Current lab members, a.k.a. "cosmic Wrays"
![James Wray](images/James.jpg)
PI: James Wray
Professor, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2010
A.B., Princeton University, 2006
Curriculum Vitae
![Emmy Hughes](images/Hughes.jpeg)
Emily (Emmy) Hughes
Ph.D. student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Georgia Tech
B.S., Wesleyan University, 2020
![Alivia Eng](images/Eng.jpg)
Alivia Eng
(co-advised w/ Frances Rivera-Hernández)
Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech
M.S., Western Washington University, 2023 B.S., Western Washington University, 2021
Alivia’s LinkedIn profile
![Colin Burnett](images/Burnett_Colin_Headshot.jpg)
Colin Burnett
Undergraduate, Georgia Tech
Past lab members
![Cindy Young](images/cindy.jpg)
Cindy Young
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2014 Now a Civil Servant at NASA Langley Research Center
Cindy's webpage
![Kennda Lynch](images/Kennda.jpg)
Kennda Lynch
(co-advised w/ Frank Rosenzweig) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Tech
Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, 2015
Now a Staff Scientist at the Lunar & Planetary InstituteKennda's website
![Luju Ojha](images/Luju.jpg)
Lujendra (Luju) Ojha
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2016
B.S., University of Arizona, 2012 Now an Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University
Previously a Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow, then Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University
Luju's website
![Mary Beth Wilhelm](images/MaryBethWilhelm.jpg)
Mary Beth Wilhelm
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2017
B.A., Cornell University, 2012 Now a Civil Servant at NASA Ames Research Center
Mary Beth's website
![George McDonald](images/George_McDonald.jpg)
George McDonald
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2018
B.A., Cornell University, 2014 Now a Research Assistant Professor at Portland State University
Previously a Postdoc at Rutgers University, then University of Oregon
George's faculty profile page
![Gabe Eggers](images/GabeEggers.jpg)
Gabriel (Gabe) Eggers
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2021
A.B., Princeton University, 2013 Now a Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University
Previously a Postdoc at the Lunar & Planetary Institute
Gabe's LinkedIn profile
![Angela Dapremont](images/AngelaDapremont2.jpg)
Angela Dapremont
Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2021
B.S., College of Charleston, 2014 Now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Angela’s website
![Alex Sessa](images/AlexSessa.jpg)
Alexander (Alex) Sessa
M.S., Georgia Tech, 2017
B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 2014
![Sheridan Ackiss](images/Ackiss2.jpg)
Sheridan Ackiss (now Moore)
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2012
Now a Senior Technical Consultant at Esri Inc.
Previously a NASA Earth & Space Science Fellow / Ph.D. student at Purdue University (w/ Briony Horgan); then Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Idaho (w/ Erika Rader); then Remote Sensing Scientist/Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation
Sheridan's story
![S. J. Ralston](images/SJRalston.jpg)
S.J. Ralston
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2014
Now a Mars Research Scientist at Jacobs/NASA Johnson Space Center
Previously a M.S. student at the University of Nevada (w/ Libby Hausrath)
S.J.’s LinkedIn profile
![Jiawei Li](images/JiaweiLi.jpg)
Jiawei Li
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2015
Now a Project Engineer at DeSimone Consulting
Jiawei’s LinkedIn profile
![Lauren Kimbrough](images/kimbrough.jpg)
Lauren Kimbrough
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2020
Now an Avionics Engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute
Lauren’s LinkedIn profile
![Sara Cuevas](images/SaraCuevas.jpg)
Sara Cuevas Quiñones
(co-advised w/ Frances Rivera-Hernández) Undergraduate, Purdue University and 2021 Georgia Tech REU Student
Sara's LinkedIn profile
![Sarah Hansen](images/Sarah2.jpg)
Sarah Hansen
Research Technician
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2011
![Grace Fanson](images/GraceFanson.jpg)
Grace Fanson
(co-advised w/ Frances Rivera-Hernández)
B.S., Georgia Tech, 2022
Now a Ph.D. student at MIT (w/ Gaia Stucky de Quay)