Program Alumni
Astronomy REU Alumni
Year | First Name | Last Name | Institution | Mentor | Project Title |
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2023 | Belinda | Blakley | Pasadena City College | Dr. Grundy, Dr. Hanley, Lowell Observatory & Dr. Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Laboratory Studies of the Vapor Pressures of Outer Solar System Volatiles |
2023 | Carly | Brown | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Dr. Tyler Ryburn, Lowell Observatory | Assessing Mg I Activity with Rotation and Age for FGK Stars |
2023 | Erin | Clark | Youngstown State University | Dr. Michael Gowanlock, Dr. Maria Chernyavskaya, Northern Arizona University | Outlier Identification and Characterization of Asteroids with the Solar System Notification Alert Processing System (SNAPS) |
2023 | Madeleine | Endecott | University of Kansas | Dr. Timothy Ellsworth-Bowers, Lowell Observatory | Observation and Data Refinement of Young Open Clusters as Tracers of Galactic Environment |
2023 | Jack | Moreland | University of Florida | Dr. Gerard van Belle & Dr. Catherine A Clark, Lowell Observatory | The Stellar Multiplicity Rate of M Type Dwarf Stars by Spectral Subtype in the POKÉMON Survey |
2023 | Samantha | Morrison | Grinnell College | Dr. David Trilling, Ryder Huffman Strauss, Nothern Arizona University | Serendipitous Asteroids Recovered from U(2)HS |
2023 | Rebecca | Williams | University of Virginia | Dr. Cristina Thomas, Northern Arizona University | Investigating the Spectral Heterogeneity of S-type Near-Earth Asteroids |
2022 | Alex | Jasko | Case Western Reserve University | Dr. Grundy, Dr. Hanley, Lowell Observatory & Dr. Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Thin-Film Deposition of Solar System Ices |
2022 | Will | Burris | San Diego State University | Dr. Chad Trujillo, Dr. Chandler, Dr. Oldroyd, Northern Arizona University | Novel Analysis to Optimize Active Asteroid Citizen Science |
2022 | Olivia | Adams | Appalachian State University | Dr. Llama, Dr. Van belle, Dr. Collins, Lowell Observatory | Setup, Calibration, and Initial Use of the Shelyak eShel Spectrograph |
2022 | Jacqueline | Turner | Haverford College | Dr. Kunovac, Lowell Observatory | Measuring the Spin-orbit Angle of TOI-1259Ab |
2022 | Megan | Firgard | Northern Oklahoma College | Dr. Kareta, Lowell Observatory | Modeling Ice and Dust in Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)'s Coma |
2022 | Daphne | Zakarian | Truman State University | Dr. Williams, Lowell Observatory | Characterizing Washington Double Star Catalog Entries with Gaia DR3 |
2022 | Josephine | Miller | St Olaf College | Dr. Gowanlock, Dr. Kramer, Dr. Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Identifying Active Asteroids by Determining Ideal Parameters Within the ZTF Dataset |
2021 | Hezron | Acosta Garcia | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Dr. Ty Robinson, Northern Arizona University | Occultation Observations of Titan Provide an Insight into the Characterization of Exoplanet Hazes |
2021 | Daphne | Chapline | Pomona College | Dr. Salvatore, Northern Arizona University | Characterizing salt erosion at Grand Falls, AZ: an analog study of Martian fluvial processes |
2021 | Henry | Dawson | Purdue University | Dr. Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Measuring Optical Constants of Ices Using Reflectance Spectroscopy |
2021 | Stephan | Devis | El Camino College | Dr. Hanley, Lowell Observatory | Thermal Spectroscopy - Measuring the emissivity of chlorine salts, and implications for Mars |
2021 | Tatiana | Gibson | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Dr. Burr, Nothern Arizona University | Using thermophysical heterogeneity to characterize Martian dune fields |
2021 | Gary | Kong | Mission College | Richardson, Trilling, Carbone, Bowker, Salvatore | Analysis of Biocrust Activity in Light and Dark Conditions |
2021 | Zorayda | Martinez | Texas A&M University-Commerce | Dr. Hunter, U.S. Geological Survey | Looking for a relationship between star formation and turbulence in spiral galaxies |
2021 | Caitlin | Obrien | Ohio State University | Dr. Massey, Lowell Observatory | The Galactic Cluster NGC 3603 and the Mystery of the Initial Mass Function |
2021 | Gwen | Robbins | Mount Holyoke College | Dr. Lillian Rose Ostrach, U.S. Geological Survey | Characterizing volcanic and impact materials in Lunar craters |
2021 | Alexandra | Rosenthal | University of Virginia | Dr. Lindberg, Lowell Observatory | Failure to Social Distance: Exceeding Gathering Limits in Titan's Lakes |
2021 | Eleanor | Serviss | University of Montana | Dr. Burr, Nothern Arizona University | Characterizing Radar-Bright Fluvial Features on Titan: New Methods and a New Discovery |
2021 | Kat | Taylor | Pennsylvania State University | Dr. Richardson, Dr. Trilling, Dr. Carbone, Dr. Bowker, Dr. Salvatore, Nothern Arizona University | Change in Biocrust CO2 Measurements Over 5 Weeks of Observations |
2020 | Lucas | McClure | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Dr. Thomas, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Oldroyd, Nothern Arizona University | Understanding Space Weathering Timescales Throughout the Main Belt |
2020 | Oda | Piccinini | College of Marin/Univeristy of California, Berkeley | Dr. McNeill, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Trilling, Nothern Arizona University | Studying Trans-neptunian objects and Centaurs using sky surveys |
2020 | Sarah | Bodansky | Carleton College | Dr. Massey, Lowell Observatory | N3603-A1: A massive binary star (...but just how massive is it?) |
2020 | Ella | Castelloe | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Dr. Hunter, USGS | Searching for Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Dwarf Galaxies |
2020 | Sanya | Mittal | Northeastern University | Dr. Hanley, Lowell Observatory | Looking for Chlorine Salts on the Martian Surface |
2019 | Patrick | Behr | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Dr. Mark Loeffler, Northern Arizona University | Investigating extraterrestrial environments through laboratory studies |
2019 | Sarah | Chinski | Macalester College | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University, Dr. Christopher Edwards Northern Arizona University & Dr. Moses Milazzo, U.S. Geological Survey | Europa's geophysics: What's under the ice? |
2019 | Cody | Huls | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Characterizing Young Spectroscopic Binary Stars in the Orion Star Forming Region |
2019 | Alexander | Kling | Stony Brook University | Dr. Christopher Edwards, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Jean-Francois Smekens, Northern Arizona University | Exploring the spectral diversity of pyroclastic materials |
2019 | Victoria | Leger | Pennsylvania State University | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Looking for Hot Massive Stars in Nearby Galaxies |
2019 | Katherine | Lutz | Yale University | Dr. Mark Salvatore, Northern Arizona University | Linking ground-based and orbital spectral measurements of microbial communities |
2019 | Colin | Murphy | Amherst College | Dr. Jennifer Hanley, Lowell Observatory | Searching for Salts and Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars |
2019 | Hana | Sun | Columbia University | Dr. Andrew McNeill, Northern Arizona University | The Flora asteroid family and the evolution of the inner Solar System |
2019 | Lauren | Tafla | California State University, San Marcos | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Molecular cloud structure at low metallicity |
2019 | Cheyenne | West | Ft. Lewis College | Dr. Jennifer Hanley, Lowell Observatory | Searching for Salts and Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars |
2019 | Benjamin | Wing | Arizona State University | Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Understanding the laboratory properties of outer Solar System ices |
2018 | Tomas | Cabrera | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. Joe Llama, Lowell Observatory | Studying the atmospheres of hot Jupiter using the high-resolution infrared spectrograph IGRINS |
2018 | Jessica | Groven | Washington State University | Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory & Dr. Jennifer Hanley, Lowell Observatory | Laboratory ice experiments in the context of outer Solar System exploration |
2018 | Lauren | Laufman | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Peculiar gas motions and the connection with star formation in dwarf irregular galaxies |
2018 | Ivan | Manriquez | San Francisco State University | Dr. Cristina Thomas, Northern Arizona University | Compositional Analysis of the Merxia Asteroid Family |
2018 | Juan | Tolento | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | Dr. Tyler Robinson, Northern Arizona University | Planet Tracing: Exoplanet Orbit Determination in the Era of Direct Imaging |
2018 | Kate | Truitt | University of Michigan | Dr. Mark Salvatore, Northern Arizona University | Fluvial geomorphology remote sensing near Flagstaff: Analog Mars research |
2018 | Hannah | Umansky | University of Virginia | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Star formation in the Magellanic Clouds |
2017 | Clara | Berger | Wellesley College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Exploring Properties of HI Clouds in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies |
2017 | Anthony | Curtis | University of South Florida | Dr. Chad Trujillo, Northern Arizona University | A Search for Activity in Main-Belt Asteroids |
2017 | Anna | Engle | University of Maryland | Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Raman Shop: Using Raman Spectroscopy to Probe the Cargon Monoxide/Nitrogen/Methane Ternary System |
2017 | Mohini | Jodhpurkar | College of William & Mary | Dr. Ryan Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey | Bedding Geometry in the Medusae Fossae Formation |
2017 | Clarissa | Leight | Mt. Holyoke College | Dr. Lillian Ostrach, U.S. Geological Survey | Characterizing Impact Melt on Mercury |
2017 | Locke | Patton | University of Washington | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Characterizing OB Stars in the Star-Forming Lucke-Hodge 41 Region |
2017 | Kendall | Sullivan | University of Massachusetts | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Characterizing the Embedded Young Binaries S and VV Corona Australis |
2016 | Christopher | Ard | California State University, Chico | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Serendipitous asteroid observations |
2016 | Madeleine | Beck | Wellesley College | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | The physical properties of red supergiants in M33 |
2016 | Sam | Gallardo | California State University, Los Angeles | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Star formation and star clusters in irregular dwarf galaxies |
2016 | Cynthia | Morales Bejarano | Missouri State University | Dr. Timothy Titus, U.S. Geological Survey | Analysis of Martian south pole fans and possible factors contributing to length variations |
2016 | Logan | Pearce | University of Texas, Austin | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University, | Mapping the liquidus line for Nitrogen-Methane-Ethane mixtures, and implications for Titan |
2016 | Leah | Sacks | Carleton College | Dr. Lauren Edgar, Dr. Ryan Anderson & Dr. Christopher Edwards, USGS | Grain-scale analyses of Curiosity data at Marias Pass, Gale Crater, Mars: Methods comparison and depositional interpretation |
2016 | Cody | Stein | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Christopher Mann, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Gerard van Belle, Lowell Observatory | Surface imaging with multiple imaging techniques |
2016 | Matt | Wittal | Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | The enigmatic young binary UY Auriga |
2015 | Joseph | Avenoso | The College of New Jersey | Dr. Michael Mommert, Northern Arizona University | Asteroid Thermal Modeling with Python |
2015 | Kate | Evans | California Institute of Technology | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Identifying Red Supergiants in M31 |
2015 | Jenni | Heup | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Dr. Timothy Titus, U.S. Geological Survey | Unveiling Olivine on Vesta |
2015 | Tom | Leith | Harvard College | Dr. Nick Moskovitz, Lowell Observatory | A New Population of Basaltic Asteroids |
2015 | Erin | Maier | University of Iowa | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory & Dr. Lisa Chien, Northern Arizona University | Star Formation and Turbulence in the Outer Disks of Spiral Galaxies |
2015 | Brittany | Miles | University of California, Los Angeles | Dr. Evgenya Shkolnik, Lowell Observatory | Ultraviolet Variability of M Dwarf Stars |
2015 | Ryan | Muzzio | Kenyon College | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Component Properties of T Tauri Stars |
2015 | Brendan | Sheehan | Colgate University | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Sinuosity and Ejecta Extent of Martian Impact Craters in the Northern Hemisphere |
2014 | Teresa | Avila | University of Missouri | Dr. Laszlo Kestay and Dr. Mark Bailin, USGS | Developing a Pilot Database of USGS Images of Terrestrial Analogs for Planetary Volcanology |
2014 | Brian | Barandi | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | The Fundamental Properties of O-type Stars |
2014 | Frankie | Encalada | Broward College | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Stellar Masses in the Mysterious Young Triple Star System AS 205 |
2014 | Annika | Gustafsson | University of Oregon | Dr. Stephen Levine & Dr. Nick Moskovitz, Lowell Observatory | Rotational Properties of the Extraordinary Multi-Tailed Asteroid P/2013 P5 |
2014 | Nathan | Hendler | University of Arizona | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Laboratory Study of Cryogenic Outer Solar System Ices |
2014 | Gigja | Hollyday | University of Redlands | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Turbulence and Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies |
2014 | Ned | Molter | Macalester College | Dr. Colin Dundas, U.S. Geological Survey | Shapes and Orientations of Hollows on Mercury |
2014 | Kristina | Rolph | Franklin & Marshall College | Dr. Evgenya Shkolnik, Lowell Observatory & Brian Shiff, Lowell Observatory | Testing Tidal Star-Planet Interactions: Gyrochronology of Planet Hosts and their Companions |
2013 | Justin | Bergonio | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University, and Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | A Systematic Exploration of the Solid N2: CH4 Binary System |
2013 | Sara | Bruhns | University of Virginia | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Characterizing Young Binary Stars |
2013 | Molly | Gallagher | Grinnell College | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | The Incidence of Debris Disks around M Dwarfs within 25 pc |
2013 | Benjamin | Kidder | University of Redlands | Dr. Evgenya Shkolnik, Lowell Observatory | Age-Rotation-Activity Relations for Young M Dwarfs within 25 pc |
2013 | Jessica | Luna | University of Redlands | Dr. Kevin Covey, Lowell Observatory | The Age of the Cepheus C Star Cluster |
2013 | Marlon | Ramos | University of Nevada, Reno | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Impact Crater Morphology: Eastern Lunar Nearside |
2013 | TJ | Slezak | Arizona State University | Dr. Laszlo Kestay, U.S. Geological Survey | Slope Stability on Io: Numerical Modeling for Compositional Constraints on Surface Features |
2012 | Caitlin | Ahrens | West Virginia University | Dr. Timothy Titus, U.S. Geological Survey | Mineral Analysis of Martian Dunes: Sediment Source Consistency of the Dune Field Environment using TES |
2012 | Allison | Ashburn | Benedictine College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Star Formation in the Extreme Outer Disks of Giant Spiral Galaxies |
2012 | Rachel | Cooper | Clarion University | Dr. Kevin Covey, Lowell Observatory | A Near-Simultaneous Calibration for Near Infrared Accretion Indicators |
2012 | Alissa | Earle | Siena College | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Searching for Asteroids: Modifying the LSST MOPS Pipeline to Find NEOs in DECam/Blanco Data |
2012 | Monica | Herzog | Bucknell University | Dr. Phillip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Getting to Know the Massive Stars within NGC 3603, the Nearest Giant HII Region |
2012 | Saul | Kohn | University of Edinburgh | Dr. Evgenya Shkolnik, Lowell Observatory | Searching for Binaries within the Transition Disk |
2012 | Weston | Maughan | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University and Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Identification of Absorption Characteristics of Oxygen and Nitrogen Ice for Comparison to Icy Celestial Bodies |
2011 | Dan | Feldman | CUNY, College of Staten Island | Dr. David Trilling & Dr. Cesar Fuentes, Northern Arizona University | Searching for KBO's with HST |
2011 | Kate | Garner | University of Rochester | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Central Floor Pit Craters and Their Presence on Mars |
2011 | Farris | Gillman | Yale University | Dr. Kim Herrmann, Lowell Observatory | What Planetary Nebulae Tell Us |
2011 | Katie | Gosmeyer | Indiana University | Dr. Stephen Levine, Lowell Observatory | When Oort Clouds Collide |
2011 | Raika | Khodadadkouchaki | Cal State Northridge | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Pluto In The Lab |
2011 | Tyler | Linder | Illinois University | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Cristina Thomas, Northern Arizona University | Space Weathering of Main Belt Asteroids Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
2011 | Charlie | Sharzer | Yale University | Dr. Will Grundy, Simon Porter, Lowell Observatory | Modeling Binary Encounters with Gas Giants and Ewoks |
2011 | Brianna | Smart | University of Arizona | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | New Spectral Classifications in the Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies |
2010 | Cailah | DeRoo | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Determining rotational periods with photometry: V836 Tauri & BP Tauri |
2010 | Nicole | Karnath | Ohio State University | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Orbital Elements of Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries |
2010 | Sarah | Morrison | Cornell University | Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Laboratory Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Planetary Ices: Exploring the Use of CH3D as a Tracer of Outer Solar System Hydrogen Through D/H Ratios |
2010 | Eric | Petersen | Simon Fraser University | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Taxonomic Classification of Asteroids via Broadband Near-Infrared Photometry |
2010 | Nicholas | Stantzos | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Paul E. Geissler, USGS | Active sand dunes on Mars |
2010 | Joanna | Taylor | Indiana University, Bloomington | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | The O I λ7774 Line as a Luminosity Indicator in M31 |
2010 | Teresa | Wright | Indiana University, Bloomington | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Star Formation in the Outer Disks of Spiral Galaxies |
2009 | Jennifer | Burt | Cornell University | Dr. David Cornelison, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Reduction and analysis of methane, ethane and argon ices between 0.66 - 1.11 micrometers |
2009 | Colin | Fitzgerald | University of Colorado | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Optical photometry of asteroids |
2009 | Dustin | Hickey | Colby College | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | NEOS: Dangerous enemy or informative friend? |
2009 | Kathryn | Neugent | Wellesley College | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Determining the Physical Parameters of Massive Stars in the SMC and LMC |
2009 | Eddie | Schwieterman | Florida Institute of Technology | Dr. Matthew Knight, Lowell Observatory | Rotational period investigation of comet P/Tempel 2 during the 1999 apparition and other results |
2009 | Laurie | Urban (Chu) | Northern Arizona University | Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University | Determining debris disks for different spectral type stars |
2009 | Nick | Wilsey | Truman State University | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Tracing star formation into the extreme outer disks of dwarf irregular galaxies |
2009 | Anne | Wintzer (Khodabandeh) | University of Florida | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Sinuosity of Martian layered ejecta blankets |
2009 | Allison | Youngblood | Wellesley College | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Tertiary Companions and Rotational Velocities of Young, Visual Binary Components |
2008 | Maria | Drout | University of Iowa | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Filling the Yellow Void: A Census of F & G Supergiants in M31 |
2008 | Keir | Leos | Northern Arizona University | Dr. David Cornelison, Northern Arizona University & Dr. Will Grundy, Lowell Observatory | Laboratory Studies of Astrophysical Ices |
2008 | Aisha | Mahmoud (Pectyo) | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | Searching for Eclipsing Binaries in Cyg OB2 |
2008 | Melania | Riabokin | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | The Outer Disks of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies |
2008 | Arron | Shiffer | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Donna Weistrop, Northern Arizona University | Stellar Populations in the Merged Galaxy NGC 4194 |
2008 | Rachel | Spreng | Rowan University | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Circumstellar Disks in Young T Tauri Stars |
2008 | Gabrielle | Tepp | Michigan State University | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Determining the Depth to the Subsurface Ice Layer on Mars |
2007 | Zoe | Ames | Smith College | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Searching for T Tauri Stars in the Aquila Rift |
2007 | Danielle | Chutinthranond | University of Chicago | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | Comparative Binary Frequency of Massive Stars in Six Magellanic Cloud Clusters |
2007 | Becky | Engley (Neal) | Western Washington University | Dr. Dave Scheicher, Lowell Observatory | Analysis and Modeling of the Gas Distribution Comet Hale-Bopp |
2007 | Holly | Kagy | University of Northern Iowa | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Topography of Central Pit Craters on Mars |
2007 | Jonathan | Kay | Wheaton College | Dr. Ken Tanaka, U. S. Geological Survey | Stratigraphic Evolution of Chasma Boreale Mars |
2007 | David | Miller | Harvey Mudd College | Dr. Georgi Mandushev, Lowell Observatory | The Open Cluster Berkeley 70 and Not-So-Associated Cepheid Auriga 45 |
2007 | Amanda | Zangari | Wellesley College | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | The Physical Properties and Effective Temperature Scale of O-type Stars |
2007 | Lea | Zernow (Hagen) | Harvey Mudd College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Ultraviolet and Visible Analysis of Star-Forming Regions in Several Dwarf Galaxies |
2006 | Erin | Gutbrod | University of Notre Dame | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | Gravitational Lensing and the Distance to the Galactic Center |
2006 | Ajay | Limaye | University of California, Berkeley | Dr. Ken Tanaka, U. S. Geological Survey | Leading Mars Science Lab to Layers: The Hunt for Aqueous Sedimentary Deposits |
2006 | Kelly | Lockhart | Rice University | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Stellar and Circumstellar Properties of Class I Protostars |
2006 | Bonnie | Ludka | James Madison University | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Investigation of Star Formation in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies using UV Photometry |
2006 | Greg | Mace | Northern Arizona University | Dr. David Koerner, Northern Arizona University | The NDisks Database: A Look at Nearby Stars in the Infrared |
2006 | Taylor (Reagin) | McNeill | Smith College | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | A Survey of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars III: A Search for H-alpha Emission Stars |
2006 | Corey | Ritter | Princeton University | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | Hunting for Massive Eclipsing Binaries |
2006 | Nicholas | Valentour | University of Nebraska | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | A Study of Potential Nested Craters on Mars |
2005 | Kate | Barnes | Franklin and Marshall College | Dr. Dave Scheicher, Lowell Observatory | Comet Tempel 1: Imaging from Deep Impact and Early Apparition |
2005 | Erin | Darnell | Columbia University | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | A Search for Massive Eclipsing Binaries in Nearby Clusters |
2005 | Jeff | Davis | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | In Search of the Most Massive Stars: Discoveries of New Eclipsing O Binaries |
2005 | Lorien | Holloway (Stone) | University of North Texas | Dr. Lisa Prato, Lowell Observatory | Rotational Periods in the Beta Pictoris Moving Group |
2005 | Seth | Kadish | Pomona College | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Pedestal Crater Distribution Between 0 deg and 90 deg N and Implications for a New Model of Formation |
2005 | Amanda | LaPage | University of Rochester | Dr. David Koerner, Northern Arizona University | Searching for Near Substellar Companions via Infrared and Optical Magnitude and Color Limits |
2005 | Emily | Martin | Wheaton College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Infrared Observations of Irregular Galaxies |
2005 | Sam | Schon | Columbia University | Dr. Ken Tanaka, U. S. Geological Survey | Warrego Valles Revisited -- Valley Network Formation and Modification |
2004 | Kristin | Block | Florida Atlantic University | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Secondary Crater Production on Mars and the Moon |
2004 | Andy | Cowan | University of Iowa | Dr. David Koerner, Northern Arizona University | Dynamical Modeling of HL Tauri |
2004 | Wendy | Hawley (Carande) | Wellesley College | Dr. Dave Scheicher, Lowell Observatory | Modeling Jets in Comet Hale-Bopp |
2004 | Tony | Krupicka | Colorado College | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | The Feasibility of Detecting Stellar Variability in the USNO Flagstaff Parallax Program Data Archive |
2004 | Emily | Levesque | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants |
2004 | Lisa | Rios | University of Nevada Las Vegas | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | The Mass-Luminosity Relation for Massive Stars |
2004 | Maureen | Teyssier | University of California, Berkeley | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Salting the Deep Ecliptic Survey |
2004 | Kyle | Willett | Carleton College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Analyzing Turbulent Behavior in a Sample of Irregular Galaxies |
2003 | Nicole | Baugh | Augusta State University | Dr. Dave Scheicher, Lowell Observatory | Analysis and Modeling of Gas and Dust in Comets |
2003 | Emily | Bowsher | Wellesley College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Mapping the Extended HI of Sextans A |
2003 | Selby | Cull | Hampshire College | Dr. Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University | Analysis of Impact Crater Preservation on Mars Using THEMIS Data |
2003 | Chris | Jackolski | Appalachian State University | Dr. Bruce Koehn & Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | An Optimization of Source Extractor and Asteroid Linker Parameters For Use In Near Earth Object Searches |
2003 | Katie | Kern | University of Wisconsin | Dr. Sally Oey, Lowell Observatory | A Study of Hierarchical Triggered Stellar Formation in the W3 Region |
2003 | Justin | Pryzby | Gettysburg College | Mr. Ed Anderson, Northern Arizona University | Software Development at NAU |
2003 | Wayne | Schlingman | University of New Mexico | Dr. Phil Massey, Lowell Observatory | Photometry of Stars in M33 |
2003 | Brandon | Swift | University of California, Berkeley | Dr. David Koerner, Northern Arizona University | An Interactive Online Tool For Fitting Photospheric and Disk Models: Preparation For SIRTF Data Analysis |
2002 | Kristina | Barkume | Reed College | Dr. Laura Woodney, Lowell Observatory & Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | The Analysis and Modeling of Gas and Dust in Comets |
2002 | Josh | Bury | University of Oregon | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | Disk Source Geometry from Microlensing Light Curves |
2002 | Shane | Bussmann | University of California, Berkeley | Drs. William Grundy, Lowell Observatory & Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Pluto and Triton |
2002 | Trent | Dupuy | University of Texas | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Star Cluster Populations of the LMC |
2002 | Eric | Furst | Bucknell University | Dr. Sally Oey, Lowell Observatory | HII Region Properties From the Survey For Ionization In Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG) |
2002 | Andrew | Morrison | University of Puget Sound | Dr. Edward Dunham, Lowell Observatory | Occultations |
2002 | Jennifer | Palguta | University of Wisconsin | Drs. Bruce Koehn, Lowell Observatory & Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Searching For Near-Earth Objects |
2002 | Moire | Prescott | University of Wisconsin | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Optical Colors of Kuiper Belt Objects |
2001 | Olivia | Billett | Yale University | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Compact Star Clusters in Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxies |
2001 | Ryan | Greer | Wittenberg University | Dr. Laura Woodney, Lowell Observatory | Wide-Field Imaging of Comets |
2001 | Thomas | Grimstad | McMurry University | Drs. Bruce Koehn, Lowell Observatory & Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | The Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Search (LONEOS) |
2001 | David | Law | University of Virginia | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, NAU | The Ionizing Fluxes of Wolf-Rayet Stars |
2001 | Brandon | Preblich | University of Michigan | Dr. Stephen Tegler, NAU | Colors and Ligt Curves of Kuiper Belt Objects |
2001 | Colette | Salyk | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. Amanda Bosh, Lowell Observatory | Analysis of the Rings of Uranus |
2001 | Sarah | Stokes (Giandoni) | University of Wyoming | Dr. Sally Oey, Lowell Observatory | Disentangling Abundance Gradients and Stellar Temperature Gradients in Spiral Galaxies |
2001 | Jes | Therkelsen | Amherst College | Dr. Paul Morgan, Northern Arizona University | Geologic and Temporal Constraints on the Martian Dichotomy Through the Study of Valley Systems |
2001 | Julia | Bodnarik | Wichita State University | Dr. Philip Massey, Lowell Observatory | Orbits of Four Very Massive Binaries in the R136 Cluster |
2000 | Matthew | Bavender | Indiana University | Dr. Wes Lockwood, Lowell Observatory | A Study of Flagstaff Light Pollution from Mars Hill |
2000 | Lindsay | DeRemer Keeney | Wellesley College | Dr. Julie Rathbun, Lowell Observatory | Io Data Organization and Reduction |
2000 | Alaine | Duffy | Gettysburg College | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/Northern Arizona University | The Quest for Previously Undiscovered Wolf-Rayet Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud |
2000 | Clara | Eberhardy | University of Washington | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | Comets: Photometry and Imaging, Processing and Enhancements |
2000 | Jeffrey | Fehring | Pacific Lutheran University | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Creating a Useful Database for LONEOS |
2000 | Andrea | Gelatt | Grinnell College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | A Survey of Star Clusters in the Irregular Galaxy NGC 4449 |
2000 | Brian | Keeney | University of Virginia | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Automating the 31-inch Telescope at Anderson Mesa |
2000 | Alyssa | Reiffel (Golas) | Yale University | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | An Investigation of the Large Magellanic Cloud: The Halo and the Stellar Bar |
2000 | Kathryn | Zylstra | Western Washington University | Dr. Amanda Bosh, Lowell Observatory | A Study of Planetary Rings by Stellar Occultation |
1999 | Brent | Bryan | Whitman College | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | Infrared Observations of Asteroids |
1999 | Michelle | Edwards | Dickinson College | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | The Search for High Proper Motion Stars in the Southern Sky |
1999 | Christopher | Henry | University of Oklahoma | Dr. John Spencer, Lowell Observatory | Spatially Resolved Observations of Io and Ganymede: Implications for their Chemical Composition |
1999 | Susan | Kern | University of Arizona | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | 1.0--2.5 micron Spectral Observations of Pluto: Monitoring of the Surface |
1999 | Lorenza | Levy | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | LONEOS, the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search |
1999 | Emily | Lin | Harvard University | Dr. Amanda Bosh, Lowell Observatory | Structural and Compositional Analysis of Saturnian Ring Spectra from STIS Observations |
1999 | Kameron | Rausch | Western Washington University | Dr. Ted Dunham, Lowell Observatory | The Search for Extra-Solar Planets (instrumentation) |
1999 | Erin | Roye (Simpson) | Yale University | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | The Spatial Distributions of HII Regions in Irregular Galaxies |
1999 | Catherine | Slesnick | New York University | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/Northern Arizona University | A Modern Study of h and Chi Persei |
1999 | Kevin | Walsh | University of Notre Dame | Dr. Steve Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Photometry of the Uranian Satellite Sycorax and Short Period Comet P/Neujmin 1 |
1999 | Wendy | Williams | Vanderbilt University | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | Haser Scale Lengths of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) at Perihelion |
1998 | Teddy | Cheung | Brandeis University | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | Dust and Gas Jets in Comet Hale-Bopp |
1998 | Chris | Dalla Piazza | Lycoming College | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | The OSIRIS XDAVG Spectral Reduction Tool |
1998 | Nancy | Forsberg-Taylor | Hofstra University | Dr. Jeff Johnson, U. S. Geological Survey | Analysis of Rock Type Distributions from Super Panorama Multispectral Mosaics of the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site |
1998 | Jenny | Greene | Yale University | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | K-Band Spectroscopy of Sharpless 269: Discovery of H2 and Further Constraints on the Ionizing Sources |
1998 | Nate | McCrady | University of Washington | Dr. Sidney Barnes, Lowell Observatory | Rotational Evolution of Young, Solar-type Stars: An Observational Study of the Open Cluster M39 |
1998 | Chris | Onken | University of Minnesota | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | The Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Search (LONEOS) |
1998 | Elizabeth | Waterhouse | Harvard University | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/NAU | Massive Stellar Evolution: Cutoff Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars (I) (II) |
1998 | Abigail | Youngblood | Bryn Mawr College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | The Luminosity Functions and Size Distributions of HII Regions in Irregular Galaxies |
1997 | Gwendolyn | Bell Porter | Harvey Mudd College | Dr. Stephen Levine, U. S. Naval Observatory | Proper Motions of Dwarf Spheroidals and the Mass of Our Galaxy |
1997 | Beth | Blount | Beloit College | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | The Rotation Period of Comet Hale-Bopp |
1997 | Bryan | Hilbert | Boston University | Dr. John Stansberry, Lowell Observatory | Ice Composition and Migration on Triton |
1997 | Brian | Hynek | University of Northern Iowa | Dr. Ken Tanaka, U. S. Geological Survey | Geologic Mapping of Candor and Ophir Chasmata |
1997 | Margaret | Milman-Barris | Cornell University | Dr. Wendy Calvin, U. S. Geological Survey | Obtaining Antarctica Temperatures and Reflectance Spectra from NIMS |
1997 | Kevin | Moore | Harvey Mudd College | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | An Empirical Determination of the Ionizing Fluxes of Wolf-Rayet Stars |
1997 | Nathanael | Motz | Carleton College | Dr. Ted Dunham, Lowell Observatory | In the Shadow of Triton |
1997 | Jean-Philippe | Suter | Rutgers University | Dr. Robert Wildey, Northern Arizona Univeristy | The Temporal Dependence of Atmospheric Extinction at Night |
1996 | Sara | Anderson | Guilford College | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | HaVJH Imaging and Stellar Formation Rates in the Irregular Galaxy NGC 4449 |
1996 | Valorie | Burkholder (Douglas) | Mount Holyoke College | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/NAU | The Mass-Luminosity Relationship for Massive Stars |
1996 | Natalie | Butler | University of Arizona | Dr. Bill Romanishin, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | B, V, and R Colors for the Centaur 1995 GO |
1996 | Joanna | Levine | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Dr. Steve Tegler, Northern Arizona University | The Surfaces of Centaur Objects 2060 Chiron and 1993 HA2 |
1996 | Amanda | Sickafoose | Denison University | Dr. Amanda Bosh, Lowell Observatory | Equivalent Depths and Particle Sizes in the Uranian Lamda Ring |
1996 | Rob | Simcoe | Princeton University | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Programming for the Portable Occultation Observing System |
1996 | Margaret | Turnbull | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Asteroid Astrometry: Optimizing Our Efforts |
1996 | David | Vakil | University of Arizona | Dr. John Spencer, Lowell Observatory | Monitoring Volcanic Activity on Io During Jupiter Eclipses at 1.7 and 2.3 microns: 1995-1996 |
1995 | Mary | Agner | University of Southern Mississippi | Dr. Wes Lockwood, Lowell Observatory | The Implications of Relative Fluctuations in the 6190A Methane Band on Neptune's Cloud Features |
1995 | Alison | Coil | Princeton University | Dr. Alan Watson, Lowell Observatory | Near Infrared Imaging of G29.29--0.02 |
1995 | Erik | Fierce | University of Washington | Dr. Bill Romanishin, NURO | A New Data Reduction Technique for Low Luminosity Variable AGNs |
1995 | Mark | Hoffman | Yale University | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | The Point-Spread Function of the LONEOS Telescope |
1995 | Olivia | Johnson | Vassar College | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/NAU | Wolf-Rayet Stars in M33 |
1995 | Julia | Plummer | Washington State University, Pullman | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Star Formation in Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Sextans A |
1995 | Michael | Schwartz | Harvard University | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Period Determination of Near-Earth Asteroid (6489) 1991JX |
1995 | Dominga | Soliz | Evergreen State College | Dr. Stephen Tegler, Northern Arizona University | Looking for OH near Mercury to find Evidence of Polar Water Ice Caps |
1994 | Danielle | Boyd (Harlow) | Valparaiso University | Dr. Deidre Hunter, Lowell Observatory | Gas Shells in M33 |
1994 | Erika | Gibb | Northern Arizona University | Dr. Wes Lockwood, Lowell Observatory | The Solar-Stellar Spectrograph |
1994 | Joannah | Smith Hinz | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Dr. Donna Weistrop, NURO | Void Galaxies and Quasars |
1994 | Kelsey | Johnson | Carleton College | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/NAU | Galactic OB Associations: Their IMFs and Stellar Evolutionary History |
1994 | Bentley | Laaksonen | Gettysburg College | Dr. Bill Romanishin, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | Supernova Photometry |
1994 | Daniel | Pisano | Yale University | Dr. John Stansberry, Lowell Observatory | The Emissivity of N2 Ice on Triton |
1994 | Siobhan | Sackey | Northern Arizona University | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | Period Determination of Comet Halley |
1994 | Ben | Weiss | Amherst College | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | LONEOS, the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search |
1993 | Amor | Angara | University of Hawaii | Dr. John Spencer, Lowell Observatory | Studies of Hot Spots on Io |
1993 | Karen | Daniels | Dartmouth College | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Asteroid Searches |
1993 | Cornelia | Lang | Vassar College | Dr. Philip Massey, NOAO/NAU | Field Massive Stars in the Magellanic Clouds |
1993 | Julia | Laurenzano | Duke University | Dr. Harold Nations, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | The Search for an Understanding of V361 Lyrae |
1993 | Sean | McKeown | Georgetown University | Dr. Maria Womack, Northern Arizona University | Millimeter-wavelength Spectra of H2CO and CH3OH in Comet Swift-Tuttle |
1993 | Henry | Throop | Grinnell College | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | Determination of Initial Mass and Luminosity Functions of Trumpler 16 using Point Spread Photometry |
1993 | Rafael | Verdejo | Wesleyan College | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Photometry of 2060 Chiron |
1993 | Becky | Eby Williams | Franklin and Marshall College | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | The Rotational Period of Comet Halley's Nucleus |
1992 | Mary | Dahm | University of Wyoming | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Asteroid Searches |
1992 | Heidi | Morris (Tierney) | University of Texas, Austin | Dr. Wes Lockwood, Lowell Observatory | Atmospheric Extinction: Determination of Seasonal and Volcanic Aerosol Fluctuations, 1972-1992 |
1992 | Heidi | Picken-Bahrey | Grinnell College | Dr. Marc Buie, Lowell Observatory | Photometry of Pluto and Charon: CCD vs. Photometer |
1992 | Kartik | Sheth | Grinnell College | Dr. Barry Lutz, Northern Arizona University | Observations of Interstellar C2 |
1992 | David | Steelman | Villanova University | Dr. Harold Nations, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | Chromospherically Active Binary Stars |
1992 | Lorinda | Stinnett | Lamar University | Dr. David Schleicher, Lowell Observatory | Rotational Light Curve Construction of Comet P/Halley |
1992 | Gretchen | Walker | Smith College | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | The IMF in Trumpler 14 and 16 |
1992 | Laura | Woodney | Johns Hopkins University | Dr. John Spencer, Lowell Observatory | Measuring the Volcanic Hot Spots of Io |
1991 | Tracy | Huard | Denison University | Dr. Harold Nations, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | Photometry of Chromospherically Active Binary Stars |
1991 | Danny | Jones | East Tennesee State University | Dr. Kathy Eastwood, Northern Arizona University | Luminosity Functions in OB Associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
1991 | Flavio | Mendez | Florida Institute of Technology | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Asteroid Searches from the Palomar 18-inch Schmidt |
1991 | Brian | Taylor | University of Oklahoma | Dr. Harold Nations, National Undergraduate Research Observatory | Photometry of Chromospherically Active Binary Stars |
1991 | Hanna | Witzgall | Florida Institute of Technology | Dr. Barry Lutz, Northern Arizona University | Diatomic Carbon in Interstellar Clouds |
1991 | Leslie | Zimmerman-Foor | Dickinson College | Dr. Edward Bowell, Lowell Observatory | Asteroid Searches from the Palomar 18-inch Schmidt |