Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

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Core Faculty

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

Wen-fai Fong

Associate 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

Professor Emeritus

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

Allison Strom

Assistant Professor

Phone: 847-467-1537

allison.strom@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7413

Melville Ulmer

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-5633

m-ulmer2@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 3B

Jason Wang

Assistant Professor

jason.wang@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8059

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8147

zadeh@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F215

CIERA

Zoheyr Doctor

Board of Visitors Research Assistant Professor

zoheyr.doctor@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8051

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 Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

L. Clifton (Cliff) Johnson

Research Assistant Professor

lcj@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7425

Charlie Kilpatrick

Research Assistant Professor

ckilpatrick@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8049

Tjitske Starkenburg

Research Assistant Professor

tjitske.starkenburg@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7423

Associate Faculty

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

Emma Alexander

Assistant Professor

ealexander@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd, Room 3515

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Suzan van der Lee

Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Computing

Phone: (847) 491-8183

suzan@earth.northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F494/F495

Affiliate Faculty

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Neal Blair

Professor, Joint Appointment in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Phone: (847) 491-8790

n-blair@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech A228

External Faculty

External

Christopher Berry

Visiting Scholar, Lecturer with the University of Glasgow

christopher.berry@northwestern.edu

Postdocs

CIERA

Sharan Banagiri

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

sharan.banagiri@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7405

Sylvia Biscoveanu

NASA Einstein Fellow

sbisco@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7405

Peter Blanchard

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

peter.blanchard@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Sarah Blunt

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

sarah.blunt@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman

Anna Childs

Postdoctoral Associate

anna.childs@northwestern.edu

Erin Cox

NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow

erin.cox@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Tarraneh Eftekhari

NASA Einstein Fellow

teftekhari@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8023

Mark Gorski

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

mark.gorski@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7403

Chih-Chun (Dino) Hsu

Postdoctoral Associate

chsu@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7403

Tim Miller

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

timothy.miller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Noah Rogers

CIERA Postdoctoral Associate

noah.rogers@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7403

Steve Schulze

CIERA Research Associate

steve.schulze@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Bryan Scott

LSSTC Postdoctoral Fellow

bryan.scott@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Guochao (Jason) Sun

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

guochao.sun@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8047

Caitlin Witt

CIERA-Adler Postdoctoral Fellow

caitlin.witt@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Xinfeng Xu

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

xinfeng.xu@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8015

Research Staff

CIERA

Steve Schulze

CIERA Research Associate

steve.schulze@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Michael Stroh

Computational Specialist

Phone: (847) 491-3711

michael.stroh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

Graduate Students

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

Alice Cai

Graduate Student

alicecai2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn, 5

Amanda Chavez

Graduate Student

amandachavez2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Saanika Choudhary

Graduate Student

SaanikaChoudhary2024@u.northwestern.edu

Julianne Cronin

Graduate Student

JulianneCronin2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas

Graduate Student

NathalieKorhonenCuestas2029@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn, 24

Yuxin (Vic) Dong

Graduate Student

yuxin.dong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Saarah Hall

Graduate Student

saarah@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Josh Harry

Graduate Student

joshuaharry2027@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach

Graduate Student

beryl@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn, 9D

Nathalie Jones

Graduate Student

NathalieJones2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Chase Kimball

Graduate Student

CharlesKimball2012@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Dennis Lee

Graduate Student

DennisLee2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7415

Chang Liu

Graduate Student

ptg.cliu@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Gideon McFarland

Graduate Student

gideonm@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn, 9D

Joseph Michail

Graduate Student

JoeMichail2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7417

Andrea Minot

Graduate Student

andreaminot2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7418

Anya Nugent

Graduate Student

AnyaNugent2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7415

Caroline von Raesfeld

Graduate Student

carolinevr@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Genevieve Schroeder

Graduate Student

GenevieveSchroeder@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7415

Huei Sears

Graduate Student

hueisears2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Darsan Swaroop Bellie

Graduate Student

darsh@northwestern.edu

Asad Ukani

Graduate Student

asadukani2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn, B10

Hailin Wang

Graduate Student

hwr5641@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Nycole Wenner

Board of Visitors Graduate Fellow

NycoleWenner2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Staff

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

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

Postdoctoral Alumni

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

Wen-fai Fong

Associate 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

CIERA

L. Clifton (Cliff) Johnson

Research Assistant Professor

lcj@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7425

Charlie Kilpatrick

Research Assistant Professor

ckilpatrick@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8049

Tjitske Starkenburg

Research Assistant Professor

tjitske.starkenburg@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7423

Michael Stroh

Computational Specialist

Phone: (847) 491-3711

michael.stroh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

External

Kate Alexander

Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona

Adriano Baldeschi

Joe Bright

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford

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