Joseph Flasher, University of
Colorado:
Research project:
*
Constraints on the properties of the massive stars progenitors of the
long Gamma-Ray Bursts through time-variable opacities in their
environment: the case of GRB 021004.
Kevin
Heng, University of Colorado:
Research
projects:
* Calculation of time-dependent dust echoes in
Gamma-Ray Bursts.
* Determination of the extinction curve in the
host galaxies of Gamma-Ray Bursts,
Enrico
Bozzo, University of Rome (visitor at Colorado):
Research
projects:
* Spin-up/spin-down transitions in accreting X-ray
Binaries.
* The propeller mechanism in accreting binaries.
Anna
Pietarila, University of Oslo and NCAR (Boulder)
Research
project:
* Timing differences in the outbursts of Anomalous X-ray
Pulsars and Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters.
Peter
Robinson, University of Colorado
Research
project:
* Computation of the rest-frame Ultraviolet Spectra of
Gamma-Ray Bursts from massive rapidly-rotating stellar progenitors.
Federico
Bernardini, University of Rome (visitor at Colorado)
Research
project:
* Spectral and timing analysis of the quiescent state of
the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar XTEJ1810-197.
Ting
Yan, University of Colorado
Research
project:
* The influence of fallback disks on the birth
properties of neutron stars.
Daniele
Vigano', University of Alicante (visitor at Colorado)
Research
projects:
* Magnetothermal evolution of isolated neutron stars,
and observational predictions for spectra and light curves.
Sebastien Guillot, McGill
University (visitor at Colorado)
Research
project:
* Constraints on the magnetic topology of magnetars in
quiescence through spectral and timing analysis of their X-ray
emission.
Taeho Ryu, Stony Brook
University
Research
projects:
* Astrophysical applications of few-body scatterings, Hot Jupiters
Shawn Hoose (Undergraduate), Stony Brook
University
Research
project:
* Convection in Hot Jupiters
Samantha Scibelli (Undergraduate), Stony Brook
University
Research
project:
* Caustics in Spiral Galaxy Lensing
Jason Alford, Columbia University (co-advised)
Research
project:
* Modeling of the X-ray spectrum of the central compact object Puppis A
Yihan Wang, Stony Brook
University
Research
projects:
* Tidal disruption events, hypervelocity stars, binary supermassive black holes,
planetary architectures, etc.
Michael Ray, Stony Brook
University (Master Thesis)
Research
project:
* Time-dependent photoabsorption of GRB spectra in AGN disks
Claudia Soriano, University of Barcelona (co-advised)
Research
project:
* Turbulence in the atmospheres of hot Jupiters
Chaitanya Prasad, Stony Brook
University
Research
project:
* Tidal disruption events in AGN disks.
Marguerite Epstein-Martin, Columbia University (co-advised)
Research
project:
* Time-dependent AGN disks with feedback from accreting black holes
Chengcheng Xin, Columbia University (co-advised)
Research
project:
* Tidal disrupton at low eccentricity
Hoyoung Kang, Stony Brook University (Master Thesis)
Research
project:
* GRBs in AGN disks
Gaia Fabj, Niels Bohr Institute (co-advised)
Research
project:
* Star evolution in AGN disks