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Astronomy 2291 - Basic Astrophysics and Planetary Astronomy
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Erwin Chen
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Ryan Chown
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Alison Crisp
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4039 McPherson Laboratory
Paramita Dasgupta
CCAPP Fellow (2024–)
dasgupta.80@osu.edu
M2021 Physics Research Building
Raquel Fores Toribio
Postdoctoral Researcher
forestoribio.1@osu.edu
4061 McPherson Laboratory
Madeline Howell
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Naim Karacayli
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