Our Team
Faculty & Staff
![Randy McEntaffer (he/him/his) Professor, Head of Astronomy](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/randy-300x300.jpeg)
Randy McEntaffer (he/him/his)
Professor, Head of Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
James Tutt (he/him/his)
Associate Research Professor
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Fabien Grisé
Associate Research Professor
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Bridget O'Meara
R&D Engineer
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Jake McCoy
Assistant Research Professor
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
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Gianna D. Gagliardi (she/her/hers)
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Shruti Natal
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Kiara Cornell
Group Alumni
![Sarah Hawks - 2020 Optical Engineer at Northrop Grumman](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sarah-300x300.jpeg)
Sarah Hawks - 2020
Optical Engineer at Northrop Grumman
![Sara Walmach - 2019 Junior Systems Engineer/Flight Dynamics Analyst at A.I. Solutions for the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 spacecraft operated at NASA Goddard](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sara-300x300.jpeg)
Sara Walmach - 2019
Junior Systems Engineer/Flight Dynamics Analyst at A.I. Solutions for the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 spacecraft operated at NASA Goddard
![Ted Schultz - 2019 R](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ted-300x300.jpeg)
Ted Schultz - 2019
R&D Engineer in the Intelligence and Space Research Division – Space Instrument Realization subgroup at Los Alamos National Laboratory
![Brendan Sweeny - 2019 Scientist at NAVSEA](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/brendan-300x300.jpeg)
Brendan Sweeny - 2019
Scientist at NAVSEA
![Dan Yastishock - 2018 NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command)](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yas-300x300.jpg)
Dan Yastishock - 2018
NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command)
![Steven Bell - 2018 IT Security Professional](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bell_resized-300x300.jpg)
Steven Bell - 2018
IT Security Professional
![Tyler Steiner - 2017 Grad School - Nuclear Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Steiner-300x300.jpg)
Tyler Steiner - 2017
Grad School – Nuclear Engineering – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
![Ross Tedesco - 2017 Student at Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge completing a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Ross Tedesco - 2017
Student at Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge completing a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration
![Thomas Rogers (Iowa) - 2016 Systems Engineer at Ball Aerospace](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Rogers-300x300.jpg)
Thomas Rogers (Iowa) - 2016
Systems Engineer at Ball Aerospace
![Hannah Marlowe (Iowa) - 2016 Big Data/Data Science Consultant at Amazon Web Services](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/marlowe-300x300.jpg)
Hannah Marlowe (Iowa) - 2016
Big Data/Data Science Consultant at Amazon Web Services
![Tom Peterson (Iowa) - 2016 Graduate Student at the University of Minnesota](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/peterson-300x300.jpg)
Tom Peterson (Iowa) - 2016
Graduate Student at the University of Minnesota
![Shaun (Iowa) Shaun (Iowa)](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Shaun (Iowa)
![Casey DeRoo (Iowa) - 2016 Assistant Professor at University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/deroo-300x300.jpg)
Casey DeRoo (Iowa) - 2016
Assistant Professor at University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy
![Bailey Myers - 2020 Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/bailey-300x300.jpeg)
Bailey Myers - 2020
Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
![Joseph Weston - 2020 Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Joseph Weston - 2020
Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space
![Matthew Gebhart - 2020 Graduate Student at the University of Connecticut](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Matthew Gebhart - 2020
Graduate Student at the University of Connecticut
Adam Stone - 2021
GeoScience Masters Program at Penn State
![Juan C. Rojas González - 2021 Optical Engineer at NASA Goddard](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1600813866726-1.png)
Juan C. Rojas González - 2021
Optical Engineer at NASA Goddard
Ningxiao Zhang - 2021
Systems Engineer at GPR (Ground Positioning Radar).
Drew Miles - 2021
Caltech Postdoc
Nestor Pelaez - 2022
Design Engineer at Boeing
![Natalie Zinski - 2022 Natalie Zinski - 2022](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Natalie Zinski - 2022
Benjamin Donovan - 2022
Northrup Grumman
![Chris Hillman - 2022 Software Design Engineer for ASML](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/WRX-R-300x300.png)
Chris Hillman - 2022
Software Design Engineer for ASML
![Keir Hunter (he/him/his) Software Engineer for United Launch Alliance](https://www.mcentaffergroup.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0889.png)
Keir Hunter (he/him/his)
Software Engineer for United Launch Alliance
Cole Armstrong (He/Him/His)
Graduate Student at University of Iowa
Vincent A. Smedile
Ph.D. Student at The Ohio State University
Kathrine Brooks (She/Her/Hers)
Johns Hopkins Advanced Physics Lab
Jessica Mondoskin
Graduate Student at the University of Iowa