Research Group: High-Mass Star Formation and the Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function
My research group at the University of Florida is investigating the relation of high-mass star formation and the role of high-mass stars in shaping the stellar IMF.
| Postdocs | Years in Group | Interests in group |
|---|---|---|
| Theo Richardson | 2025- | Theory, protostellar evolution models, synthetic observations |
| Miriam Garcia Santa-Maria | 2024-2025 | Astrochemistry, salt, cosmic rays, Galactic Center |
| Allison Towner | 2020-2023 | ALMA observations, SOFIA observations, protocluster formation |
| Graduate Students | Years in Group | Interests in group |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond Jeff | 2019-2025 | ALMA observations, hot cores, chemistry, Sgr B2 DS |
| Theo Richardson | 2019-2025 | Theory, protostellar evolution models, synthetic observations |
| Alyssa Bulatek | 2020- | ALMA observations, chemical line survey, The Brick |
| Nazar Budaiev | 2020- | Sgr B2 star formation at high-resolution with the VLA, ALMA, and JWST |
| Savannah Gramze | 2021- | Structure of the Galactic Center and bar with ALMA |
| Taehwa Yoo | 2022- | W51 cores at high resolution with ALMA |
| Undergraduate Students | Years in Group | Interests in group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario "Antonio" Daley | 2024- | Cataloging Sgr B2 DS | |
| Daelyn Sanders | 2024- | Molecular Inventory of the W51 Hot Cores | |
| Ethan Bhula | 2024- | Molecular Inventory of the W51 Hot Cores | |
| Derod Deal | 2020- | VLA observations, W51, CASA, NH3 masers | |
| Aden Dawson | 2021- | GTC-EMIR imaging, W51 | |
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| Morgan Himes | 2021-2024 | ALMA-IMF - SPICY | |
| Brice Tingle | 2021-2024 | ALMA-IMF - SPICY | |
| Brighten Jiang | 2022-2023 | GTC EMIR spectra of the Brick | |
| Michael Fero | 2020-2022 | Paschen Alpha modeling | |
| Oketa Basha | 2021 | ALMA-IMF - SPICY | |
| Madeline Hall | 2020-2021 | Kinematics, line fitting, Sgr B2 | |
| Diana Lutz | 2020-2021 | VLA Imaging of ALMA-IMF fields | |
| Parker Ormonde | 2020-2021 | GTC-EMIR imaging, W51 | |
| REU / Summer Students | Year(s) | Latest affiliation | Interests in group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camille Bordachar | 2024 | Ariane Space | Hot Core Chemistry in W51 ALMA mm31 |
| Sydney Petz (REU) | 2021-2022 | Ohio State | ALMA-IMF - SPICY |
| Allan Petre | 2022 | Ariane Space | Imaging W43 with ALMA |
| Justin Otter (REU) | 2018-2022 | Johns Hopkins | ALMA observations, Orion disks |
| Josh Machado (REU) | 2019-2021 | Ohio | VLA observations, NH3, W51 |
| Danielle Bovie (REU) | 2020-2021 | Rochester | ALMA observations, W51 |
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| Tiffany Christian (Summer Grad Research) | 2019 | Northwestern (Statistics) | IMF Statistics |
| Connor McClellan (REU) | 2018 | Virginia | ALMA observations, W51, cataloging |
| Natalie Butterfield (Reber Fellow) | 2018 | Green Bank Observatory | VLA Observations, Galactic Center |
| Terry Melo (REU) | 2017 | VLA Observations, W51 | |
| Sushobhana Patra (GSoC) | 2018 | Astroquery | |
| Dinos Kousidis (ESO Summer Student) | 2015 | pyspeckit | |
| Simon Liedtke (GSoC) | 2014 | Astroquery | |
| Madhura Parikh (GSoC) | 2013 | Astroquery | |