Former Students and Post-Docs of Current MSU Solar Group
Members
(and where they are now)
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
- Richard C. Puetter, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1980.
Thesis: ``Observational and Theoretical Study of
the Hydrogen Spectrum of Quasi-Stellar Objects''.
Now Research Physicist, Center for Astrophysics and Space Science, UCSD.
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Stanley Owocki, Ph.D. (Physics), University of Colorado, 1981.
Theoretical studies of non-equilibrium plasma physics in the solar
transition region.
Now Professor at Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware.
- George H. Fisher, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1984.
Thesis: ``The Radiative Hydrodynamics of Flare Loops
Heated by Impulsive Bursts of Energetic Electrons''.
Now Senior Scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley
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Alexei Pevtsov, Ph.D. (Solar and Planetary Physics), Institute
of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk, 1992.
Observational studies of magnetic helicity in solar active regions and
flares. Now Associate Astronomer at National Solar Observatory,
Sacramento Peak, New Mexico
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Mark Weber, Ph.D. (Physics), Montana State University, 1999.
Thesis: ``Rotation Patterns in the Large-Scale Solar Corona''.
Now Astrophysicist, Harvard Center for Astrophysics.
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Brian Welsch, Ph.D. (Physics), Montana State University, 2000.
Thesis: ``Magnetic Helicity Transport in the Quiet Sun''.
Now Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Space Sciences Laboratory, University
of California-Berkeley.
- Jun Sato, Ph.D.
Observations of solar flares in hard X-rays and gamma radiation. Now
Researcher at STE Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
- Tetsuya Magara, Ph.D.
Theoretical studies of magnetic helicity in solar active regions and
flares. Now Research Physicist, Space Space Sciences Laboratory,
University
of California-Berkeley.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
- Todd A. Gunkler, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1984.
Thesis: ``Observations and Analysis of Solar Flares
Using H-alpha Line Profiles''.
Now Professor, Department of Physics, Delta College.
- David H. Tamres, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1989.
Thesis: ``Theoretical Studies of Proton Beams in Solar Flare Loops''.
Now Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
- Kenneth G. Gayley, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1990.
Thesis: ``Hydrogen Line Diagnostics in Impulsive Flares''.
Now Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa.
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Gianna Cauzzi, Ph.D. (Astronomy), University of Florence, 1992.
Observational studies of solar magnetic fields and flows in magnetic
flux tubes.
Now Assistant Professor, Astronomy, University of Naples.
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
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Chang-Hyuk An, Ph.D. (Physics), University of Tennessee, 1979.
Theoretical studies in MHD and radiative stability of solar plasmas.
Now Physicist at Applied Research Inc., Huntsville.
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Jean-Pierre Wuelser, Ph.D. (Physics), University of Bern
(Switzerland), 1988.
Observational studies of mechanisms of flare energy transport and spectroscopy.
Now Research Scientist, Lockheed-Martin Solar and Astrophysics
Laboratory.
- Paul J. Ricchiazzi, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1982.
``A Static Model of Chromospheric Heating in Solar Flares".
Now Physicist, Mission Research Corporation.
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Jean-Francoise de La Beaujardiere, Ph.D. (Astrophysical, Planetary, and
Atmospheric Sciences), University of Colorado, 1990.
Studies of particle acceleration and electrical currents in solar
flares.
Now Visiting Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.
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Thomas R. Metcalf, Ph.D. (Physics), UCSD, 1990.
Observational studies of solar magnetic fields and electrical currents.
Now Research Scientist, Lockheed-Martin Solar and Astrophysics
Laboratory.
- Kimberly D. Leka Ph.D. (Astronomy), UH, 1995.
Thesis: ``Are Solar Emerging Flux Regions Carrying Current?''.
Now at Colorado Research Associates, NWRA.
- Robert Leamon, Ph.D. (Physics), University of
Delaware, 2000.
Observational studies of magnetic helicity in solar active regions and
flares, and in situ studies of interplanetary disturbances. Now
EIT Planner at L-3 Communications, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland.
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Meredith Wills-Davey, Ph.D. (Physics), Montana State University, 2002.
Thesis: ``Propagating Disturbances in the Lower Solar Corona''
Now Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute.
ASTRONAUT
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Edward Lu, Ph.D. (Physics), Stanford University, 1990.
Theoretical studies of solar flares.
Now in astronaut program, NASA.
OTHER
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Brian Handy, Ph.D. (Physics), Montana State University, 1998.
Thesis: ``Coupling the Photospheric and Coronal Magnetic Fields:
Observations and Analysis".
Now at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Tokyo, Japan.
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David Weston, M.S. (Physics), Montana State University, 1996.
Now at Techlink Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.