence Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors
2002 Kim,Woong-Tae Giant Cloud Formation in Disk Galaxies
2002 Gibbons, Rachel Deviations of the Fundamental Plane and the Peculiar Velocity of Clusters
2002 Miller, Scott The Nature and Origin of Diffuse Ionized Gas in Nearby Edge-on Spiral Galaxies
2001 Shao, Xi Investigations of the Earth's Magnetoshpere with Global MHD Simulations
2002
 Horner, Donald J.
 X-Ray Scaling Laws for Galaxy Clusters and Groups
2001
 Lee, Chin Fei
 CO Outflows from Young Stars: Observations and Simulations
2000 Sheth, Kartik Molecular Gas Properties of Barred Spirals
2000 Nagar, Neil Central Engines and Accretion Mechanisms in Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei.
2000 Miller, Kristen Numerical Study of Accretion and Accretion Disks
2000 Woodney, Laura Chemistry in Comet Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake
2000 Kuntz, Kip Small-Scale Angular Variations in the Soft X-ray Background
2000 Geier, Sven A Study of Cosmic-Ray Beryllium with the Isotope Magnet Experiment (ISOMAX)
1999 Zhang, Jie A Study of the Sun's Corona Using EUV and Radio Observations
1999 Fernandez, Yan Physical Properties of the Nuclei of Comets
1999 Kundu, Arunav Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Globular Cluster Systems of Early Type Galaxies 
1998 Cavallo, Robert  Examining Abundance Anomalies in Globular Cluster Red Giant Stars
1998 Looney, Leslie  Unveiling the Envelope and Disk: A Sub-Arcsecond Survey of Young Stellar Systems
1998 Piner, Glenn  Geodetic VLBI Observations of EGRET Blazars
1998 Xu, Jianjun The Effect of Cooling on the K-H Instability in Astrophysical Jets
1997 Thornley, Michele  Dynamical Influences in Flocculent Galaxies. An Examination of Structure and Star Formation
1997 Colbert, Ed  Large Scale Galactic Outflows in Seyfert Galaxies
1996 Regan, Michael  Gas Flow in Barred Spiral Galaxies
1996 Gruendl, Robert  Spiral Structure and Global Star Formation Processes in M51
1996 Gallimore, Jack  The Enigmatic Seyfert Nucleus of NGC 1068 Implications for the Central Engine and Unifying Schemes
1996 Braatz, James  H2 O Megamaser Emission in Active Galactic Nuclei
1995 Rho, J  An X-Ray Study of Composite Supernova Remnants
1995 Peng, Yuan  A High Resolution Study of the Sagittarius B2 and W33A Massive Star Forming Regions 
1995 Helfer, Tam  The Distribution and Role of Dense Molecular Gas in the Centers of Galaxies 
1995 Chan, Kin Wing  Spectrophotometric Studies of the Galactic Center 
1994 Pound, Marc  Proto-Brown Dwarfs 
1994 Mulchaey, John  Observational Tests of the Unified Model for Seyfert Galaxies 
1994 Miyaji, Takemitsu  X-Ray Emission as a Tracer of the Large Scale Distribution of Matter 
1994 McMullin, Joseph  High Resolution Study of the Circumstellar Physical and Chemical Environments of Nearby Young Stellar Objects 
1994 Davis, David  X-Ray Substructure in a Flux-Limited Catalog of Clusters of Galaxies 
1993 Weaver, Kimberly  The Complex Broad Band X-Ray Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies 
1993 Phookun, Bikram  A Study of One-Armed Spiral Galaxies 
1993 Vasquez, Bernard  Nonlinear Wave Packet Evolution in a Dispersive Plasma: Application to Rotational Discontinuities 
1992 Nath, Biman  Energetic Events in the Early Universe 
1992 Lisse, Carey  Infrared Observations of Cometary Dust by COBE 
1992 Giovanoni, Peter  The Effects of Relativistic Neutrons on Nonthermal Models of Active Galactic Nuclei 
1992 Christian, Damian  Spectral and Temporal Behavior of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries Observed with the Einstein SSS and MPC and the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope 
1992 Butler, Paul  Pushing the Limit: Precision Radial Velocities, Techniques and Applications 
1992 Samarasinha, Nalin  Temporal and Spatial Inhomogeneities in Comets 
1991 Hewagama, Tilak  An Infrared Polarimetric Study of Sunspots 
1990 Henning, Patricia A Study of a 21-Cm-Selected Sample of Galaxies 
1990 Briley, Mike  Carbon and Nitrogen Abundance Variations Among Galactic Globular Cluster Stars 
1989 Hoban, Sue  Comet Halley an Optical Continuum Study 
1989 Armus, Lee  An optical investigation of powerful far-infrared galaxies 
1988 R. J. MacDowall  2 - Kilometric Type II Radio Bursts and Interplanetary Transients 
1988 T. J. Sodroski  The galactic large-scale far-infrared emission observed by IRAS: Implications for the morphology, physical conditions, and energetics of dust in the interstellar medium 
1988 E. P. Smith  Multicolor Surface Photometry of Powerful Radio Galaxies 
1987 R. S. Sopka  Mass Loss from Evolved Stars 
1987 S. A. Baum  Extended Optical Emission Line Gas in Powerful Radio Galaxies 
1987 N. Kassim  The Galactic Plane at 30.9 MHz 
1987 J. T. Bonnell  Spectroscopic determinations of surface gravities of giant stars, and ultraviolet observations of RR Lyrae and X Arietis
1987 H. Karimabadi  The physics of wave-particle interaction with applications to astrophysics 
1986 T. N. LaRosa  The Propagation of an Electron Beam through the Solar Corona 
1986 L. A. Magnani  Molecular Clouds at High Latitudes 
1986 R. B. Hindsley  An Investigation of Cephei Variable Stars Using Hydrostatic Model Atmospheres 
1985 S. Ghosh  The Onset of Alfvenic Turbulence
1985 S. F. Fung  Radiation from Nonlinear Coupling of Plasma Waves 
1985 S. B. Kraemer  The Effect of Dust in the Emission Line Gas of Seyfert 2 Nuclei 
1985 M. J. Henriksen  The Physical Characteristics of the X-Ray Emitting Gas in Clusters of Galaxies and Constraints on Dark Matter 
1985 M. Bobrowsky  Numerical Hydrodynamic Models of Planetary Nebulae 
1985 J. G. Stacy  The Development of the Goddard Compton Gamma-Ray Telescope and Neutral Hydrogen Observations Towards the Puppis Window of the Galaxy 
1985 G. H. Kaplan  The Earth's Nutational Motion Determined From Radio Interferometry 
1983 J. P. Norris  A study of the temporal and spectral characteristics of gamma ray bursts 
1983 D. G. Schleicher  The Fluorescence of Cometary OH and CN 
1982 S. Krishnaswamy  Formation of Dust Lanes in Spiral Galaxies by Radiation Pressure 
1981 R. J. Hanisch  2 - Radio Halo Sources in Clusters of Galaxies 
1981 M. H. Moore  Studies of Proton Irradiated Cometary-Type-Ice Mixtures 
1981 J. S. Ulvestad  2 - Radio Emission and the Forbidden Line Region of Seyfert Galaxies. 
1981 B. A. Williams  The Distribution and HI Properties of Spiral Galaxies in the Direction of the Coma/1367 Supercluster 
1980 W. T. Vestrand  On the Role of Cosmic Ray Protons in Two Types of Extragalactic Objects 
1980 P. E. Angerhofer  Title of thesis
1980 J. T. Karpen  On the Origin of Multiply-Impulsive Emission from Solar Flares 
1980 J. D. McKee  X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies 
1980 C. Y. Cheung  The Effects of CNO Abundance Variations and Detailed Boundary Conditions on the Evolution of Globular Cluster Red 
1980 A. Manduca  The Chemical Abundances and Physical Parameters of RR Lyrae Stars. 
1979 R. P. Sinha  Kinematics of HI Near the Galactic Center 
1979 P. A. Marionni  Nebular Diagnostics Indicative of the Evolutionary History of Planetary Nebulae 
1979 G. S. Rossano The Morphology of the Monoceros II and Cepheus IV Star Formation Regions 
1978 W. S. Gilmore  Radio Continuum Interferometry of Dark Clouds. A Search for Newly Formed HII Regions 
1977 R. H. Cornett The Interaction of Supernova Remnants and Interstellar Clouds Containing Carbon Monoxide 
1977 R. A. Perley  A Study of a Technique of Pencil Beam Synthesis with a Line Aperture and Its Use in Mapping Giant Radio Galaxies 
1977 P. F. Bowers  The Galactic Distributions and Kinematics of the Unidentified Type II OH/IR Stars 
1977 L. Ma-Sung  A Study of the Propagation and Intrinsic Characteristic of Flare-Associated Particle Events 
1977 J. B. Carlson  Radio Interferometric Investigations of Compact Components in Active Spiral and Seyfert Galaxy Nuclei 
1977 H. V. Frey  Title of thesis
1977 D. L. Frey  Titanium Oxide in Cool Stellar Atmospheres 
1977 C. E. Alissandrakis  Six Centimeter Wavelength Observations of Solar Active Regions and Bursts with 6 Arc-Seconds Resolution 
1976 P. E. Hardee  The Generation of Pulsed Emission from Rotating Neutron Stars by Plasma Streaming Instabilities 
1976 P. D. Jackson  Galactic Structure and Kinematics in the Centaurus Region of the Milky Way 
1976 L. K. Hutton  Fine Structure in 3C 120 and 3C 84 
1976 L. A. Dreiling  Model Atmospheres for Sirius and Procyon 
1976 K. R. Nicolas  The application of Si III line intensity ratios to determine the solar transition zone density and pressure 
1976 J. J. Cowan  Nucleosynthesis in Red Giant Stars 
1976 B. C. Brown  The Orbits of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter 
1975 R. H. Becker  High Resolution Radio Observations of Supernova Remnants 
1975 R. E. Clegg  Carbon and Nitrogen Abundances in F and G-Type Stars 
1975 G. L. Mader  The Relative Positions of the OH and H 2 O Astrophysical Masers 
1975 A. S. Milman  Carbon Monoxide Emission from Interstellar Dust Clouds 
1974 T. E. Gergely  Radioheliograph Data Reduction Programs 
1974 S. Knapp  A Description of the Cassegrain Amplitude Interferometer and disk Diameter for Five Late-Type Giant Stars 
1974 N. R. VandenbergNVI  Meter-Wavelength Observations of Pulsars Using Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry 
1974 J. G. Luhmann  Balloon observations of low energy electrons and the solar modulation of cosmic rays in interplanetary space 
1974 G. L. Hammond  The Chemical Composition and Effective Temperatures of Metallic Line White Dwarfs 
1974 E. J. Grayzeck  Investigation of the Spiral Structure of the Crux-Centaurus Circinus-Norma Region of the Milky Way by Means of Long-Period Cepheids 
1974 A. H. Karp  Hydrodynamic Models of a Cepheid Atmosphere 
1973 W. L. Upson  CNO Abundances in the Sun and Arcturus and the 12C/13C Ratio in Arcturus 
1973 T. Velusamy  Polarization of Supernova Remnants at Centimeter Wavelengths 
1973 T. B. Kuiper  An Analysis of Type III Burst Positions 
1973 R. A. LeFande  Atmospheric Absorption and Emission of Microwave -Radiation 
1973 M. R. Viner  A 26.3 MHz Radio Source Survey with an Absolute Flux Scale 
1973 B. M. Krupp  A New Analysis of the System of CH and the Carbon Twelve/Carbon Thirteen Ratio in Arcturus 
1972 S. Y. Liu  Fine Structure of the Solar Chromosphere 
1972 R. K. Riddle  A Study of a Region in Monoceros 
1972 R. H. Harten  A Study of Neutral Hydrogen Gas Motion Within Spiral Arms and in the Local Region 
1972 R. B. Tully  The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51 
1972 J. W. Fowler  Line-Blanketed Model Stellar Atmospheres Applied to Sirius 
1972 J. R. Fisher  Design Tests of the Fully Steerable, Wideband, Decametric Array at the Clark Lake Radio Observatory 
1972 J. G. Lyon  Thermal Stability in Planetary Nebulae 
1972 G. R. Knapp  High Frequency Resolution HI Line Observations of Interstellar Dust Clouds 
1972 F. J. Ahern  A Polarization Fourier Spectrometer: Design, Construction and Astronomical Observations 
1971 W. T. Sullivan  Microwave Radiation of Water Vapor in Galactic Sources 
1971 T. Kelsall  Multi-Color Photometry of Supergiants and Cepheids 
1971 D. M. Gottlieb  Abundances in K Giant Stars 
1971 D. Chesters  The Dispersion of Gravitational Radiation 
1971 A. Sanqvist  Lunar Occultations of the Galactic Center Region in H1, OH and CH2 O Lines 
1970 W. M. Cronyn  Radio Scattering in the Interplanetary Medium 
1970 J. D. Curtis  A Modification of the Brown-Shook Method Based on Lie Series 
1970 D. K. Yeomans  Nongravitational Forces Affecting the Motion of Comet Giacobini-Zinner 
1969 E. C. Silverberg  Interplanetary Dust Streams. Observation by Satellite and Lidar 
1969 D. R. Branch  Solar Magnesium Isotopic Abundance Ratios 
1969 D. J. Mullan  The Structure of Hydromagnetic Shocks in Regions of Very Low Ionization 
1968 J. J. Rickard  Optical and Radio Evidence of Large-Scale Peculiar Motions in the Cas-Per Arm 
1968 B. F. Smith  Dynamical Relaxation in Galaxy Formation 
1967 R. A. Williamson  A Study of Radial Velocities in Diffuse Emission Regions Using a Fabry-Perot Interferometer 
1967 P. A. Henderson  Large Scale Structure of the Neutral Hydrogen in the Galaxy 
1967 T. S. Smith  The Lyman Series of Ionized Helium in the Extreme Ultraviolet Solar Spectrum 
1966 K. W. Riegel  21-cm Line Observations of Small Diameter Galactic HII Regions 

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Acknowledgements:  I thank John Trasco for compiling the initial list of alumni names and their whereabouts.  The thesis titles were added using the ADS database and the books command developed by Doug Hamilton.  Y. Fernandez, R. Gruendl, A. Kundu, N. Nagar, S. Veilleux, D. Wellnitz, M. Phillips, M. Pound have all contributed information to this list.