Current Members

Joshua Haislip, Senior Systems Engineer. Josh graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy in 2007, having discovered the most distant explosion in the universe then known. He plays leadership roles in the development and maintenance of Skynet (optical and radio), Afterglow, and the PROMPT telescopes.

Vladimir Kouprianov, Systems Engineer. Vladimir graduated from Pulkovo Observatory with a Ph.D. in Celestial Mechanics in 2014. He is an expert in astronomical image processing and analysis, and author of the APEX II software package. He also plays leadership roles in the development and maintenance of Skynet, Afterglow, and PROMPT.

Dylan Dutton, Software Engineer. Dylan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy in 2018. He is working on algorithm development and implementation for Radio Skynet and Afterglow, and on Skynet’s Campaign Manager.

Nathan Frank is a graduate student working on off-axis, structured jet models of gamma-ray bursts afterglows.

Roark Habegger is an undergraduate student working on PROMPT’s polarimeter.

Nicholas Konz is an undergraduate student working on new statistical techniques.

Shengjie Xu is an undergraduate student working on OPIS! interface programming.

Adam Trotter is a consultant working on new statistical techniques.

Former Members

STAFF

Michael Maples, Software Engineer

Adam Trotter, Postdoctoral Researcher

Aaron LaCluyzé, Postdoctoral Researcher  

Kevin Ivarsen, Senior Systems Engineer  

Adam Crain, Senior Systems Engineer      

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Adam Trotter (2011)

THESIS:  The Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Modeling Project:  Foundational Statistics and Absorption and Extinction Models

Melissa Nysewander (2006)

THESIS:  Exploring Optically Dark and Dim Gamma-Ray Bursts:  Instrumentation, Observation, and Analysis

MASTERS STUDENTS

Nathan Frank (2014)

Justin Moore (2011)

Melissa Nysewander (2004)

Jane Moran (2004)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Omar Shaban (exp. 2021)

John Martin (2018)

THESIS: Skynet’s Suite of Processing Algorithms for Single-Dish Radio Telescopes

Dylan Dutton (2018)

Chiara Salemi (2017)

Gibson Bennett (2017)

Ansel Dow (2016)

Travis Berger (2015)

THESIS:  The Skynet Algorithm for Single-Dish Radio Mapping

Michael Maples (2014)

Rebecca Egger (2014)

Thankful Cromartie (2014)

THESIS:  Modeling Gamma-Ray Burst-Associated Type Ic Supernovae: A Genetic Algorithm-Based Approach

Eric Speckhard (2013)

Apurva Oza (2012)

THESIS:  Modeling GRB 091018A: Spectral Evolution and Evidence of a Superwind Progenitor

Jana Styblova (2011)

Mark Schubel (2010)

Thomas Brennan (2009)

Andrew Foster (2008)

Joshua Haislip (2007)

THESIS:  Modeling the Afterglows of High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts 050904 and 060206 with Galapagos

Chelsea MacLeod (2006)

Justin Kirschbrown (2006)

Matthew Greco (2005)

John Bartelme (2004)

Matthew Bayliss (2003)