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B.S. Alumni

Kevork N. Abazajian

Kevork N. Abazajian
B.S. 1996
Professor of Physics & Astronomy at University of California, Irvine, & Director of the Center for Cosmology

Andrew Askew

Andrew Askew
B.S. 1999
Associate Professor of Physics at Florida State University

Mason Biamonte

Mason Biamonte
B.S. 2013
Graduate Student in Math at MIT

Fre’Etta Brooks

Fre’Etta Brooks
B.S. 2017
Graduate Student in Medical Physics at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Timothy Burt

Timothy Burt
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Engineering at Oklahoma University

Joy Chavez

Joy Chavez
B.S. 2005
Science Operation Specialist at Gemini South Observatory

Israel Estrada

Israel Estrada
B.S. 2015
Design Engineer at OneSubSea, A Schlumberger Company

Rodney Helm

Rodney Helm
B.S. 2016
Graduate Student in Physics at University of Missouri

Brooklyn Herman

Brooklyn Herman
B.S. 2017
Flight Controller at Cimarron Software Services, Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center

Ashton Hunter

Ashton Hunter
B.S. 2016
Master's Program in Physics at UH-Clear Lake 

Wayne Klosterman

Wayne Klosterman
B.S. 1974
Retired from Oil and Gas Industry

Richard Kuchenbecker

Richard Kuchenbecker
B.S. 2016
Systems Analyst at Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX

Cassandra Little

Cassandra Little
B.S. 2020
Graduate Student in Physics at University of Michigan

Gabriel Madrano

Gabriel Madrano
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Physics at University of North Texas

Debora Mroczek

Debora Mroczek
B.S. 2020
Graduate Fellow at Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Khanh Nguyen

Khanh Nguyen
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Mathematics at University of Houston

Michelle Nowling

Michelle Nowling
B.S. 2017
Satellite Systems Engineer at Leidos, NASA Johnson Space Center

Steven Oliver

Steven Oliver
B.S. 2018
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Axiom Space

Gulden Othman

Gulden Othman
B.S. 2014
Graduate Student in Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chase Rendall

Chase Rendall
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Materials Science and Nanoengineering at Rice University

Sara Rojas

Sara Rojas
B.S. 2019
Graduate Student in Geophysics at University of Houston

Brandon Sanchez

Brandon Sanchez
B.S. 2017
Senior Geophysicist at DownUnder Geosolutions

Samara Sharpe

Samara Sharpe
B.S. 2021
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering at University of Houston

Levi Walker

Levi Walker
B.S. 2016
Graduate Student in Molecular Biology at University of Texas at Austin

Josh Willis

Josh Willis
B.S. 1996
Climate Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

M.S. Alumni

Mark Glorioso

Mark Glorioso
M.S. 1998
Executive Director, NASA Shared Services Center at NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Logan Lebanowski

Logan Lebanowski
M.S. 2011
Post-doctoral Researcher of Physics at University of Pennsylvania

Jerry Mapp

Jerry Mapp
M.S. 1987
IT Project Portfolio Manager at Kamehameha Schools ITD

Keea Healy

Keea Stancato
B.S. 2016, M.S. 2020
Retired

Ph.D. Alumni

Ivy Ahiabu

Ivy Ahiabu
Ph.D. 2016
Senior Chemist at Gas Innovations, LaPorte, TX

Mohammad Waseem Ahmed

Mohammad Waseem Ahmed
B.S. 1994, Ph.D. 1999
Dean, College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University, & Associate Director, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory

Thomas Becher

Thomas Becher
Ph.D. 1994
Technical Director at The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA

Heather Cowardin

Heather Cowardin
B.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2010
Orbital Debris Research & Science Operations Deputy Project Manager and Lead for Orbital Debris Research & Science Operations: Research & Development Task Group, NASA Johnson Space Center

Rebecca Forrest

Rebecca Forrest
Ph.D. 1998
Instructional Professor, University of Houston Department of Physics

Heather Cowardin

Aris Fotkatzikis
M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2007
Director, Data Science at Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA

Narbe Kalantarians

Narbe Kalantarians
B.S. 2002, M.S. 2005, Ph.D. 2008
Assistant Professor of Physics, Natural Sciences Dept., Virginia Union University

Jaewan Kim

Jaewan Kim
Ph.D. 1993
Professor (Quantum Information Science) at School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea

Luke Mastalli-Kelly

Luke Mastalli-Kelly
Ph.D. 2019
Quantum Software Engineer at Quantum Circuits, Inc, New Haven, CT

Fabian Ng

Fabian Ng
B.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2018
IB Physics Guide, Headwaters School, Austin, TX, and Foreign Currency Exchange Trader

Antonios Samiotakis

Antonios Samiotakis
Ph.D. 2011
Principal Scientist & Group Lead, Technology Integration & Bioinformatics, Zymeworks Inc.

Hugo Sanabria

Hugo Sanabria
M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2005
Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Clemson University

Donna Stokes

Donna Washington Stokes
Ph.D. 1998
Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs and Student Success, University of Houston

Aida Torabi

Aida Torabi
Ph.D. 2016
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin

Stephen Tsui

Stephen Tsui
B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2008
Associate Professor of Physics at California State University, San Marcos

Pengzhi Zhang

Pengzhi Zhang
Ph.D. 2016
Research Associate, Houston Methodist

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Updated May 6, 2022