University of Maryland Astronomy Ph.D. Alumni (1966 - Present)

List compiled by Kartik Sheth

Last modified Feb 22, 2005

A good measure of a program is not only its historical performance but also how its recent alums are doing. So we calculate statistics over the last decade and over the last 15 years, along with the overall averages.

Ph.Ds awarded in the last decade (2004-1994): 39
Of these still in astronomy: 36 (92 %)

Of these 36: 13 (33%) are in temporary positions (10 Univ / 3 Lab)
23 (59%) in permanent positions (14 / 9)

Ph.Ds awarded in the last 15 years (2004-1989): 53
Of these still in astronomy: 49 (92 %)

Of these 49: 13 (25%) are in temporary positions (10 Univ / 3 Lab)
36 (68%) in permanent positions (19 / 17)

Total Number of Ph.D.s awarded since 1966: 147
Of these number of people still in astronomy: 116

Key: TU/TL = Temporary University / Lab, SPU/SPL: Semi-permanent University / Lab

#	Year	Name	Thesis Title	Current Whereabouts	Key
147	2004	Volgenau Nikolaus	Turbulence in Star Formation: Tracing the Velocity Fields of Dense Cores	Postdoctoral Fellow U. of Koeln Germany	2	TU
146	2004	Marshall James	A Large Survey for Very Low Surface Brightness Galaxies	U. Maryland	2	TU
145	2004	Rupke David	Observations of Infrared-Luminous Galaxies: Absorption Line Spectroscopy of Starbursts and AGNs **Ph.D. in Physics	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Maryland	2	TU
144	2004	Miller Scott	The Nature and Origin of Diffuse Ionized Gas in Nearby Edge-on Spiral Galaxies	Lecturer Penn State University	7	NA
143	2004	Baumgartner Wayne	Elemental Abundances via X-ray Observations of Galaxy Clusters and the InFOCUS Hard X-Ray Telescope	Postdoctoral Fellow Caltech	2	TU
142	2004	Berendse Fred	Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Cassiopeia A and Grazing-Incidence Multilayer X-Ray Mirrors	NRL	1	TL
141	2000	Gibbons Rachel	Deviations from the Fundamental Plane and the Peculiar Velocity of Clusters	Current Postdoc Vanderbilt University 1st Postdoc UC-Berkeley LLB	2	TU
140	2002	Kim Woong-Tae	Structure Formation in Disk Galaxies via Gravitational Instability	Seoul National University Korea	6	PU
139	2001	Shao Xi	Investigations of the Earth's Magnetosphere with Global MHD Simulations	Research Staff GSFC	3	SPL
138	2001	Horner Donald J.	X-Ray Scaling Laws for Galaxy Clusters and Groups	Postdoctoral Fellow STScI	2	TU
137	2001	Lee Chin-Fei	CO Outflows from Young Stars: Observations and Simulations	Current Postdoctoral Fellow SMA Hilo HI 1st Postdoctoral Fellow JPL	2	TU
136	2001	Sheth Kartik	Molecular Gas Properties of Barred Spirals	Current: Research Scientist Caltech/SSC 1st Postdoctoral Fellowship CalTech	3	SPL
135	2000	Nagar Neil	Central Engines and Accretion Mechanisms in Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei.	Current Postdoct Kapetyn Institute Groningen 1st P-doc: Arcetri Observatory Firenze Italy	2	TU
134	2000	Miller Kristen	Numerical Study of Accretion and Accretion Disks	Currently: Not in Astronomy 1st P-doc: ITP Santa Barbara	7	NA
133	2000	Woodney Laura	Chemistry in Comet Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake	Current: Assistant Professor Central Florida 1st P-doc: Lowell Observatory w/ Schleicher	6	PU
132	2001	Kuntz Kip	Small-Scale Fluctuations in the Soft X-ray Background	Current: LHEA/ UMBC University Scientist 1st Pdoc: GSFC/ NASA	3	SPL
131	2000	Geier Sven	A Study of Cosmic-Ray Beryllium with the Isotope Magnet Experiment (ISOMAX)	Senior Postdoctoral Fellow Caltech 1st Postdoc Jet Propulsion Lab / Cal Tech	2	TU
130	1999	Zhang Jie	A Study of the Sun's Corona Using EUV and Radio Observations	Current: Assistant Research Scientist GMU 1st P-doc: NRL	4	SPU
129	1999	Fernandez Yan	Physical Properties of the Nuclei of Comets	Current: Assistant Professor Central Florida 2nd P-doc: Spitzer Fellow (2002-2205) 1st R-doc UHawaii w/ Jewitt & Meach	6	PU
128	1999	Kundu Arunav	Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Globular Cluster Systems of Early Type Galaxies	Current: Postdoct: Michigan State University 1st Postdoc: Yale	2	TU
127	1998	Looney Leslie	Unveiling the Envelope and Disk: A Sub-Arcsecond Survey of Young Stellar Systems	Current: Faculty University of Illinois 2nd P-doc: Project Scientist for SOFIA FIFI 1st P-doc: MPIA w/ Genzel	6	PU
126	1998	Cavallo Robert	Examining Abundance Anomalies in Globular Cluster Red Giant Stars	NRC Fellow Lawrence Livermore National Labs	1	TL
125	1998	Piner Glenn	Geodetic VLBI Observations of EGRET Blazars	Assistant Professor Whittier College	6	PU
124	1998	Xu Jianjun	The Effect of Cooling on the K-H Instability in Astrophysical Jets.	Raytheon/STX	1	TL
123	1997	Thornley Michele	Dynamical Influences in Flocculent Galaxies. An Examination of Structure and Star Formation	Assistant Professor Bucknell University	6	PU
122	1997	Colbert Ed	Large Scale Galactic Outflows in Seyfert Galaxies	Associate Research Scientist JHU 1st P-doc: NRC Fellow - GSFC / NASA	4	SPU
121	1996	Regan Michael	Gas Flow in Barred Spiral Galaxies	StScI Astronomer	3	SPL
120	1996	Gruendl Robert	Spiral Structure and Global Star Formation Processes in M51	Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Illinois	4	SPU
119	1996	Gallimore Jack	The Enigmatic Seyfert Nucleus of NGC 1068 Implications for the Central Engine and Unifying Schemes	Assistant Professor Bucknell	6	PU
118	1996	Braatz James	H2 O Megamaser Emission in Active Galactic Nuclei	Assistant Scientist NRAO-GBT	5	PL
117	1995	Rho J	An X-Ray Study of Composite Supernova Remnants	Caltech / Spitzer Science Center	3	SPL
116	1995	Peng Yuan	A High Resolution Study of the Sagittarius B2 and W33A Massive Star Forming Regions	Computer Consultant / IBM(Not in Astronomy)	7	NA
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114	1995	Helfer Tam	The Distribution and Role of Dense Molecular Gas in the Centers of Galaxies	Asst. Research Astronomer UC Berkeley	4	SPU
113	1995	Chan Kin Wing	Spectrophotometric Studies of the Galactic Center	IR Group - GSFC	5	PL
112	1994	Pound Marc	Proto-Brown Dwarfs	Research Associate U Maryland	4	SPU
111	1994	Mulchaey John	Observational Tests of the Unified Model for Seyfert Galaxies	Scientist OCIW	5	PL
110	1994	Miyaji Takemitsu	X-Ray Emission as a Tracer of the Large Scale Distribution of Matter	Assistant Professor Carnegie Mellon University	6	PU
109	1994	McMullin Joseph	High Resolution Study of the Circumstellar Physical and Chemical Environments of Nearby Young Stellar Objects	Assistant Scientist NRAO -CV	5	PL
108	1994	Davis David	X-Ray Substructure in a Flux-Limited Catalog of Clusters of Galaxies	Astronomer AXAF group MIT	4	SPU
107	1993	Weaver Kimberly	The Complex Broad Band X-Ray Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies	NASA Program Director for Spitzer GSFC / Constellation-X	5	PL
106	1993	Phookun Bikram	A Study of One-Armed Spiral Galaxies	St. Stephens College India	6	PU
105	1993	Vasquez Bernard	Nonlinear Wave Packet Evolution in a Dispersive Plasma: Application to Rotational Discontinuities	Research Associate Professor Univ. of New Hampshire	6	PU
104	1992	Nath Biman	Energetic Events in the Early Universe	Faculty Raman Research Institute India	6	PU
103	1992	Lisse Carey	Infrared Observations of Cometary Dust by COBE	Astronomer Maryland	3	SPL
102	1992	Giovanoni Peter	The Effects of Relativistic Neutrons on Nonthermal Models of Active Galactic Nuclei	Seminary (Not in Astronomy)	7	NA
101	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	Archive Scientist CSC STScI	3	SPL
100	1992	Butler Paul	Pushing the Limit - Precision Radial Velocities Techniques and Applications	Astronomer DTM	5	PL
99	1992	Samarasinha Nalin	Temporal and Spatial Inhomogeneities in Comets	NOAO	5	PL
98	1991	Hewagama Tilak	An Infrared Polarimetric Study of Sunspots	Challenger Center for Space Science Education	5	PL
97	1990	Henning Patricia	A Study of a 21-Cm-Selected Sample of Galaxies	Faculty University of New Mexico	6	PU
96	1990	Briley Mike	Carbon and Nitrogen Abundance Variations Among Galactic Globular Cluster Stars	Faculty University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh	6	PU
95	1989	Hoban Sue	Comet Halley an Optical Continuum Study	GSFC	5	PL
94	1989	Armus Lee	An optical investigation of powerful far-infrared galaxies	SIRTF	5	PL
93	1988	R. J. MacDowall	2 - Kilometric Type II Radio Bursts and Interplanetary Transients	GSFC	5	PL
92	1988	T. J. Sodroski	The galactic large-scale far-infrared emission observed by IRAS: Implications for the morphologyphysical conditionsand energetics of dust in the interstellar medium	GSFC	5	PL
91	1988	E. P. Smith	Multicolor Surface Photometry of Powerful Radio Galaxies	GSFC	5	PL
90	1987	R. S. Sopka	Mass Loss from Evolved Stars	Faculty Catonsville Community College	6	PU
89	1987	S. A. Baum	Extended Optical Emission Line Gas in Powerful Radio Galaxies	Director CIS Rochester Institute of Technology	6	PU
88	1987	N. Kassim	The Galactic Plane at 30.9 MHz	NRL	5	PL
87	1987	J. T. Bonnell	Spectroscopic determinations of surface gravities of giant starsand ultraviolet observations of RR Lyrae and X Arietis	GSFC	5	PL
86	1987	H. Karimabadi	The physics of wave-particle interaction with applications to astrophysics	SciberNet Inc / UCSD -- Not in Astronomy but related research in industry	7	NA
85	1986	T. N. LaRosa	The Propagation of an Electron Beam through the Solar Corona	Faculty Kennesaw State College	6	PU
84	1986	L. A. Magnani	Molecular Clouds at High Latitudes	Faculty University of Georgia	6	PU
83	1986	R. B. Hindsley	An Investigation of Cephei Variable Stars Using Hydrostatic Model Atmospheres	NRL	5	PL
82	1985	S. Ghosh	The Onset of Alfvenic Turbulence	GSFC	5	PL
81	1985	S. F. Fung	Radiation from Nonlinear Coupling of Plasma Waves	GSFC	5	PL
80	1985	S. B. Kraemer	The Effect of Dust in the Emission Line Gas of Seyfert 2 Nuclei	GSFC	5	PL
79	1985	M. J. Henriksen	The Physical Characteristics of the X-Ray Emitting Gas in Clusters of Galaxies and Constraints on Dark Matter	Director Joint Astronomy Center UMBC	6	PU
78	1985	M. Bobrowsky	Numerical Hydrodynamic Models of Planetary Nebulae	Orbital Science Corporation MD	5	PL
77	1985	J. G. Stacy	The Development of the Goddard Compton Gamma-Ray Telescope and Neutral Hydrogen Observations Towards the Puppis Window of the Galaxy	University of New Hampshire	6	PU
76	1985	G. H. Kaplan	The Earth's Nutational Motion Determined From Radio Interferometry	USNO	5	PL
75	1983	J. P. Norris	A study of the temporal and spectral characteristics of gamma ray bursts	GSFC	5	PL
74	1983	D. G. Schleicher	The Fluorescence of Cometary OH and CN	Lowell Observatory	5	PL
73	1982	S. Krishnaswamy	Formation of Dust Lanes in Spiral Galaxies by Radiation Pressure	GSFC	5	PL
72	1981	R. J. Hanisch	2 - Radio Halo Sources in Clusters of Galaxies	STScI	5	PL
71	1981	M. H. Moore	Studies of Proton Irradiated Cometary-Type-Ice Mixtures	GSFC	5	PL
70	1981	J. S. Ulvestad	2 - Radio Emission and the Forbidden Line Region of Seyfert Galaxies.	Director VLA NRAO	5	PL
69	1981	B. A. Williams	The Distribution and HI Properties of Spiral Galaxies in the Direction of the Coma/1367 Supercluster	University of Delaware	6	PU
68	1980	W. T. Vestrand	On the Role of Cosmic Ray Protons in Two Types of Extragalactic Objects	University of New Hampshire	6	PU
67	1980	P. E. Angerhofer	Title of thesis	Deceased (was working at USNO);	7	NA
66	1980	J. T. Karpen	On the Origin of Multiply-Impulsive Emission from Solar Flares	NRL	5	PL
65	1980	J. D. McKee	X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
64	1980	C. Y. Cheung	The Effects of CNO Abundance Variations and Detailed Boundary Conditions on the Evolution of Globular Cluster Red	GSFC	5	PL
63	1980	A. Manduca	The Chemical Abundances and Physical Parameters of RR Lyrae Stars.	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
62	1979	R. P. Sinha	Kinematics of HI Near the Galactic Center	NOAA	5	PL
61	1979	P. A. Marionni	Nebular Diagnostics Indicative of the Evolutionary History of Planetary Nebulae	Deceased (was working at GSFC);	7	NA
60	1979	G. S. Rossano	The Morphology of the Monoceros II and Cepheus IV Star Formation Regions	Aerospace Corporation (comet papers in 1997)	7	NA
59	1978	W. S. Gilmore	Radio Continuum Interferometry of Dark Clouds. A Search for Newly Formed HII Regions	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
58	1977	R. H. Cornett	The Interaction of Supernova Remnants and Interstellar Clouds Containing Carbon Monoxide	GSFC	5	PL
57	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	NRAO - Socorro	5	PL
56	1977	P. F. Bowers	The Galactic Distributions and Kinematics of the Unidentified Type II OH/IR Stars	NRL	5	PL
55	1977	L. Ma-Sung	A Study of the Propagation and Intrinsic Characteristic of Flare-Associated Particle Events	Bell Labs	5	PL
54	1977	J. B. Carlson	Radio Interferometric Investigations of Compact Components in Active Spiral and Seyfert Galaxy Nuclei	Center for Archaeoastronomy	5	PL
53	1977	H. V. Frey	Title of thesis	GSFC	5	PL
52	1977	D. L. Frey	Titanium Oxide in Cool Stellar Atmospheres	NOAA	5	PL
51	1977	C. E. Alissandrakis	Six Centimeter Wavelength Observations of Solar Active Regions and Bursts with 6 Arc-Seconds Resolution	University of Athens	6	PU
50	1976	P. E. Hardee	The Generation of Pulsed Emission from Rotating Neutron Stars by Plasma Streaming Instabilities	University of Alabama	6	PU
49	1976	P. D. Jackson	Galactic Structure and Kinematics in the Centaurus Region of the Milky Way	Hughes STX	5	PL
48	1976	L. K. Hutton	Fine Structure in 3C 120 and 3C 84	Staff Caltech Seismology Lab	6	PU
47	1976	L. A. Dreiling	Model Atmospheres for Sirius and Procyon	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
46	1976	K. R. Nicolas	The application of Si III line intensity ratios to determine the solar transition zone density and pressure	NRL	5	PL
45	1976	J. J. Cowan	Nucleosynthesis in Red Giant Stars	University of Oklahoma	6	PU
44	1976	B. C. Brown	The Orbits of the Galilean Satellites of Jupiter	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
43	1975	R. H. Becker	High Resolution Radio Observations of Supernova Remnants	University of California - Davis	6	PU
42	1975	R. E. Clegg	Carbon and Nitrogen Abundances in F and G-Type Stars	Royal Greenwich Observatory	6	PU
41	1975	G. L. Mader	The Relative Positions of the OH and H 2 O Astrophysical Masers	GeoSciences Research Division / NOAA	5	PL
40	1975	A. S. Milman	Carbon Monoxide Emission from Interstellar Dust Clouds	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
39	1974	T. E. Gergely	Radioheliograph Data Reduction Programs	NSF	5	PL
38	1974	S. Knapp	A Description of the Cassegrain Amplitude Interferometer and disk Diameter for Five Late-Type Giant Stars	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
37	1974	N. R. Vandenberg	Meter-Wavelength Observations of Pulsars Using Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry	NVI Inc. (GSFC email/ AAS member)	5	PL
36	1974	J. G. Luhmann	Balloon observations of low energy electrons and the solar modulation of cosmic rays in interplanetary space	University of California - Berkeley	6	PU
35	1974	G. L. Hammond	The Chemical Composition and Effective Temperatures of Metallic Line White Dwarfs	University of South Florida	6	PU
34	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	University of Maryland	6	PU
33	1974	A. H. Karp	Hydrodynamic Models of a Cepheid Atmosphere	Hewlett-Packard	7	NA
32	1973	W. L. Upson	CNO Abundances in the Sun and Arcturus and the 12C/13C Ratio in Arcturus	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
31	1973	T. Velusamy	Polarization of Supernova Remnants at Centimeter Wavelengths	JPL	5	PL
30	1973	T. B. Kuiper	An Analysis of Type III Burst Positions	JPL	5	PL
29	1973	R. A. LeFande	Atmospheric Absorption and Emission of Microwave -Radiation	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
28	1973	M. R. Viner	A 26.3 MHz Radio Source Survey with an Absolute Flux Scale	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
27	1973	B. M. Krupp	A New Analysis of the System of CH and the Carbon Twelve/Carbon Thirteen Ratio in Arcturus	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
26	1972	S. Y. Liu	Fine Structure of the Solar Chromosphere	Engineer Computer Sciences Corp. MD	7	NA
25	1972	R. K. Riddle	A Study of a Region in Monoceros	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
24	1972	R. H. Harten	A Study of Neutral Hydrogen Gas Motion Within Spiral Arms and in the Local Region	Martin Marietta	7	NA
23	1972	R. B. Tully	The Kinematics and Dynamics of M51	Faculty University of Hawaii	6	PU
22	1972	J. W. Fowler	Line-Blanketed Model Stellar Atmospheres Applied to Sirius	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
21	1972	J. R. Fisher	Design Tests of the Fully SteerableWidebandDecametric Array at the Clark Lake Radio Observatory	NRAO - Greenbank	5	PL
20	1972	J. G. Lyon	Thermal Stability in Planetary Nebulae	Dartmouth	6	PU
19	1972	G. R. Knapp	High Frequency Resolution HI Line Observations of Interstellar Dust Clouds	Faculty Princeton University	6	PU
18	1972	F. J. Ahern	A Polarization Fourier Spectrometer: DesignConstruction and Astronomical Observations	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
17	1971	W. T. Sullivan	Microwave Radiation of Water Vapor in Galactic Sources	University of Washington	6	PU
16	1971	T. Kelsall	Multi-Color Photometry of Supergiants and Cepheids	GSFC	5	PL
15	1971	D. M. Gottlieb	Abundances in K Giant Stars	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
14	1971	D. Chesters	The Dispersion of Gravitational Radiation	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
13	1971	A. Sanqvist	Lunar Occultations of the Galactic Center Region in H1OH and CH2 O Lines	Stockhom Observatory	6	PU
12	1970	W. M. Cronyn	Radio Scattering in the Interplanetary Medium	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
11	1970	J. D. Curtis	A Modification of the Brown-Shook Method Based on Lie Series	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
10	1970	D. K. Yeomans	Nongravitational Forces Affecting the Motion of Comet Giacobini-Zinner	JPL	5	PL
9	1969	E. C. Silverberg	Interplanetary Dust Streams. Observation by Satellite and Lidar	McDonald Observatory	6	PU
8	1969	D. R. Branch	Solar Magnesium Isotopic Abundance Ratios	Faculty University of Oklahoma	6	PU
7	1969	D. J. Mullan	The Structure of Hydromagnetic Shocks in Regions of Very Low Ionization	Bartol Research Institute U. Delaware	6	PU
6	1968	J. J. Rickard	Optical and Radio Evidence of Large-Scale Peculiar Motions in the Cas-Per Arm	Borrego Springs	6	PU
5	1968	B. F. Smith	Dynamical Relaxation in Galaxy Formation	NASA Ames	5	PL
4	1967	R. A. Williamson	A Study of Radial Velocities in Diffuse Emission Regions Using a Fabry-Perot Interferometer	Not in Astronomy	7	NA
3	1967	P. A. Henderson	Large Scale Structure of the Neutral Hydrogen in the Galaxy	Manhattan College	6	PU
2	1967	T. S. Smith	The Lyman Series of Ionized Helium in the Extreme Ultraviolet Solar Spectrum	Dickinson College	6	PU
1	1966	K. W. Riegel	21-cm Line Observations of Small Diameter Galactic HII Regions	NTL Science Foundation	5	PL