Astronomy Program - State University of New York at Stony Brook
Recent Astronomy Doctoral Theses
The thesis research covers a wide variety of topics in observational and
theoretical astronomy.
Karen Kolehmainen - 1984
Surface Properties of Neutron Rich Nuclei-Pion Condensation at Finite
Temperature
Advisor: J. Lattimer
Edward Baron - 1985
The Equation of State and General Relativity in Supernovae
Advisor: G. Brown (Department of Physics)
August Everard - 1986
Dark Matter and the Dynamics of Galaxy Clustering
Advisor: A. Yahil
Richard Wagener - 1986
Ultraviolet Observations of Jupiter and Uranus
Advisor: J. Caldwell
Fred Hamann - 1987
The Circumstellar Envelopes of Young Stellar Objects and Emission Line Stars
Advisor: M. Simon
Keith S. Noll - 1987
Carbon Monoxide and Disequilibrium Dynamics in Jupiter and Saturn
Advisor: R. Knacke
Leslie Sage - 1987
CO and IRAS FIR Emission in Interacting Galaxies
Advisor: P. Solomon
Timothy Y. Brooke - 1988
Near-Infrared Polarimetry and Spectroscopy of Comets
Advisor: R. Knacke
Wen-Ping Chen - 1990
Near-Infrared Milliarcsecond Observations by the Lunar Occultation Technique
Advisor: M. Simon
Yong Ha Kim - 1991
The Jovian Ionosphere
Advisor: J. Fox (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Caitlin Griffith - 1991
Investigations of Titan's Troposphere and Surface and Jupiter's Great Red Spot with Infrared Observations
Advisor: T. Owen
Thomas Mooney - 1992
The Origin of the Far-infrared Emission from Galactic Molecular Clouds
Advisor: P. Solomon
F. Douglas Swesty - 1993
The Physics of Core Collapse Supernovae
Advisor: J. Lattimer
David Kary - 1993
Planetesimal Dynamics in the Vicinity of a Growing Protoplanet
Advisor: J. Lissauer
Sergio Fajardo-Acosta - 1994
Infrared Observations of Circumstellar Disks of Beta Pictoris Analogs
Advisor: R. Knacke
Donald Slowik - 1995
Absolute Magnitudes and Colors of A and F Supergiants from Near Infrared
Features
Advisor: D. Peterson
Yu Gao - 1995
Dense Molecular Gas in Galaxies and the Evolution of Luminous Infrared
Galaxies
Advisor: P. Solomon
Scott Wolk - 1996
Watching the Stars go 'Round and 'Round
Advisor: F. Walter
Paul Mancinelli - 1996
The Large-Scale Density Field and Predicted Peculiar Velocity
Field
Advisor: A. Yahil
Lisa Prato - 1998
Pre-Main-Sequence Binaries and the Evolution of Their Disks
Advisor: M. Simon
Lynn Matthews - 1998
Galaxy Structure and Evolution at the End of the Spiral Sequence
Advisor: J. Gallagher (D. Peterson)
Prizes: 1999 ASNY Graduate Student Research Prize
Hsiao-Wen Chen - 1999
Studies of Galaxies Giving Rise to QSO Absroption Systems and
Observations of the High-Redshift Universe
Advisor: K. Lanzetta
Prizes: 2000 ASNY Graduate Student Research Prize
Edward Wang - 1999
Dynamical Evolution of Neutron Stars and Neutron Star Binaries
Advisor: J. Lattimer
Penghui An - 1999
Neutron Star Atmospheres and Spectra Analysis
Advisor: J. Lattimer
Milan Circovick? - 2000?
Advisor: K. Lanzetta
Eugeio Rivera - 2001?
Advisor: J. Lissauer
Noriaki Yahata - 2000
Advisor: K. Lanzetta
Tracy Beck - 2001
Observational Investigations of Obscured Young Stars
Advisor: M. Simon
Jinyoung Serena Kim - 2002
Low Mass Star Formation History in the Gum Nubula
Advisor: F. Walter
William Sherry - 2003
The Young Low-Mass Population of Orion's Belt
Advisor: F. Walter
Recent Astronomy Masters Theses
Nancy Ruth Adams - 1995
Rotation Periods of Low Mass Stars in the Upper Scorpius OB Association
Advisor: F. Walter
James Bauer - 1996
IRTF Observations of Saturn's Faint Outer Rings and Small Moons in the
Near-IR
Advisor: J. Lissauer
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