Scholars & Researchers
Our astronomers aren’t the only ones doing science at Lowell. Our team also includes many scholars and researchers who work on a variety of projects.
Researchers

Dr. Danielle Adams
Dr. Adams is responsible for leading the strategic marketing and branding efforts of Lowell Observatory. Dr. Adams [...]
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Dr. Amanda Bosh
Dr. Amanda Bosh serves as Lowell’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing day-to-day operations and coordination of [...]
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Dr. Tim Ellsworth-Bowers
As the LDT Support Astronomer, Dr. Dr. Ellsworth-Bowers develops and maintains documentation for observers, provides [...]
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Dr. Jeffrey Hall
Dr. Jeffrey Hall joined Lowell Observatory’s science staff in 1992. He is the Director of Lowell Observatory. His [...]
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Dr. Teddy Kareta
Dr. Kareta joined the Lowell Observatory as a postdoc in 2021. His primary research interests are in understanding how [...]
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Dr. Kyler Kuehn
Dr, Kyler Kuehn oversees management of Lowell Observatory’s science telescopes and related equipment. He also actively [...]
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Dr. Vedad Kunovac
Dr Kunovac joined Lowell Observatory as a postdoctoral researcher in 2021. He completed a PhD at the University of [...]
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Private: Dr. Kathryn Neugent
Dr. Kathryn Neugent works with Dr. Phil Massey on a variety of observational massive star research, from unevolved O and [...]
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Dr. Tyler Richey-Yowell
Dr. Richey-Yowell uses both ground- and space-based instruments primarily in the UV, optical, and infrared to study [...]
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Brian Skiff
Brian Skiff has spent nearly 40 years at Lowell Observatory as an observer and research assistant. Among Skiff'’s [...]
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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 [...]
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Allison Bair
Allison Bair assists astronomer Dr. David Schleicher with his research on the origins and evolution of comets, with a [...]
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Zeke Bandelier
Zeke Bandelier studies hydrated chlorine salt distribution on Mars. These salts can depress the freezing point of water, [...]
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Brian Burt
Brian Burt works with Dr. Nick Moskovitz to acquire and catalog asteroid physical properties. This work is a [...]
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Megan Gialluca
Megan Gialluca joined Lowell Observatory in the fall of 2018 as a public program educator. In May of 2020 she became a [...]
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Sean Graham
Sean Graham works with Lowell astronomer Dr. Lisa Prato, assisting with her research on young binary star systems. He [...]
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Cody Huls
Cody Hulls characterizes young, low-mass, spectroscopic binary stars in nearby star-forming regions. His work has [...]
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Tom Polakis
Tom operates the 1.1-meter Hall Telescope with a NASA-funded CCD camera from dusk to dawn to measure variations in the [...]
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Hannah Zigo
Hannah Zigo works with Dr. Nick Moskovitz on the Mission Accessible Near-earth Objects (MANOS) mission. Zigo began her [...]
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Erin Aadland
Erin Aadland studies the evolution of massive Wolf-Rayet stars. She works with Dr. Phil Massey at Lowell Observatory and [...]
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Haylee Archer
Haylee Archer's research focuses on dwarf irregular galaxies. A graduate student of Dr. Deidre Hunter of Lowell [...]
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Lauren Biddle
Lauren Biddle is a PhD student working with both Lisa Prato and Joe Llama, who uses the exquisite photometry from [...]
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Catherine Clark
Catherine Clark is interested in the intersection between stellar astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation. Her [...]
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Anna Engle
Anna Engle works in the Astrophysical Materials Lab with Dr. Jennifer Hanley of Lowell Observatory. She focuses on the [...]
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Annika Gustafsson
Annika Gustafsson specializes in near-infrared spectroscopy of small solar system bodies, including both comets and [...]
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Shaelyn Raposa
Shaelyn Raposa is a grad student working in the Ice Lab with Dr. Will Grundy. She is studying volatile materials on [...]
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Shih-Yun Tang
Shih-Yun Tang is a graduate student from Taiwan studying at the Northern Arizona University and working with Dr. Lisa [...]
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Cece Thieberger
Cece Thieberger is a Ph.D. student at Northern Arizona University (NAU), working under the supervision of Lowell [...]
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