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Wisconsin REU in Astrophysics
Directory ( Summer 2002 )

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  REU students (Summer 2002)

  • Karen Bland  

  •       bland@green.physics.wisc.edu
          Office: 4244 Chamberlin Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-2484 
          Home Univ.: James Madison University  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Albrecht Karle/Prof. Bob Morse  
          Department: Physics  
          Research Project Title: Analysis of the cosmic ray muon angular distribution at a depth of 2000m  

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  • Genevieve de Messieres  

  •       gdemess1@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 4569 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5425 
          Home Univ.: Swarthmore College  
          Advisor(s): Dr. Bart Wakker  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Observing the ISM in the Milky Way from a Distance  

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  • Larry Isenhower  

  •       ikes@cmb.physics.wisc.edu
          Office: 6248 Chamberlin Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5916 
          Home Univ.: Abilene Christian University  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Peter Timbie/Dr. Shafinaz Ali  
          Department: Physics  
          Research Project Title: Construction of a focal plane array for comic microwave background imaging  

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  • Travis Laurance  

  •       laurance@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 4569 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5425 
          Home Univ.: Middle Tennessee State University  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Ed Churchwell/Dr. Chip Kobulnicky  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Multi-fiber optical spectroscopy of stars in the direction of Galactic star formation region W51  

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  • Fana Mariam Mulu  

  •       fana@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 4569 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5425 
          Home Univ.: Alabama A&M University  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Eric Wilcots  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Characterizing the galaxy population of the high redshift cluster Abell 2192  

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  • Patricia Mutunga  

  •       kagendo@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 4569 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5425 
          Home Univ.: Bethune-Cookman College  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Eric Wilcots  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Identifyingand classifying the galaxies of the high redshift cluster Abell 2192  

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  • Kurt Soto  

  •       ksoto@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 6511 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-4409 
          Home Univ.: Ventura College/U Cal-Berkeley  
          Advisor(s): Dr. Keivan Stassun/Prof. Bob Mathieu  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Rotation Periods and a Search for Eclipsing Binaries Among Young Stars in NGC 7000  

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  • Ben Willett  

  •       willett@astro.wisc.edu
          Office: 4569 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-5425 
          Home Univ.: University of Wisconsin-Madison  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Jay Gallagher  
          Department: Astronomy  
          Research Project Title: Kinematics of HII regions in starburst galaxies  

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  • Benjamin Ziemer  

  •       bpziemer@nucth.physics.wisc.edu
          Office: 4402 Sterling Hall 
          Phone: (608) 262-4697 
          Home Univ.: University of Wisconsin-Madison  
          Advisor(s): Prof. Baha Balantekin  
          Department: Physics  
          Research Project Title: Neutrino Oscillations in the Sun  

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    last update: May 29, 2002