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
Allison Towner 2020-2023 ALMA observations, SOFIA observations, protocluster formation

Graduate Students Years in Group Interests in group
Desmond Jeff 2019- ALMA observations, hot cores, chemistry, Sgr B2 DS
Theo Richardson 2019- 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 and ALMA
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
Derod Deal 2020- VLA observations, W51, CASA, NH3 masers
Aden Dawson 2021- GTC-EMIR imaging, W51
Morgan Himes 2021- ALMA-IMF - SPICY
Brice Tingle 2021- ALMA-IMF - SPICY
Brighten Jiang 2022- GTC EMIR spectra of the Brick

Allan Petre 2022 Imaging W43 with ALMA
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
Sydney Petz (REU) 2021-2022 Ohio State ALMA-IMF - SPICY
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

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