Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

Core Faculty

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Wen-fai Fong

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4597

wfong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8063

Vicky Kalogera

Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor, Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 491-5669

vicky@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8071

Dave Meyer

Charles Deering McCormick Professor

Phone: (847) 491-4516

davemeyer@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8011

Adam Miller

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3735

amiller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8069

Giles Novak

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8645

g-novak@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8057

Melville Ulmer

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-5633

m-ulmer2@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 3B

Jason Wang

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Assistant Professor starting Fall 2022)

jason.wang@northwestern.edu

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8147

zadeh@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F215

Associate and Affiliate Faculty

CIERA

Kari Frank

Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-3178

kari.frank@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8007

Aaron Geller

Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

External

Christopher Berry

Visiting Scholar, Lecturer with the University of Glasgow

christopher.berry@northwestern.edu

Phil Muirhead

Visiting Scholar, Associate Professor at Boston University

philip.muirhead@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8043

Peter Nugent

Visiting Scholar

nugent68@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman Ave., 8th Floor

Postdocs

CIERA

Sharan Banagiri

Postdoctoral Associate

sharan.banagiri@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8041

Peter Blanchard

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

peter.blanchard@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Erin Cox

Postdoctoral Associate

erin.cox@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Tarraneh Eftekhari

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

teftekhari@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8023

Maya Fishbach

NASA Einstein Fellow

maya.fishbach@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

L. Clifton (Cliff) Johnson

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

lcj@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Charlie Kilpatrick

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

ckilpatrick@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8023

Alicia Rouco Escorial

Postdoctoral Associate

alicia.rouco.escorial@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Patrick Sheehan

NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Fellow

Phone: (847) 491-3735

psheehan@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8015

Graduate Students

CIERA

Philipp M. Srivastava

Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow

philipp.msrivastava@northwestern.edu

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Yuxin Dong

Graduate Student

yuxin.dong@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032B

Chang Liu

Graduate Student

ptg.cliu@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Joseph Michail

Graduate Student

JoeMichail2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038C

Anya Nugent

Graduate Student

AnyaNugent2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Jacob “Cobi” Rabinowitz

Graduate Student

JacobRabinowitz2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Tech M234

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032A

Genevieve Schroeder

Graduate Student

GenevieveSchroeder@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Huei Sears

Graduate Student

hueisears2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Nycole Wenner

Graduate Student

NycoleWenner2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Staff

CIERA

Kari Frank

Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-3178

kari.frank@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8007

Michael Stroh

Computational Specialist

Phone: (847) 491-3711

michael.stroh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Vicky Kalogera

Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor, Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 491-5669

vicky@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8071

Postdoctoral Alumni

CIERA

Michael Stroh

Computational Specialist

Phone: (847) 491-3711

michael.stroh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Wen-fai Fong

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4597

wfong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8063

Adam Miller

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3735

amiller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8069

External

Adriano Baldeschi

Joe Bright

Deanne Coppejans

Assistant Professor, University of Warwick

Chris Pankow

Data Scientist II at OpenX

Ying Qin

Faculty, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University

Directory

Core Faculty

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Associate and Affiliate Faculty

CIERA

External

Postdocs

CIERA

Graduate Students

CIERA

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Staff

CIERA

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Postdoctoral Alumni

CIERA

Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

External