Undergraduate Research Collaborators
Christos Kakogiannis (research advisor: Marla Geha, Yale University), senior thesis 2022, "Statistical Effects of Synthetic Template Mismatch with Model DEIMOS Observations"
Genesis Santana, senior thesis 2021, "The Physics of the Optimum Basketball Free Throw"
Owen Connolly, senior thesis 2021, "The First Black Holes in the Universe"
Will Sanders, senior thesis 2021, "Study of Maser Emission in the Star Formation Region W3(OH)"
Michael Warrener (research advisor: Lauro Moscardini), Union College summer research fellowship 2015, and senior thesis 2016, “Constraining Cosmological Parameters using Baryon Acoustic Oscillations”
Brent Shapiro-Albert, Union College summer research fellowship 2014, “Upgrading the Small Radio Telescope at Union College”
Morgan Clark, Union College Honors Student summer research fellowship 2014, “Upgrading the Small Radio Telescope at Union College”
Vaishali Parkash, Union College senior thesis (research advisor: Nicole van der Bliek), 2014, “Comparing Stellar Populations of Galaxies Across the Hubble Sequence: Reduction of PISCES Near-Infrared Images”
Rebecca Babiak, Physics and Astronomy Department summer research fellowship 2013, “Performing and Testing Pedagogical Labs for College-Level Radio Astronomy Courses”
Cameron Smith, Union College Honors Student summer research fellowship, 2013, “Performing and Testing Pedagogical Labs for College-Level Radio Astronomy Courses”
Gabriel Holodak, NSF IIS Campus Wide Computation Initiative Grant summer fellowship 2012, 2013, “Completion of JAVA Package for Teaching of Radio Astronomy Fundamentals”
Aaron Pere, NSF IIS Campus Wide Computation Initiative Grant summer fellowship 2011, “Completion of JAVA Package for Teaching of Radio Astronomy Fundamentals”
Karel Durkota, NSF IIS Campus Wide Computation Initiative Grant summer fellowship 2010, “Development of JAVA Package for Radio Astronomy Labs”
Jonathan Chew, Physics and Astronomy Department summer research fellowship 2009, “Assembly of Union’s Radio Interferometer and Development of Undergraduate Astronomy Labs”
Thomas Perry, Booth-Ferris summer research fellowship, 2008, and senior thesis, 2009, “ Multi-Frequency VLBI Imaging of Two Compact Symmetric Radio Galaxies”
Winner of the Astronomical Society of New York Undergraduate Research Prize, 2009
James Read, Union College Honors Student summer research fellowship, 2006, and senior thesis, 2007, “Mapping the Magnetic Field in the Core of Compact Radio Galaxy”
Sarah Burke, Haverford College, 2006-2007 (co-advisor: R. Bruce Partridge), “VLBI Structure of Sources with Inverted Spectra at Gigahertz Frequencies”
Michael Gillin, Union College Honors Student summer research fellowship, 2006, “Measuring Polarization and Aging in Compact Symmetric Objects”
Nathaniel Hawes, Union College Physics and Astronomy summer research fellowship, 2006, and senior thesis, 2007 "LogN-LogS Curve for Gamma Ray Bursts and Light Curve for Gamma Ray Sources from Evaporating Primordial Black Holes at Cosmological Distances.”
Winner of the Astronomical Society of New York Undergraduate Research Prize, 2007
Winner of the Union College Sigma Xi Research Award,
Joshua Smith, Union College summer research fellowship 2006, and senior thesis (co-advisor Francis Wilkin), 2007, “Spectroscopy at the Union College Observatory”
Charles McCaleb, Union College summer research fellowship, 2004 and 2005, senior thesis (co-advisor Francis Wilkin), 2006, “The Development of Spectroscopy for the Union College Observatory”
Aaron Morris, Union College Honors Student summer research fellowship, 2004, 2005, and senior thesis 2006, “Super-High Resolution, Multi-Frequency VLBI Study of the CSO 0026+346”
Jessica LaVine, senior thesis (research advisor: R.C. Smith), 2002, “Supernova Remnants in the LMC, An Optical Morphological Classification”
Nathan Emerson, Union College summer research fellowship, 2001, and
Joe Converse, Pew summer research fellowship, 2001, “Identification of Compact Symmetric Objects"
Seth Madison, Union College summer research fellowship, 2000, “Development of Structure for Using High-Speed CCD Camera on Telescope”
Aaron Reidy, Union College summer research fellowship, 1996, “Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum Source,” and senior thesis, 1999, “Development of Spectroscopic Observations of Seyfert Galaxies”
Susan Keener, senior thesis (research advisor A.K. Dupree), 1994, “Hybrid Atmospheres and Mass Loss Mechanisms in Supergiant Stars" Observations of Aquarii (G2 Ib Supergiant)”
Tanya Ramond, senior thesis, 1994, “The Radio Source Count Cosmological Test: A Look at Radio Source Data Taken at 6 cm and 21 cm”
Leslie Sherman, KNAC summer research fellowship, 1994, “H13CO+ and SiO Observations of Two Clumps in the Circumnuclear Molecular Disk in the Galactic Center”
Fronefield Crawford III, KNAC summer research fellowship, 1992, “Calibration and Reduction of VLBI Radio Data of 3C84”
Kevin McLoughlin, KNAC summer research fellowship, 1991, “Mapping VLBI Observations of NGC 1275”
Lisa Tucker, summer research, 1991. “Infall Towards< the Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy?”
Thomas Leamon, senior thesis, 1991, “Spectral Index of the Fine Structure in the Active Galaxy NGC 1275 (3C84)”
