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Thesis Bibliography

A list of PhD dissertations referencing data collected at W.M. Keck Observatory.

(240) update 10Jan12

1994
Dey, Arjun
The Origin of the UV Alignments in Low and High Redshift Radio Galaxies.
University of California, Berkeley
1994

1996
Martel, Andre R.
Spectropolarimetry of High-Polarization Seyfert I Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
1996

Wirth, Gregory David
The Nature of Early-Type Galaxies at the Redshift Circa 0.5 Epoch
University of California, Santa Cruz
1996

1997
Burles, Scott Michael
Measurements of the Deuterium to Hydrogen Ratio in QSO Absorption Systems
University of California, San Diego
1997

Churchill, Christopher Will
The Low Ionization Gaseous Context in Intermediate Redshift Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
1997

Teplitz, Harry Isaac
A narrow-band near-IR search for H(alpha)-emitting galaxy clusters at z similar to 1
University of California, Los Angeles
1997

Trager, Scott Charles
The Stellar Population Histories of Elliptical Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
1997

Zapatero Osorio, Maria Rosa
Brown Dwarfs in the Pleiades: photometric and spectroscopic detection and characterization
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
1997

1998
Barth, Aaron Jordan
New Views of LINERs: Ultraviolet Properties and Optical Spectropolarimetry
University of California, Berkeley
1998

Clowe, Douglas Ian
Weak Lensing by High Redshift Clusters of Galaxies
University of Hawaii
1998

Dave, Romeel S.
The Lyman Alpha Forest in Hierarchical Structure Formation Models
University of California, Santa Cruz
1998

Dekens, Frank Geeraard
Atmospheric Characterization for Adaptive Optics at the W. M. Keck and Hale Telescopes
University of California, Irvine
1998

Hogg, David Wardell
On the evolution of field galaxies
California Institute of Technology
1998

Ing, Kristine Mei Lan
Internal Kinematics of Distant Field Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
1998

Kelson, Daniel
The Fundamental Plane of Early-Type Galaxies in the Intermediate Redshift Cluster CL1358+62
University of California, Santa Cruz
1998

Moustakas, Leonidas Alexander
Galaxy Evolution from Deep Optical and Near-Infrared Surveys
University of California, Berkeley
1998

Ogle, Patrick Michael
Polarization and Structure of Broad Absorption Line Quasi-Stellar Objects
California Institute of Technology
1998

Pahre, Michael Andrew
Elliptical Galaxies: Structure, Stellar Content, and Evolution
California Institute of Technology
1998

Prochaska, Jason Xavier
The Physical Properties of the Damped Lya Systems: A Keck HIRES Investigation
University of California, San Diego
1998

Weinberger, Alycia J.
Speckle Imaging of the Nuclei of Six Seyfert Galaxies at Wavelengths of 2.2 Micron and 1.6 Micron
California Institute of Technology
1998

1999
Fassnacht, Christopher D.
Determining the distance scale with CLASS: Studies of two new gravitational lenses and a measurement of the Hubble Constant
California Institute of Technology
1999

Frye, Brenda Louise
A faint galaxy redshift survey behind massive clusters
University of California, Berkeley
1999

Johnson, Jennifer Anne
Abundances in Very Metal-Poor Stars
University of California, Santa Cruz
1999

Kim, Tae-Sun
The Lyman-alpha forest at z > 2
University of Hawaii
1999

Kirkman, David Albert
The physical properties of the redshift-three intergalactic medium from studies of QSO absorption line systems
University of California, San Diego
1999

Monnier, John David
Infrared interferometry and spectroscopy of circumstellar envelopes
University of California, Berkeley
1999

Naoumov, Sergei Olegovich
Origins of the galactic thick disk: Two populations or one?
The University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1999

Schultz, Gregory Ronald
An infrared/optical imaging survey for brown dwarfs and very-low-mass stars in the Pleiades
University of California, Los Angeles
1999

Stevens, Daniel Keith
Probing the dark ages: Observations of the high-redshift universe
University of California, Berkeley
1999

2000
Blanton, Elizabeth Lyon
Bent-double radio sources as tracers of clusters of galaxies
Columbia University
2000

Canalizo, Gabriela
Age Dating of Interaction-Induced Starbursts in QSO host Galaxies and Companions
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2000

Chiang, Eugene
Circumstellar and circumplanetary disks
California Institute of Technology
2000

De Breuck, Carlos Albert Gilberte
Very Distant Radio Galaxies: Search Techniques and Emission Line Properties
Leiden University
2000

Jayawardhana, Ray
Circumstellar dust: From protostars to planetary systems
Harvard University
2000

Kuchner, Marc Jason
Exozodiacal Dust
California Institute of Technology
2000

Leonard, Douglas C.
The Geometry and Cosmological Utility of Core-Collapse Supernovae
University of California, Berkeley
2000

Liu, Michael C.
Distances and Stellar Populations of Elliptical Galaxies
University of California, Berkeley
2000

Matheson, Thomas
The Spectral Characteristics of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae
University of California, Berkeley
2000

Newman, Jeffrey Allen
Observational cosmology from z = 0.001 to z ~ 1
University of California, Berkeley
2000

Patience, Jennifer Lynn
An investigation of binary star formation and evolution with surveys of three open clusters
University of California, Los Angeles
2000

Reitzel, David B.
Metallicity, Kinematics and Structure of M31's Stellar Halo
University of California, Santa Cruz
2000

Stephens, Alex Courtney
Accretion in the galactic halo
University of Hawaii
2000

2001
Burgasser, Adam Jonathan
The Discovery and Characterization of Methane-bearing Brown Dwarfs and the Definition of the T Spectral Class
California Institute of Technology
2001

Flint, Kathleen
The Galaxy Luminosity Function in Nearby Poor Groups
University of California, Santa Cruz
2001

McCarthy, Chris
An Infrared Coronagraphic Search For Substellar Companions to Young Nearby Stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2001

Mullis, Christopher Robinson
The ROSAT North Ecliptic Pole Survey
University of Hawaii
2001

Vernet, Joël
Etude spectropolarimétrique des premières phases de l'évolution des galaxies les plus massives
Université Paris VII
2001

2002
Adelberger, Kurt Ludvig
Star formation and structure formation between redshifts one and four
California Institute of Technology
2002

Bloom, Joshua Simon
Toward An Understanding of The Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts
California Institute of Technology
2002

Chen, Christine Hsiao-Ching
Dust and gas around young stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2002

Gilbert, Andrea Margaret
Infrared spectroscopy of massive stellar clusters in starbursts
University of California, Berkeley
2002

Mao, Peter Hsih-Jen
Hard X-ray observations of the extragalactic sky: The high energy focusing telescope and the serendipitous extragalactic X-ray source identification survey
California Institute of Technology
2002

Mendez, Bryan Jeffrey
The Enigmatic Local Hubble Flow: Probing the Nearby Peculiar Velocity Field with Consistent Distances to Neighboring Galaxies
University of California, Berkeley
2002

Mohanty, Subhanjoy
Low-mass ultra-cool dwarfs: Atmospheres, rotation and magnetic activity
University of California, Berkeley
2002

Mooney, Colin Joseph
Photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy of B-type stars in the Galactic halo
Queen's University of Belfast
2002

Murphy, M. T.
Probing Variations In The Fundamental Constants With Quasar Absorption Lines
University of New South Wales
2002

Przybilla, Norbert
Quantitative Spectroscopy of Supergiants
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
2002

Roe, Henry Garfitt
Titan's Atmosphere At High-Resolution
University of California, Berkeley
2002

Sheinis, Andrew Ives
ESI And Spectroscopy Of QSO Host Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
2002

Stephens, Denise Catherine
1 to 4 micron photometry and the near infrared classification of L and T dwarfs
New Mexico State University
2002

Tran, Kim-Vy Huu
Galaxy Populations In Rich Environments
University of California, Santa Cruz
2002

Williams, Kurtis Allen
White dwarfs in open clusters: The initial-final mass limit, the supernova mass limit, and the white dwarf deficit
University of California, Santa Cruz
2002

2003
Brandeker, Alexis
Young stars and circumstellar disks
Stockholms Universitet
2003

Burger, Matthew Howard
Io’s Neutral Clouds: From the Atmosphere to the Plasma Torus
University of Colorado at Boulder
2003

Colbert, James William, IV
Using infrared photometric redshifts and Keck multi-slit spectroscopy to uncover the hidden z = 1.5--2.5 Bright Ages
University of California, Los Angeles
2003

Geha, Marla
Internal dynamics, structure and formation of dwarf elliptical galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
2003

Glassman, Tiffany Michelle
Morphological evolution of distant galaxies from adaptive optics imaging
University of California, Los Angeles
2003

Lane, Benjamin F.
High-precision infra-red stellar interferometry
California Institute of Technology
2003

Metevier, Anne
The Evolving Galaxy Population of Cluster Cl0024+1654
University of California, Santa Cruz
2003

Paulson, Diane Beverly
Searching for planets in the Hyades
The University of Texas at Austin
2003

Price, Paul A.
What Makes a Gamma-Ray Burst
Australian National University
2003

Shapley, Alice Eve
Detailed astrophysical properties of Lyman break galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2003

Woillez, Julien
Very long baseline optical interferometry of Active Galactic Nuclei - ‘OHANA project
Observatoire de Paris - Université Paris XI
2003

2004
Berger, Edo
Cosmic explosions: the beasts and their lair
California Institute of Technology
2004

Bouchez, Antonin Henri
Seasonal trends in Titan's atmosphere: Haze, wind, and clouds
California Institute of Technology
2004

Coil, Alison Laurel
The middle-aged universe: Results from high-z supernovae and the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey
University of California, Berkeley
2004

Constantin, Anca
Linking the power sources of emission-line galaxy nuclei from the highest to the lowest redshifts
Ohio University
2004

Ding, Jie
Probing galaxies through Quasar absorption lines: Magnesium(II)-selected systems at 0.5 less than or equal to Z less than or equal to 1.5
The Pennsylvania State University
2004

Farihi, Jay
An infrared search for substellar companions to nearby white dwarfs
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

Howell, Justin H.
Star formation histories of nearby elliptical galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
2004

Hunt, Matthew Philip
Faint optically selected AGN at z=3
California Institute of Technology
2004

Kalirai, Jasonjot Singh
Astrophysics with white dwarfs
The University of British Columbia
2004

Kaplan, David L.
The Diversity of Neutron Stars
California Institute of Technology
2004

Kessler-Silacci, Jacqueline
Gas and dust chemistry in planet-forming disks
California Institute of Technology
2004

Lipscy, Sarah Jane
Massive star evolution: The formation of massive stars in clusters and the evolution of the atmospheres of supergiants
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

Lucatello, Sara
C-enhanced metal poor stars
Universita di Padova
2004

Massey, Richard
Weighing the Universe with weak gravitational lensing
University of Cambridge
2004

Mastrapa, Rachel Michelle Elizabeth
Water ice and radiation in the solar system
The University of Arizona
2004

McCabe, Caer-Eve
On the road to planets: T Tauri disk evolution
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

O'Meara, John M.
Cosmology from the High Redshift Intergalactic Medium
University of California, San Diego
2004

Rhee, Joseph Hakjin
NIR and MIR spectroscopic study of the dust properties of Seyfert galaxies and the implications on AGN unification
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

Rupke, David S.
Outflows in Infrared-Luminous Galaxies: Absorption-Line Spectroscopy of Starbursts and AGN
University of Maryland
2004

Santos, Michael Robert
Galaxy formation near the epoch of reionization
California Institute of Technology
2004

Schwartz, Michael J.
A deep infrared photometric survey for Pleiades brown dwarfs toward the deuterium burning limit
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

Simcoe, Robert Andrew
Observations of intergalactic heavy-element enrichment in the early universe
California Institute of Technology
2004

Sohn, Sangmo Tony
Multi-color studies of old stellar populations
University of Virginia
2004

Steffen, Aaron T.
A wide-field Chandra survey of the Lockman Hole
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2004

Tanner, Angelle Maria
Extended sources in the central parsec of the Galactic Center
University of California, Los Angeles
2004

Thompson, Susan E.
Revelations from time series spectroscopy of pulsating white dwarf stars
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2004

2005
Bonev, Boncho P.
Towards a Chemical Taxonomy of Comets: Infrared Spectroscopic Methods for Quantitative Measurements of Cometary Water
The University of Toledo
2005

Cooke, Jeffrey D.
The mass of damped Lyman alpha systems at high redshift: Cross-correlation with Lyman break galaxies
University of California, San Diego
2005

Dahm, Scott E.
The evolution of young clusters
University of Hawai'i
2005

Dawson, Steven Arthur
Lyman alpha emitting galaxies at high redshift: Direct detection of young galaxies in a young universe
University of California, Berkeley
2005

Eisner, Joshua A.
High angular resolution studies of the structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks
California Institute of Technology
2005

Jacoby, Bryan Anthony
Recycled pulsars
California Institute of Technology
2005

Kaisler, Denise
An adaptive optics search for extrasolar planets around nearby young stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2005

McCrady, Nathan Todd
The super star cluster population of the M82 nuclear starburst
University of California, Berkeley
2005

McGovern, Mark Roland
A spectroscopic survey of young brown dwarfs in the near-infrared
University of California, Los Angeles
2005

Muterspaugh, Matthew Ward
Binary Star Systems and Extrasolar Planets
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005

Rothberg, Barry S.
An infrared investigation into the formation of elliptical galaxies via mergers
University of Hawaii
2005

Schwartz, Colleen
Feedback in nearby dwarf starburst galaxies and giant extragalactic H II regions
University of California, Santa Barbara
2005

Siana, Brian
Optical-Infrared Selection of High Redshift QSOs and the z=3 QSO Luminosity Function
University of California, San Diego
2005

Suzuki, Nao
Cosmology from quasar spectra
University of California, San Diego
2005

Wahhaj, Zahed
Planetary signatures in circumstellar debris disks
University of Pennsylvania
2005

Whysong, David Harold.
Accretion modes and unified schemes for FR-II radio galaxies
University of California, Santa Barbara
2005

2006
Barrett, Elizabeth
The Assembly of Massive Galaxy Clusters: A Joint X-ray–Optical Study
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2006

Becker, George
A High-Resolution study of the High-Redshift Intergalactic Medium
California Institute of Technology
2006

Bender, Chad Frederick
Dynamical Masses of Low Mass Spectroscopic Binary Stars
State University of New York at Stony Brook
2006

Bundy, Kevin
The mass assembly history of field galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2006

Covey, Kevin R.
Dynamical properties of embedded protostars and the luminosity function of the galactic disk
University of Washington
2006

Erb, Dawn K.
Kinematics, Stellar Populations, and Metallicities
California Institute of Technology
2006

Giveon, Uriel
New catalogs of radio compact H II regions in the Milky Way
University of California, Davis
2006

Hicks, Erin Kathleen Strobel
Circumnuclear gas kinematics in Seyfert 1 galaxies and direct measurement of their black hole masses
University of California, Los Angeles
2006

Leao, J. R. S.
Wolf-Rayet Populations in High-Metallicity Starburst Galaxies
Space Telescope Science Institute
2006

Lin, Lihwai
The Role of Major Galaxy Interactions in Galaxy Evolution Since Redshift z ~ 1
National Taiwan University
2006

Melbourne, Jason
Exploring the optical and infrared evolution of galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
2006

Metchev, Stanimir A.
Brown dwarf companions to young solar analogs: An adaptive optics survey using Palomar and Keck
California Institute of Technology
2006

Perrin, Marshall Dimsey
A High Angular Resolution Survey of Circumstellar Dust around Herbig Ae/Be Stars
University of California, Berkeley
2006

Plavchan, Peter Paul, Jr.
M dwarf planetary systems
University of California, Los Angeles
2006

Reddy, Naveen A.
A Multi-Wavelength Census of Star Formation at z~2
California Institute of Technology
2006

Sand, David J.
On the distribution of dark matter in clusters of galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2006

Schuler, Simon C.
Chemical abundances of solar-type dwarfs in open clusters
Clemson University
2006

Wright, Jason Thomas
Stellar magnetic activity and the detection of exoplanets
University of California, Berkeley
2006

2007
Barczys, Matthew Michael
Innovations in adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopy: OSIRIS, galaxy surveys, and galaxy mergers
University of California, Los Angeles
2007

Barkume, Kristina Marie
Surface properties of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs
California Institute of Technology
2007

Berthoud, Marc George
CO Emission from the Inner Disk around Intermediate-Mass Stars
Cornell University
2007

Bubar, Eric Joseph
Keck HIRES spectroscopy of candidate post T Tauri stars
Clemson University
2007

Cooper, Michael Caldwell
The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey and the role of environment in galaxy formation and evolution
University of California, Berkeley
2007

Eckart, Megan E.
Measurements of X-ray Selected AGN and Novel Superconducting X-ray Detectors
California Institute of Technology
2007

Fitzgerald, Michael Patrick
Revealing planet formation: Technique, observation, and analysis
University of California, Berkeley
2007

Gerke, Brian Francis
Groups and clusters of galaxies in the DEEP2 survey: Significance for cosmic evolution
University of California, Berkeley
2007

Hasegan, Ioana Monica
Faint stellar systems in the Virgo Cluster: The connection between dwarf galaxies and globular clusters
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
2007

Hornstein, Seth David
A search for and characterization of the infrared emission from our galaxy's supermassive black hole
University of California, Los Angeles
2007

Hsieh, Henry H.
Comets amongst the asteroids: Icy bodies in the inner solar system
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2007

Johnson, John Asher
Planet hunting in new stellar domains
University of California, Berkeley
2007

Kim, Joo Hyeon
Near-Infrared High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Juptier and Saturn
Kyung Hee University
2007

Mandell, Avram M.
The effects of circumstellar gas on terrestrial planet formation: Theory and observation
The Pennsylvania State University
2007

McElwain, Michael William
High contrast spectral imaging of sub-stellar companions around nearby young stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2007

McGrath, Elizabeth J.
Formation and evolution of massive galaxies and AGN in the early universe
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2007

Poznanski, Dovi
Supernovae from Deep and Wide Surveys
Tel Aviv University
2007

Sato, Taro
Feedback and environmental effect on star formation in galaxies
University of California, Santa Barbara
2007

Stalder, Brian Adam
Adaptive optics studies of high redshift radio galaxies
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2007

Strader, Jay
Extragalactic globular cluster subpopulations and galaxy formation
University of California, Santa Cruz
2007

Yan, Renbin
Studies of Galaxy Evolution with Redshift Surveys
University of California, Berkeley
2007

2008
Barry, Richard Keith, Jr.
Milliarcsecond resolution infrared observations of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi and low mass stellar systems
The Johns Hopkins University
2008

Bitner, Martin Allan, Jr.
High resolution spectroscopy of old stars and young disks
The University of Texas at Austin
2008

Brown, Joanna Margaret
Childhood to adolescence: dust and gas clearing in protoplanetary disks
California Institute of Technology
2008

Christopher, Micol Huw
Young, massive star clusters in the antennae
California Institute of Technology
2008

Devor, Jonathan
On the Development and Applications of Automated Searches for Eclipsing Binary Stars
Harvard University
2008

Fischer, William J.
One-Micron Spectroscopic Studies of Accretion and Outflow in T Tauri Stars
University of Massachusetts
2008

Foley, Ryan Joseph
Type Ia Supernova Evolution and Dark Energy
University of California, Berkeley
2008

Fu, Hai
Extended Emission-Line Regions: Remnants of Quasar Superwinds
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2008

Gilbert, Karoline M.
The global properties and substructure characteristics of Andromeda's stellar halo
University of California, Santa Cruz
2008

Hainline, Laura Jeannine
Multi-wavelength properties of submillimeter-selected galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2008

Jorgenson, Regina Antonia
Physical conditions in Damped Lyman alpha Systems
University of California, San Diego
2008

Kacprzak, Glenn George
The morphological, kinematic, and halo gas properties of magnesium II absorption selected galaxies at intermediate redshift
New Mexico State University
2008

Kakazu, Yuko K. M.
A wide-field survey for high-redshift quasars
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2008

Konidaris, Nicholas Pelopidas, II
The Evolution of Emission Lines in Massive Early-Type Red Galaxies
University of California, Santa Cruz
2008

Lai, David K.
Metal-poor stars: The fingerprints of the first stars and the early galaxy
University of California, Santa Cruz
2008

Lu, Jessica Ryan
Exploring the origins of the young stars in the central parsec of the Galaxy with stellar dynamics
University of California, Los Angeles
2008

Moran, Sean M
Understanding the physical processes driving galaxy evolution in clusters : a case study of two z~0.5 galaxy clusters
California Institute of Technology
2008

O'Donovan, Francis Thomas
The detection and exploration of planets from the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey
California Institute of Technology
2008

Schaller, Emily Lauren
I. Seasonal changes in Titan's cloud activity. II. Volatile ices on outer solar system objects
California Institute of Technology
2008

Seo, Hang Ja
Infrared Spectral Databases for Titan and Planets
Kyung Hee University
2008

Slesnick, Catherine Louise 
1-10 Myr-old low mass stars and brown dwarfs in nearby star forming regions
California Institute of Technology
2008

Smith, Erin Caitriona
Investigation of PAHs in planetary nebulae using FLITECAM
University of California, Los Angeles
2008

Suyu, Sherry H.
Dissecting the gravitational lens B1608+656 : implications for the Hubble constant.
California Institute of Technology
2008

Tannirkulam, Ajay-Kumar M.
A comprehensive study of proto-planetary disks around Herbig Ae stars using long-baseline infrared interferometry
University of Michigan
2008

Urrutia, Tanya Caroline
Discovery and analysis of dust-reddened type 1 quasars - Finding the missing link in quasar evolution
University of California, Davis
2008

Wright, Shelley Adams
A spatially resolved kinematic study of high redshift star forming galaxies: Development and use of adaptive optics instrumentation
University of California, Los Angeles
2008

2009
Ammons, Stephen Mark
Towards advanced study of Active Galactic Nuclei with visible light adaptive optics
University of California, Santa Cruz
2009

Bayo, Amelia
The Lambda Orionis Star Forming Region
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
2009

Blake, Cullen H.
Ultracool dwarfs and their companions
Harvard University
2009

Cameron, Patrick Brian
The formation and evolution of neutron stars: astrometry, timing, and transients
California Institute of Technology
2009

Cenko, S. Bradley
The Energetics and Environments of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
California Institute of Technology
2009

Chien, Li-Hsin
Star Formation History In Merging Galaxies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2009

Chornock, Ryan
Astrophysical Applications of Spectropolarimetry
University of California, Berkeley
2009

Comerford, Julia Marie
Observational constraints on the assembly of galaxies and galaxy clusters
University of California, Berkeley
2009

Gharanfoli, Soheila
Studying low-redshift universe through observation of Damped Lyman-alpha quasar absorbers
University of South Carolina
2009

Harker, Justin J.
The star forming universe after z=1
University of California, Santa Cruz
2009

Henry, Alaina Louise
A NICMOS parallel survey for galaxies at z = 7--10
University of California, Los Angeles
2009

Kirby, Evan N.
Iron and alpha element distributions in Milky Way dwarf satellite galaxies from medium-resolution spectroscopy
University of California, Santa Cruz
2009

Konopacky, Quinn Morgan
Dynamics and Multiplicity of Brown Dwarfs and Young, Low Mass Stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2009

Laver, Conor Murray
Io's surface, atmosphere and volcanism
University of California, Berkeley
2009

Law, David Richard
The Kiloparsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of High-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2009

Melis, Carl Anthony, 1983-
The life, death, and composition of exoterrestrial planets around intermediate mass stars
University of California, Los Angeles
2009

Menendez-Delmestre, Karin
The Luminous, the Massive and the Dusty: a Near- to Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Submillimeter Galaxies
California Institute of Technology
2009

Montgomery, Ryan Michael
Planet formation and searches
University of California, Santa Cruz
2009

Moskovitz, Nicholas A
Spectroscopic and theoretical constraints on the differentiation of planetesimals
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
2009

Peek, Kathryn M. G.
Neutron-Capture Elements and Planetary Companions in the Solar Neighborhood
University of California, Berkeley
2009

Pierce, Christina M.
Morphological and color characteristics of active galactic nucleus host galaxies at Z [approximates to] 1
University of California, Santa Cruz
2009

Ragozzine, Darin Alan
Orbital dynamics of Kuiper Belt object satellites, a Kuiper Belt family, and extra-solar planet interiors
California Institute of Technology
2009

Rice, Emily Lucille
Physical Properties of Young Brown Dwarfs: High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Young M and L Dwarfs
University of California, Los Angeles
2009

Salyk, Colette Vanessa
Molecular spectroscopy of planet-forming regions in circumstellar disks
California Institute of Technology
2009

Stark, David P.
Observing Galaxy Formation During the First 2 Billion Years
California Institute of Technology
2009

Tsai, Chao-Wei
Star cluster formation in the nuclear regions of nearby spiral galaxies
University of California, Los Angeles
2009

2010
Bogosavljevic, Milan
Lyman continuum and Lyman a emission from galaxies at high redshift
California Institute of Technology
2010

Busch, Michael
Shapes and spins of near-earth asteroids
California Institute of Technology
2010

Colucci, Janet E.
Detailed Chemical Abundances of Extragalactic Globular Clusters using High Resolution, Integrated Light Spectra.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2010

Deshpande, Rohit
Search For Gas Giants Around Late M Dwarfs
The University of Central Florida
2010

Do, Tuan
Physical Processes in the Vicinity of a Supermassive Black Hole
University of California Los Angeles
2010

Dupuy, Trent
Testing Theory with Dynamical Masses and Orbits of Ultracool Binaries
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2010

Galametz, Audrey
The Environments of AGN out to z=2
Universite de Strasbourg
2010

Helminiak, Krzysztof
Derivation of fundamental parameters of late-type stars in binaries using precise photometry, high-resolution spectroscopy, imaging with adaptive optics and optical interferometry
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
2010

Kiminki, Daniel C.
Massive binary stars as a probe of massive star formation
University of Wyoming
2010

Kraus, Adam L.
Multiple Star Formation
California Institute of Technology
2010

Levesque, Emily Moreau
Exploring the Environments of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2010

Patel, Shannon
The Dependence of Galaxy Star Formation Histories on Environment at 0.6 < z < 0.9
University of California, Santa Cruz
2010

Rubin, Kate H. R.
The kinematics and morphology of cool galactic winds and halo gas from galaxies at 0.3 < z < 1.4
University of California, Santa Cruz
2010

Stark, Christopher
Decoding Images of Debris Disks
University of Maryland
2010

Trouille, Laura Elizabeth
X-ray and Optical Spectral Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010

Vegetti, Simona
Quantifying mass substructure in early-type galaxies
The 'Kapteyn Institute' of Astronomy
2010

Willman, Mark
Space weathering on S-complex asteroids
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2010

2011
Barbary, Kyle
Type Ia supernova rates and the Type Ia progenitor
University of California, Berkeley
2011

Childress, Michael
Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae From the Nearby Supernova Factory
University of California, Berkeley
2011

Foster, Caroline
The Assembly and Chemical Evolution of Nearby Early-type Galaxies
2011

Indriolo, Nicholas
Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Galactic Interstellar Medium Through Observations of H3+
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2011

Kasliwal, Mansi M.
Bridging the gap : elusive explosions in the local universe
California Institute of Technology
2011

Klein, Beth L.
Bulk Compositions of Extrasolar Minor Planets Derived from Externally- Polluted White Dwarfs
University of California, Los Angeles
2011

Kruger, Andrew
Infrared Spectroscopy and Young Stellar Objects: Characterizing the Dust and Gas in Circumstellar Disks
University of California Davis
2011

Lemaux, Brian Clark
Galaxy Transformation Under Extreme Conditions: The Evolution of Galaxies in the Largest Structures in the High Redshift Universe
University of California, Davis
2011

Perley, Daniel A.
The Diverse Environments of Gamma-Ray Bursts
University of California, Berkeley
2011

Rafelski, Marc Alexander
Star Formation in Damped Lyman-alpha systems and the Outskirts of Lyman Break Galaxies
University of California, San Diego
2011

Shet Tilvi, Vithal
Luminosity Function of Lyα Emitters at the Reionization Epoch: Observations & Theory
Arizona State University
2011

Silverman, Jeffrey M.
Spectral Observations and Analyses of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae
University of California, Berkeley
2011

Tremblay, Pier-Emmanuel
Analyse spectroscopique d’´etoiles naines blanches riches en hydrog`ene (DA): vers des mod`eles d’atmosph`ere am´elior´es sans param`etres libres
Universit´e de Montr´eal
2011

Walsh, Jonelle L.
Exploring AGNs in the Local Universe through High Angular Resolution Spectroscopy and Optical Variability Monitoring
University of California, Irvine
2011

Whitmore, Jonathan
The Fine-Structure Constant and Wavelength Calibration
University of California, San Diego
2011

2012
Green, Andy
Kinematics of Star Formation in Evolving Galaxies
Swinburne
2012

Rakic, Olivera
The intergalactic medium near high redshift galaxies
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
2012