NASA International Year of Astronomy
Student Ambassadors Program
The NASA International Year of Astronomy Student Ambassadors Program is designed to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to participate in NASA's IYA activities and to help generate excitement about NASA scientific discoveries in astrophysics, planetary science and solar physics within their local communities and beyond. The following students were selected as NASA International Year of Astronomy Student Ambassadors.
![]() Allen, Trinity Boulder, CO University of Colorado, Boulder | ![]() Amador, Elena Santa Cruz, CA University of California, Santa Cruz | ![]() Barlow, Becky Dover, NH University of New Hampshire |
![]() Behncke, Sandra Omaha, NE Creighton University |
![]() Berget, Deanna Des Moines, IA Drake University |
![]() Bussard, Stephen Las Cruces, NM New Mexico State University |
![]() Cleveland, William Starkville, MS Mississippi State University |
![]() Collins, Karen Louisville, KY University of Louisville |
![]() Conroy, Kyle Philadelphia, PA Villanova University |
![]() Cooney, Paul Rapid City, SD South Dakota School of Mines |
![]() Dillon, John Hoboken, NJ Stevens Institute of Technology |
![]() Eberhardt, Kristin Wahpeton, ND North Dakota State College of Science |
![]() Fox, Kyle Laramie, WY University of Wyoming |
![]() Francis, Sarah New Orleans, LA Xavier University of Louisiana |
![]() Frost, Athena Chicago, IL University of Chicago |
![]() Fuchs, Josh Memphis, TN Rhodes College |
![]() Goetz, Jenny Northfield, MN Carleton College |
![]() Goler, Adam Washington, DC American University |
![]() Gonzalez, Norberto Arecibo, PR University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus |
![]() Hall, Jonatha Blacksburgn, VA Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
![]() Hicks, Brian Boston, MA Boston University |
![]() Holmes, Rebecca Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
![]() Hughes, John Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas, Fayetteville |
![]() Hummels, Cameron New York, NY Columbia University |
![]() Johnson, Daniel Centerville, SD Augustana College |
![]() Key, Joey Bozeman, MT Montana State University |
![]() Lodge-Scharff, Savannah Eliot, ME Colby College |
![]() Ludovici, Dominic Morgantown, WV West Virginia University |
![]() Lyons, Daniel Laramie, WY University of Wyoming |
![]() Maciel, Tamela Grants Pass, OR University of Oregon |
![]() Martin, Ann Ithaca, NY Cornell University |
![]() Mathias, Mary St. Louis, MO Washington University in St. Louis |
![]() McManus, Courtney Las Cruces, NM Purdue University |
![]() Morris, Grace Cleveland, OH Case Western Reserve University |
![]() Myers, Sarah Pullman, WA Washington State University |
![]() Norris, Ryan East Lansing, MI Michigan State University |
![]() Ohmes, Karen Lawrence, KS University of Kansas |
![]() Padilla-Crespo, Elizabeth Atlanta, GA Georgia Tech |
![]() Parton, Chris Weatherford, OK Southwestern Oklahoma State University |
![]() Pugh, Shawn Reno, NV University of Nevada, Reno |
![]() Maria Quadri West Hartford, Connecticut University of Hartford |
![]() Ranjan, Sukrit Northbrook, IL Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
![]() Rich, Jeffrey Honolulu, HI University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, Oahu |
![]() Rush, Anne Huntsville, AL University of Alabama, Huntsville |
![]() Schwieterman, Edward Melbourne, FL Florida Institute of Technology |
![]() Smith, Andrew Charleston, SC College of Charleston |
![]() Smith, Heather Logan , UT Utah State University |
![]() Smith, Reuel Gaithersburg, MD University of Maryland, College Park |
![]() Soltau, Janet Burlington , VT University of Vermont |
![]() Spencer, Vanessa Fairbanks, AK University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
![]() Swanson, Greg Moscow, ID University of Idaho |
![]() Thaisen, Kevin Knoxville, TN University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
![]() Thiel, Michael Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona University |
![]() Trouille, Laura Madison, WI University of Wisconsin, Madison |
![]() Whittlesey, Phyllis Arlington, TX University of Texas, Arlington |
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