The following is a listing of previous group members (UCF, UF, and Cornell).
POSTDOCS
Dr. John Wilson — former postdoctoral fellow (Cornell 2000-2002); staff scientist at University of Virginia (2003-)
Dr. Jose Marino — former postdoctoral fellow (UF 2009-2010); staff scientist at NSO (2012-)
Dr. Antonio Marin-Franch — former GTC postdoctoral fellow (2003-2006); Juan de la Cierva prize fellow at IAC (2006-2010); staff astronomer and Head of Instrumentation at CEFCA (Teruel, Spain) (2010-)
Dr. Diego de la Fuente — former postdoctoral fellow (UCF 2021-2022); postdoc at U. Alicante (Spain)
Graduate Students
Dr. Dae-Sik Moon — PhD 2003 (Cornell); Millikan Postdoctoral Prize Fellow at Caltech (2003-2006); Professor at U. Toronto
Dr. Joseph Carson — PhD 2004 (Cornell); postdoc at JPL (2004-2007); postdoc at MPIA-Heidelberg (2007-2010); Professor at College of Charleston
Dr. Jami Meteer — PhD in Electrical Engineering 2004 (Cornell) jointly supervised w/E. Kan; engineer at Intel Corp
Dr. David Rothstein — PhD 2006 (Cornell), jointly supervised with R. Lovelace; NSF postdoctoral fellow at Cornell (2006-2009); educational software developer
Dr. David Clark — PhD 2007 (Florida); UNAM postdoctoral prize fellow at IA-UNAM Ensenada (2007-2009); Resident Astronomer at IA-UNAM (2009-2015); Data Scientist in Silicon Valley
Dr. Valerie Mikles — PhD 2008 (Florida); postdoctoral fellow at LSU (2009-2011); Scientific and technical writer
Dr. Michelle Edwards — PhD 2008 (Florida) co-supervised with Reba Bandyopadhyay; Gemini Science Fellow (2008-2012); NOIRLab Deputy Director
Dr. Miguel Charcos — PhD 2009 (Florida); NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) (2010-2015); UK National Oceanographic Center
Dr. Mark Keremedjiev — PhD 2011 (Florida); ORISE Fellow (2011-2012); Program Manager at Planet, Inc.
Dr. Curtis Dewitt — PhD 2011 (Florida); UC/NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Postdoc for EXES (2011-2017); Staff Scientist for SOFIA
Dr. Nestor Lasso — PhD 2012 (Florida); U. Concepcion (Chile) Postdoc (2012-2013); CEFCA (Spain) Postdoc (2013-2018); Data Scientist
Dr. R. Deno Stelter — PhD 2017 (Florida); UC Santa Cruz Staff Scientist
Dr. Kendall Ackley — PhD 2017 (Florida – Physics); Warwick University Postdoc
Dr. Alan Garner — PhD 2018 (Florida); MIT Postdoc (2018-)
Dr. Yigit Dallilar— PhD 2019 (Florida); staff scientist at U. Koln (Germany)
Dr. Kendall Ackley — PhD 2017 (Florida – Physics); Warwick University Postdoc
Dr. Alan Garner — PhD 2018 (Florida); MIT Postdoc (2018-)
Dr. Yigit Dallilar— PhD 2019 (Florida); staff scientist at U. Koln (Germany)
Dr. Amanda Townsend — PhD 2019 (Florida); staff astronomer at Apache Point Observatory
Dr. Amy Gottlieb — PhD 2021 (Florida); postdoc at UMD/Goddard
Dr. Sarik Jeram — PhD 2022 (Florida); Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellow at U. Toronto
Undergraduates
(partial listing — contact me if your name should appear here!)
Dana Alexander
Denisse Almeida – mechanical engineer at NRAO
Oketa Basha – PhD student at Arizona State
P. Brian Cameron — Caltech PhD in astronomy; Technical director at the Aerospace Corporation
Brian Chinn — Mechanical Engineer at Gemini Observatory (Chile)
Brian Chinn — Mechanical Engineer at Gemini Observatory (Chile)
Caridad Coll
Carina Diaz
David Dror
Ben Fierce
Will Fischer — UMass-Amherst PhD in Astronomy; staff scientist at STScI
Jonathan Foster — Harvard PhD in Astronomy; postdoc at Yale University
Megan Garske — laser engineer at Lockheed Martin
Eliot Grafer — M.S. in optical sciences at CREOL/UCF; engineer at Lockheed-Martin
Ben Fierce
Will Fischer — UMass-Amherst PhD in Astronomy; staff scientist at STScI
Jonathan Foster — Harvard PhD in Astronomy; postdoc at Yale University
Megan Garske — laser engineer at Lockheed Martin
Eliot Grafer — M.S. in optical sciences at CREOL/UCF; engineer at Lockheed-Martin
Jared Holley
Dounan Hu
Malia Jackson — poet/blogger in San Francisco
Ryan Karins
David Kull
Alfred Lee
Malia Jackson — poet/blogger in San Francisco
Ryan Karins
David Kull
Alfred Lee
Jackie Linevsky – PhD student at Cornell
Laura Lopez — UCSC PhD in astrophysics; Pappalardo postdoc at MIT; professor at Ohio State
Vincent Luh
Everett Maness
Garrett Mason
Vincent Luh
Everett Maness
Garrett Mason
Connor McClellan – PhD student in astrophysics at U. Virginia
Catlin Nchako — MPP from Georgetown; Research Associate at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Shannon Patel — UCSC PhD in astrophysics; staff scientist at Carnegie Observatories
Shannon Patel — UCSC PhD in astrophysics; staff scientist at Carnegie Observatories
Jillian Richardson
David Rosenbaum
Rishon Saftler
Dmitry Savransky — Princeton PhD; postdoc at Lawrence Livermore; professor at Cornell
Kevin Schawinsky — Oxford PhD in astrophysics; postdoc at Yale; professor at ETH Zurich
Sam Sewall
Jeremiah Shipman
Brienne Shkedi — engineer at NASA
Dmitry Savransky — Princeton PhD; postdoc at Lawrence Livermore; professor at Cornell
Kevin Schawinsky — Oxford PhD in astrophysics; postdoc at Yale; professor at ETH Zurich
Sam Sewall
Jeremiah Shipman
Brienne Shkedi — engineer at NASA
Alma Spahic — PhD student in medical physics
Visiting Scientists
Prof. Amparo Marco-Tobarra — UF Sabbatical Visitor (2015-2016) from U. Alicante & MIRADAS Science Working Group member
Prof. Paco Garzon — UF Sabbatical Visitor (2016-2017) from Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias & MIRADAS Science Working Group member
Prof. Claudia Mendes de Oliveira — UF Sabbatical Visitor (2017-2018) from Universidade de Sao Paulo & MIRADAS Science Working Group member
Prof. Paco Garzon — UF Sabbatical Visitor (2016-2017) from Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias & MIRADAS Science Working Group member
Prof. Claudia Mendes de Oliveira — UF Sabbatical Visitor (2017-2018) from Universidade de Sao Paulo & MIRADAS Science Working Group member
Prof. Jose Maria (Chema) Gomez – UF Sabbatical Visitor (2018) from U. Barcelona & MIRADAS Instrument Team Member