Group Members
Current members
Robert Frazier
Graduate student in group since September 2023
B.S. from Penn State University (2023)
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Astronomy
Working on calculating simulated JWST spectral phase curves from 3D models of a hot Jupiter
Thomas Kennedy
Graduate student in group since September 2022
B.A. from the University of Washington (2021)
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Astronomy
Working on 3D simulations of hot Jupiters, including both clouds and magnetic effects across a wide range of irradiation temperatures
Ryan MacDonald
NASA Hubble (Sagan) Postdoctoral Fellow, collaborating with group since Fall 2022
MPhys. (Physics) from University of Oxford (2015), Ph.D. from University of Cambridge (2019)
Isaac Malsky
Graduate student in group since September 2019
B.A. in Physics from University of Chicago (2018)
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Astronomy
Worked on characterizing Doppler signatures of winds and rotation in high-resolution emission spectra of non-transiting hot Jupiters (Malsky et al. 2021)
Worked on implementing multi-wavelength radiative transfer in the group's GCM and testing its role in clear vs cloudy atmospheres (Malsky et al. 2024)
Working on comparing the consequences of cloud and radiative transfer assumptions in simulated emission spectra
Working on models of GJ 1214 b with clouds and hazes
Em Peplinski
Undergraduate researcher in group since September 2022
Majoring in Astronomy and Astrophysics, with a minor in Polish, expected graduation Spring 2024
Working with Thomas Kennedy on testing the impact of limb darkening on hot Jupiter emission spectra
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)
Lennart van Sluijs
Postdoctoral researcher in group since Fall 2023
B.Sc. (Astronomy) from Leiden University, DPhil (Astrophysics) from University of Oxford (2023)
Working on measuring 3-D properties of hot Jupiter atmospheres with high-resolution spectroscopy
Alex Wingate
Undergraduate researcher in group since Summer 2022
Majoring in Astronomy and Astrophysics, expected graduation Spring 2024
Working with Isaac Malsky on improving the numerical frameworks used by our group
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
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)
Kaitlin 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
