AJB research group


Contact	CV	Data	Group	Papers	Research	Teaching

February 2012
L to R: Amit, Chelsea, Andrew, Bob, Paula, & Ben July 2013
L to R: Yianni, Kirsten, Chelsea, Jesse, Bob, & John (missing Amit, Andrew, Asher, & Peter)

July 2014
L to R: Asher, Peter, Yianni, Adrian, Andrew, John, Jesse, & Amit July 2015
L to R: Andrew, John, Jesse, Yianni, & Sabrina

July 2016
L to R: Ximena, Madhura, Waleed, Jesse, Andrew, John, Isaiah, & Manny August 2017
L to R: John, Ximena, Andrew, Jesse, Anthony, & Madhura

July 2018
L to R: Anthony, Marcell, Andrew, Jesse, & Anthony (missing Antoine & John); photo credit J. Rivera July 2019
L to R: Jesse, John, Amir, Anthony, Andrew, Antoine, & Steve (missing Nandri); photo credit J. Rivera

Former postdoctoral researcher:

Dr. Ximena Fernández (NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow)

Current graduate students:

Cristian Garcia-Vanegas (Rutgers)
Amir Kazemi-Moridani (Rutgers)
Mika Naidoo (University of the Witwatersrand, jointly supervised with Roger Deane and Sphe Makhathini)
Nandri Randriamiarinarivo (University of the Western Cape, jointly supervised with Ed Elson and Roy Maartens)
Derek Zapata (Rutgers)

Former graduate students:

Dr. Paula Aguirre (Católica Ph.D. `12, jointly supervised with Polo Infante)
Dr. Giovanni Cresci (Firenze Ph.D. `05, jointly supervised with Filippo Mannucci, Ric Davies, and Matt Lehnert)
Dr. Ross Fadely (Rutgers Ph.D. `10, briefly borrowed from Chuck Keeton)
Dr. Bob Lindner (Rutgers Ph.D. `13)
Dr. Jesse Rivera (Rutgers Ph.D. `19)
Dr. Chelsea Sharon (Rutgers Ph.D. `13)
Dr. Amit Tagore (Rutgers Ph.D. `14, jointly supervised with Chuck Keeton)
Dr. Lisa Wei (Maryland Ph.D. `10, jointly supervised with Stuart Vogel and Sheila Kannappan)
Dr. John Wu (Rutgers Ph.D. `19)
Dr. Anthony Young (Rutgers Ph.D. `24)

Current undergraduate students:

none (on leave for the 2023-24 academic year)

Former undergraduate students:

Sabrina Appel (REU/Reed `17; now at Rutgers University)
Joe Barr (Rutgers `23; jointly supervised with Chuck Keeton)
Peter Chi (Rutgers `15; Texas A&M University M.S. `18)
Tim Conklin (Rutgers `11; University of Massachusetts M.S. `13)
Steve Deonarine (Rutgers `22; jointly supervised with Chuck Keeton)
Dr. Ben Forrest (Rutgers `12; Texas A&M Ph.D. `18)
Dr. Chang Hoon Hahn (Rutgers `11; New York University Ph.D. `17)
Dr. Kirsten Hall (REU/RiSE/University of North Carolina `13; Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. `20)
Isaiah Harrison (Rutgers `19)
Marcell Howard (REU/Case Western `19; now at the University of Pittsburgh)
Dr. Gautam Jain (Rutgers `09; University of Melbourne Ph.D. `16)
Dr. Megan Jones (Wisconsin `13; West Virginia Ph.D. `18)
Madhura Khandekar (Rutgers `19; now at Duke University)
Whitney Kropat (RiSE/University of Washington `11)
Frederick Jackson (REU/Jackson State `22)
Sridhar Kumar (Rutgers `23)
Dr. Ed Lochocki (Rutgers `11; 2010 Goldwater Scholar; Cornell Ph.D. `18)
Mike Makmur (Rutgers `18; jointly supervised with Rachel Somerville; University of Minnesota M.S. `20)
Adrian Meyers (REU/Columbia `15)
Ilene Mitchell (Rutgers `09; jointly supervised with Karen O'Neil; Brown M.A.T. `12)
Manuel (Manny) Perez III (REU/Redlands `19; now at Wesleyan University)
Bruno Pinto (RiSE/Hunter College `11)
Waleed Qawasmi (Rutgers `17)
Lexi René (RiSE/Brooklyn College `13; Emory MSPH `16; now at Florida State University)
Dr. Kiersten Ruisard (Rutgers `12; 2011 Goldwater Scholar; Maryland Ph.D. `18)
Dr. Stephen Sirisky (Rutgers `11; Brown Ph.D. `19)
Dr. Yianni Tamanas (Rutgers `16; UC Santa Cruz `22)
Anthony Tenorio-Coronel (Rutgers '21; jointly supervised with Chuck Keeton)
Dr. Adam Tomczak (Rutgers `09; jointly supervised with Chuck Keeton; Texas A&M Ph.D. `15)
Antoine Washington (Rutgers `20; now at the University of Maryland)
Dr. Asher Wasserman (Rutgers `15; jointly supervised with Sheila Kannappan; 2014 Goldwater Scholar; UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. `20)
Michael Wozniak (Rutgers `22; now at the University of California at Riverside)



February 2012 L to R: Amit, Chelsea, Andrew, Bob, Paula, & Ben	July 2013 L to R: Yianni, Kirsten, Chelsea, Jesse, Bob, & John (missing Amit, Andrew, Asher, & Peter)

July 2014 L to R: Asher, Peter, Yianni, Adrian, Andrew, John, Jesse, & Amit	July 2015 L to R: Andrew, John, Jesse, Yianni, & Sabrina

July 2016 L to R: Ximena, Madhura, Waleed, Jesse, Andrew, John, Isaiah, & Manny	August 2017 L to R: John, Ximena, Andrew, Jesse, Anthony, & Madhura

July 2018 L to R: Anthony, Marcell, Andrew, Jesse, & Anthony (missing Antoine & John); photo credit J. Rivera	July 2019 L to R: Jesse, John, Amir, Anthony, Andrew, Antoine, & Steve (missing Nandri); photo credit J. Rivera