Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

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, Director of the SkAI Institute

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

Lena Murchikova

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-1538

lena@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7409

Giles Novak

Professor, Faculty Director of Northwestern University Research Shop

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

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

Emma Alexander

Assistant Professor

ealexander@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd, Room 3515

CIERA

Tarraneh Eftekhari

Assistant Director of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

teftekhari@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8051

Kari Frank

Sr. 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

Associate Faculty

Department of Earth, Environmental & 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, Environmental & 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

Department of Statistics (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

Sandy Zabell

Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of Statistics and Mathematics

Phone: (847) 491-5564

zabell@math.northwestern.edu

Office: Lunt 227

External Faculty

External

Christopher Berry

Visiting Scholar, Lecturer with the University of Glasgow

christopher.berry@northwestern.edu

Postdocs

CIERA

Sylvia Biscoveanu

NASA Einstein Fellow

sbisco@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7405

Anna Childs

Postdoctoral Associate

anna.childs@northwestern.edu

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

Lindsey Kwok

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

lindsey.kwok@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

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

Graduate Students

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

Alice Cai

Graduate Student

acai@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Amanda Chavez

Graduate Student

amandachavez2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8043

Julianne Cronin

Graduate Student

JulianneCronin2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas

Graduate Student

NathalieKorhonenCuestas2029@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Yuxin (Vic) Dong

Graduate Student

yuxin.dong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Rodrigo Ferrer-Chavez

Graduate Student

rodrigoferrer-chavez2029@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7429

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8031

Saarah Hall

Graduate Student

saarah@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8043

Josh Harry

Graduate Student

joshuaharry2027@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8041

Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach

Graduate Student

beryl@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Nathalie Jones

Graduate Student

NathalieJones2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Tiffany Liou

Graduate Student

tiffanyliou2025@u.northwestern.edu

Chang Liu

Graduate Student

ptg.cliu@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8033

Gideon McFarland

Graduate Student

gideonm@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7429

Caroline von Raesfeld

Graduate Student

carolinevr@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8043

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Ved Shah

Graduate Student

vedshah2029@u.northwestern.edu

Darsan Swaroop Bellie

Graduate Student

darsh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Asad Ukani

Graduate Student

asadukani2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Hailin Wang

BoV Graduate Fellow

hwr5641@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8039

Nycole Wenner

Graduate Student

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, Director of the SkAI Institute

Phone: (847) 491-5669

vicky@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8071

CIERA

Tarraneh Eftekhari

Assistant Director of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

teftekhari@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8051

Kari Frank

Sr. Director of Operations of CIERA, Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-3178

kari.frank@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8007

NU SkAI Personnel

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, Director of the SkAI Institute

Phone: (847) 491-5669

vicky@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8071

Adam Miller

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3735

amiller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8069

Allison Strom

Assistant Professor

Phone: 847-467-1537

allison.strom@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7413

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

Emma Alexander

Assistant Professor

ealexander@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd, Room 3515

CIERA

Aaron Geller

Research Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

The NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

Erin Cox

SkAI Assistant Director of Education and Outreach

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

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

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

Juan Gabriel Serra Perez

The NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

Erin Cox

SkAI Assistant Director of Education and Outreach

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Directory

Core Faculty

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

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

CIERA

Associate Faculty

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

Affiliate Faculty

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

Department of Statistics (Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences)

External Faculty

External

Postdocs

CIERA

Research Staff

CIERA

Graduate Students

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

Staff

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

CIERA

NU SkAI Personnel

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

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

CIERA

The NSF-Simons SkAI Institute

Postdoctoral Alumni

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

CIERA

External

The NSF-Simons SkAI Institute