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Current Students

Zeke Brechtel
Zeke Brechtel ’13
Physics Major
Mathematics Minor
Doug Cassingham
Doug Cassingham ’13
Physics Major
Tim Heinmiller
Tim Heinmiller ’13
Physics Minor
Chemistry Major
Taimur Islam
Taimur Islam ’13
Physics Major
Economics Major 
Mathematics Minor
Rose Moller-Jacobs 
Rose Moller-Jacobs ’13
Physics Major
Politics & Gov't Major
French Minor
Zijie Poh '13
 Zijie Poh ’13
Physics Major
Mathematics Major
Cameron Burger 
Cameron Burger ’14
Physics Major
Mathematics Major 
Will Dallalis '14 
Will Dallalis ’14
Astrophysics Major 
Cara DeAngelis '14 
Cara DeAngelis ’14
Physics Minor
Pre-Pro Zoology Major
Mathematics Major
Chemistry Minor
Ikhide Eboreime
Ikhide Eboreime ’14
Physics Major
Ben Letson
Ben Letson ’14
Physics Major
Mathematics Major
Cody Pearce
Cody Pearce ’14
Physics Major
Philosophy Major
Brihat Sharma
Brihat Sharma ’14
Physics Major
Music Major
 Michelle Storms
Michelle Storms ’14
Physics Major
Mathematics Major
 Nathan Chaffee '15
Nathan Caffee ’15
Physics Major
Music Major
  
 Josh Denison '15
Josh Denison 15
Astrophysics Major
Nii Dodoo '15 
Nii Dodoo’15
Physics Major
Pre-Engineering
 Rob Elder
Rob Elder ’15
Physics Major
Mathematics Major
 Ian O'Keefe '15
Ian OKeefe ’15
Physics Major
Pre-Engineering
Harris Schaffer '15 
Harris Schaffer ’15
Physics Major 
Da Shen '15 
Da Shen ’15
Physics Major
Pre-Engineering
 Stephen Telepak '15
Stephen Telepak ’15
Physics Major
Joe Waldron '15 
Joe Waldron ’15
Physics Major
 Aidan Williamson '15
Aidan Williamson ’15
Physics Major
 Richard Scotten
Richard Scotten
Non-traditional Student
Physics Major
 Don Stevens
Don Stevens
Non-traditional Student
Astrophysics Major
 

Alumni
(not comprehensive)

Hengzhi Chen '12 Physics and Mathematics majors; grad student in Engineering at University of Michigan
Stephen Gaydos '12 Physics major
Stephen Kelly '12 Physics and Creative Writing majors
Adithya Manohar '12 Astrophysics major
Ben Pigg '12 Physics major; completing 3-2 Program at Washington University in St. Louis
Amit Roy '12 Physics and Computer Science; grad student in Computer Science at University of Utah
Alex Russell '12 Physics major
Chris Gong '11 Physics major; completed 3-2 Program in Applied Physics at Caltech
Alex Howe '11 Physics major; grad student in Astrophysics at Princeton University
Rob Anthony '10 Physics and Geology majors; grad student in Geophysics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Thomas Kent '10 Physics major; grad student in Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
Jessie Miller '10 Astrophysics major; enrolled in STEM Master of Education Program at The Ohio State University
Richard Ott '10 Physics major; grad student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron
Sarah Rice '10 Astrophysics major; grad student in Physics at the University of Maine
Long Vu '10 Physics major; grad student in Energy Systems Engineering at Northeastern University
Eric Tran '10 Physics major; manufacturing technician at Harris RF Communications
Tony Wong '10 Astrophysics major; grad student in Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Nick Baker '09 Physics and Computer Science major
Rachel Decker '09 Astrophysics major; completed Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Engineering Master's Program at Brown University
Chris Drover '09 Physics major; employed at Doble Engineering Company
Yaser Helal '09 Physics major; grad student in Physics at The Ohio State University
William Kenny '09 Physics major; grad student in Environmental Science at The Ohio State University
Natalie Cunningham '09 English major and Astrophysics minor; pursued MA in Creative Non-Fiction Writing at the University of Arizona
Nalin Vutisalschavakul '09 Astrophysics major; grad student in Astrophysics at the University of Texas at Austin
Chad Ellis '08 Physics major and Education minor; high school teacher
Cory Myers '08 Physics major; grad student in Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
Rachael Roettenbacher '08 Astrophysics and Mathematics majors; grad student in Astronomy at the University of Michigan
Steph Vasicek '08 Physics major and Astrophysics minor; grad student in Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University; employed at The Boeing Company
Matt Yoder '08 Studied Divinity at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Sanjay Arora ’07 Physics major; grad student in Physics at Rutgers
Clint Davis ’07 Physics major; grad student in Geography at West Virginia University
Joe Nelson ’07 Physics/ Pre-Engineering major;completed 3-2 Program at Washington University in St. Louis
Claire Ryu ’07 Biophysics (self-designed), Chemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Pre-Medicine majors; PhD thesis in Biology (developmental neuroscience) at Johns Hopkins University
Annie Schneider ’07 Self-designed Planetary Science major; grad student in Geology at West Virginia University
Brian Siller ’07 Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science majors and Physics minor; grad student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Safwan Ali ’06 Physics/Pre-Engineering major; completed 3-2 Program at Washington University in St. Louis; Principle Engineer at Associated Technical Consultants in Karachi, Pakistan
Erin Dietzel ’06 Accounting major and Astronomy minor
Hatem Helal ’06 Physics/Pre-Engineering major; completed 3-2 Program at Caltech; obtained graduate degree at Cambridge University in UK; software developer at The MathWorks
Stefan Natu ’06 Mathematics major and Physics minor; grad student in Engineering Mechanics at Cornell
Laura Becker ’05 Physics major; Math teacher at Westerville North High School in Westerville, OH
Bryan Daniels ’05 Physics major; Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell; postdoctoral fellow at the Santa Fe Institute
Saif Mehkari ’05 Economics and Mathematics majors and Physics minor; grad student in Economics at The Ohio State University; Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Richmond
Charini Perera ’05 Astrophysics and Psychology majors; Ph.D in Psychology from Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Lecturer in Psychology at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Vinod Saranathan ’05 Physics major; grad student in ornithology at Yale
Dennis Frank ’04 Astrophysics major; MBA from Wright State University; IT Help Desk Customer Support Representative at Phase 2 International
Joy Saxena ’04 Physics major
Vivek Venugopal ’04 Physics and Computer Science majors
Beth Cademartori ’03 Astrophysics and Pre-Theology majors
Corey Casto ’03 Physics major and English minor; grad student in physics at The Ohio State University
Kris Bertoglio ’03 Philosophy major and Physics and Education minors; high school physics teacher in Brooklyn, NYC
Jeff Beviliacaqua ’03 Mathematics major and Physics minor
Matt D’Amato ’02 Physics and Chemistry majors; MA in Climate Science from Columbia University; teaching high school physics and climate science in New York City
Chad Johns ’02 Psychology major and Physics and Astronomy minors; currently Assistant Chaplain at Ohio Wesleyan
Greg Mack ’02 Physics and Astronomy Majors; PhD in physics from Ohio State; currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at OWU
Ernest Opare ’02 Physics Major with Pre-engineering Option; employed at Xerox in Rochester, NY
Heather Goss ’01 Astronomy and Physics Minors; Associate Editor at Smithosonian's Air & Space Magazine
Elena Marukhlenko ’01 Physics/Pre-Engineering major; BS in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve University; currently a stay-at-home mother
Arjun Menon ’01 Physics and Mathematics majors; PhD in Physics, University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Research Associate at Illinois Institute of Technology
Ferry Oriyo ’00 Physics and Humanities-Classics majors; database manager for Division of Human Genetics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Dan Goldbaum ’00 Physics and Mathematics Majors; grad student in physics at Cornell; postdoc at University of Arizona
Niranjan Nagaranjan ’00 Computer Science major and Physics minor
Umair Akeel ’00 Computer Science major and Physics minor
Nasim Hussain ’00 Physics/Pre-engineering and Math major w/ Pre-engineering Option; employed at Sun Microsystems in CA
Krish Pathayapura ’99 Physics/Pre-Engineering major and Mathematics and Theater minors
Sarah Benfer ’98 Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics majors
Umesh Bhandary ’98 Physics/Pre-Engineering major and Math minor
Robert Nyonyi ’98 Computer Science Major / Physics Minor
Dan Fink ’98 Physics and Environmental Studies majors; Part-Time Assistant Professor of Zoology and Chemistry at OWU
Steve Stonebraker ’98 Physics and Astronomy majors and Mathematics minor
Ann Veach ’98 Chemistry major and Physics minor
Zee-Yen Koo ’98 Physics/Pre-Engineering major
Mike Grznar ’97 Astronomy major
Vivek Sujan ’95 Physics and Mathematics majors; Ph.D. in Robotics, MIT; employed at Cummins Engine Co. in Columbus, IN
Thushara Perera ’94 Physics and Mathematics Majors; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve U.; fellow at the Kavil Institute for Cosmological Physics at the U. of Chicago
Karen Stockstill ’94 Physics major; Ph.D., U. of Tennessee; postdoctoral researcher in Planetary Science at University of Hawaii
Musaddeque Hossein ’92  
Ernie Bickford ’61  
George Conrades '61 Chairman and CEO of Akamai Technologies