Opportunities: SAO Predoctoral Program: Student Research
 

Victor Acciari, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
SAO Advisor - Dr. Wystan Benbow
Thesis Subject: Investigation of Multiwavelength Correlations in Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Blazars

Lars Buchhave, Copenhagen University
SAO Advisor - Dr. David Latham
Thesis Subject: Characterizing Transiting Extrasolar Planets

Daniel Castro, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
SAO Advisor - Dr. Patrick Slane
Thesis Subject: Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Remnant Shocks

Jose Fernandez, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
SAO Advisor - Dr. David Latham
Thesis Subject: Follow up Photometry for Transiting Extrasolar Planets and Low-Mass Stars
Interview

Roberto Galvan Madrid, Universidad Nacional de Mexico
SAO Advisor - Dr. Paul Ho
Thesis Subject: Very Small HII Regions Embedded in Massive Accretion Flows

Ryan Johnson, Dartmouth College
SAO Advisor - Dr. Christine Jones
Thesis Subject: On the Nature of Core Gas Sloshing in Galaxy Clusters
Interview

Emily Levesque, University of Hawaii
SAO Advisor - Dr. Robert Kirshner
Thesis Subject: Exploring the Environments of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts

Yuan Liu, Tsinghua University, China
SAO Advisor - Dr. Martin Elvis
Thesis Subject: The Central Structure of Active Galactic Nuclei

Yury Lobanov, Moscow State Pedagogical University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Ed Tong
Thesis Subject: A Study of Direct Detection Effect on the Linearity of Hot Electron Bolometer Mixers

Suli Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SAO Advisor - Dr. Leon Golub
Thesis Subject: CME Origins and Dynamics
Interview

Herbert Pablo, Iowa State University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Michael McCollough
Thesis Subject: Probing Stellar Wind in Cygnus X-3 through Spectral Analyzation

Keping Qiu, Nanjing University, China
SAO Advisor - Dr. Qizhou Zhang
Thesis Subject: High-angular Resolution Observational Studies of Massive Molecular Outflows

Ashley Ruiter, New Mexico State University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Jonathan Grindlay
Thesis Subject: Astrophysics of Close Binaries with White Dwarfs: Galactic Centre CVs, Gravitational Waves, and Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors
Interview

Mayumi Sato, University of Tokyo
SAO Advisor - Dr. Mark Reid
Thesis Subject: VLBI Astrometry of Water Masers in Galactic Spiral Arms and Superbubbles

Tea Temim, University of Minnesota
SAO Advisor - Dr. Patrick Slane
Thesis Subject: Multi-wavelength Observations of Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Composite Supernova Remnants

Mark Theiling, Clemson University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Wystan Benbow
Thesis Subject: Studies of Very High Energy Gamma Ray Emission from Supernova Remnants with VERITAS

Ke Wang,Peking University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Qizhou Zhang
Thesis Subject: Infrared Dark Clouds and Initial Conditions of Massive Star Formation

Monica Young, Boston University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Martin Elvis
Thesis Subject: The Study of Accretion Disk and Corona Physics in Active Galactic Nuclei
Interview

Lei Zhu, Peking University
SAO Advisor - Dr. Junhui Zhao
Thesis Subject: High-resolution observations of infall and outflow in high-mass star formation regions

 
 

Clay Fellow Warren Brown