Where have they gone?
UVa astronomy grads job listing
Most of our graduating Ph.D. students find jobs in astronomy, and go on to successful careers in astronomy. Since 1990, about 85% of our new Ph.D.’s have found astronomy research positions, and 100% have obtained jobs related to their graduate training. First positions after the Ph.D. are typically at academic institutions or national laboratories. Here is a listing of the last three years of graduates and their current jobs:| Name & email address | Ph.D. year | Current position |
| Jeff Carlin jc4qn@virginia.edu | 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Rensselaer Polythechnic Institute |
| Mei-Yin Chou cmy@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw | 2010 | Postdoc, Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Ori Fox ori.d.fox@nasa.gov | 2010 | NPP Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Chan Park chanpark@kasi.re.kr | 2010 | Instrumentation Scientist, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute |
| Jake Simon jbsimon@jila.colorado.edu | 2010 | JILA Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Colorado |
| Dan Wik drw2x@virginia.edu | 2010 | NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Ka Wah Wong kwong@bama.ua.edu | 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alabama |
| David Nidever dnidever@virginia.edu | 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Virginia |
| Srikrishna Kanneganti srikrishna@mpe.mpg.de | 2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik |
| Richard Mellon | 2009 | Ab Initio Software |
| Jodie Morgan | 2009 | |
| Ricardo Muñoz ricardo.munoz@yale.edu | 2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University |
| Alok Singhal | 2008 | Merfin, LLC |
| Jennifer Bartlett jennifer.bartlett@usno.navy.mil | 2007 | United States Naval Observatory |
| Tanim Islam islam5@llnl.gov | 2007 | Design Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Jeffrey Oishi J.Oishi@astro.berkely.edu | 2007 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley |
| Many of our former graduate students get permanent positions as well. Here’s a list of the rest of our graduates since 1967 and where they are now. |
| Name & email address | Ph.D. year | Current position | |
| Gregory Sivakoff grs8g@virginia.edu | 2006 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Virginia | |
| David Rosario rosario@ucolick.org | 2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz | |
| Allyson Sheffield alsheffield@vassar.edu | 2006 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College | |
| Peter Frinchaboy p.frinchaboy@tcu.edu | 2006 | Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University | |
| Scott Randall srandall@head.cfa.harvard.edu | 2005 | Mission Planner, Chandra Science Operations Team, Harvard Center for Astrophysics | |
| Jeff Crane crane@ociw.edu | 2004 | Research Associate, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington | |
| John Silverman john.silverman@ipmu.edu | 2004 | Faculty Member, Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo | |
| Tony Sohn tsohn@stsci.edu | 2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Telescope Science Institute | |
| Jamie Ostheimer jostheim@alumni.virginia.edu |
2002 | Northrop Grumman Information Technology | |
| Wayne Winters |
2002 | Formerly: Science Faculty, Latin School of Chicago | |
| Joshua Kempner contact form |
2002 | Senior Imaging Scientist, VisEn Medical | Zhenping Huang huang@ssvs.gsfc.nasa.gov |
2001 | IceCube Neutrino Experiment, University of Maryland, and NASA/GSFC |
| Michael Siegel siegel@astro.psu.edu |
2002 | Research Associate, Penn State University | |
| Chih-Yueh Wang yueh@phys.cycu.edu.tw |
2001 | Department of Physics, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan | |
| Chris Palma cpalma@astro.psu.edu |
2001 | Associate Director of Outreach, Eberly College of Science, Penn. State | |
| Franz Bauer fbauer@astro.puc.cl |
2000 | Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | |
| Ronak Shah ronak@bu.edu |
2000 | Research Astronomer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| Raymond G. Ohl, IV Raymond.G.Ohl@gsfc.nasa.gov |
2000 | Optical physicist, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Eric Richards | 1999 | Senior Scientist, Q-Track Corporation | |
| Noella L. D’Cruz noelladcruz@gmail.com |
1998 | Associate Professor, Joliet Junior College | |
| Jimmy Irwin jairwin@ua.edu |
1997 | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama | |
| Fan Fang fan@ipac.caltech.edu |
1997 | Research Scientist, Spitzer Science Center | |
| Vikram V. Dwarkadas vikram@oddjob.uchicago.edu |
1997 | Senior Research Scientist, University of Chicago | |
| Jonathan H. Whitney | 1996 | Formerly: Programmer, Kesmai Corporation | |
| Edward M. Murphy emm8x@virginia.edu |
1996 | Associate Professor, University of Virginia | |
| David T. Frayer dfrayer@nrao.edu |
1996 | Associate Scientist, NRAO Green Bank | |
| Geary E. Albright albrigge@jmu.edu |
1996 | Assistant Professor, Physics Department, James Madison Univ. | |
| Phillip C. Plait contact info |
1995 | The “Bad Astronomer” | |
| Ricky Patterson ricky@virginia.edu |
1995 | Senior Scientist, University of Virginia | |
| Gregory S. Hennessy gsh@libra.usno.navy.mil |
1995 | Data Reduction and Instrumentation Division, Astrometry Department, United States Naval Observatory, and Sloan Digital Sky Survey | |
| William W. Dalton | 1995 | Technical Director, BioWare Austin | |
| Charles H. Nelson III charles.nelson@drake.edu |
1994 | Assistant Professor, Drake University and Director, Drake Municipal Observatory | |
| Richard F. Gelderman gelderman@wku.edu |
1994 | Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University | |
| Prudence N. Foster Pru.Foster@bristol.ac.uk |
1994 | Research Fellow, QUEST, University of Bristol | |
| Michael W. Wise wise@science.uva.nl |
1992 | Postdoc, Astronomical Institute “Anton Kannekoek”, University of Amsterdam | |
| Eric A. Lufkin | 1992 | Morgan Stanley | |
| Brian R. McNamara mcnamara@uwaterloo.ca |
1991 | Professor, Waterloo University | |
| John C. Houck houck@space.mit.edu |
1991 | Research Scientist, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Michael N. Fanelli m.fanelli@tcu.edu |
1991 | Deputy Director, Kepler Guest Observer Program | |
| Jeffrey G. Mangum jmangum@nrao.edu |
1990 | Scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory | |
| Harry J. Lehto hlehto@utu.fi |
1989 | Astronomer, Turku University, Piikkiö, Finland | |
| David S. Adler adler@stsci.edu |
1989 | Science and Mission Scheduling Supervisor and Lead, Long Range Planning Group, Space Telescope Science Institute | |
| Melissa A. McGrath Melissa.A.Mcgrath@nasa.gov |
1988 | Chief Scientist, Marshall Space Flight Center Science and Missions System Office, NASA | |
| Robert T. Emmering emmering@crl.com |
1988 | Charles River Laboratories | |
| Deborah A. Crocker crock@bama.ua.edu |
1987 | Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Alabama | |
| Raymond E. White III rwhite@bama.ua.edu | 1986 | Professor, University of Alabama | |
| James E. Wadiak | 1986 | President, BioTraces Inc. (deceased, 2003) | |
| Andrew J. S. Hamilton Andrew.Hamilton@colorado.edu |
1984 | Professor and JILA Fellow, University of Colorado | |
| Alice K. Babcock Monet alice@nofs.navy.mil |
1984 | Astronomer, Flagstaff Station, United States Naval Observatory | |
| Patrick O. Seitzer pseitzer@umich.edu |
1983 | Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan | |
| Susan G. Neff susan.g.neff@nasa.gov |
1982 | Astrophysicist, GALEX Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Kerry A. Kingham kak@cygx3.usno.navy.mil |
1982 | Earth Orientation Department, United States Naval Observatory | |
| Ronald G. Probst rprobst@noao.edu |
1981 | Scientist Staff, KPNO | |
| Frank H. Levinson | 1980 | Founder and Principal Technologist, Finisar Corporation | |
| Linda L. Dressel | 1979 | RJH Scientific Inc. | |
| Thomas E. Strikwerda | 1977 | Space Science and Technology Department, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University | |
| Alan P. Marscher | 1977 | Professor, Boston University | |
| James M. Huntley | 1977 | Lucent Technologies | |
| Thomas E. Corbin | 1977 | Chief, Cataloging Division, United States Naval Observatory | |
| Thomas M. Bania | 1977 | Professor, Boston University | |
| Jan M. Hollis | 1976 | Assistant Chief, Space Data and Computing Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| David M. Gibson | 1976 | Formerly: GEODSS Field Site, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| Harold A. McAlister | 1975 | Regents’ Professor, Georgia State University and Director, Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy | |
| Paul D. Hemenway | 1974 | University of Rhode Island | |
| Ronald E. Zissell | 1973 | Astronomy Technician, Mount Holyoke College | |
| Charles D. Smith | 1973 | unknown | |
| Alvin C. Miller | 1973 | CSC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (retired) | |
| Paul T. Giguere | 1973 | Los Alamos National Labs | |
| Frank O. Clark | 1973 | VSBC, Air Force Research Laboratory | |
| Haywood C. Smith | 1972 | Associate Professor, University of Florida | |
| Fred D. Rosenberg | 1972 | Member, Technical Staff, Lincoln Labs, MIT | |
| Dan Pascu | 1972 | Data Reduction and Instrumentation Division, Astrometry Department, United States Naval Observatory | |
| Joseph W. Mast | 1972 | Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Eastern Mennonite University | |
| Dennis D. McCarthy | 1972 | United States Naval Observatory Earth Orientation Department, Retired | |
| Mary Kay Hemenway | 1971 | Research Associate, Senior Lecturer, and Director, Educational Services Office, University of Texas, Austin | |
| Catharine Garmany | 1971 | Senior Science Education Specialist - Astronomer, NOAO | |
| Robert J. Doyle | 1970 | Associate Professor, Frostburg State University | |
| Peter J. Shelus | 1970 | Research Scientist, University of Texas, Austin | |
| John L. Hershey | 1969 | Astronomy Program, CSC, Space Telescope Science Institute | |
| Richard A. Berg berg_richard@bah.com |
1969 | Booz Allen Hamilton | |
| George W. Lockwood | 1968 | Astronomer, Lowell Observatory | |
| Paul H. Knappenberger | 1968 | President, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum | |
| Frank N. Bash | 1967 | Professor Emeritus, University of Texas, Austin |
