Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

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Core Faculty

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

John Joseph Carrasco

Associate Professor

Phone: 847-467-5080

carrasco@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F423

Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4647

cgiguere@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8067

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

Yoram Lithwick

Associate Professor

y-lithwick@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8065

Lena Murchikova

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-1538

lena@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7409

Fred Rasio

Joseph Cummings Professor

Phone: (847) 491-7904

rasio@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8005

Ron Taam

Professor Emeritus

Phone: (847) 491-7528

r-taam@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 10

Sasha Tchekhovskoy

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3103

atchekho@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8055

CIERA

Tjitske Starkenburg

Research Assistant Professor

tjitske.starkenburg@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7423

Kung-yi Su

Research Assistant Professor

kungyi.su@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8019

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

Daniel Lecoanet

Assistant Professor

daniel.lecoanet@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech M426

Associate Faculty

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

Deborah Brown

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Phone: (847) 467-5789

d-brown4@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 10

André de Gouvêa

Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6462

degouvea@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F426

Alexander Edison

Research Assistant Professor

alexander.edison@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F424

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

Daniel Horton

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6185

daniel.horton@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F289/F290

Elvira Mulyukova

Assistant Professor

Phone: 847-491-3459

elvira.mulyukova@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F293/294

Research Computing and Data Services (Information Technology)

Aaron Geller

Lead Data Scientist and Astrophysicist

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 2223 Tech Dr., Suite 2220

Affiliate Faculty

Department of Computer Science (McCormick School of Engineering)

Peter Dinda

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Phone: (847) 467-7859

pdinda@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd Room 3507

External Faculty

External

Christopher Berry

Visiting Scholar, Lecturer with the University of Glasgow

christopher.berry@northwestern.edu

Diego Muñoz

Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

Postdocs

CIERA

Leïla Bessila

Postdoctoral Associate

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7405

Anna Childs

Postdoctoral Associate

anna.childs@northwestern.edu

Florentin Daniel

Postdoctoral Associate

florentin.daniel@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7401

Ish Gupta

N3AS Postdoctoral Fellow

ish.gupta@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Fulya Kıroğlu

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

FulyaKiroglu2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7102

Jiaru Li

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

jiaru.li@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Tri Nguyen

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

trivtnguyen@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7401

Nicholas Rui

Visiting Scholar, NHFP Hubble Fellowship at Princeton

nicholas.z.rui@gmail.com

Guochao (Jason) Sun

CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow

guochao.sun@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8047

Nick Vieira

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow

nicholas.vieira@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8061

Zepei Xing

Postdoctoral Associate

Zepei.Xing1@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7104

NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute)

Yongseok Jo

SkAI Postdoctoral Fellow

External

Nicholas Rui

Visiting Scholar, NHFP Hubble Fellowship at Princeton

nicholas.z.rui@gmail.com

Research Staff

CIERA

Michail Damoulakis

Computational Specialist

michail.damoulakis@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

Seth Gossage

Research Associate

seth.gossage@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Graduate Students

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

Dany Atallah

Graduate Student

DanyAtallah2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Darsh Bellie

Graduate Student

darsh@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Jupiter Ding

Graduate Student

jupiterding2029@u.northwestern.edu

Nicole Flors

Graduate Student

nicoleflors2030@u.northwestern.edu

Elena González Prieto

Graduate Student

elena.prieto@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Yiqing (Peggy) Guo

Graduate Student

yiqingguo2022@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7417

Beryl Hovis-Afflerbach

Graduate Student

beryl@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7433

Danat Issa

Graduate Student

DanatIssa2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8033

Pavani Jairam

Graduate Student

pavani.jairam@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Emma Kaufman

Graduate Student

ekaufman@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8035

Ilia Kiato

Graduate Student

ilia.qato@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7429

Dean Kousiounelos

Graduate Student

dean.kousiounelos@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Beverly Lowell

Graduate Student

beverlylowell@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Zeyu Ma

Graduate Student

zma@u.northwestern.edu

Andrew Marszewski

Graduate Student

AndrewMarszewski2029@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8041

Miguel Angel S Martinez

Graduate Student

miguelmartinez2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7421

Gideon McFarland

Board of Visitors Graduate Fellow

gideonm@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7429

Caroline von Raesfeld

Graduate Student

carolinevr@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8043

Teresita Ramirez

Graduate Student

TeresitaRamirezAguilar2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Nabeel Rehemtulla

Graduate Student

nabeelr@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8037

Jonathan Roberts

Graduate Student

JonathanRoberts2027@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8035

Ved Shah

Graduate Student

vedshah2029@u.northwestern.edu

Kierstin Sorensen

Graduate Student

KierstinSorensen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7417

Jacob Sprague

Graduate Student

JacobSprague2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Imran Sultan

Graduate Student

ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8041

Elizabeth Teng

Graduate Student

ElizabethTeng2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7421

Asad Ukani

Graduate Student

asadukani2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

Sachin Venkatesh

Graduate Student

Office: Dearborn

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

Ben Hyatt

Graduate Student

BenjaminHyatt2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Jiah Jin

Graduate Student

JiahJin2029@u.northwestern.edu

Liam O’Connor

Graduate Student

LiamOconnor2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8035

Divjyot Singh

Graduate Student

DivjyotSingh2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7431

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

Michail Damoulakis

Computational Specialist

michail.damoulakis@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8021

NU SkAI Personnel

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

Claude-André Faucher-Giguère

Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4647

cgiguere@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8067

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

Fred Rasio

Joseph Cummings Professor

Phone: (847) 491-7904

rasio@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8005

Sasha Tchekhovskoy

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3103

atchekho@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8055

CIERA

Tjitske Starkenburg

Research Assistant Professor

tjitske.starkenburg@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7423

Research Computing and Data Services (Information Technology)

Aaron Geller

Lead Data Scientist and Astrophysicist

Phone: (847) 467-6233

a-geller@northwestern.edu

Office: 2223 Tech Dr., Suite 2220

NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute)

Yongseok Jo

SkAI Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Alumni

CIERA

Seth Gossage

Research Associate

seth.gossage@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8053

Tjitske Starkenburg

Research Assistant Professor

tjitske.starkenburg@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 7423

External

Vishal Baibhav

NASA Hubble Fellow at Columbia University

Mike Grudić

Associate Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics

Kyle Kremer

Assistant Professor at UCSD

Wing-Kit (Kit) Lee

Senior Data Scientist at Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Diego Muñoz

Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

Chris Pankow

Data Scientist II at OpenX

Ying Qin

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

Sukrit Ranjan

Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona

Alex Richings

Lecturer, University of Hull

Juan Gabriel Serra Perez

Jonathan Stern

Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University

Sarah Wellons

Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Wesleyan