====== Students ====== These students used the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in the course of earning Ph. D. degrees. ^ Institution ^ Alumni ^^ Current ^ ^ ::: ^ Total ^ since 1999 ^ Students ^ | Caltech | 34 | 22 | 2 | | Texas | 20 | 14 | | | Hawaii | 6 | 6 | | | Other US | 28 | 21 | 17 | | International | 20 | 20 | 8 | | //Total// | 108 | 83 | 27 | ===== California Institute of Technology ===== ==== Alumni ==== | ^ Year ^ Thesis ^^ Present Affiliation ^^ | Rice, Frank Randolph, III | 2020 | A Very Wide Bandwidth SIS Heterodyne Receiver Design for Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PhDT........19R|ADS]] [[https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09062020-111601302|CIT]] | Caltech || | Carroll, Paul Brandon | 2018 | Laboratory and astronomical rotational spectroscopy | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PhDT.......172C/|ADS]] [[https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06062018-120951718|CIT]] | CfA H&S || | Siegel, Seth Robert | 2016 | A Multiwavelength Study of the Intracluster Medium and the Characterization of the Multiwavelength Sub/millimeter Inductance Camera | [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PhDT.........1S|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10212015-211417853|CIT]] | || | McGuire, Brett Andrew | 2015 | Time-Domain TeraHertz Spectroscopy and Observational Probes of Prebiotic Interstellar Gas and Ice Chemistry | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PhDT.........2M|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07232014-152145064|CIT]] | MIT || | Ran Duan | 2015 | Instrumentation for Kinetic-Inductance-Detector-Based Submillimeter Radio Astronomy | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PhDT........40D|ADS]] [[https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282015-141343540|CIT]] | || | Czakon, Nicole Gisela | 2013 | Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations using large-format millimeter arrays | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013PhDT.......412C|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052013-104216835|CIT]] | || | Noroozian, Omid | 2012 | Superconducting microwave resonator arrays for submillimeter/far-infrared imaging | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012PhDT........26N|ADS]] [[http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/7161|CIT]] | NASA GSFC || | Sumner, Matthew Casey | 2011 | Optimizing End-to-End System Performance for Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectroscopy of Protostars: \\ Wideband Heterodyne Receivers and Sideband-Deconvolution Techniques for Rapid Molecular-Line Surveys | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PhDT........56S|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05302011-143941777|CIT]] | Sandia National Laboratories || | Corder, Stuartt Allan | 2009 | Optimizing image fidelity with arrays | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PhDT.......328C|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10172008-054754|CIT]] | NOIR-Lab || | Enoch, Melissa Lanae | 2008 | Molecular Clouds and Star Formation: A Multi-wavelength Study of Perseus, Serpens, and Ophiuchus | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhDT........68E|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06292007-134316|CIT]] | UC Berkeley || | Sayers, Jack | 2008 | A search for cosmic microwave background anisotropies on arcminute scales | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhDT.......437S|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12232007-013248|CIT]] | Caltech || | Naylor, Bret J. | 2008 | Broadband millimeter-wave spectroscopy with Z-Spec : an unbiased molecular-line survey of the starburst galaxy M82 | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhDT........85N|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282008-104041|CIT]] | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory || | Kumar, Shwetank | 2008 | Submillimeter wave camera using a novel photon detector technology | [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05072008-075138|CIT]] | IBM Research || | Brown, Joanna Margaret | 2008 | Childhood to adolescence: dust and gas clearing in protoplanetary disks | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhDT.......295B|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12182007-120046|CIT]] | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophyics, Submillimeter Array || | Yang, Min | 2007 | Submillimeter surveys of galaxy samples | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PhDT.......106Y|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08012006-120712|CIT]] | financial services || | Kovács, Attila | 2006 | SHARC-2 350 µm observations of distant submillimeter-selected galaxies and techniques for the optimal analysis and observing of weak signals | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PhDT........28K|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022006-123747|CIT]] | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophyics, Submillimeter Array || | Widicus Weaver, Susanna Leigh | 2005 | Rotational spectroscopy and observational astronomy of prebiotic molecules | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005PhDT........12W|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05162005-153745|CIT]] | Emory University | [[http://chemistry.emory.edu/faculty/widicusweaver/susanna.html|www]] | | Edgington, Samantha Faye | 2004 | A galaxy cluster survey using the Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004PhDT.........1E|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09272003-154928|CIT]] | Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company || | Kessler, Jacqueline Elizabeth | 2003 | Gas and dust chemistry in planet-forming disks | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995PhDT........11M|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10222003-092836|CIT]] | SAIC || | Ward, John Strawn | 2002 | Observations of carbon monoxide in the starburst galaxy M82 with a 690 GHz wide spectral bandwidth receiver | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002PhDT.........9W|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01112002-085240|CIT]] | Raytheon || | Chattopadhyay, Goutam | 1999 | Dual Polarized and Balanced Receivers at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths | [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02032004-163517|CIT]] | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory || | Benford, Dominic James | 1999 | Broadband instrumentation for the detection of distant galaxies | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999PhDT.......334B|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06092008-100026|CIT]] | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | [[http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/index.cfm?fuseAction=people.jumpBio&&iPhonebookId=14134|www]] | | Bin, Mei | 1997 | Low-noise THz niobium SIS mixers | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997PhDT........16B|ADS]] [[https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07172014-124951267|CIT]] | Teradyne || | Weisstein, Eric Wolfgang | 1996 | Millimeter/submillimeter Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Jovian Planet Atmospheres | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996PhDT.........5W|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02062013-163011023|CIT]] | Wolfram Research | [[http://www.ericweisstein.com|www]] | | Hunter, Todd Russell | 1996 | A submillimeter imaging survey of ultracompact HII regions | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997PhDT.......340H|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05212007-111551|CIT]] | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | [[http://www.nrao.edu/~thunter/|www]] | | Groesbeck, Todd D. | 1995 | The contribution of molecular line emission to broadband flux measurements at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995PhDT.........3G|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03222006-103422|CIT]] | || | Schoelkopf, Robert J. | 1994 | Studies of noise in Josephson-effect mixers and their potential for submillimeter heterodyne detection | [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10232007-104241|CIT]] | Yale University |[[http://www.eng.yale.edu/rslab|www]] | | McMuldroch, Stuart | 1994 | The circumstellar environments of FU Orionis stars | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995PhDT........11M|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10312007-094538|CIT]] | SSG Precision Optronics || | Young, Kenneth Harbour | 1993 | Submillimeter and infrared studies of mass lost by asymptotic giant branch stars | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994PhDT........91Y|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09172008-085430|CIT]] | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophyics, Submillimeter Array || | Quillen, Alice C. | 1993 | The kinematics of molecular gas and dust in the nearby galaxies Centaurus A and M82 | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993PhDT.........1Q|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01042013-155931345|CIT]] | University of Rochester | [[http://astro.pas.rochester.edu/~aquillen|www]] | | Büttgenbach, Thomas Hubertus | 1993 | Quasi-optical SIS receivers and astrophysical observations at submillimeter wavelengths | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993PhDT........63B|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11302012-115924624|CIT]] | entrepreneur, founder of dock3 Inc. || | Stern, Jeffrey Aaron | 1990 | Fabrication and testing of NbN/MgO/NbN tunnel junctions for use as high-frequency heterodyne detectors | [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12202004-091326|CIT]] | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory || | Grossman, Erich Nathan | 1988 | A far-infrared heterodyne spectrometer for airborne astronomy | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988PhDT.........2G|ADS]] [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01222013-150156111|CIT]] | NIST Boulder || | Wengler, Michael James | 1987 | Heterodyne detection with superconducting tunnel diodes | [[http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02012007-08464|CIT]] | Qualcomm || ==== Students ==== * Ferry, M. * Kelley, M. ===== University of Texas ===== ==== Alumni ==== | ^ Year ^ Thesis ^^ Present Affiliation ^^ | Nalin Vutisalchavakul | 2015 | Star formation in molecular clouds | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PhDT........94V|ADS]] [[https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/31368| UT]] | || | M. Merello | 2014 | Study of galactic clumps with millimeter / submillimeter continuum and molecular emission : early stages of massive star formation | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26868|ETD]] | || | A. Heiderman | 2012 | Exploring the limits of star formation from the extreme environment of galaxy interactions to the Milky Way | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-12-6658|ETD]] | Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie || | H. J. Kim | 2012 | Tests of the episodic mass accretion model for low-mass star formation | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-12-6413|ETD]] | || | M. M. Dunham | 2010 | Mass accretion in the embedded phase of low-mass star formation | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1718|ETD]] | Yale University || | M. K. Dunham | 2010 | Physical properties of star-forming regions across the Galaxy | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/11677|ETD]] | Yale University || | J.-H. Chen | 2010 | || NASA JPL || 
 | Jingwen Wu | 2006 | Massive star formation, from the Milky Way to distant galaxies | [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3000|ETD]] | UCLA || | C. Knez | 2006 | || University of Maryland || | K. Allers | 2006 | || IfA || | J.-E. Lee | 2005 | || UCLA || | Chadwick Young | 2005 | || Nicholls State University || | Kaisa Young | 2005 | Probing the physical conditions of star formation | [[https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/2203|UT]] | Nicholls State University || 
 | Yancy L. Shirley | 2002 | Tracing the mass during star formation: Studies of dust continuum and dense gas | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002PhDT.......307S|ADS]] [[http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3984|ETD]] | University of Arizona || 
 | E. Gregersen | 1998 | || McMaster University || 
 | W. Li | 1997 | || Sun Systems Canada || 
 | James Di Francesco | 1997 | || University of Calgary || | M. Choi | 1995 | || KASI || | Rene Plume | 1995 | || University of Calgary || | Y. Wang | 1994 | || Fidelity Investments || 
 ===== University of Hawaii ===== ==== Alumni ==== [[https://www2.ifa.hawaii.edu/gradprog/alumni.htm|Alumni]] | ^ Year ^ Thesis ^^ Present Affiliation ^^ | Alain Khayat | 2015 | Multi-band search for volcanic outgassing in the Tharsis and Syrtis Major regions on Mars | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PhDT.......349K|ADS]] | || | Cheng-Jiun Ma | 2010 | MACS: The impact of environment on galaxy evolution at //z // >0.5 | [[http://search.proquest.com/docview/761650210|ProQuest]] | || 
 | Rita Mann | 2010 | A Submillimeter Array Survey of Protoplanetary Disks in Orion | [[http://search.proquest.com/docview/734718229|ProQuest]] | Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | 
[[https://www.astrosci.ca/users/mannri/Home.html|www]] | | Sean Andrews | 2007 | Submillimeter Constraints on the Evolution of Circumstellar Disks | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PhDT........14A|ADS]] | Harvard Smithsonian CfA | [[https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~sandrews|www]] | | Sandrine Bottinelli | 2006 | Pre-biotic molecules in the hot corinos of solar-type protostars | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PhDT........28B/|ADS]] | CSER-UPS, Toulouse || | Catherine Garland | 2004 | The neutral interstellar medium in luminous blue compact galaxies || Castleton State College | [[http://www.castleton.edu/NaturalSciences/catherine_garland|www]] | 
 ===== Other US Institutions ===== ==== Alumni ==== | ^ Institution ^ Year ^ Thesis ^^ Present Affiliation ^^ | Drew Brisbin | Cornell University | 2014 | Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution Since //z//~2: Results from Multiwavelength Surveys | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PhDT........81B|ADS]] [[https://hdl.handle.net/1813/37160|Cornell]] | || | Carl Ferkinhoff | Cornell University | 2014 | Development of the 2nd generation z (redshift) and early universe spectrometer & the study of far-ir fine structure emission in high-z galaxies | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PhDT........30F|ADS]] [[https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/37158|Cornell]] | || | Jacob Laas | Emory University | 2014 | || || | Austermann, Jason | University of Massachusetts | 2012 | || University of Colorado || | Steve Hailey-Dunsheath | Cornell University | 2010 | Probing star formation at low and high redshift with ZEUS, a new submillimeter grating spectrometer | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PhDT.........4H|ADS]] [[http://hdl.handle.net/1813/13484|Cornell]] | Caltech || | James Schlaerth | University of Colorado | 2010 | || || | T. Oberst | Cornell University | 2009 | || Westminster College || | Scott, Kimberly S. | University of Massachusetts | 2009 | Galaxy evolution at high-redshift: Millimeter-wavelength surveys with the AzTEC camera | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PhDT........23S|ADS]] | || | L. Earle | University of Colorado | 2008 | || National Renewable Energy Lab || | Larry Kirby | University of Chicago | 2008 | || University of Chicago || | M. Krejny | Northwestern University | 2008 | || University of Minnesota || | F. Hearty | University of Colorado | 2007 | || University of Virginia || | G. Laurent | University of Colorado | 2006 | The Bolocam Lockman Hole millimeter-wave galaxy survey | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PhDT.........5L|ADS]] [[https://encore.colorado.edu/iii/encore/record/C__Rb4115193|UC]] | Southwest Research Institute || 
 | H-B. Li | Northwestern University | 2006 | || Harvard Smithsonian CfA || | B. Benson | Stanford University | 2004 | || University of Chicago || | C. De Vries | University of Massachusetts | 2003 | Models and observations of the millimeter and submillimeter molecular line emission of bright-rimmed clouds | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003PhDT.........5D|ADS]] | SRON || | David Chuss | Northwestern University | 2002 | Mapping magnetic fields in the cold dust at the Galactic center | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002PhDT........12C|ADS]] | NASA GSFC || | T. Renbarger | Northwestern University | 2002 | Early results from SPARO: Instrument characterization and polarimetry of NGC 6334 | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002PhDT........16R|ADS]] | UC San Diego || | John E. Vaillancourt | University of Chicago | 2001 | The far-infrared/submillimeter polarization spectrum of molecular clouds and analysis based on temperature maps of Orion | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001PhDT.........4V|ADS]] | MIT Lincoln Lab || | R. Y. Shah | University of Virginia | 2000 | || MIT Lincoln Lab || | Ingalls, James G. | Boston University | 1999 | Carbon gas in high galactic latitude molecular clouds | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999PhDT.........1I|ADS]] | SSC || 
 | M. Woodhams | Princeton University | 1998 | || Massey University, New Zealand || | C. Darren Dowell | University of Chicago | 1997 | || NASA JPL || | David A. Schleuning | University of Chicago | 1997 | || Coherent Inc. || | Jessie L. Dotson | University of Chicago | 1995 | || NASA ARC || 
 | S. Malhotra | Princeton University | 1994 | || Arizona State University || | R. L. Hurt | UCLA | 1993 | A multi-wavelength exploration of the nearby starburst galaxy Maffei 2 | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993PhDT.........9H|ADS]] | || | J. Lees | Princeton University | 1991 | || Applied Physics Lab ||
 ==== Students ==== | ^ Institution ^ ^ | S. Bussman | University of Arizona | | E. Chambers | Boston University | | T. Ellsworth-Bowers | University of Colorado | | C. Espaillat | University of Michigan | | C. Fallscheer | CfA & MPI Heidelberg | | A. Gill | University of Colorado | | A. Ginocchio | University of Colorado | | A. Ginsburg | University of Colorado | | J. Kamenetzky | University of Colorado | | T. Matthews | Northwestern University | | D. Perley | UC Berkeley | | A. Plunkett | Yale University | | K. Qui | Harvard University | | K. Wang | CfA | | R. Wang | NRAO | | J. Wheeler | University of Colorado | | I. Yoon | University of Massachusetts | 
 ===== International Institutions ===== ==== Alumni ==== | ^ Institution ^ Year ^ Thesis ^^ Present Affiliation ^ | José Ignacio Añez-López | University of Barcelona | 2021 | Observational and theoretical perspective of massive star formation | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhDT.........2A|ADS]] | | | Joanna Bulger | University of Exeter | 2013 | Far-infrared & Sub-millimeter Studies of Circumstellar Disks | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013PhDT.......500B|ADS]] [[http://dx.doi.org/10871/14879|doi]] | ASU | | M. Attard | University of Western Ontario | 2010 | || CEA/Saclay | | T. Hezareh | University of Western Ontario | 2010 | || MPIfR | | J. Kooi | Kapteyn Institute, University of Groningen | 2008 | Advanced receivers for submillimeter and far infrared astronomy | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008PhDT.......277K|ADS]] | NASA JPL | | M. Marseille | U Bordeaux | 2008 | || SRON | | A. Pope | University of British Columbia | 2007 | || NRAO | | K. Coppin | University of British Columbia | 2006 | A submillimetre census of star-formation at high-redshift | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PhDT........20C|ADS]] | Durham U | | S. Khan | U London | 2006 | Short-wavelength Submillimetre-selected Galaxies || CfA/Shanghai Normal U | 
 | S. Lefranc | Obs de Paris | 2006 | || U Paris-Sud | | E. Bayet | U Paris | 2005 | || UC London | | A. Beelen | IAS Orsay | 2004 | Dust and Gas in High Redshift Quasars | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004PhDT........43B|ADS]] | IAS Orsay | | P. Hily-Blant | U Paris 11 | 2004 | || LAOG/U Joseph Fourier | | C. Comito | U Bonn | 2003 | Exploring the submillimeter sky: molecular line studies at 350 microns | [[https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003PhDT.......219C|ADS]] | MPIfR | | D. Teyssier | ENS-Paris | 2003 | || ESAC | 
 | D. Fosse | U Paris 11 | 2003 | || journalist at //Ciel et Espace// | 
 | M. Houde | Université de Montréal | 2001 | Étude du champ magnétique dans les nuages moléculaires | [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001PhDT.........9H|ADS]] | University of Western Ontario | 
 | R. Furuya | NRO Japan | 2000 | || Subaru Telescope, NAOJ | | T. Klein | U Bonn | 1999 | || MPIfR | | J. Pety | U Paris 6 | 1999 | || IRAM and LERMA, Obs de Paris | 
 ==== Students ==== ^ ^ Institution ^ ^ | S. Bruderer | ETH Zurich | | S. Chitsazzadeh | University of Western Ontario | | S. Flynn | Cardiff University | 
 | D. Hogg | University of Exeter | | H. Inami | ISAS-JAXA, Japan) | | M. Kulczak-Jastrzebska | Jagiellonian University | | T. Officer | University of Western Ontario | | J. Rodon | MPI Germany |