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| My research group currently consists of three Ph.D. students, one MS student, and several undergraduate research assistants. I also have several distinguished alumni. |
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Rachel Johnson, current MS student
Double Vision: Combining X-ray and Spectropolarimetric Observations of
WR Binaries |
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Sabrina DeSoto, current Ph.D. student
Comparing Stripped Envelope Core-Collapse Supernova Structures |
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Christopher Pickens, current Ph.D. student
Multi-Epoch Spectropolarimetry Reveals Asphericity in Type IIb Supernova Explosions |
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Emma Lieb, current Ph.D. student
Does WR14 Have a Compact Companion? |
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| Undergraduate research assistants, 2023-24: |
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Jafar Al-Habib
Sam Allen
Salem Getachew
Colin Sauder
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| Alumni (BS, Ph.D. theses) |
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Andrew G. Fullard, Ph.D. 2020
A Spectropolarimetric Study of Wolf-Rayet Binary Stars
Andrew is a research consultant at the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research at Michigan State University.
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Kathleen M. Geise, BS 2008
Stellar Atmospheres: A Computational Approach
Kathy obtained her MS (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) at the University of Denver and taught physics and astronomy as a professor at the Community College of Aurora.
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Leah Huk, Ph.D. 2017
Time-Lapse Spectropolarimetry: A New Tool for Constraining Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
Leah is an HPC engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Austin A. Lin, BS 2018
Polarization Observations of the Unresolved Bow Shock of HD 230561
Austin obtained his MS in mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa and is now a nondestructive evaluation engineer at Pratt & Whitney.
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Jamie Lomax, Ph.D. 2013
The X-Ray and Spectropolarimetric View of Massive Binary Stars
Jamie is an associate professor of physics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Michael Malatesta, BS 2012
Spectropolarimetry of V356 Sgr: Constraining the Distribution of the Circumstellar Material
Mike obtained his MS in astrophysics from the University of Oklahoma in 2015 and is now a senior software engineer at Flywheel Technologies.
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Toni Panzera, BS 2022
A Spectropolarimetric Study of the Southern Hemisphere Wolf-Rayet Stars WR 12 and WR 71
Toni is a Ph.D. student in astronomy at Rice University.
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Charee Peters, BS 2011
Celestial Explosions: Evidence for a Circumstellar Disk around the Type IIn SN 1997eg
Charee obtained her MA in physics and astronomy from Fisk University in 2013 and her Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. She is now the chief data officer at the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau.
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Mary Ringgenberg, BS 2022
Revealing the Structure of Wolf-Rayet Binary Systems: WR47 and WR62a
Mary is a software engineer at Numerica Corporation.
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Manisha Shrestha, Ph.D. 2018
Polarized Bow Shock Nebulae Reveal Features of the Winds
and Environments of Massive Stars
Manisha was a postdoctoral research associate at Liverpool John Moores University and is currently a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Arizona.
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