Chair

Nils Halverson
Department Chair
Assoc. Chair

Steven Cranmer
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Seth Hornstein
Observatory Director • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Staff

Lindsay Nelson
Graduate Program Coordinator

Robyn Ronen
Business Manager

Francisco "Tito" Salas
Fiske Planetarium Operations Manager

Rose Smith
Observatory Manager

Brittney Washington
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
First Year Graduate Students

Cori Laughrey
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, George Ellery Hale Fellow

Ky Putnam
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Ayla Weitz
George Ellery Hale Fellow
Graduate Students

Chloë Benton
GEM PhD Fellow

Sarah Bruce
George Ellery Hale Fellow

Imogen Cresswell
George Ellery Hale Fellow

James Crowley
George Ellery Hale Fellow

Angi Harke-Hosemann
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Megan Kenny
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Whitney Powers
Hale Fellow • NASA FINESST Fellow

Daniel Sega
NASA FINESST Fellow

Lily Strus
Hale Fellowship, John T. Gosling Endowed Fellowship

Cole Tamburri
George Ellery Hale Fellow

Dennis Tilipman
NASA FINESST Fellow

Will Waalkes
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Samantha Walker
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Anna Zuckerman
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Faculty

Daniel Baker
LASP

Mitchell Begelman
JILA

Lauren Blum
LASP

David Brain
LASP

Andrew Hamilton
JILA

John Keller
Planetarium Director

David Malaspina
Honors Thesis Advising
Research Faculty
Senior Research Associates
Emeritus Faculty
Post-Doctoral Researchers

Wilson Cauley
LASP Research Scientist

Ryan French
Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellow

Emily Griffith
NSF post-doctoral fellow

Greg Jaehnig
PostDoctoral Associate

Catriona Murray
CASA