Eddie Baron

Eddie Baron

Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute

PhD Students Supervised

PhD Students Advised, University of Oklahoma, Physics and Astronomy, 2022

PhD’s supervised at Stony Brook and OU

  • D. Page, Thesis Title: Neutron Star Cooling: Kaon Condensation and Nucleon Superfluidity, SUNY, Stony Brook, 1989. G.E. Brown was official advisor, Baron was closely involved. Current Position: Professor, Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City.

  • M. B. Aufderheide, Thesis Title: Studies in Nuclear Astrophysics of Type II Supernovae, SUNY, Stony Brook, 1990. G.E. Brown was the official advisor, Baron was closely involved. Current Position: Staff Scientist, Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tim Young, University of Oklahoma, 1994. David Branch was official advisor, Baron was closely involved., Current Position: Associate Professor, University of North Dakota.

  • Peter Nugent, University of Oklahoma, 1997. Thesis Title: Non Local Thermodynamic Spectrum Synthesis of Type Ia Supernovae. Nielsen Award 1997. Current Position: Division Deputy for Scientific Engagement, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jim Buell, University of Oklahoma, 1998. Theis Title: Abundances in Planetary Nebulae: an Autopsy of Low and Intermediate Mass Stars Richard Henry was official advisor, but Baron was closely involved. Current Position: Associate Professor, Alfred State College

  • Eric Lentz, University of Oklahoma, 2001. Thesis Title: NLTE synthetic spectra and light curves of type Ia supernovae. Nielsen Award 2001. Current Position: Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

  • Robert Mitchell, University of Oklahoma, 2001. Thesis Title: Determining the distance of SN 1987A with SEAM. Current Position: Associate Professor, St. Ambrose University

  • Rollin Thomas, University of Oklahoma, 2003, Thesis Title: Synthetic spectrum methods for three dimensional supernova models. David Branch was official advisor, Baron was closely involved. Nielsen Award 2003. Current Position: NERSC Data Scientist, LBNL, Berkeley, CA

  • Dean Richardson, University of Oklahoma, 2004, Thesis Title: Absolute-magnitude Distributions and Light Curves of Stripped-envelope Supernovae. David Branch was official advisor, Baron was closely involved. Current Position: Professor, Xavier University.

  • S. Bongard, University of Oklahoma, 2005 Thesis Title: Radiative transfer and Type Ia Supernovae spectra analysis in the context of Supernova Factory Current Position: DR1, University of Paris VI, Paris, France

  • Darrin Casebeer, University of Oklahoma, 2006, Thesis Title: Constraining the composition and physics of active galactic nuclei with computer modeling. Karen Leighly was official advisor, Baron was closely involved. Current Position: Engineer, Boeing Corp (retired).

  • Soma De, University of Oklahoma, 2010, Thesis Title: Time Dependent Radiative Transfer: Applications on Core Collapse Supernovae and Cosmic Recombination Current Position: Senior Scientist, Centane Corp, St. Louis, MO.

  • Bobby Fleshman, University of Oklahoma, 2012, Thesis Title: Hot Electrons and Radial Diffusion in Saturn’s Inner Magetosphere: Modeling the Effects on Ion Chemistry. Fran Bagenal, co-advisor. Current Position: Owner, McFleshman’s Brewing Company, Racine, WI.

  • Brian Friesen, University of Oklahoma, 2015, Thesis Title Spectrum Formation at Late Times in Type Ia Supernovae. Nielsen Award 2015, OU Dissertation Award in Science and Engineering 2016. Current Position: Staff, National Energy Research Supercomputer Center, LBL, Berkeley, CA.

  • Jeremy Lusk, University of Oklahoma, 2018, Thesis Title: Bolometric Luminosities of Peculiar Type II-P Supernovae Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR.

  • Malia Jenks, University of Oklahoma, 2019, Thesis Title: Various Topics in Type Ia Supernovae Current Position: Cybersecurity, Edward Jones

  • Yang Li, University of Oklahoma, 2020, Thesis Title: Casimir Effect: Quantum Fluctuations and Thermal Fluctuations. Baron was advisor of record, Kim Milton was actual advisor. Current Position: Assistant. Prof., Nanchang University, China

  • James M. DerKacy, University of Oklahoma, 2022, Thesis Title: Casimir Effect: Quantum Fluctuations and Thermal Fluctuations, Current Position: Postdoc, Space Telescope Science Institute

  • Sarah Stangl, University of Oklahoma, 2024, Thesis Title: Dust Formation and Destruction in Core Collapse Supernovae Explosions, Current Position: Postdoc, LANL

  • Anthony Burrow, University of Oklahoma, 2024, Thesis Title: Connections Between the Spectroscopy and Photometry of Type Ia Supernovae. Current Position: Data Scientist.