Former Students:

Interaction is an important part of my research. Consequently, I have written few single author papers. Below I list the young people -- students and postdocs -- I have worked in the past. Students. There were a number of students who were supervised by a colleague with whom I interacted with during their PhD period. For those who were co-supervised I mark by "*". For those whom I provided data or interacted on specific projects I mark by "#". Some postdocs were Prize fellows for whom I was either the nominal supervisor or took active interest. I have marked such entries also with "#".

If you know the homepages of anyone below please let me know. On the other hand, please also let me know if you think that I have overlooked you or that you object to being on this list.

  1. Anderson, Stuart (PhD 1993; Advisor: T. A. Prince)#
        "A Study of Recycled Pulsars in Globular Clusters"
        Staff Member, LIGO Caltech

  2. Berger, Edo (Phd 2004)
       "Gamma Ray Bursts: The Beast and Lair"
       Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University

  3. Bhalerao, Varun (PhD 2012; Primary advisor: F. Harrison)
       "Neutron stars and NuSTAR"
       Asst Professor of Physics, IIT Bombay, India

  4. Bloom, Joshua Simon (PhD 2002)
        "Towards an Understanding of the Progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts"
        Professor, University of California, Berkeley,   Co-founder, Wiso.io

  5. Bochenek, Christopher (PhD 2021)
       "The Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts"
    Google Corporation

  6. Bottom, Michael (PhD 2016; initially advised by J. Johnson)
        "Characterization of Extra-solar planets by coronagraphy"
        Faculty, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii

  7. Busch, Michael (PhD 2010)
        "Shapes & Spins of near-earth asteroids"
        Research Scientist, SETI Institute, 8129 Michaelbusch

  8. Cao, Yi (PhD 2016)
        "Cosmic Explosions: Observations Of Infant Hydrogen-Free Supernovae Towards An Understanding Of Their Parent Systems"
        Google Corp, Santa Clara

  9. Cameron, P. Brian (PhD 2008)
        "Astrometry with Adaptive Optics"
        Director, Sensor Modeling, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia

  10. Cenko, S. Bradley (PhD 2008; F. Harrison)*
        "Gamma ray bursts"
        Deputy Project Scientist, Swift X-ray Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Md

  11. Danner, Rudolf ("Rolf") (PhD 1996; A. J. Buras)*
        "X-ray Emission from Old Neutron Stars"
        North Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles

  12. Ho, Anna Y. Q. (PhD 2020)
       "The Landscape of Relativistic Stellar Explosions"
    Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley
    Assistant Professor, Cornell University

  13. Jacoby, Bryan (PhD 2005)
        "Precision Pulsar Timing"
        The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia

  14. Jensen-Clem, Rebecca (PhD 2017)
        "A Toolbox for Exoplanet Exploration"
        Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley
    Assist. Professor, U. C. Santa Cruz

  15. Johnston, Helen (PhD 1992)
        "Compact Objects in the Disk and Globular Clusters"
        Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Sydney, Australia

  16. Kaplan, David Laor (PhD 2004)
        "Diversity in Neutron Stars"
        Professor, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  17. Kasliwal, Mansi Manoj (PhD 2011)
        "Transients in the Local Universe"
        Assist. Prof, Astronomy, Caltech

  18. Lane, Benjamin F. (PhD 2003)
        "High Precision Stellar Interferometry"
        Group Leader, Henry Draper Laboratory, Cambridge

  19. Mooley, Kunal P. (PhD 2015; G. Hallinan)*
        "Exploring the Dynamic Radio Sky: The Search for Slow Transients with the VLA"
    Jansky Fellow, Caltech

  20. Nakajima, Tadashi (PhD 1989; G. Neugebauer)*
        "Diffraction-Limted Imaging on the 200-inch Telescope"
        Staff Astronomer, National Astronomy Observatory, Japan

  21. Navarro, Jose (PhD 1994)
        "A Wide-bandwidth Pulsar Timing Machine"
        Chief Scientist, Kongsberg Norcontrol IT, Norway

  22. Oppenheimer, Rebecca (PhD 1999)
        "Direct Detection of Brown Dwarf Companions of Nearby Stars"
        Curator & Professor, American Musueum of Natural History, NYC

  23. Price, Paul (PhD 2003; B. Schmidt, MSO)*
        "Gamma Ray Bursts"
    Astronomical Software Scientist, Princeton University

  24. Rand, Richard (PhD 1991)
        "The Relationship Between the Density Wave, Molecular Gas and Star Formation in M51"
        Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

  25. Ray, Paul #(PhD 1995; Principal Advisor: T. A. Prince)
        "High Sensitivity Searches for Radio Pulsars"
        Staff Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory

  26. Sandhu, Jagmit Singh (PhD 2001)
        "High Precision Dual Frequency Timing of Millisecond Pulsars" (co-directed by R. N. Manchester)
    Staff Member, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena

  27. Soderberg, Alicia Margarita (PhD 2007)
        "GRB-Supernova connection"
       Associate Professor, Astronomy Department, Harvard University

  28. Tendulkar, Shriharsh (PhD 2013)
            "Beyond the blur: Construction and characterization of the first autonomous AO system and An AO survey of magnetar proper motions"
    Assistant Professor, TIFR, Colaba, India

  29. Vasisht, Gautam (PhD 1998)
        "The Many Faces of Neutron Stars"
        Staff Member, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  30. Wasczack, Adam (PhD 2015; co-advised by T. A. Prince)
        "Solar System Small-Body Demographics with the Palomar Transient Factory Survey"
        Senior Director of Data Science at 605, New York, New York

  31. Wiktorowicz, Sloane (PhD 2008)
        "Unambiguous Black Hole Mass from Polarimetry & Application to Hot Jupiters"
        Member of the Technical Staff The Aerospace Corporation

  32. Yao, Yuhan (PhD 2023; co-supervised by F. Harrison)
    "High Energy Transients Powered by Black Holes"
    Miller Research Fellow, UC Berkeley

Temporal order: Nakajima* (1989), Rand (1991), Johnston (1992), Anderson* (1993), Navarro (1994), Ray* (1995), Danner (1996), Vasisht (1998), Oppenheimer (1999), Sandhu (2001), Bloom (2002), Lane (2003), Price* (2003), Berger (2004), Kaplan (2004), Jacoby (2005), Soderberg (2007), Cameron (2008), Wiktorowicz (2008), Cenko* (2008), Busch (2010), Kasliwal (2011), Bhalerao (2012), Tendulkar (2013), Waszczak (2015), Mooley (2015), Bottom (2016), Cao (2016), Jensen-Clem (2017), Ho (2020), Bochenek (2011), Yao (2023)

Postdoctoral Scholars (Chronological Order):

  1. Steve Thorsett , Millikan Fellow, 1991-1994
    President, Willamette University, Salem, OR
  2. Chris Haniff, NATO Fellow, circa 1990
    Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
  3. Tadashi Nakajima, Post-doctoral fellow, 1993-1996?,
    Staff Astronomer, National Astronomy Observatory, Japan
  4. M. Vivekanand, Senior Postdoc, 1991-1992 (funded by Navy?),
    Staff Astronomer, National Centre for Radio Astronomy, India (retired, Bangalore)
  5. J. Anthony Phillips, Post-doctoral Fellow, 1992-1994,
    SpaceWeather.com
  6. Xiao-Pei Pan, 1987-1997?
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA, now retired
  7. Fiona Harrison, 1993-1995, Millikan Fellow (#), 1993-1995, now Chairperson of Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy, Caltech
  8. Thomas T. Hamilton , LTSA Fellow, circa 1994-1998,
    Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California
  9. Marten van Kerkwijk, , Hubble Fellow, 1994-1996
        Faculty, Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, Canada    
  10. Victoria Kaspi, Hubble Fellow, IPAC (#), 1994-1996
        Professor, Department of Physics, McGill University, Canada
  11. J. Christopher Clemens Fairchild Fellow (#)
    Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, U. North Carolina
  12. Michelle Creech-Eakman, Postdoctoral Fellow,
       Faculty, Department of Physics, New Mexico Insituting of Mining Technology, Socorro, NM
  13. Chris Koresko, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA (last known)
  14. Alan Diercks, Millikan Fellow
    Senior Scientist, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle (LinkedIn)
  15. Titus Galama Fairchild Fellow, 1999-2002
    RAND Corporation; Senior Economist at USC, Los Angeles
  16. Daniel Reichart Hubble Fellow, 2000-2002
        Faculty, Department of Physics & Astronomy, U. North Carolina
  17. Maria Osorio-Zapatero , 1999-2002? (Keck grant for Mt. Wilson)
    Astronomer, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
  18. Matthew Britton, Postdoctoral Fellow 2000-2003
    Senior Engineering Specialist at The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles
  19. Jean-Luc Margot, Postdoctoral Fellow 2000-2004
    Professor, Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA
  20. Robert Rutledge , Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2004 (#)
        Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, McGill University
  21. James Lloyd (Millikan Fellow) 2002-2004
        Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  22. Derek Fox Postdoctoral Fellow: 2000-2005
        Professor of Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
  23. Chris Gelino, IPAC, Caltech
  24. Maciej Konacki (Michelson Fellow, Research Fellow) 2000-2005
        Professor, Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Torun
  25. Dae-Sek Moon(Millikan Fellow) 2003-2006
       Professor of Asronomy, University of Toronto, Canada
  26. Mike Ireland (Michelson Fellow 2005-2007)
    Staff Astophysicist, Australian National University, Australia
  27. J-P Macquart (Jansky Fellow, 2004-2007)
    Senior Lecturer, Curtain University, Perth, Australia
  28. Arne Rau (Postdoc Fellow, 2005-2008)
    Athena/WFI Project Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Extra-terrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
  29. Nick Law, Postdoc (PTF Project Scientist), 2006-2009
    Asst. Professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  30. Eran Ofek (postdoc 2007-2009, Einstein 2010-2011)
    Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  31. Robert Quimby (postdoc 2007-2011)
    Associate Professor, San Diego State University; Director, Mt. Laguna Observatory
  32. Alessandra Corsi , postdoc 2010-2012(#)
    Associate Professor, Physics, Texas Tech University,
  33. Assaf Horesh , (postdoc, 2010-2013)
    Asst Professor, Rachah Institute of Physics, University of Jerusalem
  34. Christoph Baranec, Junior and Senior postdoc, PI: Robo-AO, (2007-2013)
    Associate Professor, IfA, Hawaii
  35. Nick Konidaris, postdoc (2011-2013), PI: SED Machine
    Staff Astronomer, Carnegie Observatories, Carnegie Science
  36. Sumin Tang (postdoc, 2012-2014), Data Scientist, Facebook, Bay Area, California
  37. Sarah Burke Spolaor, (2013-2014)
    Asst. Professor, West Virginia University, WV
  38. Dan Perley, (Hubble Fellow, 2011-2014, 2015)
    Faculty in Astrophysics, Liverpool John Moore University, Liverpool, UK
  39. Samaya Nissanke, TAPIR Fellow (#), circa 2011-2014
    Faculty in Astronomy & GRAPPA , University of Amsterdam, NL
  40. Eric Bellm, Postdoctoral Fellow (NuSTAR and later ZTF Project Scientist) [co-mentor: F. Harrison]
    Research Professor in Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle
  41. Harish Vedantham, Millikan Fellow, 2015-2018
    Staff Scientist, ASTRON, The Neterlnads
  42. Vikram Ravi, Millikan Fellow, 2015-2018
    Assistant Professor, Astronomy, Caltech
  43. Nadejda (Nadia) Blagorodnova, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2018
    VENI Fellow, Radboud University, Netherlands
  44. Dmitri Duev, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2018
    Staff scientist, Caltech (2018-2021
    Weights & Biases, Inc
  45. Michael Coughlin, Lee Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2019
    Assistant Professor, U. Minneosat, Minneapolis
  46. Igor Andreoni, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2018-2021
    Neil Gehrels Fellow, GSFC
  47. Wenbin Lu, Walter Burke Fellow, 2018-2021
    Lyman Spitzer Fellow, Princeton University
  48. Przemek Mroz, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021
    Asst Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland
  49. Jan van Roestel, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2022
    VENI fellow, Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam
  50. U. Christoffer Fremling , Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2022
    Staff Member, Palomar Observatory
  51. Ben Roulston, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2023
    Faculty, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY