2020

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  Samuel Brensinger

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Mathematical Physics
  Advisor(s): Vincent G. J. Rodgers
  Dissertation Title: Projective Gauge Gravity
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  Sadie Elliott

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Astronomy and Astrophysics
  Advisor(s): Jasper S. Halekas
  Dissertation Title: Whistler-made waves and their interactions with energetic electrons in the Jovian polar region: Observations from the Juno spacecraft
  Initial Job Placement: Post-doc with Dr. Bill Kurth, University of Iowa
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  Marc Herrmann

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Nuclear Physics
  Advisor(s): Wayne N. Polyzou
  Dissertation Title: Algebraic Characterization of the Light-Front Vacuum
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  Ryan Hood

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Area: Plasma Physics
  Advisor(s): Frederick N. Skiff
  Dissertation Title: Study of the Plasma Boundary Using Laser-induced Fluorescence
  Initial Job Placement: Postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA
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  Stephanie Howard

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Space Physics
  Advisor(s): Jasper S. Halekas
  Dissertation Title: Resonant interactions Between Ultra Low Frequency Waves and Reflected Ions in the Lunar Plasma Environment
  Initial Job Placement: Postdoc at NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, Maryland
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  Anton Kananovich

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Plasma Physics
  Advisor(s): John A. Goree
  Dissertation Title: Shock Waves in Dusty Plasma
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  Daniel LaRocca

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Astronomy and Astrophysics
  Advisor(s): Philip E. Kaaret
  Dissertation Title: A Halosat X-ray Analysis of the North Polar Spur
  Initial Job Placement: Post-Doc position at Penn State University
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  Xinxin Li

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  
  Area: Optics and Photonics
  Advisor(s): John P. Prineas
  Dissertation Title: Carrier Dynamics in III-Compound Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Nanowires, Superlattices, and Quaternaries
  Initial Job Placement: Post-doc at University of Chicago / Argonne National Lab
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  Calvin Mera

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Area: Mathematical Physics
  Advisor(s): Vincent G. J. Rodgers
  Dissertation Title: On the Graded Extension of Thomas-Whitehead Projective Gravity
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  Kailing Zhang

  Graduation Year: 2020
  Degree: Ph.D.
  Advisor(s): John P. Prineas
  Dissertation Title: Growth and Characterization of InAs Nanowires
  Initial Job Placement: Optoelectronics engineer at Facebook virtual reality lab