Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

Core Astronomy Faculty

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

Ryan Chornock

Associate Professor

chornock@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman Avenue, 8069

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

Raffaella Margutti

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8637

raffaella.margutti@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8059

Dave Meyer

Charles Deering McCormick Professor

Phone: (847) 491-4516

davemeyer@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8011

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

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8147

zadeh@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F215

Faculty

CIERA

Christopher Berry

Research Assistant Professor

christopher.berry@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 Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

Postdocs

CIERA

Adriano Baldeschi

Postdoctoral Associate

adriano.baldeschi@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8035

Peter Blanchard

Postdoctoral Fellow

peter.blanchard@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Joe Bright

Astrophysicist

joe.bright@northwestern.edu

Deanne Coppejans

Postdoctoral Associate

deanne.coppejans@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Erin Cox

Postdoctoral Associate

erin.cox@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Maya Fishbach

NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow

maya.fishbach@northwestern.edu

L. Clifton (Cliff) Johnson

Postdoctoral Fellow

lcj@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Charlie Kilpatrick

Postdoctoral Associate

ckilpatrick@northwestern.edu

Adam Miller

CIERA Fellow and Program Director, LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program

Phone: (847) 491-3735

amiller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8015

Alicia Rouco Escorial

Postdoctoral Associate

alicia.rouco.escorial@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Juan Gabriel Serra Perez

Postdoctoral Associate

jgserra@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Patrick Sheehan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: (847) 491-3735

psheehan@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8015

Michael Stroh

Postdoctoral Associate

michael.stroh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8035

External

Chris Pankow

Visiting Scholar, Data Scientist II at at OpenX

christopher.pankow@northwestern.edu

Graduate Students

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

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Wynn Jacobson-Galán

Graduate Student

WynnJacobson-galan2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

David Matthews

Graduate Student

david.matthews@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Joseph Michail

Graduate Student

JoeMichail2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Anya Nugent

Graduate Student

AnyaNugent2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038F

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Genevieve Schroeder

Graduate Student

GenevieveSchroeder@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036B

Huei Sears

Graduate Student

hueisears2024@u.northwestern.edu

Paul Williams

Graduate Student

PaulWilliams2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8049

Yuchan Yang

Graduate Student

YuchanYang2020@u.northwestern.edu

Weitian Yu

Graduate Student

WeitianYu2020@u.northwestern.edu

Staff

CIERA

Kari Frank

Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-3178

kari.frank@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8007

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

Alumni

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

External

Chris Pankow

Visiting Scholar, Data Scientist II at at OpenX

christopher.pankow@northwestern.edu

Ying Qin

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

ying.qin@northwestern.edu

Directory

Core Astronomy Faculty

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

Faculty

CIERA

Postdocs

CIERA

External

Graduate Students

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

Staff

CIERA

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

Alumni

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

External