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Department of Physics and Astronomy: Recent Graduates in Astronomy

Name	Degree Received	Dissertation Title	Adviser	Employment (as of August, 2012)
Thomas, Joshua	2012 May	A Spectroscopic Analysis and Modeling of the Red Rectangle	J. Bjorkman
Kryukova, Erin	2011 December	A Comparison of Protostars in Diverse Star-Forming Environments	S.T. Megeath	U.S. Patent Office
Nero, David J.	2010	Radiative Cooling in Disks and its Effects on the Formation of Giant Planets via the Gravitational Instability	J. Bjorkman	Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo
Thompson, Greg	2009 August	Time-series Analysis of Line Profile Variability in Optical Spectra of ε Orionis (PDF, 10 MB)	N. D. Morrison	Assistant Professor of Physics, Adrian College
Hesselbach, Erica	2009 August	Probing the Circumstellar Disks of Classical Be Stars with Optical and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy	K. S. Bjorkman	Notre Dame/Saint Mary’s Clare Boothe Luce Postdoctoral Instructor in Physics, Notre Dame, IN
Ritchey, Adam	2009 August	The Abundance of Boron in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds	S. R. Federman	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, Dept. of Astronomy
Davidson, Robert	2009 August	The Behavior of PAHs in the Presence of Jets and AGN in NGC 4258 (Masters Thesis)	J.D. Smith	Teacher, Bullitt Advanced Math and Science Program
Horne, David	2007 May	A Method to Obtain Thermal Spectra of Martian Dust Storms over Cold Polar Surfaces	L. S. Anderson & P. B. James	Head Observational Research Astronomer, New York Center for Astrobiology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Benson, Jennifer	2006 December	Properties of Water Ice Clouds over Major Martian Volcanoes Observed by MOC	P. B. James	Postdoc, MCS instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Wisniewski, John	2005 December	The Effect of Age and Metallicity on Be Circumstellar Disk Formation	K. S. Bjorkman	NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, U. of Washington
Bonev, Boncho	2005 December	Towards a Chemical Taxonomy of Comets: Infrared Spectroscopic Methods for Quantitative Measurements of Cometary Water	P. B. James & M. J. Mumma	Research Associate, Department of Physics, Catholic University of America (Washington, DC)
Vijh, Uma	2005 August	Photoluminescence by Interstellar Dust	A. N. Witt	Research Assistant Professor, U. Toledo
Mihaylov, Ivaylo	2003 December	Monte Carlo Radiaton Hydrodynamics in the Winds of Massive Stars	J. Bjorkman	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical Center (Providence, RI)
Pan, Kaike	2002 December	Cloud Structure and Physical Conditions in Star-Forming Regions from Optical Observations	S. R. Federman	Senior Observing Scientist, Apache Point Obs. (Sloan Digital Sky Survey II)
Knauth, David	2001 December	An Ultra-High Resolution Survey of the Interstellar ⁷Li-to-⁶Li Ratio in the Solar Neighborhood	S. R. Federman	Physics and Astronomy teacher at Franklin High School, Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD
Cantor, Bruce	2000 May	Martian Dust Storms: 1999 Mars Orbiter Camera Observations	P. B. James	Malin Space Science Systems (San Diego, CA)
Zsargó, János	2000 December	Constraints for Models of CH⁺ Production and Non-Thermal Chemistry in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds	S. R. Federman	Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Fisica y Matematicas, C.P. 07738, Mexico, D. F., Mexico Email: jzsargo @ esfm.ipn.mx
Smith, Tracy	2000 August	The Photoluminescence of Interstellar Dust and Laboratory Dust Analogs	A. N. Witt	Space Science Institute-Columbus (Columbus, OH)
Gordon, Karl	1997 August	Detection of Extended Red Emission in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium	A. N. Witt	Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

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