Sylvain Veilleux: Research Group

Current Research Group Members (2025): - Johnny Seebeck: Ph.D. student; quasars, ULIRGs, winds, JWST; - Kylie Dan: Ph.D. student; quasars, ULIRGs, winds, JWST; - Charles Reisner: Ph.D. student; AGN, winds, CGM/ICM, HST; - Sophie Robbins: Ph.D. student; AGN, winds, HST/JWST; - Steven Shockley: former undergraduate student; galactic winds, PAH emission, JWST; - Joe Durbak (primary advisor: A. Kutyrev - GSFC): postdoc @ GSFC; RIMAS, instrumentation; - Wei-Lun Hsu (primary advisor: M. Dagenais - ECE): postdoc @ Maryland; astrophotonics; - Xiheng Ai (primary advisor: M. Dagenais - ECE): postdoc @ Maryland; astrophotonics; - Yang Zhang (primary advisor: M. Dagenais - ECE): Assistant Research Scientist @ Maryland; astrophotonics
Former Graduate Students: - Edward J. M. Colbert (co-advisor w/ S. Baum and C. O'Dea, STScI; Ph.D. 1997, US Army Research Lab, Staff); - Arunav Kundu (co-advisor w/ B. Whitmore, STScI; Ph.D. 1999, Eureka Scientific, Staff); - Scott T. Miller (advisor; Ph.D. 2002, Sam Houston State University, Faculty); - Rachel A. Gibbons (co-advisor w/ Andy Fruchter, STScI; Ph.D. 2002, Tennessee State University); - David S. N. Rupke (advisor, Ph.D. 2004, Rhodes College, Professor); - Lisa Mazzuca (advisor; Ph.D. 2006, NASA/GSFC, Civil Servant, Mission Manager, Search and Rescue Office); - Stacy Teng (advisor; Ph.D. 2010, Applied Physics Lab (APL), Staff); - Ashley Zauderer (co-advisor w/ S. N. Vogel, Alberto Bolatto; Ph.D. 2010, NSF Officer, Senior Advisor for Facilities); - Michael McDonald (advisor, Ph.D. 2010, MIT, Associate Professor); - Michael Koss (co-advisor w/ R. Mushotzky, Ph.D. 2010; Eureka Scientific, Research Scientist); - Kory Kreimeyer (advisor; M.Sc. 2012, Faculty Research Associate, Medical Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine); - Alice Olmstead (co-advisor w/ J. Rigby; M.Sc. 2012, Texas State University, Associate Professor); - Hannah Krug (advisor; Ph.D. 2013, Holton-Arms School, Maryland, Faculty); - Alex McCormick (advisor; Ph.D. 2015, University of South Florida, Faculty); - John Capone (advisor; Ph.D. 2016, NASA/GSFC, Civil Servant); - Jonathan Nikoleyczik (co-advisor w/ A. Kutyrev; M.Sc. 2016, Data Scientist, SHINE Technologies); - Tiecheng Zhu (co-advisor with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2016, Bloomberg LP, Portfolio Calculation Developer); - Vicki Toy (advisor; Ph.D. 2017, Applied Physics Lab (APL), Staff); - Yang Meng (co-advisor with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2017; SMIC, Senior Engineer); - Pradip Gatkine (advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2020; Assistant Professor, UCLA); - Yiwen Hu (co-advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2020; Amazon, Optical Network Engineer); - Myra Stone (advisor; Ph.D. 2020; Deloitte, Data Scientist); - Shengjie Xie (co-advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2021; Analog Photonics, Sr. Photonics Design Engineer); - Jiahao Zhan (co-advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2022; Luminous Computing; Engineer); - Robyn Smith (co-advisor, jointly with C. Reynolds; Ph.D. 2022; Data Scientist, Consumer Finance Institute, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia); - Harsha Pradeep (co-advisor, jointly with P. Gatkine, Caltech; M.Sc. 2022, PhD student, University of Arizona); - Weizhe Liu (advisor; Ph.D. 2022, JASPER Fellow, U. of Arizona); - Tomas Ahumada (co-advisor, jointly with Leo Singer - GSFC; Ph.D. 2022, postdoc, Caltech); - Wei-Lun Hsu (co-advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2023, postdoc, Maryland); - Erica Hammerstein (co-advisor, jointly with Brad Cenko - GSFC; Ph.D. 2024, postdoc, UC Berkeley); - Joe Durbak (co-advisor, jointly with Alexander Kutyrev - GSFC; Ph.D. PHYS 2025, postdoc, PRIME/RIMAS, GSFC); - Xiheng Ai (co-advisor, jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE; Ph.D. 2025, postdoc; astrophotonics; Maryland)
Former Postdocs and Research Scientists: - Dong-Chan Kim (2004-08; NRAO, Staff); - David S. Rupke (2004-08; Rhodes College, Associate Professor); - Ben Weiner (2005-06; University of Arizona, Associate Research Scientist); - Margaret Trippe (2009-13, co-advisor w/ C. Reynolds; Applied Physics Lab, Staff); - Stacy Teng (2010-11, co-advisor w/ R. Mushotzky; Applied Physics Lab, Staff); - Marcio Melendez (2011-15; STScI, Astronomical Optics Scientist); - Francesco Tombesi (2014-2017, assistant research scientist; U. of Rome "Tor Vergata", Assistant Professor); - Yang Zhang (2021-2023, co-advisor w/ M. Dagenais; Assistant Research Scientist; Maryland)
Former Undergraduate Students (in the last 5 years): - Jason Hinkle (2018-19; High Honors in astronomy and physics; postdoc, U. Hawaii); - Jillian Kunze (2019-20; High Honors in astronomy and physics; Associate Editor, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics); - Meghna Sitaram (2019-20; High Honors in astronomy and physics; graduate student, Columbia U.); - Ethan Zack (2020-21; jointly with A. Kutyrev; staff at Systems Engineering Group); - Orion Foo (2021-22; Poolesville High School student; undergraduate student, MIT); - Orion Guiffreda (2023, astronomy; NASA/GSFC post-bacc); - Rohan Kane (2021-23, astronomy; JHU post-bacc)

We are always in search of outstanding and highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students in the area of AGN and starburst galaxies, as well as in astrophotonics (jointly with M. Dagenais - ECE). Interested students are encouraged to directly contact Prof. Veilleux for more information.

Current Research Group Members (2025)

Former Graduate Students

Former Postdocs and Research Scientists

Former Undergraduate Students (in the last 5 years)