CIERA’s Allison Strom awarded Sloan Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named Northwestern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics member Allison Strom, assistant professor in the...
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CIERA’s Alexander Edison Awarded Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowship
The Simons Foundation has named Northwestern University’s Alexander Edison, research assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as a recipient of the...
CIERA Alumna Sarah Wellons Joins New Class of Cottrell Scholars
Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) alumna Sarah Wellons, assistant professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University, has been named a recipient...
CIERA REU Student Aster Winkler Wins AAS Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Award
Aster Winkler, a participant in CIERA’s 2025 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, has received a prestigious Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award from the...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Recognized for Faculty Excellence in Service
CIERA is proud to share that Vicky Kalogera, Director of CIERA, has been selected as a recipient of the Daniel I. Linzer Award for...
Northwestern–Argonne Collaboration Named Finalist for Prestigious Gordon Bell Prize
A groundbreaking large-scale simulation of the universe, created through a collaboration between Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and Argonne...
Northwestern’s Nico Bers receives Honorable Mention for the 2025 USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards
Nico Bers, a junior physics major with a concentration in astronomy has received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Universities Space Research Association (USRA)...
CIERA’s Giles Novak Named 2025 APS Fellow for Pioneering Contributions to Astrophysics
October 10, 2025 — CIERA is proud to announce that faculty member Professor Giles Novak has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American...
Former CIERA Postdoctoral Researcher Ore Gottlieb honored as finalist of the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists
Ore Gottlieb, PhD, a former CIERA postdoctoral researcher, will be honored today as a Finalist of the 2025 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists....
Piramon Kumnurdmanee Awarded Quad Fellowship
On August 4, CIERA graduate student Piramon Kumnurdmanee was selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) as one of 37 Quad Fellowship recipients...
Two CIERA PhD Students Awarded 2025–2026 Board of Visitors Graduate Research Fellowships
CIERA is pleased to announce that PhD students Gideon McFarland and Nathalie Jones have been selected as the recipients of the 2025–2026 Board of...
Announcing CIERA Computational Specialist Michail Damoulakis
We are pleased to announce that Michail Damoulakis will be joining our department as CIERA’s new Computational Specialist, starting June 16. Michail brings a...