People


Dr. Tom Harrison
Research Faculty, Observatory Specialist
Research interests:
  • Exoplanets
  • Cataclysmic variables
  • X-ray binary systems
Personal page 		Dr. Jon Holtzman
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Research interests:
  • Stellar populations
  • Galactic structure
  • Observational techniques, instrumentation
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Dr. Jason Jackiewicz
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Research interests:
  • Helioseismology theory and applications
  • Asteroseismology
  • Condensed-matter physics
Personal page 		Dr. Joni Johnson
Research Faculty
Research interests:
  • Cataclysmic Variable stars
  • PAGB stars
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Dr. Bernie McNamara
Professor of Astronomy
Research interests:
  • Variable stars
  • Asteroseismology
  • Gamma-ray bursts
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Graduate students

Jillian Bornak
Research interests:
  • X-ray binaries
  • Netron stars
Personal page 		Mary Jo Clark
Research interests:
  • Gamma-ray bursts and afterglows
  • Radio astronomy
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Jeff Coughlin
Research interests:
  • Extra-solar planets
  • Eclipsing binaries
Personal page 		Ryan Hamilton
Research interests:
  • Cataclysmic variables
  • Star-formation history
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Michael S. Kirk
Research interests:
  • Automatic detection methods of solar coronal holes
  • Sequential chromospheric brightenings and flares
Personal page 		Rose Perea
Physics Dept.
Research interests:
  • Helioseismology, asteroseismology
  • Density functional theory
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Son To
Computer Science Dept.
Research interests:
  • Database management
  • Scheduling procedures
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Undergraduate students

Owen Boberg
Research interests:
  • Exoplanets
  • Polars
  • Biomedical materials
 

Past students and group members (since 2009)

Visitors

Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Aarhus University (8.1-8.5.2009)
Jim Neff, College of Charleston (8.2-8.3.2009)
Frank Hill, National Solar Observatory (2.27.2009, 8.2-8.3.2009)
Sarah Gibson, High Altitude Observatory (2.13.2009)