PTYS Graduate Students

Arin Avsar

Kuiper 322
B.A. Astrophysics, 2022, UC Berkeley
B.A. Planetary Science, 2022, UC Berkeley

Research advisor(s):

Naman Bajaj

Kuiper 324
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, 2021, College of Engineering Pune

Research advisor(s):

Maizey Benner (she/they)

Kuiper 318
B.S. Planetary Science, 2021, Purdue University
B.S. Applied Physics, Honors, 2021, Purdue University

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Cosmochemistry

Galen Bergsten (they/he)

Kuiper 324
B.S. Physics & Astronomy / Biology, 2020, University of Utah
MS (en route) Planetary Science, 2023, University of Arizona

Research advisor(s):

Zarah Brown

Kuiper 316
B.A. Astrophysics and Planetary Science, 2017, University of Colorado

Research advisor(s):

Rishi Chandra

Kuiper 338
B.S. Physics, Planetary Science, 2021, University of Illinois

Research advisor(s):

Michael Daniel

Sonett 10C
B.A. Physics-Astronomy, 2020, Whitman College

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Earth, Planetary Surfaces

Searra Foote (she/her)

Kuiper 316
B.S. Earth and Space Exploration (Astrobiology and Biogeosciences), 2022, Arizona State University

Research advisor(s):

Devin Hoover

Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Small Bodies

Lori Huseby

Kuiper 316
B.S. Chemistry, 2022, The College of St. Scholastica
B.S. Computer Information Systems, 2022, The College of St. Scholastica
B.A. Mathematics, 2022, The College of St. Scholastica

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Exoplanets, Planetary Atmospheres

Kana Ishimaru

Kuiper 332
B.S. Earth and Planetary Environmental Science, 2019, The University of Tokyo

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Cosmochemistry, Small Bodies

Tyler Meng (he/him/his)

Sonett 10F
B.S. Geophysics, 2015, Colorado School of Mines

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Geophysics, Glaciology, Surface Processes

Mackenzie Mills

Kuiper 316
B.A. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020, Johns Hopkins University

Research advisor(s):

Samantha Moruzzi

Kuiper 320
B.S. Earth and Atmospheric Science, 2020, Cornell University

Research advisor(s):

Samuel Myers

Kuiper 334
B.S. Physics, 2016, The University of Idaho
B.S. Mathematics: Quantitative Modeling, 2016, The University of Idaho
MS (en route) Planetary Science, 2023, The University of Arizona

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Small Bodies

Fuda Nguyen (he/him)

Kuiper 351
B.S. Space Science & Engineering, 2020, Vietnam National University

Research advisor(s):

Iunn Ong

Kuiper 351
Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Cosmochemistry

Beau Prince (he/him)

Kuiper 318
B.S. Physics, 2022, Northern Arizona University
B.S. Mathematics, 2022, Northern Arizona University

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Cosmochemistry

Akash Satpathy

Kuiper 332
B.S. Data Science and Astronomy (Honors), 2022, The University of Arizona

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Asteroid Thermal Modeling, Small Bodies, Planetary Defense

Lucas Smith

Kuiper 338
B.S. Applied Physics, 2020, Appalachian State University

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Astrobiology, Cosmochemistry

Anna Taylor (She/Her)

Kuiper 351
B.S. Physics, 2023, North Carolina State University

Research advisor(s):
Research interests: Exoplanets

Zoe Wilbur (she/her/hers)

Kuiper 318
BS Geosciences, 2018, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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