People
The Department of Astronomy family at the University of
Florida is formed by an excellent group of people among which we find Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, Graduate
Students, Undergraduate
Students
and Alumni.
Graduate Students
Dan Capellupo B.S.,
Astronomy & Physics,
University of Rochester,
2006
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 Miguel Vicente Charcos Llorens M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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 Sun Mi Chung B.A.,
Astronomy & Physics, Wesleyan University, 2002
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Roger E. Cohen M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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 Knicole Colon B.S., Physics, The College of New Jersey, 2007
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 Justin R. Crepp B.S.,
Physics, Penn
State, 2002. Advisor Jian Ge, Direct
Imaging of Extrasolar Planets.
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 Curtis Noel Dewitt M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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 Michelle L. Edwards
M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2003; B.S., (Highest Honors)
Physics, Dickinson College, 2001. Currently working with Drs. Stephen
Eikenberry and Reba Bandyopadhyay on the search for and study of massive
stars. Extensively involved with the Canarias InfraRed Camera Experiment
(CIRCE), a visitor instrument for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC).
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 Ashley J. Espy M.S.,
Astronomy, University of
Florida, 2003; B.S., (Highest Honors) Physics,
Georgia Tech 2000. Currently working with Dr. Bo Gustafson on acoustic
modeling of aerogel impacts in preparation for a Dust Capture Facility
on the International Space Station.
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 Bruno Ricardo Malta Ferreira B.S.,
Physics, University of Lisbon,
Portugal, 2001. Currently working with Dr. E. Lada on star formation.
Specifically, work focuses on the systematic survey of nearby embedded
clusters where stars are just being born.
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 Scott Fleming B.A., Physics, Vassar College, 2005; B.A., Astronomy, Vassar College,
2005; Correlate, Computer Science, Vassar College, 2005, M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida, 2007. Primary interests are
extrasolar planets and the relationship between extrasolar planet
migration and star forming environment. Other interests include star
formation, planetary science, brown dwarfs, stellar evolution and
stellar populations.
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 Cynthia Gómez-Martín M.S.,
Astronomy, University of
Florida, 2003; B.S., Physics, University of
South Florida, 2001; B.A., Mathematics Honor Program, University of
South Florida, 2001; B.A., Geology, University of South Florida, 2001. Currently
working with the UF Star Formation Group (Elizabeth Lada). Ph.D. thesis
focuses on a study of brown dwarfs and low mass stars using FLAMINGOS
data from Elizabeth Lada's "Toward a Complete Spectroscopic and Imaging
Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds."
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 Pengcheng Guo M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2005
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 Audra K. Hernandez M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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Robert F. Jordan B.S., 1971, University of Florida, Math; M.S,, 1972,
Purdue University, Computer Science; J.D., 1976, Florida State
University; M.B.A., 1976, Florida State University
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 Mark Keremedjiev NA
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 Alison J. Klesman M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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 Nestor M. Lasso Cabrera
Electronic Engineering - University of La Laguna - Spain 2006
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 Dan Li
M.S.,Instrumentation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Naibi Mariñas M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida, 2002. Currently working on her Ph.D.
thesis with Dr. Charles Telesco.
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 Ana Matkovic M.S.,
Astronomy, University of
Florida, 2002; B.S., Physics & Astronomy, Mount Union College,
2000. Currently working on her thesis with Dr. Rafael Guzman. Thesis
concentrates on kinematics of dwarf elliptical galaxies in clusters,
stellar populations of dwarf ellipticals, and the galaxy harassment as
a plausable scenario for the formation of dwarf elliptical galaxies in
clusters.
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 Valerie J. Mikles M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida, 2004; B.A., Physics, John
Hopkins University, 2002. Currently working with Dr. Steve Eikenberry
studying quasi-periodic oscillations in the microquasar GRS 1915+105.
Also studying x-ray binaries in the galactic center. Prior to this, I
have studied AGN variability and photometric redshift techniques for
x-ray identified AGN. For more information, see my
Research page.
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 Margaret Moerchen M. S.,
Astronomy,
University of Florida, 2005; B. A.,
Astronomy, University of
Texas at Austin, 2001. Currently
researching the role of collisional processes in
circumstellar debris disk evolution through mid-IR imaging; also
working with Dr. Chris Packham on CanariCam performance testing.
Research interests include mid-IR instrumentation, circumstellar debris
disks, planetary formation and evolution, and dust heating sources at
the Galactic center. Advisor: Dr. Charles Telesco
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 Jorge Pérez Gallego M.S.,
Astronomy, University of
Florida, 2005; B.S., Physics & Astrophysics, University of La
Laguna in the Canary Islands, Spain, 2003. Currently working with Dr.
Guzmán in the study of vigorous star formation galaxies in the
local universe and its relation to high redshift population of
Lyman-break galaxies. This is, Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies in the Local
Universe.
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 Noah Rashkind J.D.,
Stetson University College of Law,
2005; B.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2002; B.A., Political
Science, University of Florida, 2002.
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 Paola Rodríguez B.S.,
Astrophysics, University of La
Laguna in the Canary Islands, Spain, 2002.
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 Izaskun San Roman NA
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 Leah E. Simon M.S.,
Astronomy, University of Florida,
2006
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Dave Vollbach B.A., Physics, B.A., AStronomy, Correlate,
Mathematics, Vassar College, 2007
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 Ji Wang B.S., Astronomy,
University of Science
and Technology of China,
2006
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 Soung-Chul Yang M.S., Astronomy, Seoul University,
1996. Working with Dr. Ata Sarajedini in the Stellar Population Group.
Currently involving in the research project of M33 RR Lyrae.
Fields of interest are the physical properties of extragalactic
clusters,
and their implication to the galaxy formation & evolution.
Loving butterflies and playing tennis.
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 Jason Ybarra
M.S Physics, San Francisco State University, 2006
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Last Updated 01.Sep.2007
