{"id":2206,"date":"2011-12-09T23:45:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?page_id=2206"},"modified":"2017-07-19T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T21:47:12","slug":"recent-graduates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?page_id=2206","title":{"rendered":"Recent Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graduates from iPLEX departments move on to prestigious positions as postdocs, researchers, lecturers, and professors. For a more comprehensive list of alumni and their current positions visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/mel.ess.ucla.edu\/esswiki\/index.php\/WhereAreTheyNow\">EPSS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/astro.ucla.edu\/directory\/alumni.shtml\">Astronomy Division<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/\">AOS<\/a> department listings.<\/p>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/mattwalker-e1442594396637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11683 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/mattwalker-e1442594396637.jpg\" alt=\"mattwalker\" width=\"132\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Matthew Walker<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2017<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor:\u00a0Jonathan Mitchell<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position:\u00a0Researcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/isa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7686 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/isa.jpg\" alt=\"isa\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Junko Isa<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2017<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor: John Wasson, Kevin McKeegan<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position:\u00a0Postdoctoral Scholar, Kyushu University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/grannan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7682 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/grannan.jpg\" alt=\"grannan\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Alexander Grannan<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2017<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor: Jonathan Aurnou<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position:\u00a0Researcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ivyoffice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8733 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Ivyoffice-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ivyoffice\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ivy Curren<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2016<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor:\u00a0An Yin<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Weizmann Institute of Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 191px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7694 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/snead.jpg\" alt=\"snead\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christopher Snead<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor:\u00a0Kevin McKeegan<\/li>\n<li>Current Position:\u00a0Assistant Professor, Texas State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boehnke_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10084 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boehnke_square.jpg\" alt=\"boehnke_square\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Patrick Boehnke<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2016<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: T. Mark Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar,\u00a0University of Chicago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 191px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12144 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Picture1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Laura Vican Haney<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2016<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept:\u00a0Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor:\u00a0Ben Zuckerman<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position: Teacher, Sequoyah High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 191px;\" width=\"811\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cheng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7675 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cheng.jpg\" alt=\"cheng\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jonathan Cheng<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor: Jonathan Aurnou<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar,\u00a0Eindhoven University of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/harju.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7684 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/harju-130x150.jpg\" alt=\"harju\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ellen Harju<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor:\u00a0Kevin McKeegan, Ed Young<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position:\u00a0Adjunct Faculty, Pasadena City College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1786 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140-150x150.png\" alt=\"PP - carolyn crow_tn_crop\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140-600x598.png 600w, http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PP-carolyn-crow_tn_crop-e1441931109140.png 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Carolyn Crow<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Advisor:\u00a0Kevin McKeegan<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/naidu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7733 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/naidu.jpg\" alt=\"naidu\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shantanu Naidu<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor:\u00a0Jean-Luc Margot<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar,\u00a0Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/scully.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7734 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/scully.jpg\" alt=\"scully\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Scully<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor:\u00a0An Yin<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar,\u00a0Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\" style=\"height: 160px;\" width=\"810\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/watkins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7735 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/watkins.jpg\" alt=\"watkins\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jessica Watkins<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor:\u00a0An Yin<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar,\u00a0Caltech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"peopletab-singlerow\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7672\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bell.png\" alt=\"bell\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Beth Ann Bell<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: T. Mark Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7752\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fang.jpg\" alt=\"fang\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julia Fang<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Jean-Luc Margot<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Researcher, MIT Lincoln Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7757\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nugent.jpg\" alt=\"nugent\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carolyn Nugent<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Jean-Luc Margot<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, NASA\/JPL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7749\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/abbott.jpg\" alt=\"abbott\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunshine Abbott<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>MS, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Mark Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: PhD student, Univ. of London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7750\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/crossfield.jpg\" alt=\"crossfield\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ian Crossfield<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Brad Hansen<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7753\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hartinger.jpg\" alt=\"hartinger\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Hartinger<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Vassilis Angelopoulos, Mark Moldwin<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar, Univ. of Michigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7755\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/kissinger.jpg\" alt=\"kissinger\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jenni Kissinger<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Vassilis Angelopoulos, Robert McPherron<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7758\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/siegler.jpg\" alt=\"siegler\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matthew Siegler<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: David Paige<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, NASA\/JPL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7761\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stevenson.jpg\" alt=\"stevenson\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rachel Stevenson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: David Jewitt<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, NASA\/JPL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7704\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/planet-blank-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"planet-blank-smaller\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chris Crockett<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: James Larkin<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: US Naval Observatory, freelance science writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7704\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/planet-blank-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"planet-blank-smaller\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Beth Klein<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Michael Jura<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Research scientist, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7756\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/milbury.jpg\" alt=\"milbury\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colleen Milbury<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Gerald Schubert<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7704\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/planet-blank-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"planet-blank-smaller\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Rodriguez<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Benjamin Zuckerman<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Univ. de Chile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7759\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/smith.jpg\" alt=\"smith\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rachel Smith<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Edward Young<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Caltech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7760\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/soderlund.jpg\" alt=\"soderlund\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Krista Soderlund<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2011<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Jonathan Aurnou<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Univ. of Texas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7751\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dyl.jpg\" alt=\"dyl\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kathryn Dyl<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2010<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Edward Young<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Research fellow, Curtin University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7754\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/hayne.jpg\" alt=\"hayne\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paul Hayne<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2010<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: David Paige<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar, Caltech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7704\" src=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/planet-blank-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"planet-blank-smaller\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steven Joy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD, 2010<\/li>\n<li>Dept: Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Advisor: Margaret Kivelson<\/li>\n<li>Current Position: Manager, Dawn Science Center, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduates from iPLEX departments move on to prestigious positions as postdocs, researchers, lecturers, and professors. For a more comprehensive list of alumni and their current positions visit the EPSS, Astronomy Division, or AOS department listings. 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