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Alumni

PhD Alumni

The following is an overview of our recent graduate-program alumni and their current positions.

2020  
Adi Foord Porat Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanform University
Adam Smercina Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Washington
Aleksandra Kuznetsova NHFP Fellow, American Museum of Natural History
2019  
Juliette Becker 51 Pegasi b Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Jesse Golden-Marx PostDoc, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Renee Ludlam NHFP/Einstein Fellow, California Institute of Technology
Erin May Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins 
Tom Rice Frontiers of Science Fellow, Columbia University
Bryan Terrazas Harvard Future Faculty Leaders Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2018  
Traci Johnson Analytics Advisor, CVS
Kamber Schwarz Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona
Alejo Stark PhD student, Department of Romance Languages, University of Michigan
2017  
Marina Kounkel PostDoc, Western Washington University
Meghin Spencer Alaska Airlines
Hui Li PostDoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian Devour PostDoc, University of Michigan
Vivienne Baldassare NASA Einstein Fellow, Yale University
Jaehan Bae Rubin Fellow, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science
2016  
Matthew Miller Data Scientist, Allstate Insurance
2015  
John Bailey Assistant Project Scientist, UC Santa Barbara
Lauren (Ilse) Cleeves Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Dan Gifford Senior Data Scientist, Getty Images
Rachael Roettenbacher Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Colin Slater Resarch Scientist, University of Washington
2014  
Anne Jaskot Assistant Professor, Williams College

 

Ashley King

Data Scientist, Carbon Lighthouse

2013  
Michael Anderson Nielsen
Nathan Crockett Data Engineer, RivetAI
Alexander Muratov Computational Scholar, Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences
Sander van Wassenhove Developer, Palantir Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
Jordan Zastrow Software Engineer, Department of Defense
2012  
Laura Ingleby

Statistical Research Analyst, Iowa College Student Aid Commission

Joel Lamb Instructor, Nassau Community College, NY
2011  
Jennifer Blum Researcher, Department of Defense
Jeffrey Fogel Senior Consultant, Princeton Consultants, Inc.
Jun Ji Consultant, Princeton Consultants, Inc.
John Tobin Associate Scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Zhaohuan Zhu Assistant Professor, University of Nevada
2010  
Javier Alonso Astronomer, Universidad de Antofagasta
Janet Colucci Data Scientist, Allstate
Jessica Werk Assistant Professor, University of Washington
2009  
Scott Cameron Professor, Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
Catherine Espaillat Assistant Professor, Boston University
Sarah Ragan Lecturer, Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy
Ajay-Kumar Tannirkulam Go-Founder & Director, Magasool Group of Institutions
Ming Zhao AI Resident, Google AI
2008  
Joseph P. Bernstein Financial Services Professional, University of Chicago
Rebecca Stanek-Rykoff

Research Administrator, University of California

2007  
Monique C. Aller Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University
Matthew Walker Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
2006  
Jessica Krick Staff Scientist, California Institute of Technology, Spitzer Science Center
Julia Plummer Associate Professor of Education, Penn State
2005  
Jifeng Liu Deputy Director-General, National Astronomical Observatories of China
2003  
Kristin Chiboucas Research Staff, Gemini Observatory
Kerrie McKinstry (MA) Lecturer, Westfield State University
Eric Miller Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002  
Michael Jarvis Research Scientist, University of Pennsylvania
Lynne (Rhiannon) Jones Research Scientist, University of Washington
Todd Rigg Professor, City College of San Francisco
Louis Strolger Associate Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University
Carrie Swift Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Kaspar von Braun Adjunct Astronomer, Lowell Observatory