Name, year, and last known position. If you graduated from UW Physics & Astronomy, we'd love to hear from you! Please use the Update Form to send an update.
2006-2007
Alexey Kletsov Ph.D.
Stephanie Fawcett M.S.
John Moore M.S. -- Raytheon Company in El Segundo, CA
Keisuke Fukutani B.S. -- grad school at Iowa State
Eric Hausel B.S. -- graduate school in planetary science
Paul Lussier B.S. -- Applying to graduate schools in medical physics
Laura Portscheller B.S. -- grad school at San Diego State
Kyle Wright B.S. -- officer in the U.S. Air Force
2005-2006
Andy Monson M.S. -- UW Ph.D. candidate
Jeremy King B.S. --
Jaremy Creechley B.S. -- Google
Christina Roderick B.S. -- UW staff
Olivier Blasi B.S. -- grad school at LSU in medical physics
Jake Kutzer B.S. --
ShiAnne Katner B.S. -- grad school at San Diego State
Mary Reiman B.S. -- AstroCamp counselor (Idyllwild, CA)
2004-2005
Kelly Page Ph.D. -- teacher at an Illinois community college
Dan Kiminki M.S. -- UW Ph.D. candidate
Jon Darnel M.S. -- Indiana University Physics Lecturer
Cassandra Paul M.S. -- graduate school in physics at UC Davis
Chris Rodgers M.S. -- UW Ph.D. candidate
Sehyun Hwang M.S. -- graduate school in astronomy at UT Austin
Travis Laurance M.S. -- Lab Coordinator, UW Physics & astronomy
Elinor Flores B.S. --
Kim Dupczak B.S. -- M.S. @ Michigan State University
Michelle Hartwell B.S. -- graduate school at Iowa State University
Josh Silvey B.S. -- Instructional Technology @ Appalachian State
Justin Stute B.S. --
Brad Lund B.S. -- patent law
Dave Allen B.S. -- technical staff @ Lowell Observatory
Stephan Noss B.S. -- Active duty, U.S. Air Force
2003-2004
Sabrina Savage M.S. -- I am now a Ph.D. student at Montana State University in the Solar Physics program set to graduate in about 2009. I am a part of the XRT group for one of the newest solar satellites, Hinode, which has given me the opportunity to travel to Japan to act as chief observer
Weisje Mooiweer B.S. -- graduate school in atmospheric sciences, University of Wyoming
Brannon McCullough B.S. -- biophysics graduate student at Yale
Luke Zweifelhofer B.S. --
Jeff Owhanoui B.S. --
Cantwell Carson B.S. --
Katie Cantrell B.S. -- Curriculum development for science-based elementary school programs
Danny Gibbs B.S. -- Software programmer, Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Carey Borghi B.S. -- Flight
Mechanics for Missile Defense, at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
2002-2003
Justin Shaefer B.S. -- I graduated from U. Florida with a M.S. in Astronomy in 2006. I left academia and returned to live and play in the mountainous west. I am currently working as a Radiation Effects Engineer with SEAKR Engineering of Centennial CO.
Joshua Bodyfelt B.S. -- M.S. in Physics from Georgia Tech. Now at Wesleyan University (dissertation: graph theory and random media with Dr. Tsampikos Kottos).
Richard Cool B.S. - graduate school in astronomy at University of Arizona
Sarah Giandoni B.S. -- I earned a M.S. in Astronomy from New Mexico State University in 2005. I am now a Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin
2001-2002
Bob Thompson Ph.D. -- NASA/JPL Palomar Interferometer
Kunegunda Belle Ph.D. -- Planetary Science Institute
Mark Huber Ph.D. -- University of British Columbia
Jennifer Cash Ph.D. -- Was recently tenured and promoted to Associate Professor at South Carolina State University (2008)
Jerome Swanson B.S. - Spacecraft Engineer for EchoStar Satellite (DISH Network) in Cheyenne
Ryan Sanchez B.S. -
Jeff Wall B.S. - graduate school in physics at Washington State University
Kristie Koski B.S. - Graduate school in chemistry at University of California at Berkeley
2001
Elena Mason Ph.D. -- European Southern Observatory (in Chile)
Scott Haynes B.S. - M.S. from University of Minnesota - Duluth, now a Research Scientist with WindLogics. My current research focuses on the planetary boundary layer and algorithms associated with the WindLogics computational learning system.
2000
Jeffrey Sudol Ph.D. --
James Ellingson Ph.D. --
Sara Bronfenbrenner M.S. -- Irvine, CA high school
1999
Pak Shing Li Ph.D. --
Dave Harker Ph.D. -- UC San Diego
1998
Brian Rachford Ph.D. -- University of Colorado, Boulder -> Carleton College
Matt Schoeck Ph.D. -- Caltech
1997
Dave Ciardi Ph.D. -- University of Florida
Ioan Pop PhD. -- Currently working as a Software Engineer with Hewlett-Packard in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Dave Klassen Ph.D. -- Professor, Rowan University
Norbert Pirzkal Ph.D. -- Space Telescope Science Institute
Aaron Van Pelt B.S. -- MS in Physics at Washington State. (Ultrafast spectroscopy) Apps Engr. & Product Managment at New Focus, Inc., (SF bay area), now Senior Research Scientist at Physical Sciences, Inc., (SF bay area).
Dane Gillaspie B.S. -- Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Staff Scientist at National Renewable Energy Labo
1996
Tim Titus Ph.D. -- US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
Tracy Hodge Ph.D. -- Berea College, KY
Gerard Van Belle Ph.D. -- NASA/JPL Keck Interferometer
Charles Wilton M.S. -- Berea College, KY
Dale Brabec M.S. -- Teaching Physics and Astronomy in Anchorage, Alaska
Bill Ketzeback M.S. -- Observing specialist at Apache Point Observatory
Lora Pastwick M.S. -- Laser group, Seattle, WA
Jason Wurnig M.S. -- VLA, NM
Brenae Bailey M.S. -- Instructor, University of Wyoming -> U. Arizona grad school
Anthony Zukaitis B.S. -- Ph.D. in computational physics in 2001 (UNLV). Worked for Bechtel Nevada (Los Alamos Operations) for 3 years. Currently working as a Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Lab.
1995
James Norby Ph.D. -- Product Manager for Custom lasers, designing and building special lasers for science and industry
Mary Ann Hickman M.S. -- Instructor, Swarthmore College Physics & Astronomy
Teresa Moeller M.S. -- Tallahassee Community College
Dave Whalen M.S. -- Computer Consultant
Ethan larson B.S. -- Programming a new PSP game for Ubisoft in Montreal
1994
David Barnby Ph.D. -- Western Kentucky University
Rob Hermann Ph.D. -- Concordia College, Nebraska
Lisa Townsley Ph.D. -- Scientist, Penn State University
Karl Vogler Ph.D. -- Northern Kentucky University
Steve Gillam Ph.D. -- NASA/JPL
Russ Shipman Ph.D. -- SRO, Groningen, Netherlands
Arun Kulkarni Ph.D. --
Andy Barter M.S. --
Jason Verley B.S. -- Sandia National Laboratories
1993
Stephen Gillam Ph.D. --
Steve Martin M.S. -- Williams College Astronomy Department
Kelly Beck M.S. --
Teresa Calovini M.S. --
Curt Goehring M.S. -- Community college, Phoenix, AZ
Dave Waddill M.S. -- Computer Consultant
Richard Thompson B.S. -- PhD in Physics (2000) from U. Pittsburgh. Currently Medical Imaging Physicist, General Electric Research, in New York
Mary Dahm B.S. -- M.S. in Physics (emphasis in Astrophysics) in 1996 from the University of Denver. I worked for 6 years in aerospace in the Denver area, and now teach astronomy and physics at Front Range Community College in Westminster (CO) and do medical coding as my day job.
1992
Greg Sloan Ph.D. -- Research Astronomer, Cornell University
Christine Woods M.S. --
Larry DeWarf M.S. -- Villanova University Astronomy Department
Richard Thompson B.S. -- 1992-2000 PhD nuclear & particle physics University of Pittsburgh.
2000-2007 Medical Imaging Physicist. General Electric Research, Niskayuna New York.
2007- Computed Tomography Research Scientist. Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland Ohio.
R. Scot Weber B.A. -- Software engineering in Fort COllins, CO
1991
Jim Benson Ph.D. -- Scientist, U.S. Naval Interferometer
William McGehee B.S. -- Geophysical Software Engineer
1990
Nils Turner B.S. -- staff scientist, Georgia State University's CHARA Array (an interferometer), located at Mount Wilson, California
Kevin Menges B.S. -- M.S. in Physics at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. I spent six years teaching in Malaysia (INTI College and Kolej Damansara Utama). I spent a couple of years teaching part time at Ottawa University and Johnson County Community College, and then one year as a full time instructror at Western Wyoming Community College. I am currently working as a full-time Instructor of Physics at Des Moines Area Community College at the main (Ankeny) campus.
1989
Matt Greenhouse Ph.D. -- Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center
Tom Hayward Ph.D. -- Scientist, Gemini Observatory
Ebrahim Torangan Ph.D. --
Atish Sen Ph.D. -- Applied Bio-chemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO
Thomas Huber Ph.D. --
Ali Aghazadeg Ph.D. --
William T. Hutzell M.S. -- Research Physical Scientist, Atmospheric Modeling Division, US Environmental Protection Agency
Karl Klett M.S. -- Swales Aerospace Corporation
Molly Shea M.S. -- Space Telescope Science Institute
Nancy Silbermann M.S. -- Ph.D. in Physics from Michigan State in 1994. Post-doc with JPL (physically at IPAC - Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, on Caltech campus) in Pasadena California for 2.5 yrs. Then about 2-2.5 yrs with Observer Support for Infrared Space Observatory mission at IPAC. Since 1999 I have worked at the Spitzer Science Center (IPAC staffs the SSC) on the Caltech campus. Currently a member of the Community Affairs Team at the SSC.
Bill Maxwell M.S. --
1988
Marta Wallin Ph.D. --
Donald Roberts Ph.D. --
Guy Worthey B.S. -- Professor, Washington State University
John Hiser B.S. -- Attended graduate school at UC Santa Cruz
S. Nicholas Raines B.S. -- Instrument Scientist in the Infrared Astrophysics Group at U. Florida
1987
Awdhesh Sharma Ph.D. --
Kavoos Mirabbaszadeh Ph.D. --
Jerald Harder Ph.D. --
1986
Bruce Peterson Ph.D. --
1985
Stephen Wallin Ph.D. --
James Taylor Ph.D. --
Joseph Mentek Ph.D. --
1984
Michael Castelaz Ph.D. -- Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, North Carolina
Jim Baker-Jarvis Ph.D. -- National Institute of Standards & Technology
Jill Price Ph.D. --
David Mozurkewich Ph.D. --
1983
James Kiernan Ph.D. --
Thad Englert Ph.D. --
Donald Roberts M.S. --
1982
Kathleen Eastwood Ph.D. -- Professor, Northern Arizona University
Terry Deshler Ph.D. --
1981
Dennis Thompson Ph.D. -- I am currently a member of the Senior Technical Staff for ITT Space Systems Division in Rochester, NY. I also head the Space Environments Group in the Division.
John Phillips Ph.D. --
Stephen Mason Ph.D. --
D. Mark Manley Ph.D. --
Darold Frantsvog Ph.D. --
1980
Dale McKay Ph.D. --
William Bookless Ph.D. --
Alan Bentley Ph.D. --
1979
John Walter Ph.D. --
1978
Warren Wittekind Ph.D. --
William Looney Ph.D. --
Rodney Cole Ph.D. --
1977
Gary Erickson Ph.D. --
John Drummond Ph.D. --
1976
James Smith Ph.D. --
Peter Robertson Ph.D. --
Alden Oyer Ph.D. --
John McGrath Ph.D. --
1975
Hsin-Che Wu Ph.D. --
Ronald Wilson Ph.D. --
Gary Sutter Ph.D. --
Steven Saterlie Ph.D. --
Paul Rodney Ph.D. --
Kenneth Krall Ph.D. --
Mojtaba Jafarpour Ph.D. -- I am professor of physics at Gondishapur University in Ahvaz, Iran
Daniel Carroll Ph.D. --
1974
Surinder Sahai Ph.D. --
Robert Sadler Ph.D. --
Onder Pekcan Ph.D. -- I am professor of physics and Dean in Iþýk University, Istanbul TURKEY
Kuen-Der Lain Ph.D. --
Terence Kite Ph.D. --
Mahboob Kahn Ph.D. --
Patrick Hoovman Ph.D. --
Robert Greene Ph.D. --
Henry Fielding Ph.D. --
Sergio Alves Ph.D. --
James Allen Ph.D. -- I am President of J.L. Allen Exploration Ventures, an oil & gas exploration company working the Gulf Coast.
1973
Jay Shideler Ph.D. --
John Morrison Ph.D. --
Clyde Mitchell Ph.D. --
Diane Meyer Ph.D. --
Robert Likes Ph.D. --
John Jarmer Ph.D. --
Paul Huffman Ph.D. --
Dennis Garvey Ph.D. --
Edgar Ganfield Ph.D. --
Pradnyanand Damle Ph.D. --
Chung Chen Ph.D. --
Bharat Agrawal Ph.D. --
1972
William Wallace Ph.D. --
Terry Scott Ph.D. --
Sylvio Rosa Ph.D. --
Ronald Pinnick Ph.D. --
Stephen Jensen Ph.D. --
Robert Ellefson Ph.D. --
Stephen Browne Ph.D. --
Haluk Beker Ph.D. --
Julio Auto Ph.D. --
1971
Wesley Weisenberger Ph.D. --
Barry Warner Ph.D. --
Amir Tacawy Ph.D. --
Larry Sims Ph.D. --
Burhanettin Oral Ph.D. --
Larry Kroger Ph.D. --
Nikiforos Kollias Ph.D. --
John Flaherty Ph.D. --
Dale Crisler Ph.D. --
Lockwood Carlson Ph.D. --
William Broste Ph.D. --
Mohit Bhattacharyya Ph.D. --
1970
Waldemar Klawiter Ph.D. --
A. Rashid Khan Ph.D. --
Ramesh Kakar Ph.D. --
Laurence Hrubesh Ph.D. --
Norman Golden Ph.D. --
J. Lewis Detch Ph.D. --
Lowell Burnett Ph.D. --
Anup Bhowmik Ph.D. --
Stuart Ahrens Ph.D. -- I am a retired physics professor. Taught at NCA&T State University in Greensboro, NC. for 30 years. I was also the Director of the Student Space Shuttle Program In 1994 we had a student payload aboard the Shuttle--Flight STS68.
1969
Victor Starkovich Ph.D. --
Eugene Nosal Ph.D. --
In Kil Hwang Ph.D. --
1968
Charles Walker Ph.D. --
J. Frank Harmon Ph.D. --
Edward Finch Ph.D. --
Thomas Ensign Ph.D. --
1966
Elmer Scott Ph.D. --