Former Students and Post-docs
AKA, the people who deserve all of the credit
Professor and Thesis Committee Chair Rick Binzel congratulates
Dr. Anton Ermakov after his successful defense.
Research Scientists & Post-doctoral Fellows
- Jacopo Tani -- Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2017,
-now Oberassistant, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich
- Brandon Johnson -- Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2014,
-now Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University
- Katarina Miljkovic -- Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2014,
-now a Research Fellow at Curtain University in Perth, Australia.
- Clarissa Lui -- Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2012, biological engineering
- Product Engineer, Private Technology Company, San Francisco Bay Area.
- Ting Zhu -- Postdoctoral Fellow 2010-2011, biological engineering
- Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China.
- Kerri Cahoy -- Research Scientist 2010-2011, planetary atmospheres & planetary instrumentation
- Currently Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Department of
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna -- Post-doc 2006-2008; planetary geophysics, tectonics and hydrology
- Currently Associate Professor, at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona.
- Sabine Stanley -- Post-doc 2004-2005; planetary physics; planetary magnetic fields and dynamo modeling
- Currently Bloomberg Distingusihed Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University.
- Shane Byrne -- Post-doc 2003-2005; planetary geophysics; planetary volatiles and ices
- Currently Associate Professor, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona.
- Felix Ng -- Post-doc 1997-2000; mathematical glaciology; ice dynamics, glacier hydrology and glacial geomorphology as applied to Earth and Mars
- Currently Senior Lecturer in Glaciolgy, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield.
- Shijie Zhong -- Post-doc 1997-2000; geophysics; lithosphere deformation and mantle dynamics modeling of the terrestrial planets
- Currently Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Colorado.
- Mark A. Wieczorek -- Post-doc 1999-2002; planetary geophysics; internal structure and thermal evolution of the Moon
- Currently Directeur de Recherche at the Observattoire de la Cote d'Azur.
- Gregory A. Neumann -- Post-doc 1990-1993 (JHU), Research Scientist 1996-2005; planetary geophysics; planetary surfaces and internal structures
- Currently Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Ph.D's
- Zhenliang Tian -- Ph.D. Geophysics and Planetary Science, 2016: A dynamo case study of Mercury, and the early orbital, thermal and tidal evolution of the Moon
- Headed to UC Santa Cruz to do a postdoc with Francis Nimmo
- Anton Ermakov -- Ph.D. Geophysics and Planetary Science, 2016: Geophysics and Geodesy of Vesta, Ceres and the Moon
- Now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Frank Centinello -- Ph.D. Geophysics and Planetary Science, 2014: Improvements to Airborne and Space Gravimetry
- Now Officer at National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Michael Sori -- Ph.D. Planetary Science, 2014: Time series analysis of paleoclimate proxies on Mars
- Now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona
- Peter James -- Ph.D. Planetary Sciences, 2013: Geophysical Insights into the Histories of Venus, Mercury and the Moon: MSc. Geophysical Evolution of Planetary Interiors and Surfaces: Moon & Mars
- Now a Urey Fellow at the Lunar and Planetary Institute
- and headed in Fall 2017 to a faculty position in the Department of Geosciences at Baylor University
- Alexander Evans -- Ph.D. Planetary Sciences, 2013: Geophysical Evolution of Planetary Interiors and Surfaces: Moon & Mars
- Now a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona
- Ian Garrick-Bethell -- Ph.D. Planetary Science, 2009; shape, structure and evolution of the Moon
- Currently Associate Professor, Univeristy of California, Santa Cruz.
- Wesley Andres Watters Farfan -- Ph.D. Planetary Science, 2009; analysis of impacts as indicators of planetary thermal state and shallow crustal structure
- Currently Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, Wellesley College.
- Sarah Stewart Johnson -- Ph.D. Planetary Science, astrobiology 2008; characterization of habitable surface environments on early Mars
- Currently Assistant Professor Departtment of Biology, Georgetown University.
- White House Fellow
- Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University.
- Erwan Mazarico -- Ph.D. Planetary Geodesy 2008; atmospheric structure of Mars from spacecraft drag
- Currently at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
- Oded Aharonson -- Ph.D. Planetary Geophysics 2002; quantitative geomorphology and planetary interior structure and dynamics
- Professor, Planetary Science at Weizmann Institute for Science in Rehovot, Israel.
- Mark Behn -- Ph.D. Marine Geophysics, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, 2002; origin of mid-ocean ridge segmentation
- Currently Senior Scientist in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
- Laurent MontÉsi -- Ph.D. Geophysics 2002; theoretical tectonics; mechanisms of macroscale fault localization
- Currently Associate Professor of Geodynamics, Department of Geology, University of Maryland.
- Trish Campbell -- Ph.D. Planetary Volcanology 1997 (JHU); volcanic edifice evolution on Venus and Earth
- Deceased, March 2000.
- Susan Sakimoto -- Ph.D. Planetary Volcanology 1995 (JHU); magma ascent and transport on Venus and Earth
- Former Assistant Professor of Planetary Science, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Notre Dame.
Masters' Students
- Matthieu Talpe -- M.S. Planetary Science, 2011; Polar craters on Mercury
- Owen Westbrook - M.S. Planetary Science 2009; Mars crater ice deposits
- Peter James Dennedy-Frank - M.S. Geophysics 2006; Mars' internal dynamics
- Russ Arrell -- M.S. Geosystems 2000; Mars' obliquity cycle
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Madeline Clark '12
- Cyrus Vafadari '12
- Andrea Fabre '12
- Kimberley McManus '11
- Matthieu Talpe '11
- Todd Mooring '11
- Christian Ruiz '09
- Victoria Stolyar '09
- Nisha Vahora '08
- Sharon Chao '08
- Jeremy McGee '09
- Andrew Mamo '04
- Bob Colvin (Harvard) '02
- Mark Little (Harvard) '01
- Dan Dwyer '99
- Jeff Schott '98
Ph.D. Thesis Committees
- Jenny Suckale -- Ph.D. Physical Volcanology, 2011.
- Angela Zalucha -- Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, 2010.
- Doug Jerolmack -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 2006
- An Ngugyen -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 2006
- Susan Kern -- Ph.D. Planetary Science, 2005.
- Margaret Boettcher -- Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, 2005.
- Mike Braun -- Ph.D. Marine Geology and Geophysics, 2004
- Lindy Elkins Tanton -- Ph.D. Geology and Geophysics, 2002
- Frederik Simons -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 2002
- Eliza Richardson -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 2002
- Jennifer Georgen -- Ph.D. Oceanography, 2001
- Jun Korenaga -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 2000
- Mousumi Roy -- Ph.D. Geology, 1998
- Gunter Siddiqui -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 1998
- Pat McGovern -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 1996
- Yu Jin -- Ph.D. Geophysics, 1996
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