These are the members of the Brandeis Radio Astronomy Group:

We are in the process of compiling a list of former BRAG members (Ph.D.'s, undergrads, postdocs). If you have any new or more current information to report, please contact us!

• Faculty:
  • David H. Roberts

  • John F. C. Wardle

• Graduate Students:
  • Doug Gobeille

  • Tingdong Chen

• Undergraduate Students:
  • Nicholas Lee '05

  • Scott L. Lipnick '05

  • Philip Selesnick '05

  • Eli A. Wolfhagen '05

  • Max Yarmolinsky

• Former Members:
  • Chi C. (Teddy) Cheung, Ph.D. 2004
    Studies of the Kilo-parsec Scale Radio and Optical Emission from X-ray Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei.
    currently at MIT, Cambridge, MA

  • Daniel C. Homan, Ph.D. 1999 (also Postdoc 1999-2001)
    Polarization Studies of the Parsec Scale Jets of AGN.
    currently at Denison University, Granville, OH

  • Joanne M. Attridge, Ph.D. 1999
    Magnetic Field Structures in the Parsec-Scale Radio Jets of Blazars.
    currently at Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA

  • Roopesh Ojha, Ph.D. 1998
    I. 22 GHz VLBA Polarization Monitoring of 13 Blazars. II. Multifrequency 2.3 GHz Study of the CSS Quasar 3C 48.
    currently at Austrailia National Telescope Facility, Austrailia

  • George A. Moellenbrock, Ph.D. 1997
    I. A 22 GHz VLBI Survey of 140 Compact Extragalactic Radio Sources. II. VLBA Polarization Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 15 and 22 GHz.
    currently at National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM

  • Scott E. Aaron, Ph.D. 1997
    VLBA Observations of Highly Misaligned Radio Jets.
    currently working in industry

  • Michael F. Ochs, Ph.D. 1995
    Parsec Scale Faraday Rotation in Quasars.
    currently at Fox Chase Cancer Center

  • Wesley K. Cobb, Ph.D. 1993
    Theoretical Studies of the Polarization and Variability of Inhomogenous Relativistic Jets.

  • Leslie F. Brown, Ph.D. 1992 (also Postdoc)
    The Evolution of the VLBI Polarization of Superluminal Radio Source 3C345.
    currently at Connecticut College, New London, CT

  • Mark A. Holdaway, Ph.D. 1990
    Maximum Entropy Imaging of Radio Astrophysical Data.
    currently at National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ

  • Ronald I. Kollgaard, Ph.D. 1989
    VLA and VLBI Observations of Core Dominated Quasars.
    currently at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL

  • Denise C. Gabuzda, Ph.D. 1988 (also Postdoc)
    VLBI Polarization Measurements of BL Lacertae Objects.
    currently at University College Cork, Ireland

  • Ron I. Potash, Ph.D. 1985
    Radio Studies of a Complete Sample of Quasars.

  • E.B. Hessel, Ph.D. 1985
    A Relativistic Blast Wave Model for Outbursts in Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei.

  • Daniel R. Altschuler, Ph.D. 1975
    Observations of Compact Radio Sources.
    currently at NAIC Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico

• Former Undergraduate Students:
  • Simon A. Slutsky, B.S. 2004
    VLA Observations of Linear Polarization in the Microquasar SS433.
    currently grad student at University of Maryland (physics)

  • Zachary Kessin, B.A. 2003
    Analyzing Incomplete Time Series Data with CLEAN.
    currently in Jerusalem

  • Carlos E. Cunha, B.S. 2002
    Precessing Relativistic Jets.
    currently grad student at University of Chicago (astrophysics)

  • Michael Barg, B.S. 2002
    currently grad student at George Washington University (mathematics)

  • Genya Takeda, B.S. 2002
    currently grad student at Northwestern University (astrophysics)

  • Gregory R. Sivakoff, B.S. 2000
    Computer Simulations of Blandford-Konigl Parsec Scale Jets.
    currently grad student at University of Virginia (astrophysics)

  • Teddy Cheung, B.S. 1999
    I. 22 GHz VLA Observation of the Quasar 3C48. II. Uncovering the Underlying VLBI Jet from Some Superluminal Radio Sources? III. Making Movies with AIPS from Multi-Epoch VLBI Images.
    currently grad student at Brandeis University (astrophysics)

  • Jennifer E. Foulkes, B.S. 1999
    A New Way of Determining the Errors in VLBI Images.
    currently medical student at University of Massachusetts

  • Tiffany M. Glassman, B.S. 1996
    Radio Interferometry and Fifteen Years of Observations of the BL Lacertae Object OJ287.
    currently grad student at UCLA (astrophysics)

  • Michael Weinstein, B.S. 1996
    A Discussion of Various Techniques Used in the Field of Radio Interferometry, and a Measurement of the Subluminal Velocity of the Radio Galaxy OQ208.

  • Michael A. Robinson, B.S. 1995
    Using Opacity to Model VLA Polarization Measurements of Quasar 3C345.

  • Louis Kalikow, B.A. 1991, Ph.D. Brandeis 1999 (Mathematics)
    Investigations of the Reliability of Analyzing Time Series with CLEAN.
    currently Assistant Professor of Mathematics at George Washington University

  • Debora Mary Katz-Stone, B.A. 1988, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995 (Astronomy)
    Title unavailble.
    currently Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

  • Joseph Lehar, B.A. 1985, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1991 (Physics)
    Fourier Analysis of OJ287 Time Series Data using a One-Dimensional Clean Algorithm.
    currently working in industry

  • Nathaniel Cohen, B.A. 1977, Ph.D. Cornell University
    Faraday Depolarization,Lambda 1/2, and the Ionized Hydrogen Mass of 3CR Quasars.

• Former Postdocs:
  • Robert B. Phillips (now at MIT Haystack Observatory)

  • Tim Cawthorne (now at University of Central Lancashire)

  • Jing-Ping Ge

  • Frank D. Ghigo, Research Associate, 1976-1979 (now at National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV)