About NAC Alums
National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) Students
Council of Representatives Application
NAC Council of Representatives for Engagement (CORE)
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Undergrad & Cohort |
Grad School/Employment |
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Jacqueline Antwi-Danso Texas Christian University '17 STScI 2016 Mentor: Lou Strolger |
Texas A&M, '23 (entered 2017) PhD Astronomy Chambliss Award, 229th AAS |
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Ameer Blake Howard University, 16 NASA GSFC Mentor: Kartik Sheth |
Hampton University M.S. exp. 2020 |
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Casey Block |
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Brian Brooks Old Dominion University, '14 STScI, 2014 Mentor: Lou Strolger |
STScI, Instruments Division |
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Tuesday Cabang South Carolina State University Michigan State University, 2020 Mentor: Artemis Spyrou |
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Tierra Candelaria College of Idaho '15 Socorro, 2014, 2015 |
PhD, New Mexico Tech '21 |
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Tiffany Christian City College of New York ('17) Socorro, 2017 Mentor: Amy Kimball |
Northwestern University PhD, '24 |
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Leonardo Clarke University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, '21 UW-Madison Mentor: Bob Benjamin & Audra Hernandez |
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Peter Doze Texas Southern University, '16 Wisconsin-Madison Mentor: Bob Benjamin |
Rutgers, '21 PhD Physics and Astronomy |
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Allison Erena Smith College University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017, STSci, 2018 Mentor: Eric Wilcots (UW), Laura Watkins (STScI) |
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Christopher Fladd Piedmont Virginia Community College '18 George Mason, '20 Engineering NRAO CV, 2018 Mentor: Morgan McLeod
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Lina Florez University of Illinois Princeton, 2017 Mentor: Michael Strauss |
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Alex Fortenberry University of the Virgin Islands, '19 NRAO-CV, 2018 Mentor: Brian Kent and Anja Fourie |
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Charris Gabaldon California State - Chico '17 Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 Mentor: Audra Hernandez |
Grad school: TBD |
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Angelina Gallego Hampton University, '18 Socorro, 2017 Mentor: Lory Wingate |
NAC/NINE Fellow 2018
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Samantha Garza University of Dallas, 21 UW-Madison, 2018 Mentor: Bob Benjamin NRAO HQ, 2019 Mentor: Amanda Kepley
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Kevin Gima University of Maryland, '18 Socorro, 2015 Mentor: Betsy Mills |
North Dakota State University, '21 |
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Junellie Gonzales-Quiles University of Maryland, '19 GSFC, 2015 |
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Cee Gould UC-Berkeley, '18 NASA GSFC, 2015 Mentor: Tony Venters |
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Elizabeth Gutierrez University of Texas-Austin, '19 Socorro, 2015 Mentor: Laura Perez |
Harvard Banneker, entered 2017 |
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Maryam Hami Whittier College, '17 Charlottesville, 2017 Mentor: Aaron Evans |
Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Masters Astrophysics, '20 Entered Fall 2017 |
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Sarra Hayoune Hudson County CC Princeton Mentor: |
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Betsy Hernandez Hunter College of the City College of New York '17 STScI, 2017 Mentor: Lou Strolger |
Helen Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History, 2017-2018 Princeton post-baccalaurette program, 2018-2020 |
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Jacquie Hernandez Texas Christian University, '22 NRAO Socorro Mentor: Anna Kapinska |
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Ryan Hubbard Howard University, '17 Wisconsin-Madison Mentor: Aleks Diamond-Stanic |
University of Michigan, '22 PhD Engineering, Applied Physics |
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Qiana Hunt University of Alabama-Huntsville, '16 GSFC, 2015 Mentor: John Hewitt |
Princeton Post-Bac, '18 University of Michigan, PhD. Astronomy, '24 |
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Elizabeth Johnson Villanova University, '18 STScI 2016 Mentor: Lou Strolger Chambliss, 2017 |
Johns Hopkins Astronomy PhD program (entered Fall, 2018) |
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Kaimi Kahihikolo University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2019 Princeton, 2018 Mentor: Josh Winn |
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Bridget Kayetesi Hamilton College, '18 Charlottesville, 2015; STScI 2016 Mentors: Amanda Heiderman, Janice Lee and Dave Thilker |
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Sara Kostmeyer Mississippi State University, '22 UW-Madison Mentor: Kotulla |
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Tamar Lambert-Brown University of Maryland, '18 Charlottesville, 2014 Mentors: Aaron Evans, Kartik Sheth |
University of Houston - Clear Lake MS-to-PhD Nuclear and Particle Physics (entered Fall, 2019) |
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Sophie Lebowitz Ohio State University, 2020 NRAO-CV, 2018 Mentor: Bjorn Emonts |
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Kelsey Lund UC San Diego, 17 Socorro, 2016 NAC/NINE, 2017 Mentor: Chris Hales, Lory Wingate |
North Carolina State University PhD Physics (2023) |
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Sinclaire Manning Howard University, '15 Charlottesville, 2013, 2014, 2015 Mentor: Kartik Sheth |
University of Texas, Austin, '20 2016 NSF Grad Research Fellow 2018 NAC Fellow |
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Chima McGruder University of Tennessee, Knoxville, '17 STScI 2016 Mentor: Anand Sivaramakrishnan |
Harvard University, PhD Candidate, 2023 Entered 2017 NSF Graduate Fellow NAC Fellow 2018 |
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Myles McKay South Carolina State University, '16 Charlottesville, 2014; STScI, 2015 STScI - Hubble WFC3 Team Mentors: Lou Strolger |
University of Washington, '23 entered 2018 |
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Moiya McTier Harvard University, '16 Charlottesville, 2014 Mentor: Kartik Sheth Chambliss, 2016 |
Banneker, '15 Columbia University '21 PhD Astronomy NSF Graduate Research Fellowship NAC Fellow 2018 |
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Stefenie Minto University of Maryland, '16 STScI 2016 Mentor: Sivaramakrishnan |
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Cecilia Molina San Francisco State University, 2019 NRAO-CV Mentor: Aaron Evans |
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Deborah Mroczek
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Michelle Nowling University of Houston, '17 Charlottesville, 2014, 2015 Mentor: Arielle Moullet, Drew Brisbin |
NASA Johnson Space Flight Center, Flight Controller in Mission Control |
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Theodore Pena Tufts University, '21 Princeton Mentor: |
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Adria Peterkin Howard University, '15 Socorro, 2015 Mentor: Lory Wingate, Demian Arancibia |
UC Berkeley College of Engineering, '18 National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
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Antonio Porras University of N.C. Chapel Hill, 2015 Socorro, 2015 Charlottesville, 2016 Mentor: Aaron Evans |
Fisk-Vanderbilt, '18 Vanderbilt, '23 |
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Diana Powell Harvard University, '14 Charlottesville, 2013 Mentor: Kartik Sheth |
2015 NSF Grad Research Fellowship University of California, Santa Cruz, '20 PhD Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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Anya Raj University of Washington, '17 Socorro, 2016 Mentor: Lory Wingate |
SwarmFX |
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Mihika Rao (she/hers) Agnes Scott College, '21 NRAO Charlottesville Mentor: Dana Balser |
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Wesley Red South Carolina State University, '18 Charlottesville, 2017 Mentor: Dana Blaser |
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Viviana Rosero Rueda New Mexico Tech, '13 Socorro 2013 |
New Mexico Tech, 2017 PhD Astronomy, 2017 University of Virginia/University of Florida Research Associate, 2018 |
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Danielle Rowland Columbia University '19, Astrophysics STScI, 2017 Mentor: Lou Strolger |
Helen Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History, 2019-2020 Leiden/ESA Astrophysics Programme for Students (LEAPS) 2019 Chambliss Award, 233rd |
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Linnea Saby Piedmont Virginia Community College, 2015 Charlottesville, 2015 Mentor: Lory Wingate |
University of Virginia, '23 Civil and Environmental Engineering NAC/NINE NINE Leadership |
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Kelly Sanderson Old Dominion University, '17 Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 Mentor: Eric Wilcots |
(entered Fall, 2018) |
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Jafr-Tayar Shabazz Florida International University, '21 StScI Mentor: Kottler |
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Jeanine Shea Bucknell University, '19 Charlottesville, 2016 |
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Miona Short University of Wisconsin, '16 |
Harvard Banneker, entered 2016 |
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Beverly Thackeray-Lacko California State University - San Bernadino, '17 Charlottesville, 2015 Mentor: Sabrina Stierwalt |
2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship University of Maryland, College Park '23 PhD Astronomy |
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Brianna Thomas Howard University Charlottesville, 2014 Mentor: Kartik Sheth |
Banneker Affiliate, '15 University of Washington, PhD Astronomy, '22 Chambliss Award, 229th |
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Antoine Washington Rutgers University, 2020 Princeton, 2018 Mentor: Jenny Greene |
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Jasmin Washington University of Virginia |
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Alia Wofford Elizabeth City State University Charlottesville, 2016 and 2017 Mentors: Amanda Kepley; Jackie Villadsen |
NASA, Winter 2018 Chambliss Honorable Mention, '18 |
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Aara'L Yarber Howard University, '16 Charlottesville, 2013, 2014 Mentors: Marcus Alfred, Kartik Sheth
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Banneker Institute, '15 Pennsylvania State, '22 |
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Fatima Zaidouni University of Rochester, '20 Princeton Mentor: Remy Joseph |
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