IRTF PhD Dissertation List
This
bibliography contains PhD dissertations (1982 - present) that utilize data
obtained with the NASA IRTF.
2024
Brady, Kristin E.
Applications of infrared
spectroscopy for chemical abundances of stars
Indiana University (2024) Advisor:
Catherine A. Pilachowski
Instrument: iSHELL
Damian, Belinda
Study of low mass stars and
brown dwarfs in star forming regions of diverse environments
Christ University (2024)
Advisor: Sreeja S. Kartha and Jessy Jose
Instrument: SpeX
Ejeta, Chemeda Tadese
High-resolution spectroscopy of interstellar lines
and comets
Missouri University of Science and Technology and
University of Missouri-St. Louis (2024)
Advisor: Erika Gibb
Instrument: iSHELL
Jacobson-Galán,
Wynn Vincente
Final moments: Confined circumstellar material as a
singular probe of supernova progenitor systems
University of California, Berkeley (2024) Advisor:
Raffaella Margutti
Instrument: SpeX
López-Oquendo, Andy J.
Northern Arizona University (2024) Advisor:
David E. Trilling
Instrument: MIRSI
Neustadt, Jack Madison Marshall
On stochastic and transient variability around black
holes
The Ohio State University (2024) Advisor:
Christopher S. Kochanek
Instrument: SpeX
Saunders, William R.
The upper atmospheric
temperature structure of Uranus via stellar occultations
Boston University (2024)
Advisor: Paul G. Withers
Instrument: SpeX
Thomas, Emma Miriam
Infrared observations and
investigations of Uranus's aurorae and ionosphere
University of Leicester (2024) Advisor:
Henrik Melin
Instrument: iSHELL
2023
Campbell, Tanner S.
The University of Arizona (2023) Advisor:
Roberto Furfaro
Instrument: MORIS
Humes, Oriel A.
Multiwavelength observations
of Jupiter Trojans and related primitive asteroid populations
Northern Arizona University (2023) Advisor:
Cristina Thomas
Instrument: SpeX
Iyer, Aishwarya R.
The M-dwarf atmosphere problem
Arizona State University (2023) Advisor:
Michael Line
Instrument: SpeX
Kern, Joshua William
Clemson University (2023) Advisor:
Sean Brittain
Instrument: iSHELL
Khan, Younas
Near-IR spectroscopic analysis
of the primary volatile composition of long and short-period comets
Missouri University of Science and Technology and
University of Missouri-St. Louis (2023)
Advisor: Erika Gibb
Instrument: iSHELL
Li, Jialu
Molecular spectroscopy of star
forming regions: Cool and hot, close and far
University of Maryland, College Park (2023) Advisors:
Andrew Harris and Alexander Tielens
Instruments: SpeX, iSHELL
Lu, Cicero Xinyu
Deciphering planet formation
from the smallest planetary building blocks
The Johns Hopkins University (2023) Advisor:
Christine Chen
Instrument: SpeX
McGraw, Allison Marie
Asteroid-meteorite linkages
through infrared spectroscopy
The University of Arizona (2023) Advisor:
Vishnu Reddy
Instrument: SpeX
McGraw, Lauren Elizabeth
Remote sensing of near-Earth
asteroids using near infrared (3 µm) spectroscopy
Northern Arizona University (2023) Advisor:
Joshua P. Emery
Instrument: SpeX
Mehrle, Nicholas
Resolving the mysteries of
highly irradiated planets: Observations and simulations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023) Advisor:
Sara Seager
Instrument: iSHELL
Ravi, Aravind Pazhayath
The University of Texas at Arlington (2023) Advisor:
Sangwook Park
Instrument: SpeX
Sharkey, Benjamin Nicholas Luttkus
The University of Arizona (2023) Advisor:
Vishnu Reddy
Instrument: SpeX
Stahl, Asa G.
Rice University (2023)
Advisor: Christopher Johns-Krull
Instruments: CSHELL,
iSHELL
Tate, Christian David
Camera-based remote sensing on
Mars and Io
Cornell University (2023) Advisor:
Alexander Hayes
Instruments: SpeX, iSHELL
Wittrock, Justin M.
Characterizing AU Microscopii planets with transit timing variations
George Mason University (2023) Advisor:
Peter P. Plavchan
Instrument: iSHELL
2022
Barr, Andrew G.
The infrared spectrum of massive protostars: Circumstellar disks and high
mass star formation
Leiden University (2022)
Advisors: Xander Tielens and Adwin Boogert
Instrument: iSHELL
Burke, Jamison Frost
Revealing the progenitor
systems of type Ia supernovae with early high-cadence
multiwavelength data
University of California, Santa Barbara (2022) Advisors:
D. Andrew Howell and Lars Bildsten
Instrument: SpeX
Dubber, Sophie Charlotte
The University of Edinburgh (2022) Advisor:
Beth Biller
Instrument: SpeX
Flores Gonzalez, Christian A.
The evolution of magnetic field strengths in low-mass young stars
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2022) Advisors:
Michael Connelley and Bo Reipurth
Instruments: SpeX, iSHELL
Jensen, Stanley
CO molecular spectroscopy and spectro-astrometry of protoplanetary disks
Clemson University (2022) Advisor:
Sean Brittain
Instrument: iSHELL
Mitchell, Jake Arthur Jack
Probing the physics and geometry of active galactic nuclei
Durham University (2022)
Advisor: Martin Ward
Instrument: SpeX
Pearson, Samuel
A study of brown dwarf and
star formation in NGC 2264
University of St Andrews (2022) Advisor:
Aleks Scholz
Instrument: SpeX
Shao, Wencheng
Variations of
atmospheric chemical systems on Venus and the ice shell on Enceladus
University of California, Santa Cruz (2022) Advisor:
Xi Zhang
Instrument: TEXES
Steffens, Brendan
Infrared
search for N-Butane and Trans-2-Butene in Titan’s atmosphere
Florida Institute of Technology (2022) Advisor:
Manasvi Lingam
Instrument: TEXES
Wyatt, Samuel Dillon
Enabling rapid response
observations in time-domain astrophysics and the science it can achieve
The University of Arizona (2022) Advisor:
David Sand
Instrument: SpeX
Zalesky, Joseph A.
A uniform atmospheric
retrieval analysis of ultra-cool brown dwarfs
Arizona State University (2022) Advisor:
Michael R. Line
Instrument: SpeX
2021
Arredondo-Guerrero, Anicia
A spectroscopic
survey of primitive main belt asteroid populations
University of Central Florida (2021) Advisor:
Humberto Campins
Instrument: SpeX
Bostroem, Kyra Azalee
Using type II supernovae to study their massive star progenitors
University of California, Davis (2021) Advisor:
Stefano Valenti
Instrument: SpeX
Cale, Bryson
Retrieval and applications of precise radial velocities to detect
exoplanets
George Mason University (2021) Advisor:
Peter Plavchan
Instrument: iSHELL
Crossley, Samuel Dean
Petrologic, geochemical, and
spectral characteristics of oxidized planetary differentiation
University of Maryland, College Park (2021) Advisor:
Jessica M. Sunshine
Instrument: SpeX
De, Kishalay
The whisper and
the bang: Cosmic fireworks in the lives of compact binaries
California Institute of Technology (2021) Advisor:
Mansi Kasliwal
Instrument: SpeX
Gustafsson, Annika Lil
Grain size characteristics of primordial small bodies in the Solar System
Northern Arizona University (2021) Advisors:
Nicholas Moskovitz and Cristina Thomas
Instrument: SpeX
Kareta, Theodore Richard
Activity and the evolutionary state of small bodies
The University of Arizona (2021) Advisors:
Walter M. Harris and Vishnu Reddy
Instrument: SpeX
Saki, Mohammad
University of Missouri, St. Louis (2021) Advisor:
Erika Gibb
Instruments: CSHELL,
iSHELL
Salama, Maïssa
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2021) Advisor:
Christoph Baranec
Instrument: SpeX
Witsch, Daniel
Infrared spectroscopy of small
astrophysically relevant molecules
Universität Kassel (2021) Advisor:
Thomas Giesen
Instrument: TEXES
Zhang, Zhoujian
Discovery and characterization of giant planets and brown dwarfs on wide
orbits
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2021) Advisor:
Michael C. Liu
Instrument: SpeX
2020
Chu, Laurie Elizabeth Urban
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2020) Advisor:
Klaus Hodapp
Instrument: SpeX
Davis, Scott
Diversity of type II
supernovae
Florida State University (2020) Advisor:
Eric Hsiao
Instrument: SpeX
Greco, Jennifer J.
The University of Toledo (2020) Advisor:
Michael C. Cushing
Instrument: SpeX
Han, Eunkyu
The Mass-radius relationship of M dwarf stars from Kepler eclipsing
binaries
Boston University (2020)
Advisor: Philip Muirhead
Instrument: iSHELL
Maas, Zachary G.
The galactic chemical evolution of chlorine and phosphorus
Indiana University (2020) Advisor:
Catherine A. Pilachowski
Instruments: CSHELL,
iSHELL
Villaume, Alexa A.
Probing the extremes of galaxy evolution with new stellar population
synthesis models
University of California, Santa Cruz (2020) Advisor:
Jean Brodie
Instrument: SpeX
2019
Corlies, Paul Michael
Emerging from the dark ages: An analysis of clouds on Titan
Cornell University (2019) Advisor:
Alexander Hayes
Instrument: SpeX
Gartrelle, Gordon M.
Spectral variations of D-type asteroids at different heliocentric
distances
University of North Dakota (2019) Advisor:
Paul Hardersen
Instrument: SpeX
Grunblatt, Samuel Kai
Giant planets transiting giant stars
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2019) Advisors:
Daniel Huber and Eric Gaidos
Instrument: SpeX
Guerco, Rafael Fraga
Um estudo
sobre a origem do flúor na Via Láctea
e na Grande Nuvem de Magalhães
Observatório Nacional (2019) Advisors: Katia Cunha and Claudio B. Pereira
Instrument: iSHELL
Honniball, Casey I.
Infrared remote sensing of volatile components on the Earth and Moon
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2019) Advisor:
Paul Lucey
Instrument: SpeX
Karnath, Nicole Mary
The transition points in young stars and young star clusters
The University of Toledo (2019) Advisor:
Tom Megeath
Instrument: iSHELL
Kesseli, Aurora Yvonne
The effects of metallicity and magnetism on the radii of M dwarf stars
Boston University (2019)
Advisor: Philip Muirhead
Instrument: iSHELL
MacLennan, Eric Michael
Asteroid
regolith weathering: A large-scale observational investigation
University of Tennessee (2019) Advisor:
Joshua P. Emery
Instrument: SpeX
Norris, Ryan Patrick
Seeing
stars like never before: A long-term interferometric imaging survey of red supergiants
Georgia State University (2019) Advisor:
Fabien Baron
Instrument: SpeX
Rich, Evan A.
The unique
geometries and illuminations of protoplanetary disks and their potential
exoplanets
University of Oklahoma (2019) Advisor:
John Wisniewski
Instrument: SpeX
Roth, Nathaniel Xavier
Decoding the history of the early solar system using comet volatile
compositions
University of Missouri, St. Louis (2019) Advisor:
Erika Gibb
Instrument: iSHELL
Sullivan, Timothy
The dynamical state of a young stellar cluster
University of Missouri, St. Louis (2019) Advisor:
Bruce Wilking
Instruments:
CSHELL, iSHELL
2018
Atkinson, Dani
HgCdTe
APD arrays for astronomy: Natural guide star wavefront sensing and space astronomy
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2018) Advisor: Donald Hall
Instrument: SAPHIRA
Best, William M. J.
Ultracool
demography with a volume-limited census of the solar neighborhood
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2018) Advisor: Michael C. Liu
Instrument: SpeX
Blain, Doriann
Etude de l’atmosphère profonde de Jupiter
Observatoire de Paris (2018) Advisor:
Thierry Fouchet
Instrument: TEXES
Gordon, Michael Scott
Massive
stars: an infrared exploration across the HR Diagram
The University of Minnesota
(2018) Advisors: Terry J. Jones and Roberta M. Humphreys
Instrument: SpeX
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K.
Kepler planet occurrence rates for mid-type M dwarfs as a function of
spectral type
The University of Toledo (2018) Advisor:
Michael C. Cushing
Instrument: SpeX
Hosseinzadeh, Griffin A.
Probing
late-stage stellar evolution through robotic follow-up of nearby supernovae
University of California, Santa Barbara (2018) Advisors:
D. Andrew Howell and Lars Bildsten
Instrument: SpeX
Johnson, Rosie Eleanor
Infrared
observations of Jupiter’s ionosphere
University of Leicester
(2018) Advisors: Thomas Stallard and Jonathan Nichols
Instrument: CSHELL
Jones, Jenna L.
Investigating
compositional variations of S-complex near-Earth asteroids: (1627) Ivar
University of Central Florida (2018) Advisor:
Yanga R. Fernandez
Instrument: SpeX
Long, Zachary
University of Cincinnati (2018) Advisor:
Mike Sitko
Instrument: SpeX
Mazur, Brian
A photometric and spectroscopic study of Orion: From OB1b to binaries
The University of Toledo (2018) Advisor:
Tom Megeath
Instrument: SpeX
Sinukoff, Evan
Masses and properties of extrasolar planets
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2018) Advisor:
Andrew W. Howard
Instrument: SpeX
Wong, Ian Yu
California Institute of Technology (2018) Advisor:
Michael E. Brown
Instrument: SpeX
Wong, Ka Tat
The
physics and chemistry of oxygen-rich circumstellar envelopes as traced by
simple molecules
Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn (2018) Advisors: Karl M. Menten and Norbert Langer
Instrument: TEXES
2017
Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella C.
Spectral
binaries hold the key to the true ultracool binary fraction
University of California, San Diego (2017) Advisor:
Adam J. Burgasser
Instrument: SpeX
Cabrera Salazar, Nicole Estefania
Fundamental
properties, activity, and planet-hosting potential of young suns near Earth
Georgia State University (2017) Advisor: Russel J. White
Instrument: CSHELL
Cartier, Kimberly M. S.
Photometric exoplanet characterization and
multimedia astronomy communication
The Pennsylvania State University (2017) Advisor:
Jason Wright
Instrument: SpeX
Cartwright, Richard John
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2017) Advisor:
Joshua P. Emery and Devon M. Burr
Instrument: SpeX
Cosentino, Richard G.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2017) Advisor:
Raul Morales-Juberias
Instrument: TEXES
de Kleer,
Katherine Rebecca
Extreme
worlds of the outer Solar System: Dynamic processes on Uranus & Io
University of California, Berkeley (2017) Advisor:
Imke de Pater
Instrument: SpeX
Esplin, Taran
Observations
of brown dwarfs at low temperatures and low masses
The Pennsylvania State University (2017) Advisor:
Kevin Luhman
Instrument: SpeX
Gerhartz, Cody James
The University of Toledo (2017) Advisor:
Karen Bjorkman
Instrument: SpeX
Godfrey, Paige A.
Characterizing cool brown dwarfs and low-mass companions with
low-resolution near-infrared spectra
City University of New York (2017) Advisor: Emily L. Rice
Instrument: SpeX
Kanarek, Graham
The Wolf-Rayet star population of the Milky Way
Galaxy
Columbia University (2017) Advisor: Michael Shara
Instrument: SpeX
Kellogg, Kendra
Investigating brown dwarf
atmospheres: gravity, dust content, cloud structure and metallicity
The University of Western Ontario (2017) Advisor:
Stanimir Metchev
Instrument: SpeX
Landsman, Zoe A.
The physical
properties and composition of main-belt asteroids from infrared spectroscopy
University of Central Florida (2017) Advisor:
Humberto Campins
Instrument: SpeX
Lucas, Michael Peter
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2017) Advisor:
Joshua P. Emery
Instrument: SpeX
Marshall, Sean Ernest
Combining radar and infrared observations of near-Earth asteroids
Cornell University (2017) Advisor:
Donald Campbell
Instrument: SpeX
McAdam, Margaret M.
University of Maryland, College Park (2017) Advisor:
Jessica M. Sunshine
Instruments:
BASS, SpeX
Pajuelo, Myriam
Caractérisation multitechniques
des astéroïdes binaires
Observatoire de Paris (2017) Advisors:
Benoît Carry and Mirel Birlan
Instrument: SpeX
Rajan, Abhijith
Exoplanet
Meteorology: Characterizing the atmospheres of directly imaged sub-stellar
objects
Arizona State University (2017) Advisors:
Jennifer Patience and Patrick Young
Instrument: SpeX
2016
Aller, Kimberly Mei
Finding the elusive substellar members of young moving groups
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2016) Advisor: Michael C. Liu
Instrument: SpeX
Cook, Neil James
University of Hertfordshire (2016) Advisor: David J. Pinfield
Instrument: SpeX (library)
Czekala, Ian
The
fundamental properties of
young stars
Harvard University (2016) Advisor:
Sean Andrews
Instrument: SpeX
Filippazzo, Joseph C.
Fundamental parameters of the lowest mass stars to the highest mass
planets
City University of New York (2016) Advisor: Emily L. Rice
Instrument: SpeX
Holler, Bryan Jason
University of Colorado at Boulder (2016) Advisor: Leslie Young
Instrument: SpeX
Malmrose, Michael Paul
Thermal emission signatures in non-thermal blazars
Boston University (2016)
Advisor: Alan P. Marscher
Instrument: SpeX
Naud, Marie-Eve
Université de Montréal (2016) Advisors:
René Doyon and Étienne Artigau
Instrument: SpeX
Newton, Elisabeth R.
The evolution of rotation and magnetism in small stars near the Sun
Harvard University (2016) Advisor: David Charbonneau
Instrument: SpeX
Obermeier, Christian
Searching for hot Jupiter transits around cool stars
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
(2016) Advisors: Johannes M. Koppenhöfer
and Roberto P. Saglia
Instrument: SpeX
Owen, Patrick James
Herschel
studies of core collapse supernova remnants at infrared wavelengths
University College London (2016) Advisor:
Michael J. Barlow
Instrument: CSHELL
Saito, Yuriko
Investigation of the coevolution
between supermassive blackholes and galaxies at redshift 3 through Subaru
near-infrared observations
The Graduate University for
Advanced Studies (2016) Advisor: Masatoshi Imanishi
Instrument: SpeX
Veicht, AAron Michael
Through
the forest of speckles: Robust spectroscopy of extremely faint companions of
nearby stars
Columbia University (2016) Advisor:
Rebecca Oppenheimer
Instrument: SpeX
2015
Aberasturi Vega, Miriam
Universidad Complutense
de Madrid (2015) Advisors: Enrique Solano Márquez and Eduardo Martin
Guerrero de Escalante
Instrument: SpeX (library)
Bloemhard, Heather
Characterizing
the atmospheres of exoplanets using ground-based facilities
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2015) Advisor: Michelle Creech-Eakman
Instruments: SpeX, MORIS
Gagne, Jonathan
Université de Montréal (2015) Advisors: David Lafrenière and René Doyon
Instrument: SpeX
Hargrove, Kelsey
Spectral study
of asteroids and laboratory simulation of asteroid organics
University of Central Florida (2015) Advisor: Joshua Colwell
Instrument: SpeX
Hiranaka, Keiko
The City University of New York (2015) Advisor:
Kelle L. Cruz
Instrument: SpeX
Kaluna, Heather Maria
The evolution of water in carbonaceous main belt asteroids
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2015) Advisor: Karen Meech
Instruments: SpeX, MORIS
Khayat, Alain S. J.
Multi-band search for volcanic outgassing in the Tharsis and Syrtis Major
regions on Mars
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2015) Advisor: Alan Tokunaga
Instrument: CSHELL
Kita, Hajime
Studies of variation mechanisms
of the Jovian radiation belt based on radio-interferometric and optical
observations
Tohoku University (2015) Advisor:
Hiroaki Misawa
Instrument: CSHELL
Lundquist, Michael J.
A
panchromatic study of galactic intermediate-mass star-forming regions
University of Wyoming (2015) Advisor: Henry Kobulnicky
Instrument: SpeX
Meneses-Goytia,
Sofia
Stellar population models in the near-infrared
University of Groningen (2015) Advisors:
Reynier F. Peletier
and Scott C. Trager
Instrument: SpeX (library)
Pearson, Richard L. III
University of Denver (2015) Advisor: Robert E. Stencil
Instruments: SpeX, BASS
Schlawin, Everett A.
Observations
of disintegrating, evaporating and hot planet atmospheres with transmission
spectra
Cornell University (2015) Advisor: Terry Lee Herter
Instruments: SpeX, MORIS
Scott, Nicholas Jon
Georgia State University and Observatoire de Paris (2015) Advisors:
Harold A. McAlister (GSU) and Vincent Coudé du
Foresto (Obs de Paris)
Instrument: SpeX
Smith, Cassy
A catalog
of cool stars for precision planet searches
Georgia State University (2015) Advisor:
Russel J. White
Instrument:
CSHELL
Stangier, Tobias
Universität zu Köln
(2015) Advisor: Lucas Labadie
Instrument: HIPWAC,
THIS
Terrien, Ryan C.
The Pennsylvania State University (2015) Advisor: Suvrath Mahadevan
Instrument: SpeX
Zellem, Robert Thomas
The University of Arizona (2015) Advisor: Caitlin A. Griffith
Instrument: SpeX
2014
Dametto, Natacha Zanon
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
(2014) Advisors: Rogério Riffel
Instrument: SpeX
Dawson, Paul
Young brown
dwarfs and their environments: testing star and planet formation
University of Dublin (2014) Advisors: Aleks Scholz and Tom Ray
Instrument: SpeX
Follette, Katherine Brutlag
The University of Arizona (2014) Advisor:
Laird Close
Instrument: SpeX
Gazak, Jonathan Zachary
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2014) Advisor: Rolf Kudritzki
Instrument: SpeX
Mace, Gregory Nathan
Investigating low-mass binary stars and brown dwarfs with near-infrared
spectroscopy
University of California, Los Angeles (2014) Advisor:
Ian S. McLean
Instrument: SpeX
McClure, Melissa K.
Influence of dust grain evolution on the structure of protoplanetary
disks
University of Michigan (2014) Advisor: Nuria P. Calvet
Instrument: SpeX
O'Donoghue, James
The response of gas giant ionospheres to space environment forcing
University of Leicester (2014) Advisor: Tom Stallard
Instrument: SpeX
Principe, David A.
Multiwavelength observations of young stars and their circumstellar disks
Rochester Institute of Technology (2014) Advisor:
Joel H. Kastner
Instrument: SpeX
Sinclair, James A.
Seasonal and interannual variability in Saturn's stratosphere
University of Oxford (2014) Advisor: Patrick Irwin
Instrument: Celeste
Skrzypek, Nathalie
Brown dwarfs and rare objects in UKIDSS
Imperial College London (2014) Advisor: Steve Warren
Instrument: SpeX
Tice, Dane Steven
Ground-based near-infrared remote sounding of ice giant clouds and
methane
University of Oxford (2014) Advisor:
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Instrument: SpeX
2013
Barentine, John Caleb
The role of gas in galaxy evolution: Infall, star formation, and internal
structure
University of Texas at Austin
(2013) Advisor: John Kormendy
Instrument: TEXES
Bowler, Brendan Peter
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2013) Advisor: Michael C. Liu
Instrument: SpeX
Gourgeot, Florian
Observatoire de Paris (2013) Advisors:
Antonella Barucci and Christophe Dumas
Instrument: SpeX
Hamilton, Ryan Thomas
Constraining photospheric abundances of donor
stars in cataclysmic variables
New Mexico State University (2013) Advisor:
Thomas E. Harrison
Instrument: SpeX
Kim, Kyoung Hee
Evolution
of protoplanetary disks in the Orion A star-forming region
University of Rochester (2013) Advisor: Dan M. Watson
Instrument: SpeX
Mann, Andrew Withycombe
Planets around cool stars: a spectroscopic and photometric study of M
dwarfs and their planets
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2013) Advisor: Eric Gaidos
Instrument: SpeX
McKay, Adam Joseph
The volatile composition of comets as inferred from gas production
New Mexico State University (2013) Advisor: Nancy J. Chanover
Instrument: CSHELL
Micheli, Marco
Exploring connections between near-Earth objects and meteoroid streams
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2013) Advisor: David J. Tholen
Instrument: SpeX
Radigan, Jacqueline Marie
Weather on substellar worlds: A study of clouds, variability and binarity
at the L/T transition
University of Toronto (2013) Advisor:
Ray Jayawardhana
Instrument: SpeX
Sánchez, Juan A.
Temperature-induced effects and phase reddening on near-Earth asteroids
Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität
Münster (2013) Advisors:
Andreas Nathues, Vishnu Reddy and Harald Hiesinger
Instrument: SpeX
Takir, Driss
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2013) Advisors: Joshua P. Emery and Harry Y. McSween, Jr.
Instrument: SpeX
Trombley, Christine M.
Rochester Institute of
Technology (2013) Advisor:
Donald F. Figer
Instrument: SpeX
Uno, Takeru
Vertical and horizontal
structures of Jovian infrared aurora: Observations and new development of
echelle spectrometer
Tohoku University (2013) Advisors:
Yasumasa Kasaba and Takeshi Sakanoi
Instrument: CSHELL
2012
Castro, Philip J.
Star formation in the Lagoon Nebula & low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
University of Delaware (2012) Advisor: John E. Gizis
Instrument: SpeX
Crossfield, Ian James Mills
Infrared observations of exoplanet atmospheres
University of California, Los Angeles (2012) Advisor: Bradley M. S. Hansen
Instrument: SpeX
Dhital, Saurav
Vanderbilt University (2012) Advisors: Keivan G. Stassun
and Andrew A. West
Instrument: SpeX
Khargharia, Juthika
Near-infrared observations of compact binary systems
University of Colorado at Boulder (2012) Advisor:
Cynthia S. Froning
Instrument: SpeX
Popescu, Marcel
Techniques for asteroid spectroscopy
Observatoire de Paris and Universitatea Polithenica din Bucuresti (2012) Advisors: Mirel Birlan and Constantin P. Cristescu
Instrument: SpeX
Touhami, Yamina N.
Circumstellar
disks around rapidly rotating Be-type stars
Georgia State University (2012) Advisor: Douglas R. Gies
Instrument: SpeX
Wojtkowski, Kari Anne
The characterization of volatiles associated with young stellar objects
University of Missouri - St. Louis and Missouri University of Science and Technology (2012) Advisors: Erika L. Gibb and John L. Schmitt
Instrument: SpeX
2011
Crockett, Christopher James
Giant Planet Companions to T Tauri Stars
University of California, Los Angeles (2011) Advisor: James Larkin
Instrument: CSHELL
Deen, Casey Patrick
An investigation of the physical parameters of young stellar objects
University of Texas at Austin (2011) Advisor: Daniel T. Jaffe
Instrument: SpeX
Flaherty, Kevin
Evolution and variability of circumstellar material around young stellar
objects
The University of Arizona (2011) Advisors: James Muzerolle and George Rieke
Instrument: SpeX
Looper, Dagny Lauren
New Nearby Accreting Young Stars and a First Estimate of the IMF for the
TW Hydrae Association
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2011) Advisor: John T. Rayner
Instrument: SpeX
Miner, Jesse
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2011) Advisor: James A. Rose
Instrument: SpeX
Pitts, Mark A.
Identifying low-mass members of nearby star clusters using proper motion
and color selection
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2011) Advisor: Eugene Magnier
Instrument: SpeX
Schlieder, Joshua Edward
New Low-mass members of nearby young moving groups
State University of New York, Stony Brook (2011) Advisors: Michal Simon and Sebastien Lepine
Instrument: CSHELL
Zimmerman, Neil Thomas
High-contrast observations with an integral field spectrograph
Columbia University (2011) Advisor:
Ben R. Oppenheimer
Instrument: SpeX
2010
Adams, Elisabeth Rose
Transit timing
with fast cameras on large telescopes
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (2010) Advisors: James
L. Elliot and Sara Seager
Instrument: MORIS
Anderson, William Michael, Jr.
Infrared observations of oxidized carbon in comet C/2002 t7 (LINEAR)
The Catholic University of
America (2010) Advisor: Michael A. DiSanti
Instrument: CSHELL
Carlson, Randall Everette
New Mexico State University (2010) Advisor: Nancy Chanover
Instrument: SpeX
Cook, Amanda Marie
Chemical
evolution of astrophysical ices
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2010) Advisor: Douglas C. B. Whittet
Instrument: SpeX
DeMeo, Francesca E.
The compositional variation of small bodies across the Solar System
Observatoire de Paris (2010) Advisors: M. Antonietta Barucci and Richard P. Binzel
Instrument: SpeX
Dupuy, Trent J.
Direct measurements of the fundamental properties of low-mass stars and
brown dwarfs
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2010) Advisor: Michael Liu
Instrument: SpeX
Faherty, Jacqueline K.
The brown dwarf kinematics project
State University of New York, Stony Brook (2010) Advisors: Frederick M. Walter, Michael M. Shara and Adam J. Burgasser
Instrument: SpeX
Fieber-Beyer, Sherry K.
Mineralogical characterizations of asteroids in/near the 3:1 Kirkwood gap
University of North Dakota (2010) Advisor: Michael Gaffey
Instrument: SpeX
Fonfria Exposito, Jose Pablo
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2010) Advisor: Jose Cernicharo Quintanilla and Salvador Montero Martin
Instrument: TEXES
Krõtz, Peter
Universität zu Kõln (2010) Advisor: Rudolf Schieder
Instruments: HIPWAC,
IRHS
Nedelcu, Dan Alin
Observatoire de Paris (2010) Advisors:
Jean Souchay and Mirel
Birlan
Instruments:
CSHELL, SpeX
Norwood, James Walter
New Mexico State University (2010) Advisor: Nancy Chanover
Instrument: SpeX
Ostrowski, Daniel R.
Linkage of asteroids and meteorites by the study of terrestrial analogs
University of Arkansas (2010) Advisor:
Derek W. G. Sears
Instrument: SpeX
Willman, Mark
Space weathering on S-complex asteroids
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2010) Advisor: Robert Jedicke
Instrument: SpeX
2009
Carry, Benoit
Etude des propriétés physiques des astéroides par imagerie à haute résolution angulaire
Université Paris-Diderot, Paris VII (2009) Advisors: Christophe Dumas and Marcello Fulchignoni
Instrument: MIRSI
Chornock, Ryan Thomas
Astrophysical applications of spectropolarimetry
University of California, Berkeley (2009) Advisor:
Alexei V. Filippenko
Instrument: SpeX
Espaillat, Catherine C.
The evolution of dusty disks around low-mass pre-main sequence stars
University of Michigan (2009) Advisor: Nuria P. Calvet
Instrument: SpeX
Gietzen, Katherine M.
University of Arkansas (2009) Advisor:
Claud H. S. Lacy
Instrument: SpeX
Hesselbach, Erica N.
Probing the circumstellar disks of classical Be stars with optical and
near-infrared spectroscopy
The University of Toledo
(2009) Advisor: Karen S. Bjorkman
Instrument: SpeX
Kanupuru, Vishnu
University of North Dakota
(2009) Advisor: Michael J. Gaffey
Instrument: SpeX
Laag, Edward Aric
Observations of starburst galaxies: Science and supporting technology
University of California, Riverside (2009) Advisor: Gabriela Canalizo
Instrument: SpeX
Melis, Carl Anthony
The life, death, and composition of exoterrestrial
planets around intermediate mass stars
University of California, Los Angeles (2009) Advisor: Benjamin M. Zuckerman
Instrument: SpeX
Moskovitz, Nicholas A.
Spectroscopic and theoretical constraints on the differentiation of
planetesimals
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2009) Advisor: Eric Gaidos
Instrument: SpeX
Penteado, Paulo Fernando
Study of Titan’s methane cycle
The University of Arizona (2009) Advisor: Caitlin A. Griffith
Instrument: CSHELL, TEXES
Thomas, Cristina Ana
Tracing meteorite source regions through asteroid spectroscopy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009) Advisor: Richard P. Binzel
Instrument: SpeX
Yang, Bin
Water in primitive solar system bodies
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2009) Advisor: David Jewitt
Instrument: SpeX
Yang, Hao
The magnetic fields of young stars
Rice University (2009) Advisor: Christopher M. Johns-Krull
Instrument: CSHELL
2008
Berthoud, Marc George
Carbon monoxide emission from the inner disk around intermediate-mass
stars
Cornell University (2008) Advisor:
Terry Herter
Instruments: SpeX, CSHELL
Bitner, Martin Allan, Jr.
High resolution spectroscopy of old stars and young disks
University of Texas at Austin (2008) Advisor: John H. Lacy
Instrument: TEXES
Campbell, Ryan
Phase-resolved cyclotron spectroscopy of polars
New Mexico State University (2008) Advisor: Thomas E. Harrison
Instrument: SpeX
Carpenter, William Joseph
Dust grain growth and disk evolution of a set of young stellar objects
University of Cincinnati
(2008) Advisor: Michael Sitko
Instrument: BASS
Edwards, Michelle L.
The Canarias Infrared Camera Experiment (CIRCE) and the search for and
study of massive stars
University of Florida (2008) Advisors:
Stephen Eikenberry and Reba Bandyopadhyay
Instrument: SpeX
Lystrup, Makenzie Brook
Near infrared studies of Jupiter's upper atmosphere
University College London (2008) Advisor: Steve Miller
Instrument: CSHELL
Mauerhan, Jon Christian
Massive stellar x-ray sources in the galactic center
University of California, Los Angeles (2008) Advisor: Mark Morris
Instrument: SpeX
Mikles, Valerie Jean
University of Florida (2008) Advisor: Steven S. Eikenberry
Instrument: SpeX
Riffel, Rogério
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
(2008) Advisor: Miriani Griselda Pastoriza
Instrument: SpeX
Schaller, Emily Lauren
I. Seasonal changes in Titan's cloud activity II. Volatile ices on outer solar system
objects
California Institute of Technology (2008) Advisor: Michael E. Brown
Instrument: SpeX
Strong, Shadrian
Brittany
Climate modeling of giant planets: The Saturnian seasonal stratosphere
University of Texas at Austin (2008) Advisor: John H. Lacy
Instrument: TEXES
2007
Connelley, Michael S.
The evolution of the multiplicity of young stellar objects
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2007) Advisors: Alan T. Tokunaga and Bo Reipurth
Instrument: SpeX
Fletcher, Leigh Nicholas
Saturn's Atmosphere: Structure and Composition from Cassini/CIRS
University of Oxford (2007) Advisor:
Patrick Irwin
Instrument: MIRSI
McElwain, Michael William
High contrast spectral imaging of sub-stellar companions around nearby
young stars
University of California, Los Angeles (2007) Advisor: James Larkin
Instrument: SpeX
McGrath, Elizabeth J.
Formation and evolution of massive galaxies and AGN in the early universe
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2007) Advisor: Alan Stockton
Instrument: NSFCAM
Merlin, Frédéric
Étude des
processus physiques qui gouvernent l’évolution des petits corps glacés
du système solaire
Observatoire de Paris (2007) Advisor:
Maria Antonella Barucci
Instrument: SpeX
Mueller, Michael
Surface
properties of asteroids from mid-infrared observations and thermophysical modeling
Free University of Berlin (2007) Advisor: Alan W. Harris
Instruments: MIRSI, Apogee
Nedachi, Ko
An infrared study of the highest
density cluster core in R CrA star-forming region
The University of Tokyo
(2007) Advisor: Naoto Kobayashi
Instrument: NSFCAM
Ohtsuki, Shoko
Spectroscopic study of the Venus
1.27-µm night airglow
The University of Tokyo
(2007) Advisor: Naomoto Iwagami
Instrument: CSHELL
Siegler, Nicholas
Discovery of very-low mass binary stars and circumstellar disks in the
infrared
The University of Arizona (2007) Advisors:
Erick Young and Laird Close
Instrument: SpeX
Stalder, Brian Adam
Adaptive optics studies of high redshift radio galaxies
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2007) Advisor: Ken Chambers
Instrument: SpeX
2006
Allers, Katelyn Natalie
Disks and dissociation regions: The interaction of young stellar objects
with their environments
University of Texas at Austin
(2006) Advisor: Daniel T. Jaffe
Instrument: TEXES
Anderson, Carrie M.
Aerosol vertical structure in earth-analog atmospheres: Titan's haze and
Martian dust
New Mexico State University
(2006) Advisor: Nancy J. Chanover
Instrument: SpeX
Bender, Chad
Frederick
Dynamical masses of low mass spectroscopic binary stars
State University of New York, Stony Brook (2006) Advisor: Michal Simon
Instrument: CSHELL
Chiu, Kuenley
The Johns Hopkins University (2006) Advisors:
Wei Zheng and Karl Glazebrook
Instrument: SpeX
Glikman, Eilat
The nature of dust obscured quasars
Columbia University (2006) Advisor: David J. Helfand
Instrument: SpeX
Kelley, Michael Sean
The size, structure, and mineralogy of comet dust
University of Minnesota (2006) Advisor: Charles E. Woodward
Instruments: NSFCAM, SpeX
Kilic, Mukremin
Cool white dwarfs and the age of the galaxy
University of Texas at Austin (2006) Advisors: Don E. Winget and Ted von Hippel
Instrument: SpeX
Knez, Claudia
Chemical evolution of ice and gas from molecular clouds to protostars
University of Texas at Austin (2006) Advisors: Neal J. Evans II and John H. Lacy
Instrument: TEXES
Marcq, Emmanuel
Prélude à la mission Venus Express: étude de
l’atmosphère par spectro-imagerie
infrarouge
Observatoire de Paris (2006) Advisor:
Thérèse Encrenaz
Instrument: SpeX
Marion, George Howard
Use of near infrared spectra to probe the chemical structure of type Ia supernovae
University of Texas at Austin (2006) Advisors: J. Craig Wheeler and Peter Hoflich
Instrument: SpeX
Melin, Henrik
Comparative aeronomy of the upper atmospheres of the giant planets
University College London (2006) Advisor:
Steve Miller
Instrument: SpeX
Vernazza, Pierre
Étude des
propriétés physiques des astéroïdes
Observatoire de Paris (2006) Advisor:
Marcello Fulchignoni
Instrument: SpeX
Zhu, Qingfeng
Mid-infrared fine structure line studies of ultracompact HII regions
University of Texas at Austin (2006) Advisor: John H. Lacy
Instrument: TEXES
Ziffer, Julie Elaine
Near-infrared observations of comet-asteroid transition objects
University of Central Florida (2006) Advisor: Humberto Campins
Instrument: SpeX
2005
Allen, Peter R.
From the cradle to limbo: A Bayesian study of the substellar mass
function
University of Pennsylvania
(2005) Advisor: Gary Bernstein
Instruments: NSFCAM, SpeX
Bonev, Boncho P.
University of Toledo (2005) Advisors:
Philip B. James and Michael J. Mumma
Instrument: CSHELL
Dahm, Scott E.
The evolution of young clusters
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2005) Advisor: George H. Herbig
Instrument: SpeX
Fast, Kelly Elizabeth
University of Maryland, College Park (2005) Advisor: Michael F. A'Hearn
Instruments: Goddard Infrared Heterodyne Spectrometer and
HIPWAC
Silge, Julia Dorothea
Sweep the dust away: Infrared kinematics of nearby galaxies
University of Texas at Austin (2005) Advisor:
Karl Gebhardt
Instrument: SpeX
Wisniewski, John P.
The effect of age and metallicity on Be circumstellar disk formation
The University of Toledo (2005) Advisor:
Karen S. Bjorkman
Instrument: SpeX
2004
Brittain, Sean David
University of Notre Dame
(2004) Advisor: Terrence W. Rettig
Instrument: CSHELL
Cushing, Michael C.
A 0.6 to 4.1 µm spectroscopic study of very low-mass stars and brown
dwarfs
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2004) Advisor: John T. Rayner
Instrument: SpeX
Delbo, Marco
The nature of near-Earth asteroids from the study of their thermal
infrared emission
Free University of Berlin (2004) Advisor: Alan W. Harris
Instruments: MIRLIN, MIRSI
Greathouse, Thomas Kirk
Astronomical instrumentation in the mid-infrared and an observational
study of Saturn's stratosphere
University of Texas at Austin (2004) Advisor: John H. Lacy
Instrument: TEXES
Kassis, Marc Frederick
Boston University (2004) Advisor: James M. Jackson
Instrument: MIRSI
McCabe, Caer-Eve
On the road to planets: T Tauri disk evolution
University of California, Los Angeles (2004) Advisor: Andrea M. Ghez
Instrument: NSFCAM
Nestor, Daniel Brant
The nature and evolution of galaxies selected via gas cross section
University of Pittsburgh (2004) Advisor: David A. Turnshek
Instrument: NSFCAM
Parise, Bérengère
La deutération dans les protoétoiles
de faible masse
Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III (2004) Advisors:
Emmanuel Caux and Cecilia Ceccarelli
Instrument: SpeX
Peterson, Dawn E.
The
pre-main sequence and brown dwarf populations of OMC 2/3: A multiwavelength
study
University of Rochester (2004) Advisor: Judith L. Pipher
Instrument: SpeX
Yuan, Juntao
Unification of QSOs via black holes and accretion properties
University of Texas at Austin (2004) Advisors: Beverly J Wills and Neal J. Evans II
Instrument: SpeX
2003
Abell, Paul A.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(2003) Advisor: Frank Spear
Instruments: InSb photometer +
CVF, SpeX
Bary, Jeffrey S.
Vanderbilt University (2003) Advisor:
David Weintraub
Instrument: CSHELL
Bauer, James Monie
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(2003) Advisor: Karen J. Meech
Instrument: SpeX
Hardersen, Paul Scott
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003) Advisor: Frank Spear
Instrument: SpeX
Richardson, Lee Jeremy
Infrared spectroscopy of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 209458 b
during secondary eclipse
University of Colorado at Boulder (2003) Advisor: Drake Deming
Instrument: SpeX
Valencic, Lynne Angela
The extinction properties of reddened galactic OB sightlines
Louisiana State University (2003) Advisor: Geoffrey C. Clayton
Instrument: SpeX
2002
Bendo, George John
The Infrared Space Observatory atlas of bright spiral galaxies
University of Hawaii at Manoa (2002) Advisor: Robert D. Joseph
Instruments: NSFCAM, SpeX
Emery, Joshua Patrick
The University of Arizona (2002) Advisor: Robert H. Brown
Instruments: NSFCAM, SpeX
Ueta, Toshiya
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2002) Advisor: Margaret Meixner
Instruments: MIRAC2, MIRAC3
2001
Beck, Tracy Lea
Observational investigations of obscured young stars
State University of New York,
Stony Brook (2001) Advisor: Michal Simon
Instruments: NSFCAM, SpeX
Fisher, Robert Scott
University of Florida (2001) Advisor: Charles Telesco
Instrument: OSCIR
Rodgers, Bernadette Marie
University of Washington (2001) Advisors: Bruce Balick and Diane Wooden
Instrument: CSHELL
Stallard, Thomas Stephen
Dynamical
studies of the Jovian ionosphere
University College London (2001) Advisor:
Steve Miller
Instrument:
CSHELL
Väisänen, Petri
Infrared properties of
galaxies and constraints on galaxy evolution
University of Helsinki (2001) Advisor:
Kalevi Mattila
Instrument: NSFCAM
2000
Burbine, Thomas H., Jr.
Forging
asteroid-meteorite relationships through reflectance spectroscopy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000) Advisor: Richard P. Binzel
Instrument: NSFCAM
De Buizer,
James Michael
A mid-infrared imaging survey of star forming regions containing methanol
and water maser emission
University of Florida (2000) Advisor: Robert Pina
Instrument: OSCIR
Haisch, Karl Erwin, Jr.
An investigation of circumstellar disk properties in cluster environments
University of Florida (2000) Advisor: Elizabeth A. Lada
Instrument: NSFCAM
Lane, Wendy Meredith
HI 21cm absorbers at moderate
redshifts
University of Groningen
(2000) Advisor: Franklin H. Briggs
Instrument: NSFCAM
Marengo, Massimo
Mid-IR
observations and modeling of astrophysical dust
International School for Advanced Studies (2000) Advisors:
Dennis W. Sciama and Giovanni G. Fazio
Instrument: MIRAC3
Misselt, Karl Anthony
Infrared dust emission in starburst galaxies: Self-consistent modeling
from the UV to far infrared
Louisiana State University (2000) Advisor: Geoffrey Clayton
Instrument: NSFCAM
Patience, Jennifer Lynn
An investigation of binary star formation and evolution with surveys of
three open clusters
University of California, Los Angeles (2000) Advisor: Andrea M. Ghez
Instrument: NSFCAM
Polomski, Elisha Frances
The origin of the infrared excess of Herbig
stars
University of Florida (2000) Advisor: Charles Telesco
Instrument: OSCIR
Ramirez Santana, Solange Veronica
Stellar abundances in the inner bulge and galactic center
Ohio State University (2000) Advisor: Kristen Sellgren
Instrument: CSHELL
Shuping, Ralph Young
Studies of the interstellar carbon monoxide abundance using near-infrared
absorption features
University of Colorado at Boulder (2000) Advisor: Theodore P. Snow
Instrument: CSHELL
Webb, Richard Albert
The TW Hydrae association: The nearest region of recent star formation
University of California, Los Angeles (2000) Advisor: Benjamin M. Zuckerman
Instrument: NSFCam
1999
Chen, Hsiao-Wen
State University of New York, Stony Brook (1999) Advisor: Kenneth M. Lanzetta
Instruments: NSFCam
Fernandez, Yanga Rolando
Physical properties of cometary nuclei
University of Maryland, College Park (1999) Advisor: Michael F. A'Hearn
Instruments: MIRLIN, MIRAC
Foust, Jeffrey Alan
Stellar
occultation studies of Saturn’s upper atmosphere
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999) Advisor: James L. Elliot
Instruments: NSFCam, University
of Rochester Array Camera
Harker, David E.
University of Wyoming (1999) Advisor: Charles E. Woodward
Instrument: HIFOGS
Kelley, Michael Shawn
Genetic studies of the members of small, dynamical asteroid families
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1999) Advisor: Michael J. Gaffey
Instrument: InSb photometer +
CVF
Mason, Christopher Garrett
Infrared observations of astrophysical dust in novae and comets
The University of Minnesota (1999) Advisor: Robert D. Gehrz
Instrument: Bolometer
Trilling, David Eric
The University of Arizona (1999) Advisors: Jonathan I. Lunine and Robert H. Brown
Instrument: NSFCAM
White, Russel Joseph
Observational
constraints on the formation and evolution of multiple star systems
University of California, Los Angeles (1999) Advisor:
Andrea M. Ghez
Instrument:
NSFCAM
1998
Hall, Patrick Brian
An optical-infrared study of radio-loud quasar environments
The University of Arizona (1998) Advisor: Richard F. Green
Instruments: NSFCAM
Prato, Lisa Amy
Pre-main-sequence binaries and evolution of their disks
State University of New York, Stony Brook (1998) Advisor: Michal Simon
Instruments: CSHELL, NSFCAM
1997
Dayal, Aditya
The University of Arizona (1997) Advisors:
John H. Bieging and William F. Hoffman
Instrument: MIRAC2
Klassen, David R.
Infrared
imaging spectroscopy of Martian volatiles
University of Wyoming (1997) Advisor:
Robert R. Howell
Instrument:
NSFCAM
Rivkin, Andrew Scott
Observations of Main-belt asteroids in the 3-micron region
The University of Arizona (1997) Advisor:
Larry Lebofsky
Instruments: RC2,
NSFCAM
Walter, Charles Martin
Properties of
the Uranian atmosphere as revealed by optical and infrared imaging
New Mexico State University (1997) Advisor:
Mark S. Marley
Instrument:
NSFCAM
1996
Ferrarese, Laura
Morphology and Dynamics of elliptical galaxies: The quest for massive
black holes
The Johns Hopkins University (1996) Advisor:
Holland Ford
Instrument:
NSFCAM
Gaffney, Niall Ives
Near-infrared measurements of kinematics in infrared bright galaxies
The University of Texas at Austin (1996) Advisor:
Christopher Sneden
Instrument: CSHELL
Jensen, Eric Lawrence Nishimura
Observations of disks around pre-main-sequence binary stars
The University of Wisconsin - Madison (1996) Advisor:
Robert D. Mathieu
Instruments: InSb photometer, Bolometer
1995
Blum, Robert David
The stellar population at the galactic center and the mass distribution
in the inner galaxy
The Ohio State University (1995) Advisor:
Kristen Sellgren
Instrument: CSHELL
Dutkevitch, Diane
The evolution of dust in the
terrestrial planet region of circumstellar disks around young stars
University of Massachusetts Amherst (1995) Advisor:
Kristen Sellgren
Instruments: RC2,
Bolo1
Howell, Ellen Susanna
Probing asteroid composition using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy
The University of Arizona (1995) Advisor:
Larry Lebofsky
Instrument: InSb photometer
Lam, Hoanh
An
University College London (1995) Advisors:
Steven Miller and Jonathan Tennyson
Instrument: ProtoCAM
Richter, Matthew Joseph
The supernova blast wave and
the molecular cloud: An observational study of molecular shock emission
University of California, Berkeley (1995) Advisor:
James R. Graham
Instruments: IRshell and CSHELL
Ridgway, Susan E.
Imaging of complete samples of z ~ 1 3C sources
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1995) Advisor:
Alan Stockton
Instrument: NSFCam
Turner, Paula Comisky
Near infrared observations of merging galaxy systems NGC 520, NGC 1614, and NGC 5128
University of Rochester (1995) Advisor:
William J. Forrest
Instrument: ProtoCAM
1994
Achtermann, Jeffrey Mark
The University of Texas at Austin (1994) Advisor:
John H. Lacy
Instrument: IRshell
Bryja, Claia Olena
The lower end of the Hyades
initial mass function
University of Minnesota (1994) Advisor:
Roberta M. Humphreys
Instruments: RC2,
PRIMO 1
Fajardo-Acosta, Sergio Bernabe
Infrared observations of circumstellar disks of Beta Pictoris
analogs
State University of New York at Stony Brook (1994) Advisor:
Roger Fritz Knacke
Instrument: CSHELL
Hermann, Robert Alan
Infrared spectroscopy of compact galactic plane sources
University of Wyoming (1994) Advisor:
Ronald W. Canterna
Instrument: BASS
Macintosh, Bruce Alan
University of California, Low Angeles (1994) Advisor:
Eric E. Becklin
Instrument: ProtoCAM
Schultz, Angela Bedwell
Observations of shocked
molecular hydrogen emission in the T Tauri nebula
Washington University (1994) Advisor:
Michael W. Friedlander
Instrument: CGAS
Thompson, Richard Jule, Jr.
Soft x-ray analysis and multiwavelength modeling of x-ray-selected active
galactic nuclei
The Pennsylvania State University (1994) Advisor:
France Cordova
Instrument: ProtoCAM
Young, Leslie Ann
Bulk properties
and atmospheric structure of Pluto and Charon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994) Advisor:
James L. Elliot
Instrument: CSHELL
1993
Clark, Beth Ellen
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1993) Advisor:
Fraser P. Fanale
Instrument: PRIMO1
Granahan, James Charles
Investigations of asteroid family geology
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1993) Advisor:
Jeffrey Bell
Instrument: PRIMO1
Koresko, Christopher Duro
The early evolution of binary stars
Cornell University (1993) Advisor:
Steve Beckwith
Instrument: Bolo1
Meixner, Margaret
University of California, Berkeley (1993) Advisor:
William John Welch
Instrument: Berkeley
Mid-IR Array Camera
Parmar, Parvinder
Singh
Pure-rotational emission from
molecular hydrogen in OMC-1
The University of Texas at Austin (1993) Advisor:
John H. Lacy
Instrument: IRshell
Tinney, Christopher Geoffrey
California Institute of Technology (1993) Advisors:
Jeremy R. Mould and Iain Neill Reid
Instrument: ProtoCAM
1992
Chen, Hua
Millimeter and infrared studies of young stellar objects in dark cloud
L1641
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1992) Advisor:
Alan Tokunaga
Instrument: ProtoCam
Ressler, Michael Elvin
1–5 µm imaging of deeply embedded young stellar objects
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1992) Advisor:
Mark Shure
Instrument: ProtoCam
1991
Calvin, Wendy Marie
Indications of the mineralogy
of Callisto and Mars from reflectance spectroscopy
University of Colorado (1991) Advisor:
Roger N. Clark
Instrument: CGAS
Griffith, Caitlin Ann
State University of New York at Stony Brook (1991) Advisor:
Tobias Owen
Instrument: CGAS
Hora, Joseph Lee
A new mid-infrared camera for ground-based astronomy and an infrared
study of planetary nebula
The University of Arizona (1991) Advisor:
William F. Hoffman
Instrument: MIRAC
Ladd, Edwin Fremont
Harvard University (1991) Advisor:
Philip C. Myers
Instrument: Yerkes
32-element bolometer
1990
Casey, Sean C.
Emission from dust in visual
reflection nebulae at infrared and submillimeter wavelengths
The University of Chicago (1990) Advisor:
Doyal A. Harper
Instruments: University
of Chicago Far-infrared and Submillimeter Camera
Chen, Wenping
Near-infrared milliarcsecond
observations by the lunar occultation technique
State University of New York at Stoney Brook (1990) Advisor:
Michal Simon
Instrument: InSb photometer
Deutsch, Lynne Karen
A study of grain processing and the evolution of planetary nebulae with a
mid-infrared array camera
Harvard University (1990) Advisor:
Giovanni Fazio
Instruments: NASA/GSFC Mid-infrared Array Camera
Herbst, Thomas Michael
Cornell University (1990) Advisor:
Steve Beckwith
Instruments: Fabry-Perot
interferometer
Johnson, Joni Jayne
From red giants to planetary
nebulae: Asymmetries, dust, and polarization
University of Minnesota (1990) Advisor:
Terry J. Jones
Instrument: Minnesota
InfraRed Polarimeter
Klebe, Dimitri Ivanovich
Infrared polarization studies of Bok globules
University of Minnesota (1990) Advisor:
Terry J. Jones
Instruments: InSb photometer, Minnesota InfraRed Polarimeter
Liu, Tianxing
The luminosity scale of RR
Lyrae stars using the Baade-Wesselink method
Boston University (1990)
Advisor: Kenneth Janes
Instrument: PRIMO
Marcialis, Robert Louis
The Pluto-Charon system as revealed during mutual events
The University of Arizona (1990) Advisor:
William B. Hubbard
Instruments: RC1,
PRIMO + CVF
Sprague, Ann Louise
An observational comparison of Mercury and the Moon
The University of Arizona (1990) Advisor:
Donald Hunten
Instrument: CGAS
Stanford, Spencer Adam
Recent star formation and the galaxy collisions in NGC 520
The University of Wisconsin (1990) Advisor:
Arthur D. Code
Instrument: Bolometer
1989
Goldstein, Jeffrey Jay
Absolute wind measurements in the lower thermosphere of Venus using
infrared heterodyne spectroscopy
University of Pennsylvania (1989) Advisors:
Benjamin S. P. Shen and Michael J. Mumma
Instrument: NASA/GSFC
Infrared Heterodyne Spectrometer
Greenhouse, Matthew A.
The University of Wyoming (1989) Advisor:
Harley A. Thronson
Instruments: RC1,
Bolo1
Smith, Beverly Joy
Optical imaging of IRAS galaxies: The evolution of infrared-bright
galaxies
University of Massachusetts (1989) Advisors:
Susan Kleinmann
Instrument: Bolometer
1988
Goldhaber, David Moses
Infrared heterodyne spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules in circumstellar
envelopes
University of California, Berkeley (1988) Advisor:
Albert Betz
Instrument: Heterodyne
spectrometer
McGinn, Martina T.
The mass distribution in the Galactic center
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1988) Advisor:
Kristen Sellgren
Instrument: CGAS
Straw, Steven Maxwell
The global morphologies of active star formation regions
Australian National University (1988) Advisors:
Harry Hyland and Peter McGregor
Instrument: Bolometer
1987
DePoy, Darren Lee
The nature of luminous IRAS galaxies
University of Hawaii at Manoa (1987) Advisor:
Eric Becklin
Instrument: InSb photometer
Garcia, Michael Rafael
Harvard University (1987) Advisor:
Jonathan Grindlay
Instrument: Rochester
IR Array Camera
1986
Joy, Marshall Kenneth
A multicolor infrared study of interacting galaxies
University of Texas at Austin (1986) Advisor:
Paul M. Harvey
Instruments: InSb photometer, Bolometer
1985
Cobb, Michael L.
Infrared photometry and high-resolution imaging of OH/IR stars
The University of Iowa (1985) Advisor:
John D. Fix
Instruments: Bolometer
Cutri, Roc Michael
The influence of galaxy interactions on nuclear activity
The University of Arizona (1985) Advisor:
George Rieke
Instruments: Bolometer
Tresch-Fienberg, Richard Mark
Astronomical observations with an infrared array camera
Harvard University (1985) Advisor:
Giovanni Fazio
Instruments: 8 –
13 µm Array Camera
1984
Serabyn, Eugene
Ne II observations of the galactic center: the velocity field and mass
distribution
University of California, Berkeley (1984) Advisor:
Charles H. Townes
Instrument: Berkeley Fabry-Perot spectrometer
1983
Sellgren, Kristen
Near infrared
studies of reflection nebulae
California Institute of Technology (1983) Advisors:
Tom Soifer and Gerry Neugebauer
Instrument: InSb photometer + CVF
1982
Campins Camejo, Humberto
Infrared observations of cometary solids
The University of Arizona (1982) Advisor:
George Rieke
Instrument: InSb photometer
1980
Keene, Jocelyn
Far-infrared observations of globules
The University of Chicago (1980) Advisor:
R. H. Hildebrand
Instrument: University
of Chicago f/35 photometer