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Dr. Patricia Reiff  |  reiff@rice.edu
(713) 348-4634
Rice Space Institute, MS-108
Rice University
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Houston, TX 77005-1892

SPACE SCIENCE UNDERGRAD DEGREES


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FIRST LAST YEAR NOTES
AndreaAlbert2009BS; now At Los Alamos
CarltonAllen1970PhD from AZ; retired from NASA
ShaneAlpert2014BS
JayAnderson1990PhD from Berkeley; winner, outstanding Alum, 45th reunion
KatyaArquilla2014Now at MIT
AnthonyAtkinson2024will be at Rice for grad school; star and planet formation
EricAvera1989BA; teaching math at Episcopal HS
SamuelBarton2024BS
CyrusBarucha1990PhD from UTA ; now attorney
JohnBelcher1965PhD Caltech
GregBenesh1975PhD Northwestern
GeorginaBeristain-Kendall1988PhD Umass (Amherst 2000)
AndrewBiddle2006BS 
LandonBlair2014BS; Now at Kairos Aerospace 
DavidBlankinship1995BA; MS UCB '97; now at 
AnnieBlay Kell2012astrophysics
RachelBowyer2018
WilberBoykin1968Physics BA; PhD 1971
MatthewBraby2002teacher in Germantown, TN
DavidBrain1995PhD from Colorado 2002
ShawnBrooks1995PhD from Colorado 2003
MatthewBrowning1999
MatthewBurger1996Physics BA; at GSFC on fellowship
ChadBustard2013
MichaelCaplinger1981Physics BA; compsci PhD
ScottCarlsten2016
NancyChabot1994PhD from Az
KyleChapkin2014PhD Applied Physics
EileenChollet2004PhD Az 2008
IlsedoreCleeves2009Grad student at Umich
DavidCoco1975(see PhD alumni list)
GavinCombs2022
GlenCooper1977PhD U Delaware; now at Fermilab
David J.Crain?PhD from UTA
KyleCranmer1999Heaps prize; PhD UW-M
PiaDenzmore2006Did Teach for America; now at deBakey HS
StephaniedeWet2008
C. D. Dowell1991BA; PhD at Uchicago; now at Caltech
JayceDowell2005
DylanDuCharme2024
Ted (Thor)Dyson1980Asst CIO for New Technology at JSC
ErikEason1978BA; MA at UCLA
MichaelEastwood2012
RickFienberg1978Summa CL; PhD Harvard; winner, outstanding Alum, 40th reunion
JosephFowler1993Bonner Prize; PhD Chicago 2000
Michael A.Friedman1984MS UCLA; PhD Wisconson (Reiff student)
OmarGarcia2020Astrophys
KatieGarcia-Sage2004PhD at BU; Now at GSFC
AdamGinsburg2007PhD UCOLO
CaitlinGoodrich2008now at Deloitte
MatthewGrabelsky2002painting!
TheodoreGrosson2021BS; now at U Victoria
JohnGuillory1962GMU - also composed music
JamesGunn1961BA; PhD at CalTech; now at Princeton
CharlesHakes1981PhD1990 Physics Rice (stebbings)
William VanHarlow1978BA; MBA and PhD from UTA
RobertHartman1960PhD Chicago; at GSFC
MishaalHassan2017BS 
JessicaHauss2007BA: Now at NASA JPL
WilliamHeaps1968PhD Wisc 1974; at GSFC
MatthewHei?BA
DanHenderson1972Fielding Graduate University; Hyperion Solutions
RobertHenson1981BA; MA OU; wrote"Rough Guide to Climate Change"
SabrinaHernandez2020BS 
RaeHolcomb2019BS; At Goddard working on Pandora mission, MS and near PhD at UC Irvine
WillamHubbard1962BA Physics, PhD UCB. (retired from) Arizona
HughHudson1961BA
ToshikoIchiye1978BA; PhD from Harvard
Cynthia Emberson Irvine1970BA; PhD Case Western
KeShawnIvory2018BA; now at Vanderbilt
C. ReneeJames1991PhD from UTA
JoshuaJones2016BS 
SharadJones2014BA 
Jimmy Juno2014BS
MattKeene2015
KirkKendrick1979BA
DonaldLamb1967BA; MS Liverpool; PhD, Rochester
EmrysLandivar2005BS
EricaLastufka2011BA anthropology and BS Astrophysics; MS Montana State
ChloeLiebenthal2023BS
Leilani HawksLillian2007JD at U Mich
KellyLockhart2007BS; PhD Univ of Hawaii
Melissa Lovett?
MaryMackay2005BS; Equal Learning Foundation
DavidMcKay1958(geology major BA, PhD Rice 1964; works at JSC)
KarenMeech1981BA; PhD MIT 1987; asteroid Meech
CodyMeng2021BS; now in Educ for MA
Bradley Meyer1983BA; PhD in Chicago; now at Clemson
StevenMovit2003BS 
MarkMozena2005BS; PhD at UC Santa Cruz; now policy advisor in congress
JamesonNeff2010BS
ScottNewman2010BA 
PaulO'Brien1997
GregPerin2014BA; now at Brilliant Energy
MegPerkins1991Murdered in 1990 while working at NASA (posthumous degree?)
WendyPeters1996BA; PhD from Groningen
RachelPierson2003BS 
StephenPompea1975PhD from Az
KathrynPowell2013
ShannonPowers1988MS Utah 1993; attorney
DavidPrehn2007
JoshuaQuinnett2014BS
ArtRabeau1986MS UH; PhD Geo Washington U
AaronRedman2005BA
MattReichenbach1996BA; MS American Military U
MollyRichardson2014BS
KennethRines1997BA; PhD Harvard
MarySaade2015BS
CarlScott1960BA; PhD from UTA 1969; Engineer JSC
DanielShanaberger2011now at mccneb.edu
LisaShier1989BA Phys; PhD Az
JohnathanSick2008BS 
StevenSilverberg2013PhD from OU; now at MIT
JeffreySilverman2005PhD from UCB
Greg O.Sitz1981PhD Stanford 1987
AthenaStacy2005BS 
JoeStrauss?BA: PhD UCLA
CristalTan Pek Lynn2014BS Rice 2014; Master of Space Studies 2015
SalTijerina2015BS
Leisa K.Townsley1987O'Dell PhD Wyoming 1994
PrestonTracy2022BS
IsaiahTristan2018BS
JasonTumlinson1997BA; PhD from Colorado 2002
Niescja Turner1994BA; PhD from Colorado; winner, outstanding Alum, 50th reunion
LorenzoVenneri2016BS
ToniaVenters2004U Chicago
ZhirenWang2020BS
AndyWestphal1984BA; MA UWa; PhD UCB
JacksonWhite2021BA (w/ Classical studies)
BarbWhitney1983BA; PhD from U Wisc
BrianWilson1978BA; now at JPL
CharlesWingate1973BA 
GaryWoods1988BS; PhD Stanford
AnnaWright2014BS 
RachelWyatt Zabierek2005BS; MAT at UTD
LaurenYates2014BS; now at Fermilab
DanielYoung2009BS
LucyZiurys1978BA Summa CL; PhD Berkeley 1984; now at Arizona
Deceased