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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareta, Theodore | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2021 | Harris, Reddy | Activity and the Evolutionary State of Small Bodies | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Lowell Observatory |
| Kargel, Jeffrey | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1990 | Lewis | Cryomagmatism in the Outer Solar System | Senior Scientist | Planetary Science Institute (Tucson) |
| Karkoschka, Erich | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1990 | Tomasko | Saturn's Atmosphere in the Visible and Near Infrared 1986-1989 | Senior Staff Scientist | LPL, University of Arizona |
| Kataria, Tiffany | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2014 | Showman | Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters and Super Earths | Scientist | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Keane, James | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2017 | Matsuyama | Tidal-Rotational Dynamics of Solar System Worlds, from Mercury to Pluto | Scientist | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Keller, John | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Greenberg, Showman | Part I:Development of a Concept Inventory Addressing Student's Beliefs and Reas… | Director, Fiske Planetarium | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Kerola, Dana | Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences | 1994 | Larson, Tomasko | Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Troposhere of Saturn | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dept. of Mathematics, Science and Technology |
| Kidder, Kenneth | Ph.D. Physics | 1991 | Holberg | Atmospheric Parameters of a Soft X-Ray Selected Set of Hot DA White Dwarfs | ||
| Ko, Chung-Ming | Ph.D. Physics | 1986 | Jokipii | Cosmic-Ray Modified Stellar Winds | Professor, Associate Dean (College of Science) | Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University (Taiwan) |
| Kolb Nolan, Kelly | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2009 | McEwen | Investigating Evidence for Geologically Recent Liquid Water on Mars | Exploration Geoscientist | ExxonMobil |
| Kolb Nolan, Kelly | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | McEwen | Modeling Bright Gully Deposits' formation in Hale Crater, Mars: Implications fo… | Exploration Geoscientist | ExxonMobil |
| Komacek, Tad | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2018 | Showman | The Atmospheric Circulation and Evolution of Close-In Extrasolar Gas Giant Plan… | Assistant Professor, Astronomy | University of Maryland |
| Komatsu, Goro | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1993 | Baker | Channels and Valleys on Venus | Senior Scientist and Associate Professor | International Research School of Planetary Sciences and Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Universita d'Annunzio (Pescara, Italy) |
| Kopriva, David | Ph.D. Applied Mathematics | 1982 | Jokipii | A Stream Function Method for Computing Steady Rotational Transonic Flows With A… | Professor (Retired), Mathematics | Florida State University |