Current Members

Our group works closely with members of JWST teams including CANUCS, UNCOVER, VENUS, and MINERVA.

  • Lamiya Mowla – Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wellesley College.

  • Jonathan Kemp – Observatory Manager, Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College.

  • Maya Merchant – PhD student at York University, ON, Canada.

  • Nusrath Jahan – PhD student at University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.

  • Ahmad Al-Imtiaz - Graduate research assistant at Center for Astronomy, Space Science, and Astrophysics, IUB, Bangladesh.

  • Fiona Boutelle - Undergraduate student at Bard College, NY, USA.

  • Peirong (Vivi) Li ’26 – Mirror, Independent Study, Wellesley College.

  • Christine Hao’26 - Wellesley thesis student doing senior thesis project at MIT.

  • Crystal McArdle-Ventura '27 - Wellesley Extragalactic Explorers, Wellesley College.

  • Alshimaa Ahmed ’28 — Wellesley Extragalactic Explorers, Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Wellesley College.

  • Madeleine Tuck’29 - Wellesley Extragalactic Explorers, Wellesley College.

Former Members

  • Wamda Elzubair ’27 – Wellesley College

  • Evyn Lally ’27 – Wellesley College

  • Isabela Sanchez Taipe ’27 – Wellesley College

  • Ruofan Wang ’27 – Mirror Program, Wellesley College

  • Claire Xu ’27 – Mirror Program, Wellesley College

  • Lucena Villasenor ’27 – Mirror Program, Wellesley College

  • Dharlenny Soto ’26 – Wellesley College

  • Alejandra Rodriguez ’25 – Wellesley College

  • Julia Sherman ’25 – Wellesley College

  • Hanna Harmon ’25 – Wellesley College

  • Ella Cassidy ’25 – Wellesley College

  • Jinoo Kim – Post-bac, University of Toronto (➜ PhD student at Western University)

  • Daniella Morrone – Undergraduate Student, University of Toronto (➜ Teaching Technician at University of Toronto)

  • Rebecca Ceppas de Castro – Undergraduate Student, University of Toronto (➜ PhD student at McGill University)