14 Notable alumni of
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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The University of Alabama in Huntsville is 2559th in the world, 893rd in North America, and 845th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of Alabama in Huntsville sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Wyatt Russell
- Occupations
- ice hockey playeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Wyatt Hawn Russell is an American actor and former ice hockey player. He portrayed Corporal Lewis Ford in Julius Avery's 2018 horror film Overlord, Dud in AMC's Lodge 49 and John Walker / U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and What If…? (2024), he is set to reprise the role in the film Thunderbolts* (2025).
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Cameron Talbot
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Cameron Talbot is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators, and Los Angeles Kings.
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Destin Sandlin
- Enrolled in the University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Studied aerospace engineering
- Occupations
- engineertelevision producerYouTuberpodcasterscience communicator
- Biography
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Destin Wilson Sandlin is an American engineer and science communicator who produces the video series Smarter Every Day on his YouTube channel of the same name, which was launched in 2007. Sandlin also runs the YouTube channels The Sound Traveler, Smarter Every Day 2, and a podcast called No Dumb Questions with his friend Matt Whitman.
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Jay Woodcroft
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerice hockey coach
- Biography
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Jay Woodcroft is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player.
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Jan Davis
- Occupations
- astronautbiologistengineer
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Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Davis logged over 673 hours in space. She is now retired from NASA.
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Marta Grande
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Marta Grande is an Italian politician. As a member of the Five Star Movement, she has been the chair of the Committee on Foreign and European Union Affairs of Italy's Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022. She is also the youngest female MP in the 17th legislature.
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Barbara Askins
- Enrolled in the University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- inventorchemist
- Biography
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Barbara S. Askins is an American chemist. She is best known for her invention of a method to enhance underexposed photographic negatives. This development was used extensively by NASA and the medical industry, and it earned Askins the title of National Inventor of the Year in 1978.
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Junuthula N. Reddy
- Enrolled in the University of Alabama in Huntsville
- In 1974 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in applied mechanics
- Occupations
- engineeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Junuthula N. Reddy is a Distinguished Professor and inaugural holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. He has made significant seminal contributions in the areas of finite element method, plate theory, solid mechanics, variational methods, mechanics of composites, functionally graded materials, fracture mechanics, plasticity, biomechanics, classical and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, and applied functional analysis. Reddy has over 620 journal papers and 20 books (with several second and third editions) and has given numerous (over 150) national and international talks. He served as a member of the International Advisory Committee at ICTACEM, in 2001 and keynote addressing in 2014.
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Matti Järvinen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Matti Järvinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey center. His is currently playing with HPK in the Liiga
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Scott Munroe
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Scott Munroe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominantly played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He is currently serving as an assistant coach with Trinity College.
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Becca Peixotto
- Occupations
- archaeologist
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Rebecca Peixotto is an American archaeologist who is best known for her contribution to the Rising Star Expedition as one of the six Underground Astronauts, a group of scientists tasked with excavating the Rising Star Cave System. She has also participated in the Great Dismal Swamp Landscape Study and is an experienced wilderness educator.
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Monserrate Roman
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United States - Occupations
- microbiologist
- Biography
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Monserrate Román a.k.a. "Monsi", is a Puerto Rican scientist in NASA who helped NASA build part of the International Space Station. She is the Chief Microbiologist for the Environmental Control and Life Support System project who determines how microbes will behave under different situations and in different locations, such as the nooks and crannies of the Space Station.
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Robin Henderson
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Robin Neely Henderson is the Associate Director, Management, of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. She was named to become the center's Acting Director effective August 3, 2012, following the retirement of the previous director, Arthur E. Goldman, to take a private sector position. On September 25, 2012, NASA named Patrick Scheuermann as the center's new permanent director.
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Davide Nicoletti
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Davide Anthony “Dave” Nicoletti is a Canadian-born Italian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
