Research Group

Current Graduate Students

Raenessa Walker

Raenessa is a 2nd year graduate student at Texas A&M University studying the effects of stellar variability on the atmospheres of Brown Dwarfs using ETSI.

Nhu Ngoc (Nicole) Ton

Nicole is a 1st year graduate student at Vanderbilt University. She has contributed to multiple projects including extracting spectra of Planetary Nebulea, the analysis of variable star spectrophotometry, and machine learning classificaiton of transients.

Current Undergraduate Students

Alex Huff Physics REU at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2025 -

A Full List of Mentored Students

Graduate Committees

Richard Camuccio Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Moises Castillo Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Wendy Mendoza Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Raenessa Walker Astronomy PhD student at Texas A&M University

Postdoctoral Scholars Mentored in Research

Jan Kara Astronomy Postdoc at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2024 -

Graduate Students Mentored in Research

Richard Camuccio Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2022 -

Moises Castillo Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2022 -

Julia Chavez Physics PhD student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2024

Don Dixon Astronomy PhD student at Vanderbilt University 2018 - 2022

Tarini Konchady Astronomy PhD student at Texas A&M University 2020 - 2022

Alejandro Reyes Physics MS student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2022

Nhu Ngoc Ton Astronomy PhD student at Vanderbilt University 2025 -

Raenessa Walker Astronomy PhD student at Texas A&M University 2023 -

Z. Franklin Wang Astronomy PhD student at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2024

Undergraduate Students Mentored in Research

Mitchell Barry Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2023

Alexandra Boone Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2023

Jared Bull Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2024

JK Crenshaw Astronomy REU at Vanderbilt University 2016

Emily Dong Computer Engineering Major at Vanderbilt University 2018 - 2019

Enrique Gonzalez-Vega Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2023

Natalie Gotschlich Physics Major at Vanderbilt University 2018 - 2019

Alexandra Guajardo Meteorology Major at Texas A&M University 2023

Sarah Healy Physics Major at Vanderbilt University 2018 - 2019

Rae Holcomb Physics Major at Rice University 2019

Alex Huff Physics REU at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 2025 -

Joseph Jackson Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2021 - 2023

Brendan Jones Math & Psychology Major at Texas A&M University 2023

Tarini Konchady Astronomy REU at Texas A&M University 2015

Shravan Menon Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2023

Caitlin Moeller Astronomy REU at Vanderbilt University 2018

Alexa Ortiz-Charles Statistics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2023

Jake Sindelar Physics Major at Vanderbilt University 2016 - 2017

Justin Stevens Physics Major at Vanderbilt University 2016 - 2019

Katelyn Stringer Astronomy REU at Texas A&M University 2014

Nhu Ngoc Ton Mathematics Major at Texas A&M University 2022 - 2024

Colin Wisdom Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2015

Jadyn Waggoner Astronomy Major at Michigan State University 2024

Yifan Wang Physics Major at Texas A&M University 2024