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The Department of Astronomy family at the University of Florida is formed by an excellent group of people among which we find Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students and Alumni.

Graduate Students


Dan
Dan Capellupo

B.S., Astronomy & Physics, University of Rochester, 2006

Miguel
Miguel Vicente Charcos Llorens

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Sun
Sun Mi Chung

B.A., Astronomy & Physics, Wesleyan University, 2002

Roger
Roger E. Cohen

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Knicole
Knicole Colon

B.S., Physics, The College of New Jersey, 2007


Curtis
Curtis Noel Dewitt

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Ashley
Ashley J. Espy

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2003; B.S., (Highest Honors) Physics, Georgia Tech 2000. Currently working with Dr. Bo Gustafson on acoustic modeling of aerogel impacts in preparation for a Dust Capture Facility on the International Space Station.

Bruno
Bruno Ricardo Malta Ferreira

B.S., Physics, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2001. Currently working with Dr. E. Lada on star formation. Specifically, work focuses on the systematic survey of nearby embedded clusters where stars are just being born.

Scott
Scott Fleming

B.A., Physics, Vassar College, 2005; B.A., Astronomy, Vassar College, 2005; Correlate, Computer Science, Vassar College, 2005, M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2007. Primary interests are extrasolar planets and the relationship between extrasolar planet migration and star forming environment. Other interests include star formation, planetary science, brown dwarfs, stellar evolution and stellar populations.

Cynthia
Cynthia Gómez-Martín

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2003; B.S., Physics, University of South Florida, 2001; B.A., Mathematics Honor Program, University of South Florida, 2001; B.A., Geology, University of South Florida, 2001. Currently working with the UF Star Formation Group (Elizabeth Lada). Ph.D. thesis focuses on a study of brown dwarfs and low mass stars using FLAMINGOS data from Elizabeth Lada's "Toward a Complete Spectroscopic and Imaging Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds."

Pengcheng
Pengcheng Guo

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2005

Audra
Audra K. Hernandez

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Robert
Robert F. Jordan

B.S., 1971, University of Florida, Math; M.S,, 1972, Purdue University, Computer Science; J.D., 1976, Florida State University; M.B.A., 1976, Florida State University

Mark
Mark Keremedjiev

n/a

Alison
Alison J. Klesman

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Nestor
Nestor M. Lasso Cabrera

Electronic Engineering - University of La Laguna - Spain 2006

Dan Li
Dan Li

M.S.,Instrumentation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Margaret
Margaret Moerchen

M. S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2005; B. A., Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, 2001. Currently researching the role of collisional processes in circumstellar debris disk evolution through mid-IR imaging; also working with Dr. Chris Packham on CanariCam performance testing. Research interests include mid-IR instrumentation, circumstellar debris disks, planetary formation and evolution, and dust heating sources at the Galactic center. Advisor: Dr. Charles Telesco

Jorge
Jorge Pérez Gallego

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2005; B.S., Physics & Astrophysics, University of La Laguna in the Canary Islands, Spain, 2003. Currently working with Dr. Guzmán in the study of vigorous star formation galaxies in the local universe and its relation to high redshift population of Lyman-break galaxies. This is, Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies in the Local Universe.


Paola
Paola Rodríguez

B.S., Astrophysics, University of La Laguna in the Canary Islands, Spain, 2002.

Izaskun
Izaskun San Roman

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Leah
Leah E. Simon

M.S., Astronomy, University of Florida, 2006

Dave
Dave Vollbach

B.A., Physics, B.A., AStronomy, Correlate, Mathematics, Vassar College, 2007

Ji
Ji Wang

B.S., Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China, 2006

Soung-Chul
Soung-Chul Yang

M.S., Astronomy, Seoul University, 1996. Working with Dr. Ata Sarajedini in the Stellar Population Group. Currently involving in the research project of M33 RR Lyrae. Fields of interest are the physical properties of extragalactic clusters, and their implication to the galaxy formation & evolution. Loving butterflies and playing tennis.

Jason
Jason Ybarra

M.S Physics, San Francisco State University, 2006


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