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Name	Class	Further Studies	News
Lisa (Heldreth) Winters	2009	In Sac State Single Subject Credential Program	Now working on single subject teaching credentials in the credentialing program at CSU Sacramento. Plan to teach high school physics.
Mark Kerfoot	2008	UC Merced UC Davis, B.A. Int'l Relations	Currently working towards my PhD in Physics at UC Merced.
Philip Jackson	2008		Pursing Ph.D in Electrical Engineering at UC Santa Cruz with Dr. Ali Shakouri. Researching renewable energy, thermoelectric characterization of new materials, and beginning research on concentrated solar power project (CSP).
Victoria Brandt	2007		I am currently working for the California Department of Public Health, in the Radiologic Assessment Unit of the Radiologic Health Branch. This unit is responsible for making radiological assessments in the environment, around nuclear power plants and in decommissioned radiologic sites around the state.
David Stafford	2006	UC Davis	Working towards Ph.D. In the Applied Science Program at UC Davis.
Benjamin Topham	2006	Princeton	Working towards Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at Princeton.
Amy Jones	2005	Texas A&M	Currently in a PhD program at Texas A&M University.
Eliza Morris	2005	Harvard	Working towards Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Harvard after finishing a Fulbright Fellowship in Denmark.
Christopher Ray	2005		I spent my first 18 months in the Air Force as a Tactical Data Links Test Engineer. I then went on to sit back seat in F-15s for two years testing upgrades. Now I am about to graduate from the Electronic Warfare School and fly B-52s.
Henry Garcia	2005	Berkeley	After a terrific four years at Sac State, I am now at the University of California Berkeley working on my Ph.D. in Physics. For details on my work, see my group's website. I am currently undecided about whether to go into industry or academia.
Jason E. Ybarra	2004	San Francisco State, MS in Physics, 2006	After working as a lecturer at Sac State for two years, Jason has started the PhD program in Astronomy at University of Florida.
Adam Garland	2004	San Francisco State	Working towards MS in Astrophysics at San Francisco State.
John Schreiner	2003	Sac State	I am a Mathematics Graduate Student at Sac State. I am co-owner of Alternative Energy Sources. Our company specializes in Renewable Energy Technologies.
Danny Stratton	2001	MS in Management Information Systems	I am currently a lead computer programmer for the State of California. I sometimes miss physics but have managed to fit it in periodically by reading physics books and viewing the stars (and planets) through my 8" reflector. Maybe some day I will return to the field for my Ph.D. in computational physics - who knows!!
Andy Kotko	2000	Multiple Subject Credential	I've moved to the other end of the spectrum - I teach kindergarten and 1st grade and absolutely love it. You can bet my class is the only one where kids race each other while spelling "thermodynamics" (and they can give a pretty good explanation for what it means.) I'll always have fond memories of the "physics lounge!"
Peter Frinchaboy	2000	Virginia, Ph.D. in Astronomy, 2006	Fall 2006: Starting as a NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mike Farnham	1998		Optical Technician at Sacramento State.
Mike Strong	1997	MS in Security and Safety Engineering
Sylvia Stork	1994		Currently, I am the Water-Quality data manager for the U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center.
Michael Wickett	1994	UC Davis, Ph.D. in Applied Science, 1999	Since 1999, I've been a computational physicist with the Center for Applied Scientific Computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Mary Ellen Niedzielski	1992	Sac State, BA in Liberal Studies	Technical Trainer at Agilent Technologies, developing curricula for and teaching a proprietary programming language, system administration, and configuration/performance/fault management software for the telecom industry.
Nathan Phillips	1989	Duke, Ph.D., 1997	Although I now study and teach about the biophysics of plants and ecosystems at Boston University, I continue to draw heavily off the excellent training I received in physics from Sacramento State. I would enjoy catching up with fellow students from Sac State Physics in the mid-late 1980s.
Kathy (Pori) Keehan	1987	MS in Environmental Health Sciences	These days I've strayed quite a ways from the world of physics - I'm the executive director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. It's a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to making bicycling better in San Diego. But not to worry - I still use the information I learned in the Sacramento State physics department! I have nothing but fond memories of my time at Sac State and I hope everyone there now gets as thorough an education and has as wonderful a time as I did.
James Mc Granahan	1978	Sac State, MA in Education	Been teaching as a Lecturer with the Sac State Physics Dept since 1981. Concurrently I taught with the San Juan School district for 13 years in their independent study program. Member of Sigma Pi Sigma.
John Pleines	1978		After Sac State, spent 20+ years with TRW tending to computer systems- operating systems, drivers and hardware. I cut my eye teeth on the PDP-11 the department acquired in 77/78. The last 7 years at a company building airborne computer systems. I credit the problem solving and analytical skills I picked up in the physics department with my successes. Lots of great memories. Thanks.
Joe DeWitt	1975	MBA	Currently with Raytheon Vision Systems, Goleta CA as Program Engineering Supervisor. Participate as, and Lead group of, engineering managers on DOD and Space Focal Plane Programs. Prior career adventures: Electro-Optical IR,/Visible/Laser test equipment, environmental monitoring satellites, novel water treatment technologies, medical and automotive sensors development, space deployed antenna development. Most fascinating career physics problem: lasing with water molecules. Avocation: 50s & 60's rock 'n roll band www.captaincardiac.com.
Pauline Chan	1975
Robin Evans	1972	UC Davis, MA, Ph.D.	I work with the Natural Space Environments group at the Jet Propulsion Lab. This is part of the Reliability Engineering office. We get to use existing spacecraft data to produce models of the environments (radiation belts, solar storms, meteor flux, etc.) for mission design. We also produce space weather reports for missions in critical phases such as orbit insertion, planetary landings, and whacking comets.
Michael Richardson	1969	UC Davis, MA in Physics	I am currently chair of the Physics/Astronomy/Geology department at Sacramento City College.