Faculty
David J. McComas, Ph.D.
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Vice President for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Associated Faculty in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Nathan Schwadron, Ph.D.
UNH Presidential Chair
UNH Norman S. and Anna Marie Waite Professor of Physics
Visiting Research Collaborator
Researchers
Mergen Alimaganbetov, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Riddhi Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar
Michael DeLuca, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lengying Khoo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
George Livadiotis, Ph.D.
Research Scholar
Jamie S. Rankin, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar & Secondary Lecturer
Yash Sarkango, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Tejaswita Sharma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mitchell M. Shen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Bishwas L. Shrestha, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Paweł Swaczyna, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar
Jamey R. Szalay, Ph.D.
Research Scholar
Eric J. Zirnstein, Ph.D.
Research Scholar
Independent Research Students AY23
Cole Meyer
Undergraduate Class of 2024
Daniel Pardo
MAE Graduate Student
Camryn Philips
Graduate Student, 2026
AST 250/251 AY23
Engineering and Administration
Kristen D. Seith, MBA
Finance and Administration Manager
Scott E. Weidner, M.S.
Lead Engineer and Project Manager
Assistant Vice President for Engineering for PPPL
Nigel Angold
Senior Consultant
Lindsay Bartolone
IMAP Communications Lead
Eric Diamonte
Procurement Assistant
Joshua Escobar
Space Instrument Engineer
Brian Fennimore
Space Physics Lab Manager
Jack Letzer, MBA
Project and Financial Analysis Manager
Julie Luster
Senior Grants/Contracts Manager
Michelle (Chelle) Reno, M.S.
Senior Advisor on Space Operations
Assistant Vice President for Operations for PPPL
Ted Roemer
Space Instrument Engineer
Kimberly Rogan
Administrative Coordinator
Lydia Rojek
Operations and Compliance Manager, Space Physics
Margaret Shaw-Lecerf
Space Instrument Engineer
John Teifert
Precision Assembly Specialist
Dan White
Business and Procurement Manager, Space Physics
Alumni
Tibebu Getachew Ayalew, Ph.D.
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Luke Begley
Undergraduate, Class of 2022
Department of Physics
Candace Do
Undergraduate, Class 2024
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sydney Evans
Undergraduate, Class of 2022
Colin J. Joyce, Ph.D
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Isabel Kim
Undergraduate, Class 2024
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Parisa Mostafavi, Ph.D
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Savannah Pobre
Undergraduate, Class 2023
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Ariana Rausch
Undergraduate, Class of 2024
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Christian Robles
Undergratuate Class of 2023
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Justyna M. Sokół, Ph.D.
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Kazuki Tojo
Undergraduate, Class 2024
Department of Mechanical Aerospace Engineering