2016 TECI Workshop Participants

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Name Institution Position Field of Study/Research
Adam Richard Tomczak University of California, Davis Postdoctoral Researcher Galaxy Evolution
Alexander Rudy University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. Student Adaptive Optics / Galaxy Evolution
Alicia Lanz Caltech Ph.D. Student Observational Cosmology
Annu Jacob Indian Institute of Astrophysics Ph.D. Student Astronomical Instrumentation ( PhD research on Optimum Design and development of Segmented mirror telescope optics and Phasing system)
Ashley Chontos University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Ph.D. Student Astronomy
Chen Jie University of Science and Technology of China Ph.D. Student Astronomical Instrumentation
Deborah Lokhorst Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto Ph.D. Student Extragalactic Astronomy
Devika Kaprassery Divakar Indian Institute of Astrophysics Ph.D. Student Instrumentation
Devin Chu University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. Student Astronomy
Diana Kathryn Powell University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. Student Astrophysics: exoplanet formation and characterization
Donal O’Sullivan Caltech Ph.D. Student Astrophysics / Astronomical Instrumentation
Etsuko Mieda NRC-Herzberg Postdoctoral Researcher Astronomy / Astronomical Instrumentation and Adaptive Optics
Garima Singh Jet Propulsion Laboratory Postdoctoral Researcher Direct imaging of Exoplanets
Guo Xiangyu University of Science and Technology of China Master’s Student Instrumentation
Hirofumi Ohashi University of Tokyo Master’s Student Galaxy Formation
James Ryan University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. Student Astronomy
Jiajing Mao Caltech Ph.D. Student Dark Matter/LHC
Joschua Andrea Hellemeier Univesity of British Columbia Ph.D. Student Instrumentation / Adaptive Optics
Lu Shen University of California, Davis Ph.D. Student Radio Galaxy Evolution and Environmental Effect
Marziye Jafariyazani University of California, Riverside Ph.D. Student Observational Astronomy
Masafusa Onoue National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / Sokendai Ph.D. Student Early universe (high-redshift quasar)
Matthew Alan Taylor No current affiliation Recent (July 2016) Ph.D. Graduate Astrophysics: galaxy formation / globular cluster systems
Maxwell Service University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Ph.D. Student Astronomy
Megan Ansdell University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Ph.D. Student Planet Formation
Mizuho Maeda National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Postdoctoral Researcher Optomechanics (engineering) &Star Formation (astrophysics)
Mojtaba Taheri Nieh University of Victoria Ph.D. Student Astronomy / Astronomical Instrumentation and Adaptive Optics
Nicholas Steven Timmons University of California, Irvine Ph.D. Student Cosmology; Galaxy Evolution
Paolo Turri University of Victoria Ph.D. Student Astronomy / Adaptive optics
Ramya Manjunath Anche Indian Institute of Astrophysics Ph.D. Student Polarization Effects in Segmented Mirror Telescopes
Rieko Momose National Tsing Hua University Postdoctoral Researcher Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Ryan Lau Caltech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Postdoctoral Researcher Astronomy
Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. Student Optical Instrumentation
Sheelu Abraham Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Researcher Data Analysis and Machine Learning
Shiro Mukae University of Tokyo Master’s Student Galaxy Formation and TMT/IRIS
Stevanus Kristianto Nugroho Tohoku University Ph.D. Student Characterization of Exoplanet Atmosphere using High Dispersion Spectroscopy
Vineeth Valsan Indian Institute of Astrophysics Postdoctoral Researcher Large telescope optics, Astronomical Instrumentation