Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

Core Astronomy Faculty

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

Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4647

cgiguere@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8067

Vicky Kalogera

Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor, Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 491-5669

vicky@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8071

Shane Larson

Research Associate Professor, Associate Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 467-4305

s.larson@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8045

Yoram Lithwick

Associate Professor

y-lithwick@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8065

Fred Rasio

Joseph Cummings Professor

Phone: (847) 491-7904

rasio@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8005

Sasha Tchekhovskoy

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3103

atchekho@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8055

Department of Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics (McCormick School of Engineering)

Daniel Lecoanet

Assistant Professor

daniel.lecoanet@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech M426

Faculty

CIERA

Christopher Berry

Research Assistant Professor

christopher.berry@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8051

Giacomo Fragione

Research Assistant Professor

giacomo.fragione@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8003

Aaron Geller

Research Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

Postdocs

CIERA

Nancy Aggarwal

CIERA Fellow, CFP Postdoctoral Fellow

nancy.aggarwal@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd 1171 / Tech F211 / 1800 Sherman, 8053

Evan Anders

Postdoctoral Fellow

evan.anders@northwestern.edu

Jeff Andrews

Postdoctoral Fellow

jeffrey.andrews@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Maya Fishbach

NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow

maya.fishbach@northwestern.edu

Ore Gottlieb

Visiting Scholar

ore@northwestern.edu

Mike Grudić

Postdoctoral Fellow

michael.grudic@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Luke Zoltan Kelley

Lindheimer Fellow

lzkelley@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8017

Diego Munoz

Postdoctoral Fellow

diego.munoz@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Ying Qin

SNF Fellow

ying.qin@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8041

Sukrit Ranjan

Postdoctoral Fellow

sukrit.ranjan@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman Avenue, 8041

Juan Gabriel Serra Perez

Postdoctoral Associate

jgserra@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Michelle Vick

Postdoctoral Fellow

michelle.birch@northwestern.edu

Sarah Wellons

Postdoctoral Fellow

sarah.wellons@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8047

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

Nancy Aggarwal

CIERA Fellow, CFP Postdoctoral Fellow

nancy.aggarwal@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd 1171 / Tech F211 / 1800 Sherman, 8053

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)

Lindsey Byrne

Graduate Student

LindseyByrne2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8030A

Gabriel Casabona

Graduate Student

GabrielCasabona2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 22

Eve Chase

Graduate Student

EveChase2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Alex Gurvich

Graduate Student

AGurvich@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Emma Kaufman

Graduate Student

EmmaKaufman2026@u.northwestern.edu

Fulya Kiroglu

Graduate Student

FulyaKiroglu2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Camille Liotine

Graduate Student

CamilleLiotine2026@u.northwestern.edu

Miguel Martinez

Graduate Student

miguelmartinez2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032D

Nick Kaaz

Graduate Student

NicholasOmahen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Kierstin Sorenson

Graduate Student

KierstinSorensen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Jacob Sprague

Graduate Student

JacobSprague2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Imran Sultan

Graduate Student

ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu

Elizabeth Teng

Graduate Student

ElizabethTeng2025@u.northwestern.edu

Shi (Claire) Ye

Graduate Student

ShiYe2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

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

Shane Larson

Research Associate Professor, Associate Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 467-4305

s.larson@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8045

Alumni

External

Kyle Kremer

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Observatories and Caltech

Wing-Kit (Kit) Lee

Insight Data Science Fellow

Chris Pankow

Visiting Scholar, Data Scientist II at at OpenX

christopher.pankow@northwestern.edu

Directory

Core Astronomy Faculty

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

Department of Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics (McCormick School of Engineering)

Faculty

CIERA

Postdocs

CIERA

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

External

Graduate Students

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

Staff

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

Alumni

External