PTYS Graduate Students

Roberto Aguilar

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Sonett 10F
Research advisor(s): Jack Holt
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces

Arin Avsar

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Kuiper 351
B.A. Astrophysics, 2022, UC Berkeley
B.A. Planetary Science, 2022, UC Berkeley
Research advisor(s): Dániel Apai
Research interests: Exoplanets; Planetary Formation and Evolution, Planetary Astronomy

Namya Baijal

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Kuiper 316
Research advisor(s): Erik Asphaug

Naman Bajaj

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Kuiper 351
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, 2021, College of Engineering Pune
Research advisor(s): Ilaria Pascucci

Adam Battle (he/him/his)

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Kuiper 322

Maizey Benner (she/her)

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Kuiper 324
B.S. Planetary Science, 2021, Purdue University
B.S. Applied Physics, Honors, 2021, Purdue University
Research advisor(s): Tom Zega
Research interests: Cosmochemistry

Galen Bergsten (he/they)

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Kuiper 338
B.S. Physics & Astronomy, 2020, University of Utah
Research advisor(s): Ilaria Pascucci
Research interests: Astrobiology, Exoplanets; Planetary Formation and Evolution, Planetary Atmospheres

Zarah Brown

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Kuiper 316
B.A. Astrophysics and Planetary Science, 2017, University of Colorado
Research advisor(s): Tommi Koskinen
Research interests: Planetary Atmospheres

David Cantillo

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Vishnu Reddy
Research interests: Astrobiology, Small Bodies, Space Situational Awareness

Rishi Chandra

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Kuiper 338
B.S. Physics, Planetary Science, 2021, University of Illinois
Research advisor(s): Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina
Research interests: Earth, Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Small Bodies

Xiaohang Chen

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Sonett 10C
Research advisor(s): Joe Giacalone
Research interests: Solar and Heliospheric Research, Theoretical Astrophysics

Claire Cook (she/her)

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Kuiper 332

Michael Daniel

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Kuiper 318
B.A. Physics-Astronomy, 2020, Whitman College
Research advisor(s): Jack Holt
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces

Dingshan Deng

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Kuiper 334

Rachel Fernandes (She/Her)

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Kuiper 324
B.S. Astrophysics and Physics, 2017, University of Cincinnati
MS (en route) Planetary Sciences, 2019, The University of Arizona
Research advisor(s): Ilaria Pascucci
Research interests: Astrobiology, Exoplanets; Planetary Formation and Evolution

Searra Foote (she/her)

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Kuiper 351
B.S. Earth and Space Exploration (Astrobiology and Biogeosciences), 2022, Arizona State University
Research advisor(s): Tyler Robinson
Research interests: Astrobiology, Exoplanets; Planetary Formation and Evolution, Planetary Atmospheres

Nathan Hadland (He/Him)

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Sonett 10A

Orion Hon (they/them)

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Kuiper 326
Research advisor(s): Lynn Carter
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces

Rowan Huang (she/her)

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Kuiper 326
Research advisor(s): Virginia Gulick
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces

Lori Huseby

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Travis Barman

Kana Ishimaru

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Kuiper 332
B.S. Earth and Planetary Environmental Science, 2019, The University of Tokyo
Research advisor(s): Dante Lauretta
Research interests: Cosmochemistry, Small Bodies

Rocio Jacobo Bojorquez (she/her)

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Kuiper 322
Research advisor(s): Jack Holt
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces

Weigang Liang

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Kuiper 334
B.A. Physics, 2018, Cornell University
Research advisor(s): Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna
Research interests: Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Surfaces

Ricardo Maciel

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Walter Harris

Kiana McFadden

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Kuiper 322
Research advisor(s): Ellen Howell, Lynn Carter
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces, Small Bodies

Allison McGraw

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Kuiper 316
B.S. Geosciences, The University of Arizona
Research advisor(s): Vishnu Reddy
Research interests: Small Bodies, Space Situational Awareness

Robert Melikyan

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Kuiper 320
Research advisor(s): Erik Asphaug
Research interests: Orbital Dynamics, Small Bodies

Tyler Meng (he/him/his)

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Sonett 10F
B.S. Geophysics, 2015, Colorado School of Mines
Research advisor(s): Jack Holt
Research interests: Geophysics, Glaciology, Surface Processes

Mackenzie Mills

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Kuiper 316
B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020, Johns Hopkins University
Research advisor(s): Alfred McEwen
Research interests: Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Titan & Outer Solar System

Samantha Moruzzi

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Kuiper 320
B.S. Earth and Atmospheric Science, 2020, Cornell University
Research advisor(s): Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna
Research interests: Planetary Analogs, Planetary Geophysics, Planetary Surfaces, Titan & Outer Solar System

Samuel Myers

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Kuiper 334
B.S. Physics, 2016, The University of Idaho
B.S. Mathematics: Quantitative Modeling, 2016, The University of Idaho
Research advisor(s): Ellen Howell
Research interests: Small Bodies

Fuda Nguyen (he/him)

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Kuiper 351
B.S. Space Science & Engineering, 2020, Vietnam National University
Research advisor(s): Dániel Apai
Research interests: Exoplanets; Planetary Formation and Evolution, Planetary Atmospheres, Theoretical Astrophysics

Iunn Ong

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Jessica Barnes

Beau Prince

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Tom Zega

Akash Satpathy

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Kuiper 351
B.S. Data Science and Astronomy (Honors), 2022, The University of Arizona
Research advisor(s): Amy Mainzer
Research interests: Asteroid Thermal Modeling, Small Bodies, Planetary Defense

Laura Seifert

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Kuiper 324
Research advisor(s): Tom Zega
Research interests: Cosmochemistry, Planetary Surfaces
Emileigh Shoemaker

Emileigh Shoemaker

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Kuiper 325
B.S. Physics, 2017, Towson University
MS (en route) Planetary Sciences, 2021, The University of Arizona
Research advisor(s): Lynn Carter
Research interests: Planetary Surfaces, Planetary Analogs, Ground Penetrating Radar, Radar Remote Sensing, Volcanology

Lucas Smith

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Kuiper 338
B.S. Applied Physics, 2020, Appalachian State University
Research advisor(s): Pierre Haenecour
Research interests: Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry

Amanda Stadermann (she/her)

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Kuiper 318
B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2016, Washington University in St. Louis
MS (en route) Planetary Sciences, 2019, The University of Arizona
Research advisor(s): Jessica Barnes
Research interests: Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Volcanology, Impact Cratering

Harry Tang

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Kuiper 320

Jada Walters

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Kuiper 326
Zoe Wilbur

Zoe Wilbur (she/her/hers)

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Kuiper 318
BS Geosciences, 2018, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Research advisor(s): Jessica Barnes
Research interests: Cosmochemistry, Lunar Studies, Planetary Analogs

Chengyan Xie

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Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s): Ilaria Pascucci