From CASS

Previous Graduate Students

Our graduate students have done very well and are represented on the faculties and staffs of major research universities and laboratories doing cutting edge research in astronomy & astrophysics.

This is an incomplete list that we are updating. If you have graduated from CASS and would like to be included, please contact Dana Johnson.

Chiang, I-Da

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis: Observations of Spatially Resolved Dust Evolution in Nearby Galaxies

Advisor: Karin Sandstrom

Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, ASIAA

Heinonen, Robin

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis: Topics in Mesoscopic Turbulence Transport

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Rome Tor Vergata

Li, Jung-Tsung "JT"

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis: Aspects of Dark Matter Dynamics in Stellar and Cosmological Environments

Advisor: George Fuller

Current Position: CCAPP Fellow, The Ohio State University

Lowry, Lindsay

Graduation Year: 2021

Thesis: Preparation and Deployment of the Telescopes and POLARBEAR-2b Receiver for the Simons Array Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment

Advisor: Brian Keating

Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley

Berti, Angela

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis: Interpreting New Galaxy Large-scale Structure Measurements and the Galaxy—Halo Connection

Advisor: Alison Coil

Current Position: Postdoc, University of Utah

Johns, Luke

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis: The phenomenology of neutrino oscillations in cosmology and core-collapse supernovae

Advisor: George Fuller

Current Position: NASA Einstein Postdoc Fellow, UC Berkeley

Leung, Chun Kwan "Gene"

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis: Properties and Impact of Active Galactic Nuclei-driven Outflows through Cosmic Time

Advisor: Alison Coil

Current Position: Postdoc, UT-Austin

Yanchulova Merica-Jones, Petia

Graduation Year: 2020

Thesis: The Small Magellanic Cloud: Dust Extinction and Three-Dimensional Structure from Hubble Space Telescope Observations

Advisor: Karin Sandstrom

Current Position: Postdoc, STScI

Chan, Tsang Keung

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: The Impact of Stellar Feedback on Galaxies and Dark Matter Halos

Advisor: Dusan Keres

Current Position: Postdoc, Durham University, UK

Elleflot, Tucker

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: Measuring the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background with POLARBEAR-1 and
Developing the Next-Generation Experiment POLARBEAR-2

Advisor: Brian Keating

Current Position: Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Fan, Xiang

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: Cascades, Spectra, Real Space Structure, Inhomogeneous Mixing and Transport in Active Scalar Turbulence

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Howe, Logan

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: The POLARBEAR-2 Cryogenic Receiver for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Science

Advisor: Brian Keating

Current Position: Postdoc, NIST, Boulder, CO

Schanning, Ian

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: Design, Implementation, and Analysis of an Algebra-based Treatment of Measurement Uncertainty

Advisor: Adam Burgasser

Vayner, Andrey

Graduation Year: 2019

Thesis: The Role of Quasars in the Formation of Massive Galaxies

Advisor: Shelley Wright

Current Position: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University

Siritanasak, Praween

Graduation Year: 2018

Thesis: Precise Measurement of B-mode polarization signal from CMB with Polarbear and the Simons Array

Advisor: Brian Keating

Current Position: Postdoc, UCSD-CASS

Azadi, Mojegan

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis: Multi-Wavelength Analysis of Active Galactic Nuclei and Host Galaxies Properties

Advisor: Alison Coil

Current Position: Postdoc, Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis: Spectral Binaries Hold the Key to the True Ultracool Binary Fraction

Advisor: Adam Burgasser

Current Position: Postdoc, AMNH

Matsuda, Frederick

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis: Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Science and Optical Design of the Polarbear and
Simons Array Experiments

Advisor: Brian Keating/Hans Paar

Patwardhan, Amol

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis: Neutrinos - The Light, The Dark, and The Vacuum: Various Studies In Neutrino Astrophysics and
Beyond-Standard-Model Scenarios In Cosmology

Advisor: George Fuller

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tian, James

Graduation Year: 2017

Thesis: Neutrino Flavor and Spin Transformations in Astrophysical Environments

Advisor: George Fuller

Chen, Pengfei

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis: The Effect of Inhomogeneous Helium ll Reionization on the Lylman Alpha Forest

Advisor: Michael Norman

Gustafson, Scott

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis: Measurements of Primordial Deuterium and Lyman-Alpha Forest Evolution with High-Resolution
Quasar Spectroscopy

Advisor: David Tytler

Hemphill, Paul

Graduation Year: 2016

Thesis: The X-ray Spectra of Accreting Pulsars: Studies of Three Sources Using Empirical and
Phenomenological Models

Advisor: Richard Rothschild

Barron, Darcy

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis: Precision measurements of cosmic microwave background polarization to study cosmic inflation
and large scale structure

Advisor: Brian Keating

Grohs, Evan

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis: Self-Consistent Treatment of Neutrino Physics in Cosmology

Advisor: George Fuller

Current Position: Postdoc, UC Berkeley

Hsu, Pei-Chun

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis: Potential Vorticity Dynamics and Models of Zonal Flow Formation

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Johnson, Nathan

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis: Lunar Laser-ranging with APOLLO: Nuts and Bolts and Science Results

Advisor: Thomas Murphy

Current Position: (Last known) - Bioinformatics Scientist, Illumina, San Diego

Neeleman, Marcel

Graduation Year: 2015

Thesis: The Physical Conditions of Atomic Gas at High Redshift

Advisor: Alison Coil

Boettger, David

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: CMB Polarization Measurements with the POLARBEAR Experiment

Advisor: Hans Paar & Brian Keating

Chrystal, Colin

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Experimental tests of the theory of poloidal rotation in the DIII-D tokamak

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Feng, Chang

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Detecting gravitational lensing from the Cosmic Microwave Background

Advisor: Brian Keating

Kaufman, Jonathan

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Detection of degree-scale B-mode polarization and studying Cosmic Polarization Rotation with the
BICEP1 and BICEP2 Telescopes

Advisor: Brian Keating

Mendez, Alexander

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Multi-wavelength population studies of Active Galactic Nuclei and Galaxies using PRIMUS and
AEGIS

Advisor: Alison Coil

Misch, Wendell

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Weak Interactions of Hot Nuclei in Stellar Collapse

Advisor: George Fuller

Vlasenko, Alexey

Graduation Year: 2014

Thesis: Quantum Kinetics of Neutrinos in Hot Dense Environments

Advisor: George Fuller

Armstrong, Eve

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Probing the nature of cataclysmic variables via photometric studies on multiple timescales

Advisor: Richard Rothschild

Cieplak, Agnieszka

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Constraining Dark Matter and Dark Energy Models using Astrophysical Surveys

Advisor: Kim Griest

Day, Aaron

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: An analysis of astrophysics and fundamental physics from the Lyman-alpha forest

Advisor: David Tytler

Lee, Wing Kit

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Spiral Shock and Feathering Instability in Spiral Arms

Advisor: Frank Shu

Current Position: (Last known) - Postdoctoral Scholar, ASIAA

Moyerman, Stephanie

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Sensitive Detection of CMB B-Mode Polarization: Instrumentation and Systematics

Advisor: Brian Keating

Current Position: (Last known) - Intel Corp.

So, Geoffrey

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Direct Numerical Simulation of Cosmological Reionization

Advisor: Michael Norman

Zhao, Lei

Graduation Year: 2013

Thesis: Anomalous electron-ion energy coupling in electron drift wave turbulence

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Cherry, John (JJ)

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis: Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Core-Collapse Supernovae

Advisor: George Fuller

Kosuga, Yusuke

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis: Macroscopic implications from phase space dynamics of tokamak turbulence: relaxation, transport,
and flow generation

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Rivers, Elizabeth

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis: Exploring the Geometry of Circumnuclear Material in Active Galactic Nuclei through X-ray
Spectroscopy

Advisor: Richard Rothschild

Suchy, Slawomir

Graduation Year: 2012

Thesis: Cyclotron Line and Wind Studies of Galactic High Mass Xray Binaries

Advisor: Richard Rothschild

Bierman, Evan

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis: Millimeter-wave Polarimetry Instrumentation and Analysis

Advisor: Brian Keating

Miller, Nathan

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis: Illuminating the Background: Topics in Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Research

Advisor: Brian Keating

Rafelski, Marc

Graduation Year: 2011

Advisor: Art Wolfe

Whitmore, Jonathan

Graduation Year: 2011

Thesis: The Fine-Structure Constant and Wavelength Calibration

Advisor: Art Wolfe

Collins, David

Graduation Year: 2010

Advisor: Michael Norman

McDevitt, Chris

Graduation Year: 2010

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Michelsen, Eric L.

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis: Normal Point Generation and First Photon Bias Correction in APOLLO Lunar Laser Ranging

Advisor: Thomas Murphy

Current Position: Physics Lecturer, UCSD-CASS

Skory, Stephen

Graduation Year: 2010

Thesis: Investigating a Method of Producing 'Red and Dead' Galaxies

Advisor: Michael Norman

Kishimoto, Chad

Graduation Year: 2009

Advisor: George Fuller

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, University of San Diego

(Smith) Sutterly, Christel

Graduation Year: 2009

Advisor: George Fuller

Xu, Hao

Graduation Year: 2009

Advisor: Michael Norman

Jorgenson, Regina

Graduation Year: 2008

Advisor: Art Wolfe

Keating, Shane

Graduation Year: 2008

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Wang, Zhan-hui

Graduation Year: 2008

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Amanik, Phil

Graduation Year: 2007

Current Position: (Last known) - Arete Corp

Chan, Stanley

Graduation Year: 2007

Advisor: Patrick Diamond

Thomas, Christian

Graduation Year: 2006

Current Position: (Last known) - Associate Professor, Belmont University, Tennessee

Cooke, Jeff

Graduation Year: 2005

Advisor: Art Wolfe

Jena, Tridivesh

Graduation Year: 2005

Current Position: (Last known) - Zemetis Corp

Siana, Brian

Graduation Year: 2005

Advisor: Harding (Gene) Smith

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, UC Riverside

Suzuki, Nao

Graduation Year: 2005

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Position, LBNL

Gurcan, Ozgur

Graduation Year: 2003

Current Position: (Last known) - CNRS position, Ecole Polytechnique

O’Meara, John

Graduation Year: 2003

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, Saint Michaels College, VT

Dalal, N.

Graduation Year: 2002

Current Position: (Last known) - Staff Member, CITA & Assistant Professor, University of Illinois

Holland, Chris

Graduation Year: 2002

Current Position: (Last known) - Staff, General Atomics

Kalemci, Emrah

Graduation Year: 2002

Thesis: Temporal Studies of Black Hole X-ray Transients During Outburst and Decay

Advisor: R. E. Rothschild; L. E. Peterson

Schirato, Richard

Graduation Year: 2002

Current Position: (Last known) - Scientific Staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Abazajian, Kev

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis: Neutrino Cosmology and Astrophysics

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, UC Irvine

Coburn, Wayne

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis: A study of magnetic fields of accreting X-ray pulsars with the Rossi X-ray timing explorer

Advisor: R. E. Rothschild; L. E. Peterson; K. Griest

Current Position: (Last known) - Sr. Software Engineering, Alexa Internet & Assistant Researcher,
UC Berkeley

Fleischer, Jason

Graduation Year: 2001

Current Position: (Last known) - Associate Professor, Princeton University

Pruet, Jason

Graduation Year: 2001

Current Position: (Last known) - DOE Office of Science

Safizadeh, Neda

Graduation Year: 2001

Thesis: Detection of Extrasolar Planets via Microlensing and Occultation

Marsden, David

Graduation Year: 1999

Thesis: X-Ray Observations of Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters

Advisor: R. E. Rothschild; L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - NAS Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center

Comment: Expert on Neutron Star Phenomena

Prochaska, Jason X.

Graduation Year: 1998

Thesis: The Physical Properties of Damped Ly-Alpha Systems: A Keck HIRES Investigation

Current Position: (Last known) - Professor, UC Santa Cruz

Burles, Scott

Graduation Year: 1997

Thesis: Measurement of the D/H Ratio in QSO Absorption Systems

Current Position: (Last known) - Associate Professor, MIT

Cardall, Christian Y.

Graduation Year: 1997

Thesis: Limits on Neutrino Mixing Parameters from Nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang and Supernovae

Current Position: (Last known) - Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York-Stonybrook

Sarmecanic, James

Graduation Year: 1997

Thesis: Physical and Chemical Properties of Cometary Dust Derived from Modeling of Mid-infrared Imaging
Observations

Bowman, H. Brian

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis: A Study of Galactic Structure in X-Rays and Gamma-Rays

Advisor: L. E. Peterson, J. L. Matteson

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor (?), Florida Gulf Coast University-Fort Meyers

Ford, Lyle A.

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis: Spectral Properties of Gamma-ray Bursts Observed by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment
(BATSE)

Advisor: L. E. Peterson; D. L. Band

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor (?), Eau Claire State University, Wisconsin

McLaughlin, Gail

Graduation Year: 1996

Thesis: Physics of Massive stars and Supernovae: Weak Interactions and Stability Analysis

Current Position: (Last known) - Associate Professor, North Carolina State University-Raleigh

Brittnacher, Mitchell

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis: A Linear Analysis of Tearing Instability in Magnetotail Equilibria

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, University of Washington

Oren, Abraham L.

Graduation Year: 1995

Thesis: Faraday Rotation in Quasar Absorption Systems

Fisher, Brendan

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis: High Time-resolution Infrared Imaging of Jupiter

Current Position: (Last known) - Staff Member, JPL/Caltech

Moore, David

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis: Narrow-line Regon Kinematics in Seyfert Nuclei

Piña, Robert L.

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis: An Array Camera for Mid-infrared Astronomical Imaging with Application to Extragalactic Astronomy
and New Methods in Bayesian Image Reconstruction

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, University of Florida- Gainesville

Wang, Virginia

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis: Gamma-ray Burst Repetition: Biases, Evidence, and Implications

Advisor: R. E. Lingenfelter

Current Position: (Last known) - Assistant Professor, Claremont Colleges

Zhang, Liwei Dennis

Graduation Year: 1994

Thesis: A Test of Cosmic-Ray Interplanetary Transport Theory

Advisor: R. E. Lingenfelter

Barlow, Tom

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis: Variability of Broad Absorption-Line QSOs

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, IPAC/Caltech

Jedamzik, Karsten

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis: The Small-Scale Structure of the Early Universe

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, Max Planck Institut fuer Astrophysik (Garching)
& Professor, Physics, University of Montpelier, France

Qian, Yong-Zhong

Graduation Year: 1993

Thesis: Flavor-Mixing Effects of Cosmologically Significant Neutrinos on Supernova Dynamics
and Nucleosynthesis

Current Position: (Last known) - Professor of Physics, University of Minnesota

Womble, Donna S.

Graduation Year: 1992

Thesis: The Extent and Content of Low-Ionization Gas in Galaxies

Briggs, Michael S.

Graduation Year: 1991

Thesis: Observations of Galactic Positron Annihilation Radiation

Advisor: L. E. Peterson; J. L. Matteson

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, University Space Research Association

Statistical Analysis of Gamma-ray Bursts

Chan, Kai-wing

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis: Nucleosynthesis Gamma-ray Lines and Positrons from Supernovae

Advisor: R. E. Lingenfelter

Gayley, Kenneth G.

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis: Hydrogen Line Diagnostics in Impulsive Flares

Advisor: R. C. Canfield

Jung, Young-Dae

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis: Photoionization of Many-Electron Atoms

Metcalf, Thomas R.

Graduation Year: 1990

Thesis: Flare Heating and Ionization of the Low Solar Chromosphere

Advisor: R. C. Canfield

Tamres, David H.

Graduation Year: 1989

Thesis: Theoretical Studies of Proton Beams in Solar Flare Loops

Advisor: R. C. Canfield

Current Position: (Last known) - Associate Professor (?), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Soong, Yang

Graduation Year: 1988

Thesis: A Study of the Temporal-Spectral Behavior of Hercules X-1: A Binary X-ray Pulsar

Advisor: L. E. Peterson; R. E. Rothschild

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center

Comment: Expert on X-ray mirrors

Hueter, Geoffrey

Graduation Year: 1987

Thesis: HEAO-1 Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Advisor: L. E. Peterson; J. L. Matteson

Current Position: (Last known) - Owner/Manager, Far Sight Technologies

Comment: Small La Jolla hi-tech company

Hua, Xin-Min

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis: Neutron and 2.223 MeV Gamma-ray Line Emission from Solar Flares

Jung, Gregory V.

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis: The Hard X-ray to Low Energy Gamma-ray Spectrum of the Crab Nebula

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

Comment: Member, Astrophysics Group

Zheng, Wei

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis: Time Variations of Emission Lines in Quasi-stellar Objects

Hua, Xin-Min

Graduation Year: 1986

Thesis: Neutron and 2.223 MeV Gamma-ray Line Emission from Solar Flares

Advisor: R. E. Lingenfelter

Rodriguez-Espinosa, Jose

Graduation Year: 1985

Thesis: Infrared Studies of Seyfert Galaxies and the Irregular Galaxy M82

Dermer, Charles D.

Graduation Year: 1984

Thesis: Physics of Nonmagnetic Relativistic Thermal Plasmas

Fisher, George H.

Graduation Year: 1984

Thesis: The Radiative Hydrodynamics of Flare Loops Heated by Impulsive Bursts of Energetic Electrons

Advisor: R. C. Canfield

Current Position: (Last known) - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Comment: Expert on Radiative Transport

Gunkler, Todd A.

Graduation Year: 1984

Thesis: Observations and Analysis of Solar Flares Using H-Alpha Spectral Profiles

Advisor: H. E. Smith; R. C. Canfield

Woodward, Martin

Graduation Year: 1984

Thesis: Short-Period Oscillations in The Total Solar Irradiance

Advisor: H. S. Hudson

Current Position: (Last known) - Big Bear Solar Observatory

Expert on High-speed Solar variations

LeVan, Paul

Graduation Year: 1983

Thesis: Near Infrared Spectrophotometry of Seyfert Galaxies and planetary Nebulae in Helium 10830

Nolan, Patrick L. (deceased November 2011)

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis: Hard X-ray Emission from Galactic Black Hole Candidates

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Sr. Research Scientist (retired), Stanford University

Comment: Key member of High Energy Astrophysics Group

Ricchiazzi, Paul J.

Graduation Year: 1982

Thesis: A Static Model of Chromospheric Heating in Solar Flares

Advisor: R. J. Gould; R. C. Canfield

Knight, Frederick K.

Graduation Year: 1981

Thesis: X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations of Pulsed Emission from Radio Pulsars

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Works in classified areas at MIT Lincoln Laboratories

Brin, David

Graduation Year: 1980

Thesis: Evolution of Cometary Nuclei as Influenced by a Dust Component

Junkkarinen, Vesa

Graduation Year: 1980

Thesis: Board Absorption-Line QSOs

Puetter, Richard J.

Graduation Year: 1980

Thesis: Observations and Interpretation of the Emission-Line Spectra of Quasi-stellar Objects

Current Position: Research Physicist, UCSD-CASS

Elcan, Michael J.

Graduation Year: 1979

Thesis: The Solar Impulsive X-ray Spectrum

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Works in Sorrento Valley company

Paciesas, William S.

Graduation Year: 1978

Thesis: Hard X-ray Variability in Binary X-ray Sources

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Research Prof., Univ. Alabama, Huntsville

Comment: Leader of Data Analysis, Gamma-ray Burst Experiment

Russell, Ray W.

Graduation Year: 1978

Thesis: An Analysis of Infrared Spectra of Gaseous Nebulae with an Emphasis on NGC 7027

Rephaeli, Yoel

Graduation Year: 1977

Thesis: X-Ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies

Current Position: Prof., Tel Aviv University & Research Scientist, UCSD-CASS

Harms, Richard J.

Graduation Year: 1976

Thesis: Digicon Spectrophotometry of the Lambda Orion HII Region

Mushotzky, Richard F.

Graduation Year: 1976

Thesis: Observations of Hard X-rays from Extragalactic Objects

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Professor at the Univ of Maryland since 2009 after leaving NASA/Goddard

Comment: World recognized X-ray astronomer; 2022 Awarded the
Henry Norris Russell Prize of the American Astronomical Society for
lifetime achievement; many NASA awards

Wheaton, William

Graduation Year: 1976

Thesis: Observation of the Galactic Hard X-ray Background from OSO-7 Satellite

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Sr. Research Scientist, JPL

Comment: High Energy Astrophysics Group; Later at CIT/JPL Infrared
Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)

Cordes, James

Graduation Year: 1975

Thesis: Pulsar Microstructure: Time Scales, Spectra, Polarization, and Radiation Models

Forrest, William

Graduation Year: 1974

Thesis: Circumstellar Grains and the Intrinsic Polarization of Starlight

Gruber, Duane E.

Graduation Year: 1974

Thesis: Observation of Pulsed and Non-Pulsed Gamma Radiation from the Crab Nebula near 1 MeV

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Research Scientist (retired), UCSD-CASS

Comment: High Energy Astronomy Data Analysis

Ling, James C.

Graduation Year: 1974

Thesis: Spectra and Angular Distributions of Low Energy Atmospheric Gamma Rays at
Gamma = 40 Degree

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Sr. Research Scientist, JPL

Comment: High Energy Astrophysics Group

Laros, John G.

Graduation Year: 1973

Thesis: A Study of Hard X-ray Emissions from Supernova Remnants

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Retired, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Comment: Former Sr. Scientist, LANL. Astrophysics Group

Nordsieck, Kenneth H.

Graduation Year: 1972

Thesis: A Dust-Radiation Instability in Ionized Nebulae, the Angular Momentum of Spiral Galaxies, and a
Search for Circular Polarization in Extragalactic Objects

Blumenthal, George R.

Graduation Year: 1971

Thesis: Astrophysical Applications of High-Energy Electromagnetic Phenomena

Matteson, James L.

Graduation Year: 1971

Thesis: An X-ray Survey of the Cygnus Region in the 20 to 300 keV Energy range

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Research Scientist (retired), UCSD-CASS

Comment: Leader & PI, High Energy Astronomy Projects

McKenzie, David L.

Graduation Year: 1971

Thesis: A Study of Correlation of hard Solar x-Ray and Radio Emission

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Sr. Scientist, Aerospace Corporation

Comment: Recognized solar physicist

Pelling, Michael R.

Graduation Year: 1971

Thesis: A Study of Simultaneous Optical and X-ray Observations of Scorpius X-1

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Research Scientist (retired), UCSD-CASS

Comment: High Energy Astronomy Balloon Program

Cox, Donald P.

Graduation Year: 1970

Thesis: Calculations of Cooling Rates and Spectral Emission of Gaseous Nebulae

Schwartz, Daniel A.

Graduation Year: 1969

Thesis: The Spatial Distribution of the Diffuse Component of Cosmic-X-Rays

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: (Last known) - Sr. Research Scientist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory;
Head, AXAF Data Center

Jacobson, Allan S. (deceased 1997)

Graduation Year: 1968

Thesis: A Search for Gamma-Rays Line Emissions from the Crab Nebula

Advisor: L. E. Peterson

Current Position: Founded High Energy Astronomy Group at JPL

Benford, Gregory

Graduation Year: 1967

Thesis: Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation in High Magnetic Fields by Plasma Modes and Impurity States

Current Position: Award-winning science fiction author