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PTYS majors or other majors with PTYS faculty as dissertation chair. Help us keep this list up-to-date; email updates to: LPL-UA@arizona.edu
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Lastname, Firstname | Degree | Year | Advisor(s) | Dissertation/Thesis | Current Position | Current Institution |
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Abramov, Oleg | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Kring | Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Activity on Earth and Mars | Senior Scientist | Planetary Science Institute (New Zealand) |
Allen, Carlton | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1979 | Strom | Volcano-Ice Interactions on the Earth and Mars | Astromaterials Curator (Retired) | NASA Johnson Space Center |
Allen, Carlton | M.S. Astronomy | 1972 | Strom | Central Peaks in Lunar Craters | Astromaterials Curator (Retired) | NASA Johnson Space Center |
Archer, Doug | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2010 | Smith (Peter) | The Martian Near Surface Environment: Analysis on Antarctic Soils and Laborator… | Scientist | NASA Johnson Space Center |
Asphaug, Erik | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1993 | Melosh | Dynamic Fragmentation in the Solar System: Applications of Fracture Mechanics a… | Professor | LPL, University of Arizona |
Atwood-Stone, Corwin | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2018 | McEwen | Planetary Granular Topography: Slope Angles and Crater Concentric Ridges | Physics Instructor | Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS) |
Aubele, Jayne | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 1988 | Melosh | Vesicle Zonation and Vertical Structure of Basalt Flows | Senior Educator, Geologist | New Mexico Museum of Natural History |
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 Associate Professor of Physics | University of Idaho |
Battle, Adam he/him/his |
Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2024 | Reddy | Implications of Non-Compositional Effects on Spectral Characterization of Natur… | R&D Software Engineer | Space 4 Center, University of Arizona |
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 | Chemist III | Battelle |
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,… | Adjunct Professor, 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… | Organic Geo- and Cosmochemist | 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… | Space Scientist | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory |
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… | Subsection Manager - CMC Design | GE Aerospace |
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… | Artist | |
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 | Staff 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 |
Cambioni, Saverio | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2020 | Asphaug | On the Application of Machine Learning to Planetary Sciences | Postdoctoral Research Associate | MIT, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |
Campins, Humberto | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1982 | Rieke | Infrared Observations of Cometary Solids | Provost Research Professor, Physics and Astronomy | University of Central Florida |
Campins, Humberto | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 1982 | Rieke | Provost Research Professor, Physics and Astronomy | University of Central Florida | |
Carver, Diana | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Melosh | Viscous Relaxation of Craters on Enceladus | Assistant Professor of Clinical | Vanderbilt University |
Chabot, Nancy | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1999 | Drake | Geochemical Studies of the Cores of Terrestrial Planetary Bodies | Planetary Scientist | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
Chamberlain, Matthew | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Boynton | Response of Martian Ground Ice to Orbit-Induced Climate Change | Scientific Programmer | CSIRO Decadal Climate Forecasting, Oceans and Atmosphere |
Chen, Xiaohang | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2023 | Giacalone | Solar Energetic Particle Acceleration and Transport at the Curved and Evolving … | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering |
Choi, David | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2009 | Showman | The Meteorology of Giant Planets Revealed Through Automated Cloud Feature Track… | Senior Data Engineer | Night Shift Development, Inc. |
Chollet, Eileen | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2008 | Giacalone | Solar Energetic Particles as a Probe of the Inner Heliosphere | Research Scientist | CNA Analysis & Solutions |
Ciesla, Fred | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2003 | Hood | The Physics and Chemistry of Solar Nebula Shock Waves: Applications to Chondrul… | Professor, Dept. of Geophysics; Deputy Director, Chicago Center for Origins of Life | University of Chicago |
Clark, Richard | M.S. Planetary Sciences | 1996 | Melosh | The Detectability of Lunar Impacts in the Near Infrared | Scientific Programmer | National Solar Observatory GONG Project |
Clements, Arthur | Ph.D. Astronomy | 1974 | Tomasko | Cloud Structure in the South Tropical Zone, Red Spot, and the North Polar Regio… | ||
Coffeen, David | Ph.D. Astronomy | 1968 | Gehrels | A Polarimetric Study of the Atmosphere of Venus | TESSERACT | |
Cohen, Barbara | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2000 | Swindle | Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Lunar Meteorite Impact Melt Clasts | Planetary Scientist | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Consolmagno, Guy | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 1978 | Jokipii | Electromagnetic Processes in the Evolution of the Solar Nebula | Director | Vatican Observatory, Tucson & Rome |
Cooper, Curtis | Ph.D. Planetary Sciences | 2006 | Showman | Meteorologies of Brown Dwarfs and Extrasolar Giant Planets | Software Engineer | Stellar Science (Albuquerque) |
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