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Current members
Current members
AJ deVaux
AJ deVaux
Undergrad researcher in group, since September 2024
Majoring in Astronomy & Astrophysics (and Interdisciplinary Physics) and Information Analysis (the latter in the School of Information)
Working with Emily and Rachael Roettenbacher on uncertainties in star spot mapping
Luke Finnerty
Luke Finnerty
Postdoctoral researcher in group since Fall 2025
B.S. (Astrophysics) from Caltech (2019), Ph.D. (Astronomy & Astrophysics) from UCLA (2025)
Working on characterizing hot Jupiter atmospheres with high-resolution emission spectroscopy
Robert Frazier
Robert Frazier
Graduate student in group since September 2023
B.S. from Penn State University (2023)
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Astronomy
Working on comparing 3D models of WASP-121b to a JWST/NIRISS spectroscopic phase curve of this planet
Thomas Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy
Graduate student in group since September 2022
B.A. from the University of Washington (2021)
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Astronomy
Worked on 3-D simulations of hot Jupiters, including both clouds and magnetic effects across a wide range of irradiation temperatures
Working on the impact of cloud parameterizations on predicted 3-D structure and observations of hot Jupiter atmospheres
Em Peplinski
Em Peplinski
Post-bacc researcher in group, working with us since September 2022
Majored in Astronomy and Astrophysics, with a minor in Polish, graduated Spring 2024
Working with Thomas Kennedy on testing the impact of limb darkening on hot Jupiter emission spectra
Genevieve Pereira
Genevieve Pereira
Undergrad researcher in group, since September 2024
Intending to major in Astronomy and Astrophysics, with an expected graduation in Spring 2028
Working on visualizing and analyzing the high-resolution spectra emitted from different regions of a 3-D planet
Rachael Roettenbacher
Rachael Roettenbacher
Assistant Research Scientist, collaborating with group since Fall 2022
B.A. (Astrophysics and Mathematics) from Ohio Wesleyan University (2008), Ph.D. from University of Michigan (2016)
Previous members
Previous members
Arthur Adams, postdoc (2019-2022), moved on to a postdoc position in Prof. Stephen Kane's group at UC Riverside
Mireya Arora, undergrad
Hayley Beltz, graduate student (PhD: 2023), moved on to a postdoc position in Prof. Thaddeus Komacek's group at U Maryland
Lucas Brefka, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2022), moved on to Astrophysics PhD program at Penn State
Marah Brinjikji, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018), moved on to Astrophysics PhD program at Arizona State
Ryan Challener, postdoc (2020-2023), moved on to a postdoc position in Prof. Nikole Lewis' group at Cornell
L Cinque, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2023)
Victoria DiTomasso, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018), moved on to Astronomy PhD program at Harvard, after a Fulbright year in Germany
Zachary Felker, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018), moved on to Physics PhD program at the University of Central Florida
Rain Fleischer, undergrad (expected graduation: maybe Spring 2023)
Erin Flowers, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2017), moved on to Astrophysics PhD program at Princeton
Abbey Guilliat, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2021)
Mariam Haidar, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018)
Caleb Harada, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2020), moved on to Astronomy PhD program at UC Berkeley
Alicia Highland, undergrad
Christopher Kulwik, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018)
Lily Larson, post-bac (graduation: 2017), moved on to work at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO
James Lisowski, undergrad (expected graduation: Spring 2022)
Deryl Long, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2020), moved on to Astronomy PhD program at the University of Virginia
Issac Malsky, graduate student (PhD: 2024), moved on to work as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Lab
Erin May, graduate student (PhD: 2019), moved on to work as a postdoc at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Kelly Meyer, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2022)
Grace Ochs, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2022), moved on to Masters program in the Climate and Space Science Department
Fahin Rahman, undergrad (expected graduation: Spring 2023)
Eshan Raul, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2024)
Seven Rasmussen, postdoc (2020-2022), moved onto a postdoc position in Prof. Victoria Meadows' group at the University of Washington
Michael Roman, postdoc (2015-2018), moved on to a postdoc position in Dr. Leigh Fletcher's group at the University of Leicester
Evan Scott, undergrad (expected graduation: Spring 2020)
Derek Still, undergrad (expected graduation: Spring 2024)
Teanna "Ruby" Sims, undergrad (expected graduation: Spring 2020)
Kimberly Sinclair, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2017), moved on to work at NASA's JPL
Veenu Suri, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2018), moved on to teach high school physics
Lennart van Sluijs, postdoc (2023-2025), moved on to a non-academic position
Alex Wingate, undergrad (graduation: Spring 2024), moved into a career in tech
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