The Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education is based out of the main campus (Orlando, FL) of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and led by a UCF faculty member with governance by a board consisting of members from both Space Florida and UCF.
Faculty and Staff
Dr. Philip Metzger
Director of the Hawking Center, Associate Scientist
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
407-823-5540
Philip.Metzger@ucf.edu
Dr. Julie Brisset
Interim Director of the
Florida Space Institute
407-823-3136
julie.brisset@ucf.edu
Dr. Daniel Britt
Pegasus Professor
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
407-823-2600
dbritt@ucf.edu
Dr. Humberto Campins
Pegasus Professor
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
Humberto.Campins@ucf.edu
Dr. Melanie Coathup
Professor and Lead of the Biionix Cluster
College of Medicine
University of Central Florida
Melanie.Coathup@ucf.edu
Dr. Joshua Colwell
Pegasus Professor & Associate Dean
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
Josh@ucf.edu
Dr. Adrienne (Addie) Dove
Interim Department Chair, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
407-823-1884
adove@ucf.edu
Dr. Ranajay Ghosh
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida
Ranajay.Ghosh@ucf.edu
Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
University of Central Florida
kerri.donaldsonhanna@ucf.edu
Doug Maukonen
Systems Engineer
Center for Microgravity Research
University of Central Florida
Dr. Yang Yang
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Central Florida
yang.yang@ucf.edu
Students
The Hawking Center has many student volunteers and employees, both graduates and undergraduates, from many different majors. Students who are currently working in the lab are listed below.
Former Students & Post Doctoral Researchers
An Honor Roll of former Graduate and Undergraduate Students
