Astrophysics Faculty 2023

Univ. of Colorado Boulder

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Dr. Michael Dubson

Academic Director
Teaching Prof. and Assoc. Chair, Physics, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
Ph.D. Physics, Cornell Univ.; B.S. Physics, Univ. of Illinois

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Dr. Cassandra Fallscheer

Associate Academic Director
Assoc. Prof. of Physics, Central Washington Univ.
Ph.D. Astronomy, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, IMPRS fellow; M.A. Astronomy, Wesleyan Univ.; B.S. Math & Physics, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Ms. Sushma Bana

Site Director
Science Teacher, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
M.A. Educational Leadership, San Jose State Univ.; M.S. Physics, B.S. Physics and Math, Univ. of Delhi, India

Teaching Assistants/Residential Mentors:

Richard –  S.M. Computer Science, A.B. Physics, Harvard Univ. ’23

Laurissa –  rising senior in Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of California San Diego

Diego – Ph.D student in Physics, Univ. at Buffalo,  B.A. in Astrophysics, Univ. of Colorado Boulder  ’21

Laura –  B.S. in Physics, Yale Univ.  ’22

New Mexico State Univ.

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Dr. Adam Rengstorf

Academic Director
Assoc. Prof. of Physics & Astronomy, Purdue Univ. Northwest
Ph.D. Astronomy, Indiana Univ.; B.S. Physics, Binghamton Univ.

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Dr. William Andersen

Associate Academic Director
Prof. of Physics, Eastern NM Univ.
Ph.D. Nuclear Physics, MIT; B.S. Physics, Baylor Univ.

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Ms. Barbara Martinez

Site Director
M.S. Teaching, New Mexico Tech; B.A. Education, College of Santa Fe

Teaching Assistants/Residential Mentors:

Benji –  S.M. in Computer Science, A.B. in Physics and Computer Science, Harvard  ’23

Joel –  rising senior in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford Univ.

Lara –  Masters in Computer Science, Bachelor’s in Physics, Harvard College  ’23

Kathryn –  B.S. in Engineering, Harvey Mudd College  ’21

UNC Chapel Hill

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Dr. Michael Hannawald

Academic Director
Prof. of Chemistry and Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii
Ph.D. Astrophysics, Nuclear Chemistry; M.S. Physics & Nuclear Chemistry, Univ. of Mainz.

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Dr. Jesse Feddersen

Associate Academic Director
Assistant Lecturer, Univ. of Wyoming
PhD Astronomy, Yale Univ.; B.S. Astronomy and Physics, Indiana Univ.

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Dr. Nicole Ice

Site Director
Mathematics teacher, Wheeler High School, Marietta, GA
Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Univ. of Georgia; M.Ed. Mathematics Education, B.S. Mathematics, Georgia State Univ.

Teaching Assistants/Residential Mentors:

Ian –  B.S. Physics, Harvard  ’23

Julio –  Ph.D. student in Astrophysics, New Mexico State Univ., B.S in Astronomy & Physics, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst  ’22

Feli –  rising junior in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lucy –  B.S. Astrophysics, BS Physics, College of Charleston  ’20

Adjunct Faculty

Aaron Bauer – PhD Computer Science, Univ. of Washington; BA Computer Science, Williams College