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UMass Astronomy: Ph.D. Recipients
Academics > Graduate Program > Ph.D. Recipients
FEBRUARY 2010
LI, Yun
"Dark matter halos: assembly, clustering and sub-halo accretion".
Chair: Houjun Mo
September 2009
SCOTT, Kimberly
"Millimeter-galaxy Surveys with the AzTEC Camera"
Chair: Grant Wilson.
TANG, Shikui
"Galactic Bulge Feedback and Its Impact on Galaxy Evolution".
Chair: Daniel Wang
MAY 2009
AUSTERMANN, Jason
"The AzTEC Millimeter-Wave Camera: Design, Integration, Performance,
and the Characterization of the (Sub-)Millimeter Galaxy Population"
Chair: Grant Wilson
LOGAN, Daniel
"A Frequency Selective Bolometer Camera for Measuring Millimeter
Spectral Energy Distributions"
Chair: Grant W. Wilson;
Members: F. Peter Schloerb, Min S. Yun and Daniel H. Schaubert
FEBRUARY 2009
LI, Zhiyuan
"The Role of Stellar Feedback in Galaxy Evolution"
Chair: Daniel Wang; Members: Stephen Schneider, Neal Katz, Laura Cadonati
FEBRUARY 2008
GOELLER, Rob
"A Wideband Analog Correlating Spectrometer for Millimeter Astronomy"
Chair: Neal Erickson; Members: F. Peter Schloerb, Min Yun, Calvin Swift
SEPTEMBER 2008
FISCHER, William
"The One-Micron region as a Diagnostic of Accretion and Outflow in T Tauri Stars”
Chair: Suzan Edwards and John Kwan; Members: James Kurose, Ronald Snell, Todd Tripp
SEPTEMBER 2007
CHOI, Junhwan
"The Dynamics of Satellite and Dark Matter Halo Interactions on Glaxy Formation and Evolution"
Chair: Martin D. Weinberg and Neal S. Katz; Members: Houjun Mo, Jennie H. Traschen
MAY 2007
STOJIMIROVIC, Irena
"Multiwavelength Study of Parsec Scale Outflows Associated with Low Mass Young Stellar Objects"
Chair: Gopal Narayanan; Members: Ronald L. Snell, Suzan Edwards, Mark C. Hemeon-Heyer, Guy T. Blaylock
KERES, Dusan
"Growth of Galaxies in SPH Simulations"
Chair: Neal S. Katz; Members: Houjun Mo, Martin D. Weinberg, Guy T. Blaylock
FEBRUARY 2007
JI, Li
"A Spectral Code for Non-Equilibrium Plasma and its Applications"
Chair: Q. Daniel Wang; Members: John Y. Kwan, Todd M. Tripp, Ross S. Hicks
MAY 2005
NGEOW, Chow Choong
"Investigating the Breaking in the Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation and Its Interpretations"
Chair: Shashi Kanbur; Members: John Y. Kwan, Stephen E. Schneider, Robert A. Guyer
SEPTEMBER 2004
IONO, Daisuke
"The Response of Atomic and Molecular Gas to a Disk-Disk Collision"
Chair: Min Yun; Members: Paul Ho, Neal S. Katz, James Lowenthal
SEMPTEMBER 2003
BOUCHE, Nicolas F.
"The Clustering of Galaxies around Damped Absorbers"
Chair: James D. Lowenthal; Members: Neal S. Katz, Stephen E. Schneider, Guy T. Blaylock
JANUARY 2003
DEVRIES, Christopher
"Models and Observations of the Millimeter and Submillimeter Molecular Line Emission of Bright-Rimmed Clouds"
Chair: Gopal Narayanan; Members: Ronald L. Snell, Mark H. Heyer, William J. Mullin
MAY 2001
NIKOLAEV, Sergei
"2MASS View of the LMC: Structure, Populations, Kinematics"
Chair: Martin D. Weinberg; Members: Stephen E. Schneider, Michael F. Skrutskie, John P. Buonaccorsi
SEPTEMBER 2000
ADAMS, Joseph D.
"Low Mass Stars and the Structure of the Pleiades Cluster"
Chair: Michael F. Skrutskie; Members: John Y. Kwan, John R. Stauffer, Martin D. Weinberg, Mark T. Touminen
MUZEROLLE, James C.
"Emission Line Diagnostics of Magnetospheric Accretion in Young Stellar Objects"
Chair: Suzan Edwards; Members: Nuria Calvet, Michael F. Skrutskie, Lee W. Hartmann, Edward S. Chang
ROSENBERG, Jessica L.
"Filling the Gap in the Extragalactic Census: A Study at 21 cm and in the Near Infrared"
Chair: Stephen E. Schneider; Members: James D. Lowenthal, Michael F. Skrutskie, Stephen E. Strom, Robert A. Guyer
MAY 2000
BERISTAIN, Georgina
"Permitted Helium and Iron Emission Lines in Classical T Tauri Stars"
Chairs: John Kwan and Suzan Edwards; Members: Eugene Tademaru, Bruce E. Turkington
SEPTEMBER 1999
MILLAN-GABET, Rafael (PHYSICS PH.D.)
"Investigation of Herbig Ae/Be Stars in the Near-Infrared with a Long Baseline Interferometer"
Chair: Schloerb, F. Peter; Members: Traub, Wesley A., Skrutskie, Michael F., Sakai, Hajime
MAY 1999
BRUNT, Christopher M.
"Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium"
Chairman: Heyer, M.; Members: Kwan, J., Snell, R.L., Wong, P.
JANUARY 1999
DICKENS, James
Probing Chemical Evolution in Molecular Clouds with Millimeter-Wave Observations.
Chairman: Irvine, William M.; Members: Snell, Ronald, L., Schloerb, F. Peter, Chang, Edward S.
LOVELL, Amy
Millimeter-Wave Molecular Mapping of Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp.
Chairman: Schloerb, F. Peter; Members: Irvine, William M., Skrutskie, M., Dent, William, McGill, George E.
MAY 1998
HIRIART, David
Circumstellar Gas and Dust Emission and Mass Loss from Evolved Stars.
Chairman: Kwan, John; Members: Irvine, W.M., Van Blerkom, D., Chang, E.
SEPTEMBER 1996
MURALI, Chigurupati
The Evolution of Globular Clusters: Analysis of External Effects and Determination of Progenitor Populations.
Chairman: Weinberg, Martin D.; Members: Kwan, J., Strom, S.E., Traschen, J.
MAY 1996
SPITZAK, John G.
Viewing the 21 CM Sky: A Slice of the Neutral Hydrogen Universe.
Chairman: Schneider, Stephen E.; Members: Snell, R.L., Strom, S.E., Traschen, J.H.
FEBRUARY 1996
ALLEN, Lori E.
Star formation in Lynds 1641.
Chairman: Strom, Karen M. ; Members: Kwan, J., Snell, R.L., Strom, S.E., Rabin, M.
MEYER, Michael R.
Stellar Populations in Deeply Embedded Young Clusters: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Emergent Mass Distributions.
Chairman: Strom, Stephen E.; Members: Edwards, S., Skrutskie, M.F., Hartman, L., Chang, E.
SEPTEMBER 1995
BERGIN, Edward A.
The Chemical and Physical Structure of Giant Molecular Cloud Cores.
Co-Chairman: Snell, Ronald L.; Co-Chm.: Goldsmith, Paul, F.; Members: Langer, William D., Rabin, M.
MCGONAGLE, Douglas
Nitrogen Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium.
Chairman: Irvine, William M.; Members: Predmore, R.C., Schloerb, F.P., Heyer, M.H.
MAY 1995
DUTKEVITICH, Diane
The Evolution of Dust in the Terrestrial Planet Region of Circumstellar Disks Around Young Stars.
Chairman: Skrutskie, Michael, F.; Members: Strom, S.E., Edwards, S., Walker, J.F.
FEBRUARY 1995
HILLENBRAND, Lynne A.
Herbig Ae/Be Stars : An Investigation of Molecular Environments and Associated Stellar Populations.
Chairman: Strom, Stephen; Members: Edwards, S., Skrutskie, M.F., Snell, R.L., Byron, F.W., Jr.
SEPTEMBER 1994
BUCKLEY, David
The Masses and Distances of Planetary Nebulae.
Chairman: Schneider, Stephen E.; Members: Snell, R.L., Van Blerkom, D.J., Sternheim, M.M.
MAY 1994
CARPENTER, John M.
Anatomy of the GEM OB1 Molecular Cloud Complex.
Chairman: Snell, Ronald L.; Members: Schloerb, F.P., Skrutskie, M.F., Strom, S.E., Sternheim, M.M.
FEBRUARY 1993
GE, Weiguo
Cometary Molecules.
Chairman: Schloerb, F. Peter; Members: Irvine, W.M., Snell, R.L., Van Blerkom, D.J., Chang, E.S.
KNEZEK, Patricia M.
The Stellar and Gaseous Content of Massive Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies.
Chairman: Schneider, Stephen E.; Strom, S.E., Young, J.S., Golowich, E.
XIE, Shuding
CO Observations in External Galaxies and Gas Mass Determination.
Chairwoman: Young, Judith S.; Members: Kwan, J., Schloerb, F.P., Krotkov, R.
SEPTEMBER 1992
LEE, Youngung
Structure and Star Forming Activities of the Cold, Massive, Molecular Cloud G216-2.5.
Chairman: Snell, Ronald L.; Members: Dickman, R.L., Schloerb, F.P., Skrutskie, M.F., Krotkov, R.V.
XIE, Taoling
Shells, Outflows, and Star Formation in the Giant Molecular Cloud Monoceros R2.
Chairman: Goldsmith, Paul F.; Members: Snell, R.L., Dickman, R.L., Chang, E.S.
FEBRUARY 1992
JARRETT, Thomas H.
An Optical Study of the Faint End of the Stellar Luminosity Function.
Chairman: Dickman, Robert L.; Member: Herbst, William, Skrutskie, Michael., Chang, Edward
FEBRUARY 1991
WELTY, Alan
A Spectroscopic Study of Three FU Orionis Objects: Accretion Disks and Wind Signatures
Stephen E. Strom, Chm.; Members: Edwards, Suzan, Snell, Ronald L., Van Blerkom, David, Krotkov, Robert V.
SEPTEMBER 1990
SALAS-CASALES, Luis
High Spatial Resolution Observations Of Circumstellar Disks.
Chairman: Stephen E. Strom; Members: Edwards, S., Schloerb, F.P., Arny, T.T., Chang, E.S.
FEBRUARY 1990
MADDEN, Suzanne C.
A Multi-Transition Study of the Cyclic Molecule Cyclopropenylidene (C3H2) in the Galaxy.
Chairman: William M. Irvine; Members: Kwan, J., Schloerb, F.P., Snell, R.L., Avery, L.W., Guyer, R.A.
MINH, Young Chol
Radio Observations of Several Interstellar Molecules.
Chairman; William M. Irvine; Members: Dickman, R.L., Goldsmith, P.F., Krotkov, R.V.
MORGAN, James A.
Molecular Outflows in the L1641 Region of Orion.
Chairman: F. Peter Schloerb; Members: Snell, R.L, Kwan, J., Strom, S.E., Harold, M.P.
OLSON, Kevin
Gas Dynamics in Interacting and Merging Galaxies.
Chairman: John Y. Kwan; Members: Kleinmann, S.G., Young, J.S., Dickman, R.L., Chang, E.S.
TAUBER, Jan A.
CO Line Emission from Clumpy Molecular Clouds: The Case of Orion.
Chairman: Paul F. Goldsmith; Members: Snell, R.L., Kwan, J., Erickson, N.R., Krotkov, R.V.
WALLER, William H.
Recent Starbirth and Starburst Activity in Nearby Galaxies.
Chairman: Stephen E. Strom; Members: Young, J.S., Kwan, J., Kleinmann, S.G., Scoville, N., Mallary, R.W.
SEPTEMBER 1989
ALONSO, Jose L.
Formation of Hydrogen Line and Continuum Emission in Young Stellar Objects.
Chairman: John Y. Kwan; Members: Kleinmann, S.G., Van Blerkom, D.J., Arny, T.T., Krotkov, R.V.
KINZEL, Wayne M.
Radio Outbursts in Extragalactic Sources.
Chairman: William A. Dent; Members: W.A., Tademaru, E., Dickman, R.L., Balonek, T.J., Walker, J.F.
TAYLOR, David K.
Carbon Monoxide Isotopes and Clumping in Giant Molecular Clouds.
Chairman: Robert L. Dickman; Members: Dickman, R.L., Snell, R.L., Van Blerkom, D.J., Krotkov, R.V.
MAY 1989
LIS, Dariusz C.
The Sagittarius B2 Molecular Cloud an Extreme Case of a Galactic Center Giant Molecular Cloud.
Paul F. Goldsmith, Chm.
TACCONI-GARMAN, Lowell E.
Kinematic Models of Cometary Comae.
Chairman: F. Peter Schloerb
FEBRUARY 1989
SMITH, Beverly J.
Optical Imaging of IRAS Galaxies: The Evolution of Infrared-Bright Galaxies.
Kleinmann, Susan, Chw.
MAY 1988
TACCONI-GARMAN, Linda J.
The Distribution of the Interstellar Medium in the SCD Galaxy NGC 6946 and in a Sample of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies.
Judith S. Young, Chw.
FEBRUARY 1988
MORIARTY-SCHIEVEN, Gerald H.
High Resolution Observations of the L1551, B335 and L723 Bipolar Molecular Outflows Using Maximum Entropy Image Reconstruction.
Ronald L. Snell, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1987
LORD, Steven D.
The Role of Molecular Clouds in the Star Formation Process as Observed in Two Grand Design Spiral Galaxies.
Stephen E. Strom, Chm.
SWADE, Daryl A.
The Physics and Chemistry of Dark Molecular Clouds: A Detailed Study of L134N.
F. Peter Schloerb, Chm.
MAY 1987
KENNEY, Jeffrey D.
Molecular Gas in Virgo Cluster Spiral Galaxies.
Judith S. Young, Chw.
MCINTOSH, Gordon C. (Physics Ph.D.)
Polarization Properties of SiO Masers.
Read Predmore, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1986
HEMEON-HEYER, Mark H.
The Interaction Between Molecular Clouds and Young Stellar Objects.
Snell, Ronald L., Chm.
ARGON, Alice L.
The Acceleration and Dissolution of Stars Moving Through the Blackbody Radiation of A Collapsing Unvierse.
Edward R. Harrison, Chm.
MAY 1985
CLEMENS, Dan P. (Physics Ph.D.)
The Massachusetts Stony-Brook Galactic Plane CO Survey: Observations, Galactic Structure, and Cloud Identification.
Nicholas Z. Scoville, Chm.
KLEINER, Steven C.
Correlation Analysis of the Molecular Cloud Complex.
Robert L. Dickman, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1984
ARQUILLA, Richard
The Structure and Angular Momentum Content of Dark Clouds.
Paul F. Goldsmith, Chm.
O'DEA, Christopher P.
Morphology and Energetics at Narrow Angle Tail Radio Sources.
William A. Dent, Chm.
MAY 1984
CLIFFORD, Stephen M.
A Model for the Climatic Behavior of Water on Mars.
Robert L. Huguenin, Chm.
HARTKE, Gregory J.
Transport Properties of the Outer Crust of Magnetic Neutron Stars.
George Greenstein, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1984
BARVAINIS, Richard E.
Linear Polarization and Total Flux Density of Silicon Monoxide Masers and Active Extragalactic Objects at Millimeter Wavelengths.
William A. Dent, Chm.
CARROLL, Timothy J.
The Kinematics of the Emission Line Gas in Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei.
John Y. Kwan, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1983
GOOD, John
MM Wavelength Measurements of CO in the Atmosphere of Mars and SO 2 in the Atmopshere of Venus.
F. Peter Schloerb, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1983
DAMASHEK, Mark
A Search for Radio Pulsars in the Northern Sky: Discovery of a Pulsar in a Unique Binary System.
Joseph H. Taylor, Chm.
ROBINSON, Steven E.
The Excitation of SiO in Circumstellar Envelopes.
David Van Blerkom, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1982
BALONEK, Thomas J.
Multi-Frequency Radio Observations of Compact Extragalactic Sources: Time Variability and Correlation with Optical Variations.
William A. Dent, Chm.
LANE, Adair P.
Observations of SIO Masers in the Circumstellar Envelopes of Late Type Stars.
Joseph H. Taylor, Chm.
THOMPSON, William T.
The "Swarm" Model for the Azimuthal Brightness Variations in Saturn's Ring A.
David J. Van Blerkom, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1981
BACKUS, Peter R.
A Study of Pulsar Evolution Through Timing and Single Pulse Observation.
Joseph H. Taylor, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1981
BALLY, John
The Interaction of HII Regions with Molecular Clouds.
Nicholas Z. Scoville, Chm.
MAY 1980
HANSEN II, Stanley S.
Very Long Baseline Interferometry Observation of the Masers Towards Orion A.
G. Richard Huguenin, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1980
SLOAN, John S.
Surface Photometry of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies.
Tom Dennis, Chm.
MAY 1979
LOCKMAN, Felix J.
On the Structure of HII Regions and Their Distribution in the Galaxy.
G. Richard Huguenin, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1979
FOWLER, Lee A.
A Study of the Pulsar in A Binary System.
Joseph H. Taylor, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1979
HARDING, Alice K.
Propagation in Pulsar Magnetospheres: Effects of A Shearing Plasma.
Eugene Tademaru, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1978
ESPOSITO, Larry W.
Light Scattering from Saturn's Rings Calculated by a Markov Chain Formalism.
William M. Irvine, Chm.
CARDIASMENOS, Apostle G.
Prototype Maser Amplifiers for Three Millimeter Wavelength.
K. Sigfrid Yngvesson, Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1977
HELFAND, David
The Secular Behavior of Pulsar Integrated Properties.
Joseph H. Taylor, Chm.
HARDING, David S. (Physics Ph.D.)
Neutron Star Crust-Neutron Superfluid Frictional Forces.
George Greenstein, Chm.
MAY 1977
OEGERLE, William R.
The Nature of the Circumstellar Envelopes of MR 119 and P Cygni.
David Van Blerkom, Chm.
FEBRUARY 1977
GUTHRIE, Paul D. (Physics Ph.D.)
On White Dwarf Models of Variable Compact X-Ray Sources.
Eugene Tademaru, Chm.
MAY 1976
KAPITZKY, John E.
2.7 GHz Polarization and Flux Density Measurements of Variable Radio Sources.
William A. Dent, Chm.
EBRUARY 1976
SMARTT, Raymond
Observations of the Near-Infrared Solar Corona and a New Interferometric Test.
John Strong, Chm.
BECHIS, Kenneth P.
Microwave Spectral-Line Radiation from Young and Evolved Stellar Objects.
G. Richard Huguenin, Chm.
MAY 1975
WALSTAD, Allan M.
A Local Approach to Cosmology.
Edward R. Harrison, Chm.
HULSE, Russell A. (Physics, Ph.D.)
A High Sensitivity Pulsar Search.
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr., Chm.
SEPTEMBER 1974
HEATON, Harold I.
The Equivalent Width of Blended Molecular Absorption Lines.
John Strong, Chm.
KAWATA, Yoshijuki
Models of Saturn's Rings Which Satisfy the Optical and Infrared Observations.
William M. Irvine, Chm.
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