Faculty

Maria Guadalupe Lizana

• Email: mariag.lizana@bellevuecollege.edu

Biography:

I decided I wanted to study Astronomy during my last high-school year, but when I was about 5 years old, I remember seeing a “shooting star” (or a meteor actually!), which might have been the seed for my decision of choosing this career. I grew up in the very South of Chile (Patagonia), and when …more about Maria Guadalupe Lizana

Pat Terhune-Inverso

• Email: pterhune@bellevuecollege.edu

Biography:

I became interested in astronomy as a first-year student at Bellevue College when I took an astronomy class.  I found the planetarium mesmerizing and the subject matter stimulating.  To pursue my new fascination in astronomy I joined a local astronomy club and worked in the BC planetarium as a volunteer, running the star projector and …more about Pat Terhune-Inverso

Art Goss

Biography:

I was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio.  I got hooked on Astronomy when I was 13.  That year I “discovered” the Perseid Meteor Shower and a few weeks later saw the rings of Saturn through a telescope at the Dayton Museum of Natural History (now the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery).  I would eventually become …more about Art Goss

Joel Lamb

• Email: joel.lamb@bellevuecollege.edu

Biography:

I fell in love with astronomy during my first semester as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa in 2002. That fall, one of the most powerful solar flares ever recorded led to fantastic displays of Aurora across the United States.  I found myself staring up in awe as half the sky was illuminated in shimmering …more about Joel Lamb

Eric Lau

Biography:

I was born and raised in Hong Kong. Growing up in Hong Kong we couldn’t see the stars very well because of the lights of the city. I was always interested in astronomy, but I didn’t have much of an opportunity to learn about it until I took astronomy classes as an undergraduate student at …more about Eric Lau

Trevor Gamble

• Email: trevor.gamble@bellevuecollege.edu

Biography:

I can’t remember not being into Astronomy – Star Wars, (some) Star Trek, Dune, you name it! Movies and books about space always fascinated me, and I am thankful to be allowed to teach and study such an interesting subject! Astrophysics and Cosmology are both interesting to me – “is our universe infinite, what is …more about Trevor Gamble