On June 18th, 2026 Colby Merrill successfully defended their B exam, completing the requirements for the PhD program. You can see a recording of their talk below.
Congratulations Dr. Genszler!
On December 19th, 2025 Grace Genszler successfully defended her B exam, completing the requirements for her PhD program. You can see a recording of her talk below.
Congratulations to Sachin Kelkar!
Sachin Kelkar successfully defended his M exam, completing the requirements for his master’s degree. You can see his presentation below.
Congratulations to Dr. Kulik!
On May 7, 2024 Jackson Kulik successfully defended his B exam, completing the requirements for his PhD program. You can see a recording of his talk below.
We Found the Dynamical Age of Selam
Selam (pictured below) is the strange secondary of the Dinkinesh binary asteroid system in the main-belt. Using the secular theory based on binary-Yarkovsky-O’Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (BYORP) and tides, we were able to constrain the age of this asteroid to 1-10 million years.
Congratulations to Dr. Spohn!
On July 12th, Corey Spohn successfully defended his B exam, completing the requirements for his PhD program. You can see a recording of his talk below.
Congratulations to Grace Genszler on Being Named a 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellow
Grace Genszler has been named as one of the 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellows by Zonta International. Amelia Earhart fellowships are granted to those who have achieved an outstanding academic record and demonstrated initiative, ambition and commitment to pursuing a career
Congratulations to Rachel Oliver on Passing her A Exam
Rachel Oliver successfully passed her A exam on 8/31/2022, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of her degree program. The presentation can be viewed below, and the slides are available here.
Congratulations to Jackson Kulik on Passing his A Exam
Jackson Kulik successfully passed his A exam on 08/25/2022, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. The presentation can be viewed below, and the slides are available here.
Congratulations to Duan Li on Passing Her A Exam!
Duan Li successfully passed her A exam, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of her degree program. Duan’s public talk can be seen below.