PTYS/LPL Alumni Directory
PTYS majors or other majors with PTYS faculty as dissertation chair. Help us keep this list up-to-date; email updates to: mary@lpl.arizona.edu
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| Lastname, Firstname | Degree | Year | Advisor(s) | Dissertation/Thesis | Current Position | Current Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks, Maria | Ph.D. Geosciences | 2009 | McEwen | Glacial Processes and Morphologies in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars | Planetary Scientist | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Barlow, Nadine | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1987 | Strom | Relative Ages and the Geologic Evolution of Martian Terrain Units | ||
| Barnes, Jason | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2004 | Brown | Characterizing Transiting Extrasolar Giant Planets: On Companions, Rings, and L… | Professor, Physics | University of Idaho |
| Bart, Gwen | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2007 | Melosh | Lunar Surface Geology from Analysis of Impact Craters and Their Ejecta | Research Assistant Professor of Physics | University of Idaho |
| Baugh, Nicole | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Brown | Fluvial Channels on Titan | Uplink Operations Lead (HiRISE) | LPL, University of Arizona |
| Beard, Sky | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2018 | Swindle | Noble Gas Chronology of Meteorites: Brachinites, Ureilites, and Chelyabinsk | Postdoctoral Researcher | Macau University of Science and Technology |
| Becerra, Patricio | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2016 | Byrne | The Poles of Mars, Past and Present: A High-Resolution Observational Study of t… | Project Scientist, Microcameras and Space Exploration (MCSE) SA | University of Bern |
| Benner, Chris (Drayton) | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1979 | Fink | The Visual and Near Infrared Spectrum of Methane and Its Application to Uranus,… | Research Scientist, Physics | College of William and Mary |
| Berger, Eve | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2011 | Lauretta | Cubanite and Associated Sulfides in Cl Chordrites and Comet Wild 2: Implication… | Senior Research Scientist | NASA Johnson Space Center (ARES) |
| Berman, Daniel | M.S. Geosciences | 2003 | Baker | Hillside Gullies and Possible Glacial Landforms Associated With the Degradation… | Senior Scientist | Planetary Science Institute |
| Beyer, Ross | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2004 | McEwen | Martian Surface Roughness and Stratigraphy | Principal Investigator, Research Scientist | SETI, NASA Ames Research Center |
| Binder, Alan | Ph.D. Geology | 1967 | Titley | Stratigraphy and Structure of the Cleomedes Quadrangle of the Moon | Director | Lunar Research Institute |
| Bjoraker, Gordon | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1985 | Larson | The Gas Composition and Vertical Cloud Structure of Jupiter's Troposphere Deriv… | Astrophysicist | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Bland, Michael | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Showman | The Tectonic, Thermal, and Magnetic Evolution of Icy Satellites | Research Space Scientist | U.S.G.S. Astrogeology Science Center |
| Block, Kristin she/her |
M.S. Planetary Sciences | 2011 | Swindle | Fulgurite Classification, Petrology, and Implications for Planetary Processes | Principal Science Operations Engineer, HiRISE | LPL, University of Arizona |
| Bolser, Diana | M.S. Chemistry | 2014 | Zega | Microstructural Analysis of Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions in Primitive Meteo… | Operations Leader, Advanced Programs | GE Aviation |
| Bond, Jade | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Lauretta | The Chemistry of Extrasolar Planetary Systems | Associate (Lawyer) | Bartier Perry (Australia) |
| Bottke, William | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1995 | Greenberg | The Collisional and Dynamical Evolution of Asteroids | Director | Department for Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder |
| Boyer, Darryl | Ph.D. Physics | 1982 | Levy | Magnetohydrodynamic Dynamos in the Presence of Fossil Magnetic Fields | ||
| Bramson, Ali | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2018 | Byrne | Radar Analysis and Theoretical Modeling of the Presence and Preservation of Ice… | Assistant Professor | Purdue University, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |
| Broadhurst, Leigh | Ph.D. Geosciences | 1989 | Drake | Solubility and Partitioning of Noble Gases in Anorthite, Diopside, Forsterite, … | Geochemist/USDA Researcher | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Brock, Laci she/her |
Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2021 | Barman | Connecting Points in Time: From the Evolution of Clouds in Substellar Atmospher… | ||
| Brown, Zarah she/her |
Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2023 | Koskinen | Saturn's Upper Atmosphere in the Ultraviolet: Temperature and Compositional Tre… | Postdoctoral Research Associate | LPL, University of Arizona |
| Buie, Marc | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1984 | Fink | Lightcurve CCD Spectrophotometry of Pluto | Institute Scientist | Southwest Research Institute (Boulder) |
| Burkland, Michael | Ph.D. Physics | 1998 | Swindle | The Thermal Retentive Nature of the I-Xe System in the Meteorite Bjurbole: Impl… | Senior Principal Systems Engineer | Raytheon |
| Burr, Devon | Ph.D. Geosciences | 2003 | Baker | Investigations into the Cerberus Outflow Channels, Mars | Professor, Astronomy and Planetary Science | Northern Arizona University |