Senior Personnel
Senior Research Professors:
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Belay Demoz Professor bdemoz@umbc.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Zhibo Zhang Sr. Res. Professor zhibo.zhang@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
Associate Personnel
Research Associate Professor:
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Kevin Turpie Res. Assoc. Professor kevin.r.turpie@nasa.gov Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
Associate Research Scientist:
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Chung-Lin Shie Assoc. Res. Scientist chung-lin.shie@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
Assistant Personnel
Research Assistant Professors:
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Adriana Rocha Lima Res. Asst. Professor limadri1@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Jianwu Wang Res. Asst. Professor Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
Assistant Research Scientists & Engineers:
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Roberto Borda Asst. Res. Scientist rfborda@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Vanessa Caicedo Asst. Res. Scientist vacaiced@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Antony Kinyua Asst. Res. Scientist antony.kinyua@morgan.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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John Hall Research Engineer Analyst: Margo Young |
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Aharon Turpie Research Engineer Analyst: Margo Young |
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Ian Decker Research Engineer Analyst: Margo Young |
Post Doctoral Research Associate:
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Anin Puthukkudy Post. Doc. Res. Associate anin1@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
Faculty Research Assistants & Engineers:
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David Barbato Interpreter barbato1@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Valerie Casasanto Program Coordinator valerie.a.casasanto@nasa.gov Analyst: Paula Tanabe |
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Dominik Cieslak Engineer cieslak@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Yomiyu Fekadu Engineer yomiyuf1@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Selwyn Hudson-Odoi Faculty Res. Assistant selwyn.x.hudson-odoi@nasa.gov Analyst: Eric Vooys |
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Danny Nelson Faculty Res. Assistant dnelson@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Joe Shields Faculty Res. Assistant Analyst: Margo Young |
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Lena Shalaby Faculty Res. Assistant shalaby1@umbc.edu Analyst: Dave Lucadamo |
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Kent Taguba Faculty Res. Assistant Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Pranav Maniktala Faculty Res. Assistant Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
Fellows:
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Dr. Robert F. Cahalan Senior Scientist robert.f.cahalan@nasa.gov |
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Thorsten Markus Program Manager |
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Ernest Hilsenrath Professor of Practice hilsenrath@umbc.edu |
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Harvey Melfi Founder |
Graduate Research Assistants:
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Adeleke Segun – Ademakinwa Graduate Assistant adeleka1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Kamal Aryal Graduate Assistant karyal1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Laura Bayona-Roman Graduate Assistant eh41210@umbc.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Alrick Green Graduate Assistant agreen15@umbc.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Kylie Hoffman Graduate Assistant kylieh1@umbc.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Neranga Kaluappuwa Graduate Assistant neranga1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Maurice Roots Graduate Assistant mroots1@umbc.edu Analyst: Judith Laferriere |
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Noah Sienkiewicz Graduate Assistant noah.sienkiewicz@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Rachel Smith Graduate Assistant rsmith12@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Karyn Tabor Graduate Assistant ktabor1@umbc.edu Analyst: Margo Young |
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Qianqian Song Graduate Assistant qqsong@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Achala Denagamage Graduate Assistant dwick1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Jianyu Zheng Graduate Assistant jzheng3@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Hannah Seppala Graduate Assistant hseppal1@umbc.edu Analyst: Camilla Hyman-Waters |
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Roshan Mishra Graduate Assistant kn82613@umbc.edu Analyst: Eric Vooys |
Administrative Personnel
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Margo Young Director mayoung@umbc.edu |
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Belay Demoz Director & Professor bdemoz@umbc.edu |
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Zhibo Zhang Assoc. Director for Academics zhibo.zhang@umbc.edu |
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Catherine Manalansan Executive Administrative Assistant I cmanalan@umbc.edu |
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Pam Deal Administrative Assistant II pamdeal@umbc.edu |
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Camilla Hyman-Waters Business Manager hyman1@umbc.edu |
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Judith Laferriere Business Manager jslaferr@umbc.edu |
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David Lucadamo Business Specialist lucadamo@umbc.edu |
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Paula Tanabe Business Specialist ptanabe@umbc.edu |
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Eric Vooys Business Specialist ericv2@umbc.edu |