Astrophysics Alumni

  • Atsuhisa Ota (Postdoc for May 2020-Aug 2021)
    • Advisor: Hee-Jong Seo
  • Grant Merz, M.S., 2021
    • Advisor: Hee-Jong Seo
  • Mehdi Rezaie, Ph.D. 2021
    • Dissertation: Robust Measurements of the Large-Scale Clustering of Galaxy Survey Data
    • Advisor: H.-J. Seo
  • Reza Katebi, Ph.D. 2019
    • Dissertation: Nuclear Outbursts in the Centers of Galaxies
    • Advisor: R. Chornock
  • Zhejie "Jerry" Ding, Ph.D. 2019
    • Dissertation: Systematics Study and Detection of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations from Future Galaxy Survey and Weak Lensing Survey
    • Advisor: H.-J. Seo
  • Kornpob Bhirombhakdi, Ph.D. 2019
    • Dissertation: Light Curve Powering Mechanisms of Superluminous Supernovae
    • Advisor: R. Chornock
  • Sean McGraw, Ph.D. 2016
    • Dissertation: Outflow and Accretion Physics in Active Galactic Nuclei
    • Advisor: J. Shields
  • Chris Diltz, Ph.D. 2016
    • Dissertation: Time Dependent Leptonic and Lepto-Hadronic Modeling of Blazar Emission
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Haocheng Zhang, Ph.D. 2015
    • Dissertation: Polarization Signatures in Blazar Emission
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Kellen Murphy, Ph.D. 2013
    • Dissertation: Constraining Cosmology with Weak Gravitational Lensing
    • Advisor: D. Clowe
  • Desiree Cotto-Figueroa, Ph.D. 2013
    • Dissertation: Radiation Recoil Effects on the Dynamical Evolution of Asteroids
    • Advisor: T.S. Statler
  • Brett Ragozzine, Ph.D. 2013
    • Dissertation: Modeling the Dark Matter of Galaxy Clusters Using the Tensor-Vector-Scalar Theory of Alternate Gravity
    • Advisor: D. Clowe
  • Parisa Roustazadeh, Ph.D. 2012
    • Dissertation: Pair Cascades in Blazars and Radio Galaxies
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Manasvita Joshi, Ph.D. 2009
    • Dissertation: Spectral Variability Studies and Acceleration Scenarios in Jets of Blazars
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Laura Birzan, Ph.D. 2007
    • Dissertation: X-ray Bubbles in Galaxy Clusters
    • Advisor: B.R. McNamar
  • David A. Rafferty, Ph.D. 2007
    • Dissertation: Feedback in Cluster Cores
    • Advisor: B.R. McNamara
  • Swati Gupta, Ph.D. 2007
    • Dissertation: Time Dependent Radiation Spectra from Jets of Microquasars
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Justin D. Finke, Ph.D. 2007
    • Dissertation: Monte Carlo/Fokker-Planck Simulations of Accretion Phenomena and Optical Spectra of BL Lacertae Objects
    • Advisor: M. Boettcher
  • Steven Diehl, Ph.D. 2006
    • Dissertation: The Hot Interstellar Medium in Normal Elliptical Galaxies
    • Advisor: T.S. Statler
  • Yurii Pidopryhora, Ph.D. 2006
    • Dissertation: Extra-Planar HI in the Inner Milky Way
    • Advisor: J.C. Shields
  • Anca Constantin, Ph.D. 2004
    • Dissertation: Linking the Power Sources of Emission-Line Galaxy Nuclei from the Highest to the Lowest Redshifts
    • Advisor: J.C. Shields
  • Robert M. Salow, Ph.D. 2004
    • Dissertation: Self-Gravitating Eccentric Disk models for the Double Nucleus of M31
    • Advisor: T.S. Statler
  • Bassem Sabra, Ph.D. 2000
    • Dissertation: The Power Sources of Cooling-Flow Filaments and LINERs
    • Advisor: J.C. Shields
  • Jakob Bak, Ph.D. 2000
    • Dissertation: Retrograde Minor Mergers and Counter Rotating Cores
    • Advisor: T.S. Statler