Alumni
Physics & Astronomy alumni, please inform the department of corrections and addendums.
Research Alumni
- William Clark [B.A., UNLV 1992] Ph.D., Colorado, 1998
- Staff Engineer at Raytheon System, Los Angeles
- Daniel Cowles [Postdoc, UNLV 1991-1993]
- Scientist, Air Liquide, Japan
- Biman Das [Postdoc, UNLV, 1988-1990]
- Associate Professor, Department Chair, State University of New York Potsdam
- Elizabeth Donley [B.A., UNLV 1994]
- Staff Physicist at the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Zuyun Fang [Associate Research Professor, UNLV, 1988-2000]
- Chief Research and Development Scientists with Fiver Optic Company, Shanghai, China
- Rene Fournier [Postdoc, UNLV, 1995-1996]
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry, York University, Canada
- Jack Glassman [Assistant Research Professor, UNLV, 1997-2001]
- Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- Yiming Gu [Postdoc, UNLV, 1995-1996]
- Senior Process Engineer, Siliconix Company, California
- Agnieszka Janiuk [Postdoc, UNLV, 2006-2007]
- Assistant Professor, N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
- Holger Kohlmann [Postdoc and Visiting Assistant Professor, UNLV, 2001-2002
- Assistant Research Professor, University of Saarland, Germany
- Ki Ho Lee [Postdoc, UNLV, 1994-1995]
- Assistant Professor, Applied Physics Department, Dankuk University, Korea
- Rivi Marawar [Postdoc, UNLV, 1991-1996]
- Engineer, National Instruments, Texas
- Charles Nelson [Research Associate, UNLV, 1996-2001]
- Assistant Professor, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
- Sean Pearson [Postdoc, UNLV, 1996-1998]
- Analyst Programmer, Science System, Bristol England
- Hans J. Reichmann [Postdoc, UNLV 2000]
- Geophysicist, Geophysical Institute, Potsdam, Germany
- Devanand Shenoy [Research Assistant Professor, UNLV, 1989-1996]
- Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
- Phillip Stancil [Postdoc, UNLV, 1994-1997]
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Georgia, GA
- Stefano Tine [Postdoc, UNLV, 1994-1998]
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Observatoire de Paris- Meudon
- Rainer Walkenhorst [Postdoc, UNLV, 1996-1997]
- Research & Development Manager, Viscotek, Inc., Weingarten, Germany
- Rene Walter [Postdoc, UNLV, 1998-2000]
- Research Scientist with Pharmaceutical Company, Switzerland
Bachelors Degree Students
- Daniel Antonio, 2004
- Andrew Alvarado, 2014
- Robert Bachilla, 2001
- Jason Baker, 2008
- Joseph Baker, 2003
- Peter Banka, 1995
- Liberty Barney, 2004
- Mai Bausch, 2014
- Tesla Birnbaum, 2011
- John Boisvert, 2010
- Kyle Call, 2012
- James Cebe, 2000
- Bradley Clarke, 2009
- Stephen Col, 2003
- Anthony Connolly, 2014
- Sergio Dieguez, 2012
- Clint Dumas, 2006
- Matthew Eichenfield, 2004
- Sofiane Gao, 2014
- Gabriel Gobeli, 2010
- Robert Gex, 2012
- Alexander Goya, 2014
- Michael Haire, 2013
- Robert Handsfield, 2007
- David Hartnett, 2006
- Emily Hartnett, 2009
- Engineering Firm
- Nathan Harvey, 2001
- Vanessa Harvey, 1999
- Ashley Hatch, 2000
- Bradley Hendricks, 1997
- Christopher Higgins, 2013
- John Howard, 2007
- Brent Hulsey, 2013
- Jason Jaacks, 2012
- Charles Jensen, 2009
- Patricia Kalita, 2005
- Rand Kelly, 2013
- Denise Kilburg, 2011
- James King, 1999
- Scott Landry, 2009
- Travis Lilly, 2009
- Yu Liu, 2014
- Ryan Martin, 1997
- Michael May, 1998
- Vahe Mkrtchyan, 2014
- Andrew Mohrland, 2011
- Robert O'Brien, 2005
- James Palencar, 2012
- Paul Parcon, 2011
- Keone Pierce, 2007
- Robby Pyatt, 1998
- Zachary Quine, 2007
- Adrianne Rott, 2014
- Edward Romano, 2007
- Nathaniel Rondeau, 2012
- Sandra Saldana-Farkas, 2007
- Oil Exploration Company, Texas
- David SantoPietro, 2001
- Matthew Schmader, 2000
- Jeremy Segafredo, 2008
- Matt Semmel, 2010
- Patrick Sims, 2009
- Campbell Smith, 1996
- Malcom Smith, 1999
- Daniel Sneed, 2014
- Michael Sohn, 2007
- Gordon Tam, 2010
- Erik Thompson, 1998
- Robert Thompson, 2008
- Amanda Thoong, 2002
- Tu Tran, 2012
- Saju Varghese, 2014
- Adam Villarreal, 2002
- Michael Walling, 2013
- Scott Wilde, 2008
- William Wolfs, 2012
- Jennifer Yates, 2000
Masters of Science Degree Students
- Daniel Antonio
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AC Susceptibility and Heat Capacity Studies of the
Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlores
Tb2Ti2-xSnxO7 and
Ho2-xRxTi2O
Advisor: Cornelius, 2009.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - David Archer
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Quantum Mechanical H-H2 Collisional Cross Section
Calculation for Astrophysics
Advisor: Lepp, 2009. - Jason Baker
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Synthesis and High Pressure Structural Studies of
AUX2(X=AL,GA,IN) Compounds
Advisor: Cornelius, 2012.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - Radoslav Bogoslovov
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Effects of Temperature and Dissolved LiClO4 on the
Viscoelastic and Dynamic Properties of Poly (Ethylene
Oxide); (PEO) Melts
Advisor: Pang, 2003. - John Boisvert
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How Accurately can the Inclination Angle, Position
Angle, and Location of the Dynamic Center be Measured from
the Neutral Hydrogen Disk in the Central Regions of Dwarf
Galaxies?
Advisor: Rhee, 2013.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - Bradley Clarke
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Numericall and Expirimental Investigation of the Stability
Region for a Cylindrical Ion Trap
Advisor: Kwong, 2012. - Gregory Colarch
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A Guage Theoretic Treatment of Rovibrational Motion in
Diatoms
Advisor: Lepp, 2012.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - Nora Drager
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High Resolution Spectroscopy of Very Active Solar-Type
Stars
Advisor: Spight, 2003. - Diane Eggers
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Optical Variability of Radio-Luminous Palomar-Green
Quasars
Advisor: Weistrop
Vice President of Business Development at Precision Professionals, Minneapolis - Martin Galley
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Spectoscopic Studies of Melamine at High Pressure
Advisor: Pravica, 2011.
Navy Officer, Nuclear Submarine Training - Lisa Grew
- Advisor: Lepp, 2004. Associate at Kenyon & Kenyon law firm, Silicon Valley
- Mark Hancock
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A Spectroscopic Study of the Star-Forming Properties of the
Center of NGC 4194
Advisor: Weistrop, 2001. - David Hansen
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Mass Spectroscopy of Molecules Following Deep-Core-Shell
Photoexcitation
Advisor: Lindle (UNLV Chemistry Dept.), 1998.
Boeing Satellite Systems - Brian Hosterman
- Advisor: Farley, 2006.
- John Howard
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Finite Strain Studies of Single Crystal Fe3P
Under High Pressures
Advisor: Zhao, 2010 - Matthew Jacobsen
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Measurement System for High Pressure Characterizations of Materials
Advisor: Cornelius, 2007. - Jianzhong Jiang
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Measurement of the N+5S2 State
Radiative Lifetime
Advisor: Kwong, 1988.
Engineer, Clark County - Ying Jiang
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Measurement of Thermal Energy Charge Transfer Rate of
Multiply Charged Molybdenum (Mo6+)
Advisor: Kwong, 1990.
Computer programmer, Colorado - Patricia Kalita
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Advisor: Cornelius, 2008.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - Daniel Koury
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Investigation of the Corrosion of Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic
(LBE) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy
Advisor: Cornelius, 2002. - Guan Lan
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Novel Techniques for Molecular Ion Spectroscopy in a
Discharge
Advisor: Farley, 1990.
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Staff Engineer in image analysis. - Tae Song Lee
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Master's Thesis: Model of Early Universe With
H2+
Doctoral Dissertation: DLA-LBG Cross-Correlation and
Basic Properties of Infrared Galaxies in Cosmological
Simulations
Advisor: Lepp, 2007.
Assistant, OFT - Jun Li
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Laser Spectoscopy of Molectular Ions in an Ion Beam
Advisor: Chen, 1990
President, Hanmint Corporation - Shanshan Li
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Advisor: Proga, 2010.
Net Developer, Brooklyn, New York - Brian Light
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Ce and Rh Site Substitution in the Antiferromagnetic
Superconductor CeRhIn5
Advisor: Cornelius, 2002 - Gregory Piet
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A Study of the Overall Internal Dynamic Mode of
Poly(Ethylene Oxide) in Methanol with and without Lithium
Perchlorate (LiClO4)
Advisor: Kwong/Selser, 2002.
Superintendent of Buildings, Safety and IT, Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nevada. - Robby Pyatt
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Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering Measurements of
Hyperpolarizabilities for Tetrahedral Molecules
Advisor: Shelton, 2000.
Photonic Applications Technologist, Newport Corp., Irvine CA - Usman Qazi
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An Investigation of Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Data
Analysis Packages "Discrete" and "Contin" Using the
Schulz-zimm Distribution
Advisor: Selser, 1991.
Ph.D. Biophysics, Baylor University - Edward Romano
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Vibrational Spectoscopic Study of 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene
at High Static Pressures
Advisor: Pravica, 2010.
NSTec Sub Contractor at Lawrence Livermore National Lab - Philip Rogers
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A Study of X-Ray Substructure in Rich Clusters of
Galaxies
Advisor: Rhee, 1998. - Johannes Schaller
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Advisor: Selser, 1989.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Aachen, Germany. - Simon Schuler
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Spectroscopic Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Open Cluster
M34 (NGC 1039)
Advisor: Jeremy King, 2002.
Assistant Scientist, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, Arizona. - Michael Sohn
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Theoretical and Computational Study of Time Dependant
Scattering on a 2D Surface
Advisor: Zygelman, 2010. - Elizabeth Tanis
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Phonon Density of States of 57-Iron and 161-Dysprosium in
DyFe3 by Nuclear Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
Under High Pressure
Advisor: Spight/Nicol, 2010.
Ph.D. University of Michigan - Sandip Thanki
- Advisor: Rhee, 1999.
- Robert Thompson
- Advisor: Nagamine, 2010.
- Keita Todoroki
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A Physically-based Type II Supernova Feedback Model in SPH
Simulations.
Advisor: Nagamine, 2014. - Ognjen Urosevic
- Advisor: Tschauner/Spight, 2009.
- Fancisco Virgili
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Master's Thesis: Monte Carlo Analysis of the Luminosity
Function of Gamma Ray Bursts
Advisor: Zhang, 2007.
Doctoral Dissertation: Gamma-Ray Burst Populations - Timothy Waters
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Advisor: Proga, 2012.
Ph.D. student/UNLV - Yagang Wang
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Advisor: Farley, 1992.
Ratiation Physicist, Nevada Radiation Oncology Center, Las Vegas, NV. - Wayn Ward
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Charge Transfer Between N2+ and N2 at
Low Energies
Advisor: Kwong, 2007. - David Whitehead
- Advisor: Zhang, 2010.
- Scott Wilde
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Advisor: Shelton, 2011.
- Brian Yulga
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Advisor: Pravica, 2009.
Web Developer, Wisconsin. - Jianzhong Zheng
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Advisor: Chen, 1996.
Medical Physicist, Nevada Oncology Center, Las Vegas, NV. - Qianxia Zou
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New Cross Sections for H on H2 Collisional
Transitions
Advisor: Lepp, 2011. - Anthony Zukaitis
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Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Polymers in a
Solvent
Advisor: Pang, 1998.
Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Ph.D.Students
- David Archer, 2006
- Baker, Jason, 2017
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Instrumentation and Measurement of Thermoelectric and
Structural Properties of Binary Chalcogenides and
Half-Heusler Alloys at Extreme Conditions using a
Paris-Edinburgh Press
Advisor: Andrew Cornelius
Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico. - Radoslav Bogoslovov, 2005
- Cheng, Chen, 2021
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Orbital Dynamics and Stability of Circumbinary Planetary
Systems and Small Bodies in the Solar System.
Advisor: Rebecca Martin
Military Service, Taiwan. - Shawn Cruzen, 1997
- Associate Professor, Columbus State University, Georgia.
- Wei Deng, 2015
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Study the mechanism of prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona.
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - He Gao, 2014
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Professor, Beijing Normal University, China.
Physics of GRBS and Multi-Messenger Signals from DNS Mergers
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Mark Hancock, 2005
- David Hansen, 1998
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Brian Hosterman, 2011
- Tenure Track Faculty, Colorado Mesa University.
- John Howard, 2014
- Postdoctoral Scholar, UNLV
- Matthew Jacobsen, 2010
- Postdoctoral Associate, Shock Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Matthew Kelley, 2012
- Visiting Faculty, UNLV.
- Chrysanthos Kyriakides, 2012
- Teaching, University of Colorado, Pueblo.
Post Doc, Cal Tech. - Tae Song Lee, 2010
- Ye Li
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Understanding the progenitors of gamma-ray bursts with
multi-wavelength properties
Purple Mountain Observatory, China.
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Yang Liu, 2000
- Hon-Jun Lu, 2015
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Professor, Guangxi University, China
Progenitor and Central Engine of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Zelmir, Lucic
- Stefan Luketic, 2011
- Amanda Maxham, 2011
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Research Associate and Science Writer, Ayn Rand Institute,
Irvine, CA.
Modeling Gamma-Ray Bursts
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Jason Mcclure, 2009
- Chief Scientist at Princeton Instruments.
- Stephen Mitchell, 2001
- Senior Scientist, Bechtel Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
- Kenneth Plaks, 2003
- Program Director, ManTech, Arlington, Virginia.
- Rice Jared, 2018
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Postdoc fellow, Texas State University, TX
Primordial Black Holes in the Cosmological Context and Transient Electromagnetic Signatures From Merging Black Hole Binaries
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Sandip Thanki, 2004
- Associate Professor of Physical Sciences, Nevada State College.
- Robert Thompson, 2012
- Postdoctoral research under Romeel Dave, University of Arizona, Tucson.
- Jeff Tu, 1995
- Software Engineer, Memeo Corporation, California.
- Qiang Tu, 1995
- Francisco Virgilli, 2011
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Editor at Global Water Intelligence, Oxford,United
Kingdom.
Gamma-Ray Burst Populations - Robert Vaughn, 1995
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Graceland University.
- Jiebing Wang, 1997
- Vice President of Datacom & Storage Business Unit, Exar Corporation, San Francisco Bay Area.
- Binbin Zhang, 2011
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Associate Professor, Nanjing University, China
A Multi-Wavelength Study on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Their After Glows
Advisor: Bing Zhang. - Ningsheng Zhu, 2000
- Research Medical Physicist, University of California, San Francisco.
- Anthony Zukaitis, 2001
- Senior Scientist, Bechtel Nevada
- Jianzhong Zheng, 1996
- Engineer, Clark County, Nevada.