GRADUATE
Vivienne Wheaton – University of Sydney:
Involved in co-supervision of Master’s thesis titled: Hydrodynamical models and an investigation into radio emission from SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Anibal Medina – University of Chicago
Univ of Chicago Graduate Student. Co-supervised graduate project on Globular Clusters with advisor Jim Truran
- Vishwangi Shah, BITS, Pilani, Class of 2021. 5th Year integrated MSc (External Student doing unofficial internship). MsC: McGill University.
- Yerong Xu, PSD Masters Student, 2019-2020. PhD: Palermo
- Vandana Ramakrishnan PSD Master’s Student 2018-2019. PhD: Purdue
Graduate Student Publications:
Anibal Medina: On the Formation of Globular Clusters
Anibal Medina: r-process elements in globular clusters
Vandana Ramakrishnan: From Supernova to Remnant: Tracking the Evolution of the Oldest Known X-ray Supernovae
Vandana Ramakrishnan: X-Ray Luminosity of Decades-old Supernovae
Yerong Xu: Seven Years of SN 2014C: A Multiwavelength Synthesis of an Extraordinary Supernova
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
- Jared Siegel Presenting at UCI Stem 2019
- Jessica Metzger Presenting at UCI Stem 2019
- Shamaul Dilmohamed presenting at UCI Stem 2019
At University of Chicago, I have had at least one undergraduate student working with me every year for the last 12 years. I think its important to encourage undergraduate students to join and learn Astronomy.
Undergraduate Student Publications:
Julieta Gruszko: What are published X-ray light curves telling us about young supernova expansion?
Ratuja Reddy: X-ray and radio emission from the luminous supernova 2005kd
Danika Holmes: Investigating the X-ray Emission from some of the Oldest Known X-ray Supernovae
Mathias Ross: SNaX: A Database of Supernova X-Ray Light Curves
Chris Bochenek: X-ray emission from SN 2012ca: A Type Ia-CSM supernova explosion in a dense surrounding medium
Peter Boyajian: Triggered Star Formation inside the Shell of a Wolf-Rayet Bubble as the Origin of the Solar System
Aldo Panfichi: Smoothed Particle Inference Analysis of SNR DEM L71
Wilson Ricks: Excavating the Explosion and Progenitor Properties of Type IIP Supernovae via Modeling of their Optical Light Curves
Jared Siegel: Smoothed particle inference analysis and abundance calculations of DEM L71, and comparison to SN explosion models
Shamaul Dilmohamed: Searching for the Signatures of Presolar Grains in Massive Stars
Jared Siegel: SPI Analysis and Abundance Calculations of W49B [Chambliss Prize Winner]
Jared Siegel: Elemental Abundances in Supernova Remnant W49B as Clues to Its Progenitor
Wilson Ricks: The Explosion and Progenitor Properties of Type IIP Supernovae Inferred from MESA and STELLA Modeling
Jared Siegel: Analysis of XMM-Newton Observations of Supernova Remnant W49B and Clues to the Progenitor
Alexandra Nisenoff, Mathias Ross: Supernova X-Ray Database (SNaX) Updated to Ensure Long-term Stability
Jared Siegel: Can the Fe K-alpha Line Reliably Predict Supernova Remnant Progenitors?
Nicholas Earley, Victoria Cirillo: A Long-Term Study of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in NGC 891
Chris Albert: An exploration of X-ray Supernova remnants in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies
CURRENT STUDENTS
PAST STUDENTS
- Alexandra Nisenoff – UChicago Class of 2021. Grad School: CMU.
- Chris Albert (UChicago)- Class of 2022. Grad School: Caltech.
- Nicholas Earley – UChicago Class of 2021. Grad School: Caltech.
- Jared Siegel, UChicago Class of 2022. Grad School: Princeton
- Shamaul Dilmohamed Class of 2021
- Daniel Sharkey, UChicago, Class of 2021. Grad School: UCF.
- Savannah Pinedo, UChicago, Class of 2022
- Jake Nicoll, UChicago, Class of 2021
- Jessica Metzger UChicago 2021
- Wilson Ricks, UChicago 2018, PhD – Princeton
- Victoria Cirillo, Fordham University 2019
- Aldo Panfichi University of Chicago 2019
- Sophia Abuabara Class of 2022
- Peter Haig Boyajian, UChicago 2018
- Mario Allegre, UChicago Class of 2018, PhD: PSU
- Julia Hanson, PhD CS UChicago
- Lindsay Berkhout, UChicago, Class of 2019. PhD: ASU
- Shafayet Patwari UChicago 2017 Parthenon (Strategy Consulting)
- Mathias Ross, UChicago 2016, UCLA Grad
- Chris Bochenek, UChicago 2016, PhD: Caltech
- Danika Holmes, UChicago 2016, Grad Studies – Wisc Milwaukee
- Ratuja Reddy, UChicago 2017, Mimica Automation
- Thorold Tronrud, UChicago 2016
- Emma Karin Reishus, UChicago 2016
- Arindrima Datta, UChicago 2014
- Julieta Gruszko, Rochester 2011. Asst. Prof: UNC
- Joyce Laine, NYU 2011
- Athena Frost, UChicago 2010
- Rebecca Nussbaum, Carnegie Mellon 2010, PhD UTMB Galveston
- Saffia Hossainzadeh, UChicago 2009, GIS Specialist, CEC
Some others whose pictures are missing:
Alice Griffeth – Class of 2012
Ashley Li – Class of 2018
Krishna Mukkavilli – Class of 2018
Jarvis Lam – Class of 2021
Blake Moss – Class of 2021