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Astronomy Group Alumni

Astronomy Graduates

Name MS PhD Post-MS/PhD Position
Broxton Miles  2018 Postdoc, North Carolina State University
Sunil Laudari 2017 Grad student, University of Alabama – Huntsville
Mengxuan Zhu 2017 Grad student, The University of Edinburgh
James Pepper 2013 2017
Krista McCord 2014 2017 Senior Engineer, Deep Space Systems, Colorado
Sarah Bradford 2016 Engineer, Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Huntsville, AL
Donglian Xu 2011 2015 Postdoc, Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison
Timmy Brockett 2014 Tech Associate, Deep Space Systems, Colorado
Michael Larson 2013 Grad student, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Aparajita Sengupta 2013 Lecturer, Texas State University.
Yuanyuan Su 2011 2013 Postdoc, Univ. of California, Irvine
Postdoc, Harvard cfA
Erin Darnell 2012 Instructor, Shelton State, Tuscaloosa, AL
Law Clerk,  Law firm of Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, St. Louis, MO
Anna Manning 2011 Oceanographer, USNO Naval Oceanographic Office
Branyon May 2011
Alana May 2010
Adriana Durbala 2007 2009 Associate Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Sebastian Zamfir 2007 2009 Assistant Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Rebecca Grouchy 2005 2008 Postdoc, University of Oulu, Finland
Lecturer, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
Patrick Treuthardt 2001 2008 Postdoc, University of Oulu, Finland
Assistant Head, ​North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Enrique Gomez 2003 2006 Associate Professor, Western Carolina University
Matthew Wimmer 2006 Physics Instructor at Ivy Tech Community College
Jin He 2002 2005 Lecturer, Wuhan University of Technology
Writer, Wuhan FutureSpace Sci Corp Limited
Sergei Vasylyev 2005 Physics Instructor, Kennesaw State University
Senior Field Engineer, Shlumberger, Ltd.
Engineer at Shell Exploration & Production Company, Houston, TX
Rumen Bachev 2003 Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Bulgaria
Robert Mohr 1997 2001 Instructor, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Donovan Domingue 1998 2000 Professor, Georgia College & State University
Wentao Wu 1999 Postdoc, Louisiana State University
Astronomer, Yunnan Observatory
Renato Dupke 1999 Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan and
Research Scientist, National Observatory, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Susan Gessner Stewart 1999 Staff Astronomer, US Naval Observatory and
Adjoint Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt
Audress Johnson 2000 Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Systems Engineer and Technical Writer, SEAKR Engineering, Denver, CO
Victor Andersen 1998 Adjunct Professor, University of Houston
Faculty, Community College of Aurora, Colorado
Guy Purcell 1994 1998 Commercial programming, Cendant
Sr. System Engineer, LinkedIn, San Francisco CA
José María Castro Cerón 1998 Royal Observatory of the Spanish Navy
Carlos Rabaca 1995 1997 Professor, Valongo Observatory, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jim Scott 1996
Lauren Jones 1995 Grad School, University of Florida
Assistant Professor, Dennison University
Executive Director, Joint Education Oversight Committee, Ohio State Legislature, Columbus OH
Jack Gallimore 1994 Grad school, University of Maryland
Professor, Bucknell University
Fabio Bresolin 1993 Grad school, University of Arizona
European Southern Observatory,
Faculty, IfA Hawaii
Jordan Burkey 1993 Abington Friends School, Connecticut
Michael Cooper 1993
Duilia de Mello 1993 Grad school, University of Sao Paolo
Associate Professor, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.
Mario Klaric 1992 Faculty, Midlands Technical College, South Carolina

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Former PostDocs

Name Current Position
Owain Snaith Postdoc, Korea Insititute for Advanced Study, Seoul, South Korea
Peter Maksym Postdoc, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Ka-Wah Wong Research Scientist, Eureka Scientific
Visiting Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dacheng Lin Research Scientist, University of New Hampshire
Mihoko Yukita Postdoc, NASA Goddard
Evan Million Research Staff, Johns Hopkins University
Alex Rosen Staff, School of Math. Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland
Paul Eskridge Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
David Davis GLAST Research Scientist at NASA/Goddard
Theo Koupelis Professor, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County
Mark Henriksen Associate Professor, University of Marlyand, Baltimore County
Eric Lufkin Analyst, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Adeline Caulet Instrument Scientist, European Southern Observatory

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