Team

Principal Investigator Ewan Douglas is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy, Associate Astronomer Steward Observatory and Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, , 0000-0002-0813-4308.

See Open positions to join our research team.

Research Faculty

• Patrick Ingraham, Associate Research Professor, University of Arizona Steward Observatory
• Corey Fucetola, Research Assistant Professor, University of Arizona Steward Observatory, 0000-0002-8657-8537
• Kyle Van Gorkom, Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona Steward Observatory
• Ramya M Anche, Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Kelsey Miller, Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona Steward Observatory

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Hyukmo Kang, postdoc at the University of Arizona of Wyant College of Optical Sciences.
• Justin Hom, postdoc at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, , 0000-0002-0813-4308.
• Sanchit Sabhlok, postdoc at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Saraswathi Kalyani Subramanian, postdoc at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Jaegun Yoo, postdoc at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, , 0009-0002-0291-4933.

Graduate Students

• Emory Jenkins, graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences, , 0000-0001-6829-7910.
• Yu-Chia Lin, graduate student at the University of Arizona Physics , 0000-0002-1511-310X.
• Kevin Derby, graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences.
• Chia-Lin Ko, graduate student at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, , 0000-0003-2158-8141.
• Solvay Blomquist, graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences, .
• Marcus Klupar, graduate student at the University of Arizona College of Engineering
• Cat Hathaway graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences
• Aaron Goldtooth, graduate student at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory 0000-0001-9695-4121.
• Sai Krishanth PM, graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences, , 0000-0002-9869-6223.
• Yael Brynjegard-Bialik, graduate student at the University of Arizona College of Engineering, .
• Nicholas Schragal, graduate student at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory. 0009-0002-8386-886X
• Pierre Nicolas, graduate student at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences

Research Staff

• Manny Montoya, Technical Manager at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Jess Johnson, Adaptive Optics Research Scientist at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Cameron Ard, Research Professional at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Bianca Alondra Payan, Research Professional at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Ruby Huie, Research Professional at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Stephanie Rinaldi, R&D Systems Engineer at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory. 0009-0006-3751-5819
• Adam Schilperoort, Software Engineer at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory. 0009-0000-0508-1354

Undergraduate Students

Collaborators

Some of UASAL’s frequent collaborators include:

• The Large Optics Fabrication and Test Lab: UA LOFT.
• The eXtreme-Wavefront Control Lab: UA XWCL.
• The MIT Space, Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation Lab: MIT STAR Lab.
• The UA Center for Adaptive Optics: CAAO.
• Sebastiaan Haffert, Leiden University

Former Postdocs

Former Graduate Students

• Jaren Ashcraft, NASA Sagan Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Erin Maier, Observer Technician II, Lowell Observatory. Graduate student, University of Arizona Steward Observatory.
• Bohan Li, graduate student in Computer Science at University of Arizona.
• Amit Kumar Jha, graduate student at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.
• Alex Carter, graduate student at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences.
• Kian Milani, Optical Engineer at University of Arizona Steward Observatory.

Former Undergraduate Students

• Rickayla Ferguson, UArizona undergradute in Aerospace Engineering.
• Amanda Fordyce, UArizona undergraduate student in Aerospace Engineering.
• Arsh Nadkarni, UArizona Undergraduate Student in Astronomy and Applied Physics.
• Bohan Li, undergraduate student in Computer Science.
• Ariel Shaver, UArizona undergraduate student in Systems Engineering.

Former Staff

• Robert Thompson, Software and Technical Services Specialist.

TimeStep Interns

2023-24

• Philip Klaassen
• Diego Torres
• Rohan Desai-Hunt

  2022-23

• Jonathan Moreland
• Neha Joshi
• Utkarsh Upadhyay