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Former NOAO postdocs

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Name Then Now
Ed Ajhar KPNO 1992 Natural Sci., Math & Comp. Sci. St. Thomas Univ, Kennedy Hall 211
Kurt Anderson KPNO 1972 Department of Astronomy New Mexico State University
Taft Armandroff KPNO 1987 Director, NGSC NOAO
Dana Bachman KPNO 1985 SOFIA E/PO NASA Ames Research Center
Sam Barden KPNO 1984 Anglo-Australia Observatory
Marcel Bergmann CTIO 2002 La Serena, Chile
Andrew Bernat KPNO 1978 Executive Director Computing Research Association
Kate Brand KPNO 2003 NOAO
Mike Brotherton KPNO 1999 Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Wyoming
Michael J. I. Brown KPNO 2000 Department of Astrophysics Princeton University
Duane Carbon KPNO 1972 Ames Research Center
Stephane Charlot KPNO 1994 Institute D'Astrophysique
Carol Christian KPNO 1979 Space Telescope Science Institute
Robin Ciardullo KPNO 1987 Department of Astronomy Penn State University
Alejandro Clocchiatti CTIO 1995 Gemini Fellow University Catolica de Chile
Andrew Cooke CTIO 1994 Computer Programmer CTIO
Michael Corbin KPNO 1993 Department of Physics & Astronomy Arizona State University
Stephane Courteau KPNO 1993 Department Physics & Astronomy University of British Columbia
Jim DeBuizer CTIO 2000 Gemini Observatory
Darren DePoy CTIO 1987 Department of Astronomy Ohio State University, 5 McPherson Lab
Arjun Dey KPNO 1995, Hubble Fellow NOAO
Roger Dube KPNO 1976 Digital Authentication Technologies, Inc.
Tom Duvall KPNO 1977 HEPL A209 Stanford University
Jay Elias CTIO 1978 NGSC NOAO
Richard Elston KPNO 1988 Deceased 2004-University of Florida
Ingemar Furenlid KPNO 1972 Deceased 1994
Douglas Geisler CTIO 1984 Grupo de Astronomia Universidad de Concepcion
Galen Gisler KPNO 1977 LANL
Jean Goad Keppel KPNO 1975
Larry Goad KPNO 1975 Goodrich Optical & Space Systems
David Godfrey KPNO 1987 PPARC, UK
John Graham CTIO 1975 DTM Carnegie Secretary, American Astronomical Society
Don Hall KPNO 1970 Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii
Donald Hamilton CTIO 1984 Ludwig-Maximilians Universitats GERMANY
Steve A. Hawley CTIO 1977 NASA/Johnson Space Ctr
Jim Heasley KPNO 1975 Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii
Steven Heathcote CTIO 1983 Director, SOAR Telescope
Paul Hintzen KPNO 1975 Physics Department California State Univ, Long Beach
Donald Hoard CTIO 1999 Spitzer Science Center California Institute for Technology
John Hoessel KPNO 1980 Department of Astronomy University of Wisconsin
Deidre Hunter KPNO 1982 Lowell Observatory
Garth Illingworth KPNO 1974 Lick Observatory University of California, Santa Cruz
George Jacoby KPNO 1978 Director, WIYN Observatory
Vesa Junkkarinen KPNO 1980 Ctr for Astrophysics & Space Sciences University of California, San Diego
Kimiaki Kawara CTIO 1984 Institute of Astronomy University of Tokyo
Michael Keane CTIO 1995 Goodrich Optical and Space Systems USA
William Keel KPNO 1982 Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Alabama
Robert Kirshner KPNO 1974 Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr for Astrophysics
Richard Klein KPNO 1977 Laurence Livermore Nat'l Lab. University of California, Berkeley
John Kormendy KPNO 1978 Department of Astronomy University of Texas
Kevin Krisciunas CTIO 2000 Notre Dame University
Pui Kuan KPNO 1974 Bechtel Idaho
Shiv S. Kumar KPNO 1973 The Galileo Institute Charlottesville, VA
Andrew Layden CTIO 1992 Department of Physics & Astronomy Bowling Green State University
Ella M. Leibowitz KPNO 1971 Department of Physics & Astronomy Tel Aviv University
Wes Lockwood KPNO 1968 Lowell Observatory
Lucas Macri KPNO 2002 Hubble & Goldberg Fellow
Sangeeta Malhotra KPNO 1998, Hubble Fellow Space Telescope Science Institute
Harold McAlister KPNO 1975 Cntr.for High Angular Resolution Astronomy Georgia State University
Andrew McWilliam CTIO 1987 Carnegie Observatory
Rene Mendez-Bussard CTIO Cerro Calan Universidad de Chile
David Monet KPNO 1979 US Naval Observatory
Heather Morrison KPNO 1991, Hubble Fellow Department of Astronomy Case Western Reserve University
Jeremy Mould KPNO 1976 Director NOAO
Beatrice Mueller KPNO 1990 KPNO/NOAO
Dara Norman CTIO 2004 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Obs
Augustus Oemler KPNO 1974 OCIW former Director, Carnegie Observatories
Knut Olsen CTIO 1998 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Patrick Osmer KPNO 1969; former Director, CTIO Astronomy Department Ohio State University
Truman D. Parkinson KPNO 1969 (retired 1997) from Northrup Grumman
Steve Perrenod KPNO 1978 Sun Microsystems
Charles J. Peterson CTIO 1976 Department Of Physics & Astronomy University of Missouri-Columbia
Mark Phillips CTIO 1977 Las Campanas Observatory
Jeff Pier KPNO 1982 Flagstaff Station US Naval Observatory
Mike Pierce KPNO 1991 Physics & Astronomy Department University of Wyoming
Sean Points CTIO 2003 CTIO
Travis Rector KPNO, NSF Fellow 2001-02 Physics & Astronomy Department University of Alaska, Anchorage
James Rhoads KPNO 1996 Space Telescope Science Institute
Steve Ridgway KPNO 1973 NOAO
Greg Rudnick NOAO 2004 Leo Goldberg Fellow NOAO
A. Eric Rydgren CTIO 1975 Boeing
Elaine Sadler KPNO 1985 School of Physics University of Sydney
Abhijit Saha KPNO 1983 NOAO
Shoko Sakai KPNO 1997 Div. of Astronomy & Astrophysics UCLA
Frederick C. Sanner KPNO 1976
Ata Sarajedini KPNO 1992, Hubble Fellow Department of Astronomy University of Florida
Patrick Seitzer CTIO 1981 Department of Astronomy University of Michigan
Nigel Sharp KPNO 1983 Nat'l Science Foundation
David Silva KPNO 1990-1993 AURA Thirty Meter Telescope Project
Mike Sitko KPNO 1984 Department of Physics, M.L. #011 University of Cincinnati
Malcolm Smith KPNO 1967 Director, AURA Observatories in Chile former director JAC, CTIO
Jeff Valenti KPNO 1997 Space Telescope Science Institute
Wil van Breugel KPNO 1980 Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab
Sylvain Veilleux KPNO 1992, Hubble Fellow Department of Astronomy University of Maryland
Stefanie Wachter CTIO 1998 IPAC/ SIRTF Science Center California Institute of Technology
Donald Wells KPNO 1972 National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Alan Whiting CTIO 2001 CTIO/NOAO
Gerard Williger CTIO 1991 Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Louisville
Mike Wise KPNO 1992 Center for Space Research MIT
Eric Wollman KPNO 1976 Department of Physics & Astronomy Bates College

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