Astronomers & Planetary Scientists

Dr. Deidre Hunter

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

Dr. Stephen Levine

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

Dr. Joe Llama

A native of Wales, Dr. Joe Llama studies the magnetic fields of both exoplanets (planets that orbit stars other than the [...]

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. Larry Wasserman

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

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. Kyler Kuehn

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

Brian Skiff

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

Allison Bair

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

Tom Bida

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Brian Burt

Brian Burt works with Dr. Nick Moskovitz to acquire and catalog asteroid physical properties. This work is a [...]

Dr. Ryan Hamilton

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Dr. Melodie Kao

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Dr. James Sikora

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Dr. Quicheng Zhang

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Jacob Hyden, Research

Kendall Koga, Research Assistant

Samantha Hemmelgarn, Research Assistant

PhD Students

Dr. Anna Engle

Anna Engle works in the Astrophysical Materials Lab with Dr. Jennifer Hanley of Lowell Observatory. She focuses on the [...]

Shih-Yun Tang

Shih-Yun Tang is a graduate student from Taiwan studying at the Northern Arizona University and working with Dr. Lisa [...]

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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Scholars & Researchers