Dan Watson's research students

Postdocs aren't really students, but...
2007-2013	Manoj Puravankara, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Astrophysics) Currently: Reader, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Graduate students, by graduation date
2024 (est.)	Adam E. Rubinstein, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy NSF Graduate Research Fellow honorable mention, 2020 Currently: third-year graduate student.
2019	Samuel N. Mellon, PhD. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: The bRing survey of stars in the Southern sky Co-supervised with Prof. Eric E. Mamajek. It feels unfair to list Sam here, as Eric did all the important mentoring and Sam's extremely resourceful, but Eric and I are both on the title page and I contributed a bit. Currently: Scientist, Naval Information Warfare Center, Charleston, SC.
2018	Laurentius Oscar Osapoetra, Ph.D. in Physics Dissertation: High-contrast, high-resolution, 3-D ultrasonic imaging of transparent optical tissue Co-supervised with Prof. Stephen A. McAleavey, Department of Biomedical Engineering Currently: postdoctoral fellow, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON.
2013	Kyoung Hee Kim, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: Evolution of protoplanetary disks in the Orion A star-forming region Winner of the 2014 Graduate Student Prize of the Astronomical Society of New York. Currently: KASI Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, ROK.
2009	Joel D. Green, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: Observations of Feedback Between Protostars and Their Natal Clouds Currently: Instrument Scientist, Hubble Space Telescope, Space Telescope Science Institute.
20mn	Matthew T. Guptill (1964-2018), Ph.D. in Physics Dissertation: Gallium-doped Germanium Blocked-Impurity-Band Detector Arrays For Far-Infrared Astronomy NASA Fellow, 1992-1996 Most recently: Member of the Technical Staff, DRS Technologies, Anaheim, CA. To the shock and deep sorrow of all who knew him, Matt passed away unexpectedly on 17 September 2018, at age 53. Some twenty-one years earlier he delivered to me, on paper and in three installments, a complete though rough draft of his Ph.D. dissertation. Since then, I have teased him in this space by labelling his dissertation "perpetually in preparation" and listing his degree date as 199n, 200n, or 20mn as time went on. He was more amused than annoyed by this; I never got any closer to persuading him to edit his first draft for submission.
2000	S. Nicholas Raines, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: *A Near-Infrared Study of the Herbig-Haro Objects in GGD 37* Currently: Associate Scientist, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1998	John D. Bloomer, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: *An Infrared Study Of Compact Cometary H II Regions* Currently: Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Corp., El Segundo, CA.
1997	Stavros Kiriakakis, Ph.D. in Physics and Philosophy Dissertation: Another Approach To Symmetries And The Special Theory Of Relativity: The Derivation Of The Two Fundamental Principles Of The Special Theory Of Relativity And Their Unification Into One, More General, Principle Co-supervised with Prof. Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., Department of Philosophy
1996	Mark R. Swain, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: A Multifrequency, Multiconfiguration VLA Study Of The Radio Galaxy 3C353 Co-supervised with Dr. Alan H. Bridle (NRAO). Currently: Group Supervisor, Exoplanet Discovery and Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.
1995	Shobita Satyapal, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Dissertation: Probing the Dust-Enshrouded Nuclei of the Starburst Galaxy Systems M82 and Arp 299: High Spatial Resolution Near-Infrared Fabry-Perot Imaging Observations Winner of the 1995 Graduate Student Prize of the Astronomical Society of New York. Currently: Professor of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University.
Undergraduate research students, by graduation date
2022	Liam Hainsworth, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Currently: third-year undergraduate, University of Rochester
2021	Amanda V. Broadmeadow, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy President, SWAP (2019-2020) Senior thesis: Protostellar Outflows Deeply Embedded in the NGC 1333 Cloud Stoddard Prize, UR PAS, 2021 Currently: graduate student, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park
2021	Madalyn Johnson, B.S. in Physics (CSU East Bay, REU) CAMPARE Scholar, 2019 Currently: graduate student, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
2020	Natalie H. Allen, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Whipple Scholarship, UR, 2016-2020 Co-Founder and founding president (2017-2018), SWAP President, SPS, 2018-2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2019-2020 AURA Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar, 2019-2020 Senior thesis: A Study of the Infrared Emission Line Structure of HH 7-11 with Hubble and Spitzer Stoddard Prize, UR PAS, 2020 Janet Fogg Prize, UR PAS, 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2020-2023 Currently: graduate student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University.
2020	Frederick Dauphin, B.S. in Physics (Carnegie-Mellon University, REU) Currently: Science Support Analyst, Space Telescope Science Institute..
2018	Terrence Pierre Jacques, B.A. in Physics (Oberlin College, REU) Currently: graduate student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University.
2015	Ingrid M. Koch, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Currently: graduate student, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis.
2014	Vincent E. Yu, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, B.S. in Mathematics Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2012-2013 IES Abroad Scholarship in Science, University of Oxford, 2012 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation scholarship, 2012-2014 Stoddard Prize, University of Rochester, Department of Mathematics, 2012 Currently: graduate student, Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego.
2012	Ian S. Remming, B.S. in Physics, B.S. in Mathematics Senior thesis: Putting footpoints to the fire: constraining the launching region of protostellar outflows McCormick Fellow, University of Chicago, 2012-2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2014-2017 Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 2018. Currently:
2011	Patrick D. Sheehan, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, B.S. in Mathematics Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2009-2010 Senior thesis: Accretion processes in the protostar MMS6 North Stoddard Prize, University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2012-2015 Ph.D., Astronomy, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 2017 NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2023 Currently: CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University.
2010	Laura A. Byrne (n�e Arnold), B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Senior thesis: Insights into protoplanetary-disk evolution from a Spitzer-IRS survey of NGC1333 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship, 2012-2018 Rocco Valvano Scholarship, SUNY Brockport, 2011-2012 Robert Noyce Scholarship, SUNY Brockport, 2012-2013 M.S., Inclusive Adolescence Science Education in Physics, SUNY Brockport, 2014 Currently: Physics Teacher, Brighton High School, Rochester, NY.
2009	Samuel T. Harrold, B.S. in Physics, B.S. in Mathematics Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2008-2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2010-2013 M.A., Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, 2010 Currently: data scientist, TAVHealth.
2007	Alexandra Witthoft, B.S. in Physics (Mt. Holyoke College, REU) Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University, 2015 Currently: Engineer, MathWorks.
2006	Melissa McClure, B.S. in Physics, B.A. in Mathematics NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2009-2012 Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Michigan, 2014 Marie Curie Postodoctoral Fellow, University of Amsterdam, 2016-2019 Currently: Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Leiden University.
2006	Rebecca Habas, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Currently: graduate student, Institute for Astrophysics and Astroparticle Physics, University of Innsbruck.
2005	Christopher J. Bohac, B.S. in Physics M.D., School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011. Currently: Surgeon, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Chardon, OH.
2005	Charles L.H. (Chat) Hull, B.S. in Physics (University of Virginia, REU) NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2008-2011 University of California, Berkeley Chancellor�s Fellow, 2011-2013 Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow, 2013-2014 Ph.D., Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 2014 Jansky Fellow, NRAO and Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 2014-2017 Currently: NAOJ Fellow, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Chile and Joint ALMA Observatory
2005	Jarron M. Leisenring, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Senior thesis: A mineralogical study of silicate dust grains surrounding classical T Tauri stars. Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Virginia, 2013 Currently: Test Astronomer, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona.
2005	Zhuohan Liang, B.S. in Physics, B.S. in Mathematics Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 2004-2005 Ph.D., Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 2011 Currently: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Loyola University, Maryland.
2004	Gail Zasowski, B.S. in Physics (University of Tennessee, REU) NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow, 2009-2012 Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Virginia, 2012 NSF Postoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University and Johns Hopkins University, 2012-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2015-2016 Data Science Research Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute, 2016-2017 Currently: Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah.
2004	Paul M. Sutter, B.S. in Physics (California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, REU) Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011. DoE James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication, 2022 Currently: Research Professor, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, SUNY Stony Brook; guest researcher, Flatiron Institute; impresario of several great outreach resources, prominently including the Ask A Spaceman podcast.
2004	Joseph Gester, B.S. in Computer Science Currently: Team Lead, Spotify.
2004	Joshua Veazey, B.S. in Physics Senior thesis: *Outflows and shocks from massive young stars: Spitzer Space Telescope observations of GGD 37.* Ph.D., Physics, Michigan State University, 2011. Currently: Affiliate Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University.
2004	Thomas M. Howard, B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Robotics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 2009 Currently: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (and of Computer Science, and of Biomedical Engineering), University of Rochester.
2003	Daniel Licht, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Senior thesis: Classification of young stellar objects in Taurus, using near-infrared spectroscopy and adaptive optics. M.S., Astrophysical and Planetary Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006 Teaching credential, Science Education, San Francisco State University, 2011 Currently: AP Physics/Engineering Teacher, American High School, Fremont, CA.
1994	James Muzerolle, B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Senior thesis: Infrared spectroscopy of shocks in the DR21 and Cepheus A molecular outflows Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, 2000 Currently: Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute.
1994	Tammy Middleton, B.A. in Physics and Astronomy Currently: Technical Associate, Fermi National Laboratory.
1993	Leah M. Martin (née Buchholz), B.S. in Physics and Astronomy Janet Howell Clark Prize, 1993 Senior thesis: *Carbon monoxide emission from the polar ring of NGC 2685* Winner of the 1993 Undergraduate Student Prize of the Astronomical Society of New York. M.S., Astronomy, UCLA, 1995 Currently: Program Manager, Raytheon Corp., El Segundo, CA.
1992	Bo Wu, B.S. in Physics. Nobody seems to know what happened to this brilliant and promising young man after transferring from the University of Michigan to UC Berkeley in 1993 to continue graduate studies in physics. If you find out please let me know.