Principal Investigator
Dr. Hodari-Sadiki Hubbard-James
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Director of the ISLANDS Lab
Dr. Hubbard-James has been Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Agnes Scott College since July 2023. He received his B.A. in Physics from Berea College, his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Georgia State University. He directs the ISLANDS Lab and teaches courses in astronomy, astrophysics, and data science. He is a 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and Principal Investigator of a NASA-funded program in partnership with Goddard Space Flight Center.
Lab Members
Current Undergraduate Researchers
Post-baccalaureate Researcher
Graduate Student Collaborator
- Sebastián Carrazco Gaxiola (Georgia State University, PhD Candidate) - Stellar spectroscopy and K dwarf characterization
Alumni
- Jacinda Byam (College of Charleston, 2024-2025)
- Daniela Garcia-Lara (Agnes Scott College, 2024-2025)
- Nia Suitt (now at University of Central Florida, 2024-2025)
Collaborators
- Prof. Todd J. Henry (RECONS Institute) - K dwarf stellar characterization
- Prof. Abel Méndez (Planetary Habitability Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo) - Technosignature analysis
- Leonardo Paredes (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona) - Stellar spectroscopy
- Dr. Allison Youngblood (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) - NASA partner, stellar UV and X-ray emission