Where Are They Now (1990-1999)
Alumni from the UW-Madison Astronomy Department have moved on to positions in research, administration, and beyond. A list of Ph.D. graduates of the Department is provided below.
2010-present
2000-2009
1990-1999
- Cole, Andrew A.; Ph.D.: 1999; Advisor: Gallagher; Current Position: Assistant Professor, U. Tasmania
- Erwin, Henry P.; Ph.D.: 1999; Advisor: Sparke; Current Position: Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany
- Faison, Michael D.; Ph.D.: 1999; Advisor: Churchwell; Current Position: Director, Leitner Family Observatory, Yale
- Howk, Jay C.; Ph.D.: 1999; Advisor: Savage; Current Position: Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University
- Acord, Jerry M.; Ph.D.: 1998; Advisor: Churchwell; Current Position: Industy, Newark, NJ
- Haffner, Lawrence M.; Ph.D.: 1998; Advisor: Reynolds; Current Position: Senior Scientist, UW-Madison
- Maciejewski, Witold; Ph.D.: 1998; Advisor: Sparke; Current Position: Assistant Professor, Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
- Gibson, Steven J.; Ph.D.: 1997; Advisor: Nordsieck; Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Western Kentucky
- Tripp, Todd M.; Ph.D.: 1997; Advisor: Savage; Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Afferbach, Andrew L.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Churchwell; Current Position: CEO/Director of Engineering, Columbia Telecommunications Corp
- Casey, Brian W.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Mathieu; Current Position: Root Level Services, Madison, WI
- Cohen, David M.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Cassinelli; Current Position: Associate Professor, Swarthmore College
- Cox, Andrea L.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Sparke; Current Position: Tomotherapy, Medical Physics Department
- Ignace, Richard; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Cassinelli; Current Position: Associate Professor, East Tennessee State Univ
- Jensen, Eric L.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Mathieu; Current Position: Associate Professor, Swarthmore College
- Schweitzer, Andrea E.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Gallagher; Current Position: Self-employed consultant for astro-space companies
- Shepherd, Deborah S.; Ph.D.: 1996; Advisor: Churchwell; Current Position: Staff scientist, VLA/NRAO
- Hofner, Peter A.; Ph.D.: 1995; Advisor: Churchwell; Current Position: Associate Professor, New Mexico Tech University
- O'Donnell, James E.; Ph.D.: 1995; Advisor: Mathis; Current Position: Public Outreach, Royal Observatory at Greenwich, London
- Marcum, Pamela M.; Ph.D.: 1994; Advisor: Gallagher; Current Position: Project Scientist, SOFIA (NASA)
- Miller, Walter W.; Ph.D.: 1994; Advisor: Cox; Current Position: Technical Staff, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Watson, Alan M.; Ph.D.: 1994; Advisor: Gallagher; Current Position: Senior Scientist, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- Sofia, Ulysses J.; Ph.D.: 1993; Advisor: Hoessel; Current Position: Associate Dean, American University, Washington DC
- Wolff, Michael J.; Ph.D.: 1993; Advisor: Nordsieck; Current Position: Independent Researcher, Space Science Institute
- Bjorkman, Jon E.; Ph.D.: 1992; Advisor: Cassinelli; Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Toledo
- Diplas, Athanassios; Ph.D.: 1992; Advisor: Savage; Current Position: Goldman Sachs, New York
- Lee, Chi W.; Ph.D.: 1992; Advisor: Mathieu; Current Position: West Scientific Publishing, Singapore
- Levine, Stephen E.; Ph.D.: 1992; Advisor: Sparke; Current Position: Astronomer and Deputy Director, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ
- Sembach, Kenneth R.; Ph.D.: 1992; Advisor: Savage; Current Position: Director, Space Telescope Science Inst. (Hubble Project Scientist)
- Abbott, Mark J.; Ph.D.: 1991; Advisor: Hoessel; Current Position: Private Industry
- Schutt, Randy L.; Ph.D.: 1991; Advisor: Bless; Current Position: Private Industry-Design consultant in Holland, MI
- Nook, Mark A.; Ph.D.: 1990; Advisor: Nordsieck; Current Position: Dept of Phys, Astron, and Engr Sciences, St. Cloud State Univ, 720 4th Ave. S., St Cloud, MN 56301-4498
- Stanford, Spencer A.; Ph.D.: 1990; Advisor: Code; Current Position: Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab, Institute of Geouphysics and Planetary Phys, PO Box 808 L-413, Livermore, CA 94551-9900