Alumni - Where Are They Now?
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Name & Degree
Post-Graduation

Samara Sharpe
B.S. 2021
B.S. 2021
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering at University of Houston

Cassandra Little
B.S. 2020
B.S. 2020
Graduate Student in Physics at University of Michigan

Debora Mroczek
B.S. 2020
B.S. 2020
Graduate Fellow at Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Keea Stancato
B.S. 2016, M.S. 2020
B.S. 2016, M.S. 2020
Retired

Luke Mastalli-Kelly
Ph.D. 2019
Ph.D. 2019
Quantum Software Engineer at Quantum Circuits, Inc, New Haven, CT

Andrew Mathews
B.S. 2019
B.S. 2019
Math Teacher at St. John’s School, Upper School, Tumon, Guam

Sara Rojas
B.S. 2019
B.S. 2019
Graduate Student in Geophysics at University of Houston

Fabian Ng
B.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2018
B.S. 2013, Ph.D. 2018
IB Physics Guide, Headwaters School, Austin, TX, and Foreign Currency Exchange Trader

Steven Oliver
B.S. 2018
B.S. 2018
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Axiom Space

Fre’Etta Brooks
B.S. 2017
B.S. 2017
Graduate Student in Medical Physics at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brooklyn Herman
B.S. 2017
B.S. 2017
Flight Controller at Cimarron Software Services, Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center

Michelle Nowling
B.S. 2017
B.S. 2017
Satellite Systems Engineer at Leidos, NASA Johnson Space Center

Brandon Sanchez
B.S. 2017
B.S. 2017
Senior Geophysicist at DownUnder Geosolutions

Ivy Ahiabu
Ph.D. 2016
Ph.D. 2016
Senior Chemist at Gas Innovations, LaPorte, TX

Rodney Helm
B.S. 2016
B.S. 2016
Graduate Student in Physics at University of Missouri

Ashton Hunter
B.S. 2016
B.S. 2016
Master's Program in Physics at UH-Clear Lake

Richard Kuchenbecker
B.S. 2016
B.S. 2016
Systems Analyst at Lynntech, Inc., College Station, TX

Aida Torabi
Ph.D. 2016
Ph.D. 2016
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate, Department of Physics, University of Texas
at Austin

Levi Walker
B.S. 2016
B.S. 2016
Graduate Student in Molecular Biology at University of Texas at Austin

Pengzhi Zhang
Ph.D. 2016
Ph.D. 2016
Research Associate, Houston Methodist

Timothy Burt
B.S. 2015
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Engineering at Oklahoma University

Israel Estrada
B.S. 2015
B.S. 2015
Design Engineer at OneSubSea, A Schlumberger Company

Gabriel Madrano
B.S. 2015
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Physics at University of North Texas

Khanh Nguyen
B.S. 2015
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Mathematics at University of Houston

Chase Rendall
B.S. 2015
B.S. 2015
Graduate Student in Materials Science and Nanoengineering at Rice University

Gulden Othman
B.S. 2014
B.S. 2014
Graduate Student in Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mason Biamonte
B.S. 2013
B.S. 2013
Graduate Student in Math at MIT

Logan Lebanowski
M.S. 2011
M.S. 2011
Post-doctoral Researcher of Physics at University of Pennsylvania

Antonios Samiotakis
Ph.D. 2011
Ph.D. 2011
Principal Scientist & Group Lead, Technology Integration & Bioinformatics, Zymeworks
Inc.

Heather Cowardin
B.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2010
B.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2010
Orbital Debris Research & Science Operations Deputy Project Manager and Lead for Orbital
Debris Research & Science Operations: Research & Development Task Group, NASA Johnson
Space Center

Narbe Kalantarians
B.S. 2002, M.S. 2005, Ph.D. 2008
B.S. 2002, M.S. 2005, Ph.D. 2008
Assistant Professor of Physics, Natural Sciences Dept., Virginia Union University

Stephen Tsui
B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2008
B.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2008
Associate Professor of Physics at California State University, San Marcos

Aris Fotkatzikis
M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2007
M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2007
Director, Data Science at Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA

Joy Chavez
B.S. 2005
B.S. 2005
Science Operation Specialist at Gemini South Observatory

Hugo Sanabria
M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2005
M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2005
Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Clemson University

Mohammad Waseem Ahmed
B.S. 1994, Ph.D. 1999
B.S. 1994, Ph.D. 1999
Dean, College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University, & Associate
Director, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory

Andrew Askew
B.S. 1999
B.S. 1999
Associate Professor of Physics at Florida State University

Rebecca Forrest
Ph.D. 1998
Ph.D. 1998
Instructional Professor, University of Houston Department of Physics

Mark Glorioso
M.S. 1998
M.S. 1998
Executive Director, NASA Shared Services Center at NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Donna Washington Stokes
Ph.D. 1998
Ph.D. 1998
Professor of Physics and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs and Student Success,
University of Houston

Kevork N. Abazajian
B.S. 1996
B.S. 1996
Professor of Physics & Astronomy at University of California, Irvine, & Director of
the Center for Cosmology

Josh Willis
B.S. 1996
B.S. 1996
Climate Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Thomas Becher
Ph.D. 1994
Ph.D. 1994
Technical Director at The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA

Jaewan Kim
Ph.D. 1993
Ph.D. 1993
Professor (Quantum Information Science) at School of Computational Sciences, Korea
Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea

Jerry Mapp
M.S. 1987
M.S. 1987
IT Project Portfolio Manager at Kamehameha Schools ITD

Wayne Klosterman
B.S. 1974
B.S. 1974
Retired from Oil and Gas Industry