Students and Alumni
Graduate Students
Catherine Sarosi, Circumstellar disks
Owen Gonzales, Circumstellar disks
Elias Mansell, Circumstellar disks
Allison Dowling, Planetary Geology
Mary Clare Greenlees, Venus Weathering
Katherine Morin, Venus Weathering
Lex Speers, Planetary Geology
Undergraduate Students
Matan Ackelsberg, Circumstellar disks
Josh Grajales, Circumstellar disks
Iris Jiang, Meteoritics
Junu Lee, Circumstellar disks
Aliya Nurmohamed, Circumstellar disks
Carlos Ordoñez, Meteoritics
Lucia Rea, Venus Surfaces
Angelina Reddy, Exoplanets Orbiting White Dwarf Stars
Alumni
Rewa Bush, M.A., 2024
"Shadows on the Sky: Mapping New Horizons’ Vision of the Local Interstellar Cloudscape"
Lisseth Gonzales Quevedo, M.A., 2024
"A Search for Hα Absorption of the Extended Atmosphere of TOI-1288b, a Giant Planet in the Neptune Desert"
Victoria Dozer, B.A., 2024
Science Policy Fellowship with STPI in Washington, D.C.
Jamar Kittling, B.A., 2024
"ARKS: Preliminary Parametric Models of Radial Debris Disk Structure"
Kyle McGregor, B.A., 2024
"ARKS: Preliminary Parametric Models of Radial Debris Disk Structure"
Uday Narayanan, B.A., 2024
"Hot Planets, Hot Stars: Searching for Transiting Exoplanets Using TESS and Wesleyan’s Automated Telescope"
Erin Readling, B.A., 2024
Chris Qiushi Tian, B.A., 2024
"Monitoring Stellar Activity of Exoplanet Hosts with the Van Vleck Observatory 24-inch Telescope"
Wynnie Avent II, M.A., 2024
“Morphometric Analysis of Yardangs Surrounding Mead Crater on Venus”
Noah Braunstein, M.A., 2024
“The Comparison of Mars Analogue Brines in Different Evaporation Settings”
Margaret Deahn, M.A., 2023
“A Geologic Map of the DAVINCI Probe Descent Imaging Corridor and Touchdown Zone: Alpha Regio, Venus”, now a PhD student at Purdue
Anna Fehr, B.A., 2023
“Parametric Modeling of Debris Disk Density Structure for ARKS” now a PhD student at Harvard
Hannah Lewis, B.A., 2023
“Preschool-age Children’s Use of Spatial Thinking When Making Sense of Astronomical Phenomena” now a PhD student at Univ. North Carolina
Eric Rumsfeld, B.A., 2023
“Measuring Dynamical Masses of Gas-Bearing Debris Disk Host Stars” now a PhD student at UC Irvine
Katie Bennett, M.A., 2022
“Searching for Helium in the Extended Atmosphere of the Hot Jupiter WASP-48b”, now a PhD student at Johns Hopkins
Thomas Davoren, M.A., 2022
"Symplectic Chromite-Ulvöspinel-Pyroxene (CUSP) Inclusions in Apollo 12 Olivine Basalts" now a Geology Technician at California State University, Long Beach
Katie Stubbs, M.A., 2022
“Volatile (F, Cl, OH) concentrations in lunar apatites and britholites as a measure of lunar magmatic volatile abundances"
Ava Nederlander, B.A., 2022
Nederlander et al 2021 Resolving Structure in the Debris Disk around HD 206893 with ALMA ApJ 917 5, now a PhD student at Stony Brook
Cassidy Soloff, B.A., 2022
“Unseen Worlds: A Search for Exoplanet Transits of Bright Early-Type Stars”, now a PhD student at University of Arizona
Megan Delamer, M.A., 2021
"A High Resolution Study of Spectral and Spatial Variations of Dust Properties in the 49 Ceti Debris Disk" now a PHD student at Penn State
Terra Ganey, B.A., 2021
"Volume Of Impact-derived Ejecta And Constraints On Aeolian Processes And Yardang Formation On Venus" now a PhD student at UC Santa Cruz
Xavier Lopez, B.A., 2021
Santos et al. Experimental weathering of rocks and minerals at Venus conditions in the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), JGR, submitted.
Kimberly Paragas, B.A., 2021
"The Atmospheric Escape Of Close-in Gas Giant Exoplanets" now a PhD student at Caltech
David Vizgan, B.A., 2021
"A Dual-Wavelength Study Of The Vertical Structure Of The AU Microscopii Debris Disk" now a PhD student at Univ. Illinois
Christina Cauley, M.A., 2020
"History of Hydrothermal Activity at Paulina Lake, Newberry Volcano, Oregon USA" now a PhD student at Univ. Oregon
Katharine Hesse, M.A., 2020
"Removing Contaminating Field Stars Around Bright K2 Targets" now mission support for NASA’s TESS mission
Emmy Hughes, B.A., 2020
"Experimental Evaporation and Spectral Analysis of Martian Analogue Brines" now a Ph.D. Student at Georgia Tech
Fallon Konow, B.A., 2020
"Constructing a Survey of the Local Interstellar Medium Using Hubble Spectra" now a PhD student at Georgia State University
Andrew Munro, B.A., 2020
Resor P. G., M. S. Gilmore, A. Munro (2018) Convergent tectonics in a hot? Dry? Mafic? Lithosphere: Mapping and modeling of folding in Venus tessera terrain, Abstract DI32A-07, presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, AGU, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.
Katie Toner, B.A., 2020
Brossier J. F., Gilmore M. S. and Toner K. (2020) Low radar emissivity signatures on Venus volcanoes and coronae: New insights on relative composition and age, Icarus, 343, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113693
Hunter Vannier, B.A., 2020
"Mapping the Local Interstellar Medium:Using Hubble to Look Back at the ISM Along the Sun’s Historical Trajectory" now a PhD student at Purdue
Taylor Forman, M.A., 2019
"Synergistic Relationship Between Copper and Ribosome-Targeting Antibiotics in Close Relatives of B. subtilis ssp. spizizenii"
Jessica Klusmeyer, M.A., 2019
"A Deep Search for Five Molecules in the Debris Disk around 49 Ceti" now an operator at the WIYN telescope on Kitt Peak
Ismael Mireles, M.A., 2019
"Searching for Exoplanets Around the Brightest Stars in K2" now a PhD student at the University of New Mexico
Reid Perkins, M.A., 2019
"Using the Venus Crater Population to Constrain Tesserae Ages and Resurfacing" now a Ph.D. Student at Univ. Western Ontario
Jonas Powell, M.A., 2019
"Exploring the Role of Environment in the Composition of ONC Proplyds" now employed at Systems & Technology Research in Woburn, MA
S. Molly Wagner, M.A., 2019
"Venting of Volcanic Hg and CO2 through East Lake, Newberry Volcano, Oregon"
Michael Henderson, B.A., 2019
"Precision Photometry of Faint White Dwarf Stars from K2 Data” now a PhD student at Clemson University
Evan S. Carter, M.A., 2018
"The Debris Disk Around AU Mic: Measuring the Scale Height as a Proxy for Probing the Strengths of Bodies in the Collisional Cascade" Now a PhD student at UT San Antonio
Jordyn-Marie Dudley, M.A., 2018
"Hydrogen in Eucrite, Angrite, and Ureilite Pyroxene: Implications for Water During the Planetesimal-Embryo Stage of Earth’s Formation" Now a Planetary Geochemist at NASA Johnson Space Flight Center
Zachary S. Lambros, M.A., 2018
"Questing for Minute Traces of Molecular Gas in Circumstellar Debris Disks: AU Microscopii and 49 Ceti Edition" Now at Raytheon
Prajwal Niraula, M.A., 2018
"Planet Hunting and Characterization with K2" Now a PhD student at MIT
Cail Daley, B.A., 2018
"Using Vertical Structure to Infer the Dynamical Mass Hidden in the AU Mic Debris Disk" Now a PhD student at U. Illinois
Alylin Garcia Soto, B.A., 2018
"Dramatic X-ray Variability in AGNs: New Insights into Black Hole Fueling", now a PhD student at Dartmouth
Dr. Kristen M. Luchsinger, M.A., 2017
"Blue Skies Through A Blue Sky: An Attempt to Detect Rayleigh Scattering in the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets Using a Ground-Based Telescope" Ph.D. New Mexico State Univ. Now a postdoc at NASA Ames
Dr. Benjamin McKeeby, M.A., 2017
"Weathering and sulfate formation in Sulfur Springs St. Lucia: A Mars analogue site" Ph.D. Univ. Pittsburgh, Now a postdoc at Georgia Tech.
Rachel Aronow, B.A., 2017
Aronow R.A., Herbst W., Hughes A.M., Wilner D.J. and Winn J. N. (2018) Optical and radio observations of the T Tauri binary KH 15D (V582 Mon); Stellar properties, disk mass limit, and discovery of a CO outflow, AJ 155:1. Now a PhD student at UMass Amherst
Julian Dann, B.A., 2017
"Our Stellar Neighborhood: Analysis of the Local Interstellar Medium using Absorption Spectroscopy" now a research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Girish Duvvuri, B.A., 2017
"Necroplanetology: Disrupted Planetary Material Transiting WD1145+017" Now a Ph.D. student at University of Colorado
Avi Stein, B.A., 2017
Stein A. J. and Gilmore M. S. (2017) GIS-based data pipeline for the extraction of radar emissivity and dielectric constant values for physiographic surface units on Venus, 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conf., Abstract #1183. Now in the Programming sector
Julia Zachary, B.A., 2017
"Measuring the Local ISM Along the Sight Lines of the Two Voyager Spacecraft with HST/STIS" now mission support specialist for the Chandra X-ray Observatory at the Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory
Dr. Jesse Tarnas, B.A., 2016
"Transit, secondary eclipse, and phase curve analysis to characterize Kepler exoplanets" Ph.D. Brown University, now at Blue Origin
Sarah Kopac, Ph.D., 2015
"Ecological dimensions in diversification of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus lichenformis" Now a postdoc at University of Connecticut
Dr. Nicole Arulanantham, M.A., 2015
"Examining the Near-Infrared Properties of KH 15D with Spitzer Photometry and GNIRS Spectra" Ph.D. University of Colorado, Now a Giacconi Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute
Lisa Korn, M.A., 2015
"Carbonate and Silicate Minerals in a Gullied Crater within Eridania Basin, Terra Sirenum, Mars" Project Geologist at HTE Northeast, Inc.
Sam Factor M.A., 2015
"ALMA Observations of Molecular Gas Emission from a Protoplanetary Disk in the Orion Nebula Cluster" Now a Ph.D. student at University of Texas, Austin
Ama Essuman, B.A., 2015
"Where did the Water Go? Modeling the Diffusion of Hydrogen in Lunar Apatite" Master's at UCLA, now an Engineer at Jacobs
Dr. Gregory Wong, B.A., 2015
"Copper tolerance of spores of B. subtilis" Ph.D. Penn State
Daniel Brugioni, B.A., 2015
"Geomorphology of a Crater Region within the Eridania Basin, Mars: Construction of a Geologic Map" Now a graduate student at Colorado School of Mines
Jack Singer, B.A., 2015
"New Clues from our Moon's Explosive Past: Volatile Contents of Lunar Melt inclusions" Master's of Forestry, Yale, now at Pacific Forest Trust
Jesse Lieman-Sifry, B.A., 2015
"The Mysterious Case of 49 Ceti: A Gas-Rich Debris Disk and its Implications for Planet Formation" now working on medical imaging for Arterys
Dilovan Serindag, B.A., 2015
"Analyzing Kepler Exoplanets from their Optical Phase Curves"
Dr. Amy Steele, M.A., 2014
"Resolved Millimeter-wavelength Observations of Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars" Ph.D. University of Maryland
Eric Edelman, M.A., 2014
"Tracing the Evolution and Impact of the Stellar Winds of Solar-like Stars" now the Planetarium Director at Emory-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ
L. Miché Aaron, B.A., 2014
MS Sam Houston State Univ., now a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Dr. Peter Martin, B.A., 2014
"Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Potential Martian Brines" Ph.D., Caltech
Raquel Martinez, M.A., 2013
"Searching for Spectral Signatures of the Hidden Secondary Component of BM Ori: Improved Spectroscopic Findings" Now a Ph.D. student at the Univ. of Texas, Austin
Dr. Diana Windemuth, M.A., 2013
"Dramatic Evolution of the Disk-Shaped Secondary in the Orion Trapezium Star θ1 Ori B1 (BM Ori): MOST Satellite Observations" Ph.D, Astronomy & Astrobiology, Univ. of Washington
Patrick Harner, M.A., 2013
"Potential Martian Evaporites and their Spectral Signatures" MS Univ. of Arizona, JD College of William and Mary
Dr. Keenan Golder, M.A., 2013
"Geomorphology of Eridania Basin, Mars: A Study of the Evolution of Chaotic Terrain and a Paleolake" Ph.D. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, now Assistant Professor, Roane State Community College
Craig Malamut, M.A., 2013
"Mapping the Local Interstellar Medium with High-Resolution UV Absorption Spectroscopy" Now in New York City pursuing science outreach through animation
Dr. James Dottin, B.A., 2013
"Can Merrillite Provide Information on Water in Martian Meteorites? Preliminary Results From Los Angeles and QUE 94201" Ph.D., Univ. of Marlyand, now faculty at Brown
Dr. Holly Capelo, M.A., 2012
"Optical and Near-IR Studies of KH 15D: Locating the Trailing Edge of the Protostellar Circumbinary Ring" PhD Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, now Faculty of Science Univ. Bern
Jakob Schaeffer, M.A., 2012
"Guiding Light in the Shadow of Distant Worlds: An Autoguider for the 0.6m Perkin Research Telescope" Now at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL
Dr. Julia Mulhern, B.A., 2012
"Using Tessera Terrain to Investigate Fold Belt Topography in Ovda Regio, Venus" PhD Univ. of Utah, now a geologist at Shell
Rebecca Snelling B.A., 2012
"Chemical variation within the Talcott flood basalt, Connecticut " Now working in the environmental sector
Jane Wiedenbeck, M.A., 2011
"Characterization of bacterial evolution: the importance of ecology and the rate of divergence on species formation" Now in the Green Corps
Katherine Wyman, M.A., 2011
"Probing Our Heliospheric History: Constructing a Density Profile of the ISM in the Sun's Rearview Mirror"
Laura Anderson, B.A., 2011
Gilmore M. S., Thompson D. R., Anderson L. J., Karamzadeh N., Mandrake L., Castaño R. (2011) Superpixel segmentation for analysis of hyperspectral datasets, with application to CRISM data, M3 data, and Ariadnes Chaos, Mars, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JE003763.
Dr. Marshall Johnson, B.A., 2011
"The Shadows of Distant Worlds: Exoplanetary Transit Timing Using the Perkin Telescope" PhD Univeristy of Texas, Austin, now a Research Scientist at the Las Cumbres Observatory
Margaret Selzer, M.A., 2010
"Characterizing the optical properties of Coclodinuium polykrikoides: Implications for the remote sensing of harmful algal blooms in the Peconic Estuary, NY"
Erin Arai, M.A., 2010
"Effective Temperature Variations of a Transiting Exoplanet Host Star" now a PhD student in engineering at Boston University
Amanda Thompson, M.A., 2010
"Kinetics of hydrogen isotope fractionation in gypsum: Planetary and terrestrial applications" Now at the Museum of Science, Boston
Tristan Kading, M.A., 2010
"Acid volcanic fluids at Copahue Argentina: Analogs for ancient fluids at Meridiani Planum, Mars" Now a Ph.D. student at WHOI
Dr. Emily Leiner, B.A., 2010
“Analyzing light curves of transiting extrasolar planets" PhD, University of Wisconsin, now a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University
Dr. Samantha Lawler, M.A., 2009
"The gas component of KH15D's circumbinary disk" Ph.D., University of British Columbia, now an Assistant Professor at Campion College
Dr. Tanya Harrison, M.A., 2008
“Origin and Composition of the Light-Toned Layered Deposits in Iani Chaos, Mars” Worked Malin Space Science Systems, PhD University of Western Ontario, now a postdoc at ASU
Dr. Ann Ollila, M.A., 2007
“Temperature analysis of gullied slopes on Mars: Evidence for a thermal control on gully formation” Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences at UNM, now at Chevron
Beck Straley, B.A., 2007
“Mapping and structural analysis of SW Tellus Regio, Venus” Now working in the environmental sector
Dr. Cassie Fallscheer, M.A., 2006
"Young stars and disks" Ph.D. from the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, now a Lecturer in Physics at Central Washington University
Dr. Nina Lanza, M.A., 2006
“Geometry of martian hillside gullies in the northern hemisphere: evidence for an insolation-driven mechanism of formation” PhD in Planetary Sciences from UNM, now at Los Alamos National Lab
Dr. Maya Gomes, B.A., 2006
"Jarosite formation at Sulfur Springs, St. Lucia, WI as a Mars analogue" PhD Northwestern, now faculty at Johns Hopkins Univ.
Sarah Dunagan, M.A., 2005
"Foliar accumulation of mercury and its effects on the reflectance spectra of vegetation in Connecticut" Now a research scientist at the Silent Spring Institute
Matthew Merrill, M.A., 2005
"Autonomous mineral detectors for future Mars exploration missions" Now at the USGS, Reston
Mary Hui, B.A., 2005
"Variability in the ONC: Periods, slow variables, and X-ray flares", Now working in the finance sector
Naomi Goldenson, B.A., 2005
"Slope Stability for Granular Materials Under External Vibration" M.A. in Planetary Geology at Arizona State University; now a Ph.D. student in Atmospheric Sciences at the Univ. of Washington
Carl Cervone, B.A., 2004
"Assessing soil loss and its impact on agrarian livelihoods: A case study of the village of Kambi ya Simba, Tanzania" Officer with the Multi-Environmental Society (MESO), Tanzania
Dr. Catrina Hamilton-Drager, Ph.D., 2003
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dickinson College
Dr. Cheney Shreve, M.A., 2003
“Estimating the coverage of P. australis in the wetland regions of the Connecticut River using remotely sensed data” Ph.D., University of Virginia, now a technical engineer at ITT Visual Information Solutions
Taras Gapotchenko, M.A., 2002
“Use of ocean color remote sensing in the study of primary productivity and anoxia in Long Island Sound”
Eleyne Phillips, B.A., 2002
Gilmore M. S. and Phillips E .L. (2002) Role of aquicludes in formation of Martian gullies, Geology 30, 1107-1110. Staff at Earthquake Science Center, USGS Menlo Park
Dr. Ian Garrick-Bethell, B.A., 2002
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Dr. Shoshanna Cole, B.A., 1999
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ithaca College
Dr. Richard Ernst, B.A., 1978
Scientist-in-Residence, Dept. of Earth Science, Carleton University
Dr. Robert Nelson, M.A., 1969
Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Activist
Dr. William V. Boynton, B.A., 1966
Professor, Dept. of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
Dr. E. Myles Standish, B.A., 1960, M.A., 1962
Jet Propulsion Laboratory