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Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

Aaron Breneman, Senior Researcher

Chris Colpitts, Senior Researcher

John Dombeck, Senior Researcher

Keith Goetz, Research Director

Sheng Tian, Researcher

Wondwossen Eshetu, Postdoctoral Associate

Aaron Flavius West, Postdoctoral Associate

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