Astronomers & Planetary Scientists

Dr. Melodie Kao

BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011 PhD California Institute of Technology, 2017 Dr. Kao joined Lowell [...]

Dr. Phil Massey

Dr. Phil Massey studies massive stars (O-type, Wolf-Rayet, yellow and red supergiants), binary stars, young clusters, [...]

Dr. Nick Moskovitz

Dr. Nick Moskovitz’s research involves observations and simple models of minor planets in the solar system. His work [...]

Dr. Dave Schleicher

Dr. Dave Schleicher’s major research interests include the physical properties, chemical composition, and behavior of [...]

Dr. Audrey Thirouin

Dr. Thirouin’s area of expertise is the study of the diverse small body populations in our Solar System. She is using [...]

Dr. Larry Wasserman

Dr. Larry Wasserman’s major research interests include the study of solar system bodies via occultations and [...]

Allison Bair

Allison Bair assists astronomer Dr. David Schleicher with his research on the origins and evolution of comets, with a [...]

Dr. Timothy Ellsworth-Bowers

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Dr. Ryan Hamilton

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Dr. Kyler Kuehn

Dr, Kyler Kuehn oversees management of Lowell Observatory’s science telescopes and related equipment. He also actively [...]

Dr. Stephen Levine

Dr. Stephen Levine coordinates the operation of the Lowell Discovery Telescope and also carries out research focused on [...]

Brian Skiff

Brian Skiff has spent nearly 40 years at Lowell Observatory as an observer and research assistant. Among Skiff'’s [...]

Dr. Clara Brasseur

Postdoctoral Research Associate Stellar Astronomy PhD, 2025, University of St. Andrews Dr. Brasseur joined Lowell [...]

Dr. Momo Ellwarth

Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Momo Ellwarth is a postdoctoral researcher at Lowell Observatory, where she has been [...]

Dr. Kate Minker

Percival Lowell Postdoctoral Fellow Planetary Astronomer PhD, 2025, the Université Côte d’Azur Dr. Kate Minker [...]

Dr. Alex Polanski

Percival Lowell Postdoctoral Fellow AS El Camino Community College, 2017 BS University of California, Santa Barbara, [...]

Dr. James Sikora

Postdoctoral Research Associate BS University of Alberta, Canada, 2013 PhD Queen’s University, Canada, 2019 Dr. Sikora [...]

Dr. Quicheng Zhang

Percival Lowell Postdoctoral Fellow BS University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017 PhD California Institute of [...]

Cassie Beaumont

Working with Dr. Phil Massey Ms Cassie Beaumont is an undergraduate at Northern Arizona University majoring in Physics [...]

Breelyn Cocke

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Sam Hemmelgarn

Working with Dr. Nick Moskovitz BS Arizona State University, 2007 BS Northern Arizona University, 2023 Sam joined Lowell [...]

Thomas Kelly

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Dr. Deidre Hunter

Dr. Deidre Hunter’s primary scientific interest is tiny irregular galaxies — how they originate, evolve, and produce [...]

Dr. Kaspar von Braun

Dr. von Braun's research concentrates on the characterization of extrasolar planets via their host stars. After [...]

Dr. Otto Franz

Dr. Otto Franz’s research specialty is investigating binary stars to expand our knowledge of stellar masses and better [...]

Dr. Wes Lockwood

Dr. Wes Lockwood’s major research interests include the luminosity variations of the sun, solar and stellar activity [...]

Dr. Nat White

Dr. Nat White’s major research interests include the measurement of stellar properties using lunar occultations and [...]

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