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Chair

Nils Halverson

Nils Halverson

Department Chair

Assoc. Chair

Steven Steve Cranmer

Steven Cranmer

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Seth Hornstein

Seth Hornstein

Observatory Director • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Faculty

Daniel Dan Baker

Daniel Baker

LASP

Mitchell Begelman

JILA

Zachory Zach Berta-Thompson

Zachory Berta-Thompson

Lauren Blum

Lauren Blum

LASP

David Brain

David Brain

LASP

Benjamin "Ben" Brown

Ben Brown

Jack Burns

Jack Burns

Webster Web Cash

Webster Cash

Julia Julie Comerford

Julie Comerford

Jeremy Darling

Jeremy Darling

Jason Dexter

Jason Dexter

Douglas Doug Duncan

Douglas Duncan

Erica Ellingson

Erica Ellingson

Robert Bob Ergun

Robert Ergun

Lawrence Larry Esposito

Larry Esposito

Kevin France

Kevin France

Andrew Hamilton

Andrew Hamilton

JILA

Paul Hayne in Iceland

Paul Hayne

Maria Kazachenko

Maria Kazachenko

John Keller

John Keller

Planetarium Director

Adam Kowalski

Adam Kowalski

Meredith MacGregor

Ann-Marie Madigan

Ann-Marie Madigan

Honors Thesis Advising

David Malaspina

David Malaspina

Erica Nelson

Erica Nelson

Mark Rast

Mark Rast

Marialis Rosario Franco

Nicholas Nick Schneider

Nick Schneider

Juri Toomre

Juri Toomre

Research Faculty

Brian Fleming

Brian Fleming

Brad Hindman

Brad Hindman

Emeritus Faculty

Frances Fran Bagenal

Fran Bagenal

Johnathan John Bally

John Bally

Peter Conti

Peter Conti

James Jim Green

James Green

John Hart

John Hart

Jeffrey L. Linsky

Jeffrey Linsky

J. McKim Malville

J. McKim Malville

Richard McCray

Richard McCray

J Michael Mike Shull

Michael Shull

Theodore Ted Snow

Theodore Snow

Johnathan John Stocke

John Stocke

Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas

Staff

Francisco "Tito" Salas, Operations Manager of Fiske Planetarium

Francisco "Tito" Salas

Fiske Planetarium Operations Manager

Observatory Manager Rose Smith

Rose Smith

Observatory Manager

Brittney Washington wearing headphones

Brittney Washington

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Graduate Students

Alexander Alex Zderic

Alexander Zderic

Tatsuya Akiba

Brian Alden

Brian Alden

Noora Alsaeed

Noora Alsaeed

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Michelle Athay

Neil Bassett

Neil Bassett

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Patrick Behr

Connor Bice

Connor Bice

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Tyler Bishop

Catherine Blume

Catherine Blume

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Mattie Bowen

Sarah Bruce

George Ellery Hale Fellow

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Kiana Burton

Eryn Cangi in front of Mount Rainier

Eryn Cangi

NASA FINESST fellow

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Jay Chittidi

Kyle Connour

Kyle Connour

Marcel Corchado

Marcel Corchado Albelo

Imogen Immie Cresswell

Imogen Cresswell

George Ellery Hale Fellow

James Crowley

Hale Fellow

Fernando Cruz Aguirre

Fernando Cruz Aguirre

Johnny Dorigo Jones in an orange t-shirt

Johnny Dorigo Jones

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Girish Duvvuri

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Coni Echiburu

Arika Egan

Arika Egan

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Anna Estes

Emily Farr

Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore

Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore

Justus Gibson

Justus Gibson

Christopher Chris Gilly Gilbert

Chris Gilly

Sajal Gupta

Angi Harke-Hosemann

Angi Harke-Hosemann

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Alex Haughton atop a mountain

Alex Haughton

Joshua Hibbard

Joshua Hibbard

Brandon Hilliard in a NASA jacket standing next to a sign for the Artemis Program

Brandon Hilliard

Parker Hinton

Parker Hinton

Ryan Hofmann at the Royal Arch

Ryan Hofmann

Maggie Huber

Mikayla Huffman

Perianne "Peri" Johnson

Peri Johnson

Megan Kenny among sunflowers

Megan Kenny

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Garyfallia "Lily" Kromyda

Lily Kromyda

Hale Fellowship, John T. Gosling Endowed Fellowship

Aylecia Lattimer

Aylecia Lattimer

Kirk Long next to a piano

Kirk Long

Daniel Mendoza

Momchil "Momo" Molnar

Momchil Molnar

James "Jimmy" Negus

Jimmy Negus

Jennie Paine

Jennie Paine

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Heshani Pieris

Heshani Pieris

Whitney Powers

Whitney Powers

Hayley Roberts

Hayley Roberts

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Jorge Romero Minaya

Aimee Schechter

Aimee Schechter

Daniel Sega

Daniel Sega

NASA FINESST Fellow

Ryan Skoletsky

Ryan Skoletsky

Kya Sorli

Kya Sorli

Johnathan "John" Stauffer

Johnathan Stauffer

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Robby Stevens

Cole Tamburri on his bike

Cole Tamburri

George Ellery Hale Fellow

Peter Tatum

Peter Tatum

Dennis Tilipman

Dennis Tilipman

NASA FINESST Fellow

Isaiah Tristan

Isaiah Tristan

William "Will" Waalkes

Will Waalkes

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Pat Wachiraphan

Pat Wachiraphan

Samantha Sam Walker

Samantha Walker

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Amanda White working on a mirror in a clean room

Amanda White

Andrew Wilcoski

Andrew Wilcoski

Emily Witt

Emily Witt

Valerie Wong

Anna Zuckerman

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Andrei Afanasev

Scott Barrows at the ancient astronomical calendar in Tikal

Scott Barrows

Dolon Bhattacharyya

Angela Collier

Angela Collier

Emily Griffith

NSF post-doctoral fellow

Sumedha Gupta

Ward Howard

Ward Howard

Greg Jaehnig

Greg Jaehnig

PostDoctoral Associate

Stanislaus Nnadih

Yuta Notsu

Yuta Notsu

Yi Qi

Neesha Schnepf

Joe Simon

Ambily Suresh

Ambily Suresh

Kei Tanaka

Kei Tanaka

Satoru Tatakura

Benoit Tremblay

David Wilson

Rahul Yadav

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