New Mexico State University Astronomy Graduate Student Organization

Welcome to the NMSU Astronomy Graduate Student Organization website! The AGSO was created to interface the astronomy graduate students with the more general student organizations (ASNMSU, GSC) and the astronomy department faculty.

In this website we've compiled some advice for incoming and current graduate students as well as an introduction to what we do for fun.

Below you will find information on our the current grad students.

Roberto Avila Extragalactic astronomy, optical and infrared observations	Jillian Bornak Low mass X-ray binaries, infrared observations Website Admin maintains AGSO website HED, New Mexico Space Grant	Ryan Campbell Cepheid variables in the LMC; parallax measurements GSC Vice President of Activities arranges activities for grad students from all departments
Randy Carlson Planetary atmospheres; asteroids; variable stars; astronomy education	Daniel Ceverino-Rodriguez Galaxy evolution; large scale structure Zia Award	Malynda Chizek Astrobiology; Mars HED, New Mexico Space Grant
Jiehae Choi High energy astrophysics; neutron stars; AGN; galaxy kinematics Secretary keeps track of AGSO meetings	Sophia Cisneros AGN; supernovae Cume Czar arranges getting solutions after the cume New Mexico Space Grant	Jeff Coughlin Exoplanet surveys; habitable zones New Mexico Space Grant
Jessica Evans Galaxy structure and dynamics; large scale structure Tea Time schedules the weekly food and beverages New Mexico Space Grant	Ryan Hamilton Young stellar objects; accretion phenomena Vice-President manages outreach events New Mexico Space Grant	Doug Hoffman Stellar modeling of binaries and cataclysmic variables New Mexico Space Grant
Glenn Kacprzak Quasar absorption line systems; MgII absorption selected galaxies: galaxy-gas kinematic connections Scott Murrell Award, Pegasus Award, GREG Award, Zia Award	Liz Klimek AGN, active galaxy evolution; planetary system formation; outreach	Brandon Lawton Diffuse Interstellar Bands in extragalactic sources NASA GSRP, New Mexico Space Grant
Sean Lindsay Planetary system formation modelling; exoplanet atmosphere modelling Extragalactic Beer sets up fun department outings	Chas Miller Planetary science GSC Representative liason between AGSO and the Graduate Student Council, attends GSC meetings, arranges funding	Jim Norwood Gas giant planet atmospheres: Uranus and Neptune Pegasus Award
Maria Patterson Supernova remnants; active galaxies New Mexico Space Grant	Ashley Ruiter White dwarf binaries; gravitational wave detections Zia Award, Scott Murrell Award, GREG Award	James Stockton Galaxy evolution President liason between grad students and faculty, attends faculty meetings New Mexico Space Grant, Pegasus Award, Mike Watts Award
Paul Strycker Jovian chromophores (colouring agents); education Windows Machine Admin maintains upstairs Windows machine	Mike Sussman Dynamics of Jovian and Saturnian atmospheres Treasurer tracks AGSO budget Pegasus Award	Tanya Tavenner Atmosphere of Venus: wind speeds and modeling New Mexico Space Grant
Sebastian Trujillo Cosmology; galaxy formation and evolution	Joe Wellhouse Star formation, stellar evolution, and the ISM New Mexico Space Grant	Allison Widhalm Interstellar materials; time domain optical surveys; GRB afterglows HED, New Mexico Space Grant
Cat Wu Martian wind speeds; IR color-color identification of OH/IR star proto-planetary nebulae Co-op maintains department munchie cabinet GSC Executive Assistant assisting in running the GSC HED, New Mexico Space Grant, Pegasus Award