Department of Astronomy - PhD Graduate List

This is a list of PhD graduates of the Astronomy program at the University of Illinois. We try to keep this list up-to-date, but it is inevitable that some of the information listed below will be out-of-date. If you are a graduate of the program and your information is missing/inaccurate, please contact the department webmaster.

Name	Graduation Date	First Position & Institution	Current Position & Insitution
Bryan C. Dunne	May 2007	Visiting Teaching Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Academic Professional, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chang-Hui Rosie Chen	May 2007	Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tijana Prodanovic	October 2006	Research Associate, University of Novi Sad, Serbia	Assistant Professor, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Yun Chen	May 2006	Quantitative Analyst, Goldman Sachs	Quantitative Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Douglas Friedel	December 2005	Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paulo Cortes	December 2005	Postdoc, Universidad de Chile, Santiago	Postdoc, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Vasiliki Pavlidou	August 2005	Postdoc, University of Chicago	Institute Fellow, KICP, University of Chicago
Konstantinos Tassis	August 2005	Postdoc, University of Chicago	Associate Fellow, KICP, University of Chicago
Yen-Ting Lin	August 2005	Fellow, Princeton/Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	Fellow, Princeton/Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Ian O'Dwyer	July 2005	NRC Fellow, JPL/Caltech	NRC Fellow, JPL/Caltech
Anthony Remijan	January 2004	Postdoc, GSFC	NRAO, Charlottsville
Wen-Ching Lin	October 2003	Postdoc, University of California San Diego	Postdoc, University of California San Diego
Michelle Griffin	December 2003	Language Student	Science Teacher, Whitman Academy
David Fong	May 2003	Postdoc, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Hawaii	Postdoc, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Hawaii
Richard Frazin	May 2002	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge MA	Postdoctoral Researcher, ECE Dept., UIUC
Toshiya Ueta	May 2002	Postdoc, Royal Observatory of Belgium	Assistant Professor, Denver University
Sean Points	October 2001	Postdoc, Northwestern University	Assistant Scientist, Cerro-Telolo Interamerican Observatory, Chile
Shih-Ping Lai	October 2001	Postdoc, JPL	Assistant Professor, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
Ward Manchester	May 2000	Research Fellow, University of Michigan	Scientist, University of Michigan
Jeff Veal	May 2000	Instructor, Southwestern College	Professor, Southwestern College
Sheng-Yuan Liu	January 2000	Postdoc, California Institute of Technology	Scientist, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Taipei
Ramprasad Rao	May 1999	Postdoc, University of Chicago	Scientist, Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Hawaii
Rosa Williams	May 1999	Postdoc, GSFC	Assistant Professor, Columbus State University, Georgia
Rolaine Young Owl	May 1999	Postdoc, UCLA	UC Presidential Postdoc, UCLA
Dimitrios Psaltis	October 1998	Postdoc, Harvard Smithsonian CfA - Fellow	Professor, University of Arizona
Vassiliki Kalogera	October 1997	Postdoc, Harvard Smithsonian CfA - Fellow	Professor, Northwestern University
Lisa Norton Young	May 1997	Postdoc, New Mexico State University - Fellow	Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Gregory Bryan	Ocotber 1996	Hubble Fellow	Professor, Columbia University
Nina Yanti Miao	October 1996	Postdoc, UIUC	Senior Engineer, Bellsoft Technologies, Shanghai
Yu Zhang	October 1996	Postdoc, University of Rochester Medical Center	Postdoc, University of Rochester Medical Center
David Bell	May 1996	Support Scientist, NOAO	Software Support Consultant, NOAO
Byung-Il Jun	October 1995	Postdoc, University of Minnesota	Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Letizia Stanghellini	May 1995	Tenured Astronomer, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy	Associate Astronomer, NOAO/Kitt Peak
Yi-Jehng Kuan	January 1995	Postdoc, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan	Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
Raymond Plante	January 1995	Visiting Postdoc, NCSA	Research Programmer, NCSA
Paul Gensheimer	October 1994	Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie	Electrical Engineering Grad Student, University of Arizona
Baolian Cheng	October 1993	Postdoc, Los Alamos National Lab	Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
John Hayes	October 1993	Postdoc, University of Arizona	Scientist, University of California La Jolla
Bennet Link	October 1991	Postdoc, Los Alamos National Lab	Professor, University of Montana
Jin Wang	October 1991	Postdoc, UIUC, Chemistry Dept.	Vice President, Citibank; Adjunct Professor, SUNY Stony Brook
Grant Bazan	May 1991	Postdoc, University of Texas	Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Dinshaw Balsara	January 1991	Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University	Professor, Notre Dame
Jim Stone	October 1990	Postdoc, NCSA	Professor, Princeton University
Gunnlaugur Bjornsson	May 1990	Postdoc, University of Iceland	Professor, University of Iceland
Preethi Pratap	May 1990	Postdoc, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Publication/Educational Officer, Haystack Observatory
Anurag Shankar	May 1990	Postdoc, University of Arizona	Unix Support Manager, Indiana University
Michael Hjellming	October 1989	Postdoc, Northwestern University	Software Developer, Platinum Tech
Robert Loushin	October 1989	Staff, 3M	Staff, 3M
Richard Arendt	January 1989	NRC Associateship, GSFC	Scientist, Raytheon STX/GSFC
Andrew Abrahams	October 1988	Research Associate, Cornell University	Head of Quantitative Research group, JP Morgan
Peter Barnes	October 1988	Postdoc, CITA, University of Toronto	Lecturer, University of Sydney
Dave Hollowell	May 1988	Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab	Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
Carol Neese	October 1987	Scientist, NOAO	Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
Howard Bushouse	1986	NRC Associateship, NASA Ames Research Center	Senior Scientific Programmer, STScI
Mark Schenewerk	1986		Geoscientist, NOAA
Dean Sumi	1986		Xon Tech, Inc.
Richard Shaw	1985		Software Solutions Director, NOAO
John F. Hawley	October 1984		Professor, University of Virginia
Scott Kenyon	1983		Scientist, Harvard/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
David J. Lien	1983		Professor, Oklahoma State University
Kenneth Cosner	1982
Diedre Hunter	1982		Astronomer, Lowell Observatory
Allan Wirth	1982		Adaptive Optics Associates, Inc.
Phillip R. Jewell	1982		Site Director, NRAO Green Bank
Wendee M. Brunish	1981		Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
William I. Hartkopf	1981		Scientist, US Naval Observatory
Stephen A. Becker	1979		Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
John Lavery	1978
Richard R. Radick	1978		Director, Sacramento Peak Observatory
Willis Boughton	1977		Software Engineer, SBC
Sherman Kanage	1977
Drake L. Deming	1976		Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center
Richard Doughty	1976
Caroline Matthews	1975
Bert W. Rust	1974	Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Scientist, NIST
Joseph Degioanni	1973		CEO, Emtel, Inc.
Bruno Jambor	1973
Anthony Willis	October 1972		Computer Division Head, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
George Nickas	June 1972		Professor, Hanover College
Edward W. Weis	June 1972		Professor, Wesleyan University
Julie H. Lutz	February 1972		Director, NASA Regional Educator Resource Center, University of Washington
Marshall Faintich	1971		Senior Technical Staff, Northtrop Grumman/TASC
William Warnock	1971	NRC Associateship, NOAA Environmental Research Laboratory
Thomas May	1970		Professor Emeritus, San Diego State University
Peter Melvin	1970	Instructor of Physical Science, UIUC LAS Admin	Astrophysicist, Naval Research Laboratory (retired)
Thomas Lutz	October 1969		Professor, Washington State University (deceased)
Richard R. Ringenberg	October 1969		Research Scientist, US Government
Gary C. Goodman	June 1969		Professor, Oxnard College
Michael E. Cahill	February 1969		Professor, University of Wisconsin West Bend
Jospeh W. Erkes	October 1968		Physicist, General Electric
Leo V. Standeford	June 1968		Professor, Mankato State University (deceased)
Paul D. Lee	February 1968		Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
William E. Greig	October 1967
Raymond E. White	February 1967		Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona (deceased)
Elaine Avner	January 1965		Computer Education Specialist Emerita, UIUC
John E. Geisler	January 1965
Pamela A. Geisler	January 1965
Ronald A. Schorn	January 1963		Chief of Planetary Astronomy, NASA (retired)
Robert C. Roeder	November 1962	Assistant Professor, Queen's University	Professor Emeritus, Southwestern University
Charles C. Wylie	1922		Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa (deceased)

University of Illinois Astronomy PhD Program Graduates