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Directory
Core Faculty
Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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Vicky Kalogera
Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor, Director of CIERA
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Giles Novak
Professor, Faculty Director of Northwestern University Research Shop
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CIERA
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Kari Frank
Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor
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Associate Faculty
Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)
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Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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Suzan van der Lee
Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Computing
Affiliate Faculty
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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Neal Blair
Professor, Joint Appointment in Civil & Environmental Engineering
External Faculty
External
![Christopher Berry](https://ciera.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Christopher-Berry-170x170.png)
Postdocs
CIERA
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Research Staff
CIERA
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Graduate Students
Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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Staff
Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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Vicky Kalogera
Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor, Director of CIERA
CIERA
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Kari Frank
Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor
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Postdoctoral Alumni
Department of Physics & Astronomy (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)
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CIERA
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External
![Kate Alexander](https://ciera.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Kate-Alexander-170x170.jpg)
Kate Alexander
Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona
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Joe Bright
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
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Deanne Coppejans
Assistant Professor, University of Warwick
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Chris Pankow
Data Scientist II at OpenX
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Ying Qin
Faculty, School of Physics and Electronic Information, Anhui Normal University