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NRAO Pre-doctoral Students 1990 to May 2008 Name School NRAO Advisor Degree Year Name School Project Faculty Advisor NRAO Advisor Degree Awarded Anderson, David M.I.T Bright extragalactic X-ray sources with optical and radio counterparts L. Sparke F. Owen 1999 Anderson, James M. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Survey of emission mechanisms in low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei J. Eilek J. Ulvestad 2007 Araya, Esteban New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Formaldehyde maser emission in the Galaxy P. Hofner M. Goss 2008 Bauer, Franz E. University of Virginia Bright extragalactic X-ray sources with optical and radio counterparts T.X.Thuan J. Condon 2001 Boboltz, David A., Jr Virginia Tech The structure and polarization properties of the SiO masers in the extended atmosphere of R Aquarii J. Simonetti P. Diamond 1997 Boyce, Edward M.I.T. Investigating galaxy cores and super-massive black holes with gravitational lens central images J. Hewitt S. Myers 2006 Briggs, Daniel S. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology High fidelity deconvolution of moderately resolved sources J. Eilek C. Walker 1995 Brisken, Walter Princeton University High precision pulsar astrometry using the VLA and VLBA interferometers S.Thorsett M. Goss 2001 Chatterjee, Shami Cornell University Neutron star kinemtics: pulsar parallaxes, bow shock nebulae and the interstellar medium J. Cordes M. Goss 2003 Cox, Andrea L. University of Wisconsin Neutral hydrogen and radio continuum emission in polar-ring galaxies L. Sparke G. van Moorsel 1996 De Pree, Christopher G. University of North Carolina Multi-frequency imaging spectroscopy of four galactic star forming regions G. Cecil M. Goss 1996 Devine, Kathryn University of Wisconsin Infrared dark clouds and high mass star formation E. Churchwell C. Chandler candidate (2008) Frayer, David T. University of Virginia Molecular gas in the early universe R. Brown P. Vanden Bout 1996 Gawande, Rohit University of Virginia Ultra wide band feeds for radio astronomy R. Bradley R. Bradley candidate (2009) Ge, Jing Ping New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Magnetic Fields in Clusters of Galaxies with Extreme Cooling Flows J.Eilek F.Owen 1991 Han, Xiao Hong New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology A study of the time variable radio emission of X-ray binaries and transient X-ray sources R. Hjellming R. Hjellming 1993 Hoffman, Ian M. University of New Mexico Polarization observations of OH (1720 MHz) masers in supernova remnants and H2CO (6 cm) masers in HII regions using MERLIN and the VLA N. Duric M. Goss 2004 Kemball, Athol J. Rhodes University Data reduction techniques for radio interferometric spectropolarimetry E.E. Baart P. Diamond 1992 Kern, Jeff New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Dispersion, scatter broadening, and the instrinsic structure of Crab giant pulses T. Hankins T. Hankins 2004 Lang, Cornelia C. University of California, Los Angeles A radio study of the galactic center arched filament complex M. Morris M. Goss 2000 Ledlow, Michael J. University of New Mexico An optical/radio study of radio galaxies in Abell rich clusters S.A. Gregory F. Owen 1994 Leppänen, Kari J. Helsinki University of Technology 22 GHz polarimetric imaging with the Very Long Baseline Array S. Urpo A. Zensus 1995 Lobanov, Andrew P. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Physics of the parsec-scale structures in the quasar 3C345 J. Eilek P. Diamond 1996 Markovic, Tomislav New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Dynamics of thermal and non-thermal components of the intra-cluster medium J. Eilek F. Owen 2005 Marvel, Kevin B. New Mexico State University The circumstellar environment of evolved stars as revealed by studies of circumstellar water masers J.O. Burns P. Diamond 1996 McKinnon, Mark New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Pulsar Mode-Changing and Emission Beam Geometry T.Hankins T.Hankins 1992 Mehringer, David M. University of Chicago Radio continuum and radio recombination line observations of W51 P. Palmer M. Goss 1993 Miller, Neal A. New Mexico State University A radio perspective on galaxy evolution in the cluster environment R. Walterbos F. Owen 2001 Momjian, Emmanuel University of Kentucky Sensitive very long baseline interferometry studies of interacting/merging galaxies T. Troland J. Romney 2003 Morrison, Glenn E. University of New Mexico The radio Butcher-Oemler effect S.A. Gregory F. Owen 1999 Murphy, Edward M. University of Virginia Aspects of galactic HI and the galactic fountain R.T. Rood J. Lockman 1996 Parashare, Chataili University of Virginia Instrumentation for low frequency radio astronomy arrays R. Bradley R. Bradley candidate (2008) Peck, Alison B. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Evidence for a circumnuclear torus in edge-on radio galaxies D. Westpfahl G. Taylor 1999 Pidopryhora, Yurii Ohio University HI halo clouds: a tool for ISM study J. Shields J. Lockman 2006 Rao-Venkata, Urvashi New Mexico Tech Parameterized deconvolution in radio synthesis imaging J. Eilek F. Owen candidate (2009) Roberts, Douglas A. University of Oklahoma A study of the neutral and ionized gas in the interstellar medium and galactic HII regions J.J. Cowan M. Goss 1992 Rodriguez-Rico, Carlos Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México High frequency radio recombination lines from star burst galaxies Y. Gomez M. Goss 2005 Shah, Ronak Y. University of Virginia Astrochemical studies of galactic star formation R.T. Rood A. Wootten 2000 Singhal, Alok University of Virginia Connections between internal galaxy kinematics, HI line widths, and the cosmic distance scale E. Murphy R. Fisher 2008 Swain, Mark R. University of Rochester A multi-frequency multi-configuration VLA study of the radio galaxy 3C353 D.M. Watson A. Bridle 1996 Taylor, Greg UCLA Evidence for Cluster Magnetic Fields Around Radio Galaxies M.Morris R.Perley 1991 Taylor, Christopher L. University of Minnesota Neutral hydrogen companions of actively forming dwarf galaxies E.D. Skillman E. Brinks 1995 Vourlidas, Angelo New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology The structure of solar active regions as inferred from multi-frequency VLA observations J. Eilek T. Bastian 1993 Wang, Ran Beijing University Centimeter and Millimeter Observations of the Most Distant QSO's Xue-Bing Wu C.Carilli candidate (2008) Young, Lisa M. University of Illinois Properties and kinematics of the interstellar medium in a small sample of nearby dwarf galaxies K.Y. Lo M. Goss 1997 Zavala, Robert New Mexico State University View through Faraday's fog: a survey of the parsec scale rotation measure properties of AGN B. McNamara G. Taylor 2003 Zhou, Fang New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Radio observational studies of M87 J.A. Biretta F. Owen 1998