Kari Frank
Sr. Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor
Phone: (847) 467-3178
Office: 1800 Sherman, 8007
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Fred Rasio elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
On April 23, 2025, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) announced its newest elected members, including CIERA Faculty member Fred Rasio. Nine...
CIERA researchers named as NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients
The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) continues to support top early-career astrophysicists, awarding 24 new fellowships in its competitive 2025 class. This program allows...
Dense, swirling winds help supermassive black holes grow
Newly uncovered process is similar to how stars and planets are born By studying nearby galaxy ESO320-G030, a Northwestern University-led team of international astronomers...
Stars determine their own masses
Simulations show why stars formed in different environments have similar masses Last year, a team of astrophysicists including key members from Northwestern University launched...
CIERA Researchers Quoted in Sky & Telescope June Cover Story
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera, Einstein Fellow Maya Fishbach, and Board of Visitors Research Assistant Professor Zoheyr Doctor have been featured in Sky & Telescope’s...
Five New Postdoctoral Researchers Join CIERA
Welcome New Postdoctoral Researchers! We are excited to introduce CIERA’s incoming Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates. They will bring a wide-range of expertise that promises...
CIERA Astronomers Travel to Mexico to Install TolTEC Camera
Last November, the Chicagoland area prepared for a cold winter as CIERA astronomers Dennis Lee, Giles Novak and Marc Berthoud traveled off to warmer...
Monica Gallegos Garcia Selected for 2022 Bouchet Honor Society
CIERA graduate student Monica Gallegos Garcia has been selected as a 2022 Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee, a cohort organized by The...
Ariadna Murguia Berthier Top 3 Finalist for AAS HEAD Dissertation Prize
Ariadna Murguia Berthier, NASA Hubble Fellow at CIERA, was selected as one of three finalists for the 2022 HEAD Dissertation Prize! The HEAD Dissertation...
Phil Plait Presents 12th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
On October 14, Phil Plait, astronomer and best-selling author, presented a public lecture titled Strange New Worlds: Is Earth Special? Prior to the lecture,...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Member Adam Miller
This fall, we are excited to welcome Adam Miller to CIERA as a new astrophysics faculty member. Adam Miller joins as an Assistant Professor...
Profs. Wen-fai Fong, Raffaella Margutti and Team Create First-ever Movie of Gamma-ray Burst
“Astronomers using telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) studied a cataclysmic stellar explosion known as a gamma-ray burst,...