Department Alumni, 1992 to 1994

1992

Christina Bird: M.S. University of Minnesota 1992, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1993
Advisor: Dr. John Dickey
Ph.D. Thesis: "Substructure, Dynamics and Evolution in Clusters of Galaxies" abstract available
M.S. Thesis: "Dark matter and Dynamics in the Hercules Cluster" abstract available
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Kansas
 
Murray E. Dixson: M.S. University of Minnesota 1988, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1992.
Ph.D Advisor: Dr. Wayne Stein
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Gamma-Ray Spectrum Resulting from pp Interactions in Quasars" abstract available
M.S. Advisor: Dr. Robert Kennicutt
M.S. Thesis: "Spectral Synthesis of Galaxies" no abstract available
Current Position: USS Space Com at Norad
 
Haojing Li: M.S. University of Minnesota 1992.
Advisor: Dr. Terry Jones
Thesis: Plan B no abstract available
 

1993

Martha C. Anderson: B.A. Carleton College, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1993.
Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Rudnick
Thesis: "The Evolution of Relativistic Electron Populations in Shell Supernova Remnants"
abstract available.
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
 
Gene Bassett: Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1993.
Advisor: Dr. Paul Woodward
Thesis: "A Study of the Unstable Modes in High Mach Number Gaseous Jets and Shear Layers"
abstract available
Current Position: Research Fellow, University of Oklahoma
 
Christina Bird:M.S. University of Minnesota 1992, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1993.
Advisor: Dr. John Dickey
Ph.D.Thesis: "Substructure, Dynamics and Evolution in Clusters of Galaxies" abstract available
M.S. Thesis: "Dark matter and Dynamics in the Hercules Cluster" abstract available
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Kansas
 
Michael Kellen: M.S. University of Minnesota 1993.
Advisor: Dr. Tom Jones
Thesis: "Autocorrelation Analysis of Time Variability in 3C279" abstract available
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Montana State University
 
Henry A. Kobulnicky: B.S. University of Iowa, M.S. University of Minnesota 1993, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996
Ph.D.Advisor: Dr. Evan D. Skillman
M.S.Advisor: Dr. Terry J. Jones
Ph.D Thesis: "The Impact of Massive Starbursts on the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies" abstract available
M.S.Thesis: "R-Band Polarimetry of Cynus OB2: Implications for the magnetic Field Geometry and Polarization Models" abstract available
Current Position: Hubble Fellow, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
 
Sean Scully: B.S. University of Minnesota, M.S. University of Minnesota 1993, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996
Ph.D.Advisor: Dr. Keith Olive
M.S. Advisor: Dr. Tom W. Jones
Ph.D Thesis: "The Origin and Evolution of the Light Elements D and 3He" abstract available
M.S. Thesis: "Radio Synchrotron Emission from Adiabatic Phase Supernova Remnants"
Current Position:
 

1994

Claia O. Bryja: B.A. Reed College, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1994.
Advisor: Dr. Roberta Humphreys
Thesis: "The Lower End of the Hyades Initial Mass Function" abstract available
Current Position: Associate Professor, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
 
 
Tracy E. Lavezzi: B.A. Reed College, M.S. University of Minnesota 1994, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1997
Advisor: Dr. John M. Dickey
Ph.D. Thesis: "Calibration of the Tully-Fisher Relation for Use with Carbon Monoxide Line Widths, With Applicaitons" abstract available
M.S. Thesis: "The Tully-Fisher Relation and Carbon Monoxide: A Feasibility Study" abstract available
Current Position:Research Associate, Herzber Inst. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory