Congratulations to Kate Alexander, Jeff Andrews, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Maya Fishbach, Luke Kelley, Emily Leiner, Sukrit Ranjan, Patrick Sheehan, and Sarah Wellons — the newest postdoctoral alumni from CIERA.
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Kate Alexander moved to the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of Astronomy.
![Jeff Andrews](https://ciera.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Jeff-Andrews-300x300.jpg)
Jeff Andrews started a position at the University of Florida as an assistant professor, where he will be continuing his research on binary evolution and the formation of gravitational wave sources
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Alicia Rouco Escorial will be leaving CIERA to join the European Space Agency (ESA) as an ESA Research Fellow at ESAC, Madrid. She will continue her research on high-mass X-ray binaries while still collaborating with CIERA’s transient group.
![Maya Fishbach](https://ciera.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_7387-Maya-Fishbach-300x300.jpg)
Maya Fishbach will be a tenure-track assistant professor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) at the University of Toronto. She’ll continue using gravitational waves to study black holes.
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Luke Kelley accepted a position as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at University of California, Berkeley.
![Emily Leiner](https://ciera.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Emily-Leiner-300x300.jpeg)
Emily Leiner started a new position at Illinois Institute of Technology as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Physics Department, running their Astrophysics major. While staying local, she will continue to have a Visiting Scholar appointment at CIERA and looks forward to continuing to stop by and work with folks here.
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Sukrit Ranjan joined Lunar and Planetary Laboratory & Department of Planetary Science at University of Arizona as an tenure-track assistant professor.
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Patrick Sheehan became an Assistant Scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
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Sarah Wellons joined the Astronomy department at Wesleyan University as an Assistant Professor, where she will be teaching undergraduate and masters students and continuing her research in galaxy formation theory.