Past Personnel

RECONS Senior Personnel

MICHAEL BEGAM (1995-2002) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
astrometry, optical photometry

EDGARDO COSTA Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
astrometry, optical photometry

CHARLIE T. FINCH United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC
proper motion systems, astrometry

DAVID A. GOLIMOWSKI Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
companion searches, brown dwarfs, spectroscopy

NIGEL HAMBLY University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
proper motion stars, astrometry, plate photometry

DAVID W. KOERNER Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
circumstellar disks, infrared techniques

DONALD W. MCCARTHY, Jr. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
infrared techniques, astronomy education

RENE A. MENDEZ Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
astrometry, optical photometry

ADRIC RIEDEL Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
young stars, low proper motion stars, stellar spectroscopy, large databases

JOHN SUBASAVAGE United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ
white dwarfs, proper motion searches, astrometry, optical photometry/spectroscopy

 

RECONS Affiliates

ANDREW CLARKE   (2015-2018)   Atlanta, GA
RECONS 25 Parsec Database construction

KEN SLATTEN   (2010-2020)   Duluth, MN
RECONS 25 Parsec Database construction

 

RECONS-Affiliated Postdocs

HEKTOR MONTEIRO (2004-2007, SMARTS Fellow) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
optical spectroscopy, planetary nebulae

MICHELE SILVERSTEIN (2013-2022)   Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
stellar radii and environments

ANGELLE TANNER Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
exoplanet searches, debris disks, radial velocities, astrometry

 

RECONS Graduate Students

JENNIFER BARTLETT (2000-2006) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
astrometry, late M dwarfs
now at: United States Naval Observatory, Washington, DC

THOM BEAULIEU (2003-2007) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
red dwarf spectroscopy

MISTY BROWN (2002-2007) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
high proper motion stars, optical/infrared photometry, anthropology
now at: Georgia Perimeter College, Decatur, GA

JUSTIN CANTRELL (2005-2009) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
stellar habitable zones, planetary nebulae
now at: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

RICHARD CARTWRIGHT   (2009-2011)   Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
moons of the outer Solar System

JOEY CHATELAIN   (2009-2017)   Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Jupiter's Greeks and Trojans, Solar System studies

TIFFANY CLEMENTS   (2012-2017)   Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
astrophysics of red dwarfs, high-fidelity photometric techniques

CASSY DAVISON   (2009-2015)   Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
stellar companion searches, red dwarf multiplicity

KRUPA GANDHA (2006-2007) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
multiple stars systems techniques
now at: New York, NY

D. XAVIER LESLEY (2021-2023)   Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
spectroscopic techniques, stellar space motions and multiplicity

DANIEL NUSDEO (2015-2020)   Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
K dwarf multiplicity, high resolution imaging

RICKY PATTERSON (1998-2002) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
astrometry, optical photometry
now at: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

DEEPAK RAGHAVAN (2003-2006) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
extrasolar planetary systems, infrared techniques
now at: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

 

RECONS Undergraduate Students

TODD BARTO (1995-2000) Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore, MD
10 Parsec Catalog, spectroscopy

JACOB BEAN (2000-2002) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
optical/infrared photometry

MARK BOYD (2009-2012) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
proper motion stars, red dwarf/white dwarf pairs, wide multiples

KOURI COLEMAN (MILLER) (1994) Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore, MD
10 Parsec Catalog

NATHAN HOLDEN (2022-2024) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
young stars, astrometry

ALTONIO HOSEY (2011-2014) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
stellar variability and census of red dwarfs

SHARON JUE (1999-2001) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
NStars 25 Parsec Sample

GARY LONG (1999-2001) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
spectroscopy of SDSS candidates

JOHN LURIE (2012-2014) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
exoplanets orbiting red dwarfs, astrometric techniques

BENJAMIN R. MOORE III (2002) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
stellar masses

RYAN OCEAN (2008) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
10 Parsec Sample

ADIT PATEL (2016) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
proper motion stars

RAFAEL PUJALS (2000) University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
astrometry

STEPHANIE RAMOS (2005-2006) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
high resolution imaging techniques, subdwarfs

JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ (2013-2014) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
RECONS 25 Parsec Database

R. ANDREW SEVRINSKY (2014-2019) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
red/brown dwarf mass determinations, large databases

EMILY SPAHN (1999-2001) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
distance calibration of SDSS candidates

LUCIANNE WALKOWICZ (1999-2003) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
spectroscopy, red dwarf activity

CHRISTINA WILLIAMS (1999-2003) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
proper motion stars, SDSS photometry

FAHIM ZAMAN (2016) Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
nearby stars at infrared wavelengths