Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

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Core 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

Wen-fai Fong

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4597

wfong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8063

Andrew Geraci

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6673

andrew.geraci@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F135

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 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

Dave Meyer

Charles Deering McCormick Professor

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

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

Melville Ulmer

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-5633

m-ulmer2@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 3B

Jason Wang

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Assistant Professor starting Fall 2022)

jason.wang@northwestern.edu

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8147

zadeh@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F215

Associate and Affiliate Faculty

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

Deborah Brown

Senior Lecturer

Phone: (847) 467-5789

d-brown4@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 10

Eric Dahl

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-1989

cdahl@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F117

André de Gouvêa

Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6462

degouvea@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F426

Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-3511

enectali@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F263

Kristian Hahn

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-8847

kristian.hahn@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F115

Ian Low

Professor / Joint with Argonne National Laboratory

Phone: (847) 467-2618

ilow@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F417

Adilson Motter

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor

Phone: (847) 491-4611

motter@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F323

Brian Odom

Professor

Phone: (847) 467-5452

b-odom@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F137

Frank Petriello

Professor / Joint with Argonne National Laboratory

Phone: (847) 467-3196

f-petriello@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F421

Michael Schmitt

Department Chair, Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6593

m-schmitt@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F113

Michael Smutko

Professor of Instruction

Phone: (847) 491-4568

m-smutko@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 9A

Ron Taam

Professor Emeritus

Phone: (847) 491-7528

r-taam@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 10

Postdocs

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

Nancy Aggarwal

CIERA-CFP Postdoctoral Fellow

nancy.aggarwal@northwestern.edu

Office: Mudd 1171 / Tech F211 / 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

Lindsey Byrne

Graduate Student

byrnelin@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Gabriel Casabona

Graduate Student

GabrielCasabona2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8034D

Lindsay DeMarchi

Graduate Student

ldemarchi@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Yuxin Dong

Graduate Student

yuxin.dong@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Monica Gallegos Garcia

Graduate Student

MonicaGallegosGarcia2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Elena González

Graduate Student

elena.prieto@northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032B

Alex Gurvich

Graduate Student

AGurvich@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Aprajita Hajela

Graduate Student

AprajitaHajela2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Danat Issa

Graduate Student

DanatIssa2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8033

Emma Kaufman

Graduate Student

EmmaKaufman2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8030A

Chase Kimball

Graduate Student

CharlesKimball2012@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Fulya Kiroglu

Graduate Student

FulyaKiroglu2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038A

Aretaios (Aris) Lalakos

Graduate Student

AretaiosLalakos2022@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8033

Dennis Lee

Graduate Student

DennisLee2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Camille Liotine

Graduate Student

cliotine@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038F

Chang Liu

Graduate Student

ptg.cliu@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Beverly Lowell

Graduate Student

BeverlyLowell2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Miguel Martinez

Graduate Student

miguelmartinez2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032D

Joseph Michail

Graduate Student

JoeMichail2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038C

Serena Moseley

Graduate Student

SerenaMoseley2027@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Anya Nugent

Graduate Student

AnyaNugent2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Nick Kaaz

Graduate Student

NicholasOmahen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038B

Teresita Ramirez

Graduate Student

TeresitaRamirezAguilar2028@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 5

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032A

Jeremy Rath

Graduate Student

JeremyRath2020@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Nabeel Rehemtulla

Graduate Student

nabeelr@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Monica Rizzo

Graduate Student

monicarizzo2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Jonathan Roberts

Graduate Student

JonathanRoberts2027@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Kyle Rocha

Graduate Student

KyleRocha2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Jennifer Sanchez

Graduate Student

JenniferSanchez2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 5

Genevieve Schroeder

Graduate Student

GenevieveSchroeder@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8002

Huei Sears

Graduate Student

hueisears2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Kierstin Sorensen

Graduate Student

KierstinSorensen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8034C

Jacob Sprague

Graduate Student

JacobSprague2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8034A

Candice Stauffer

Graduate Student

CandiceStauffer2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8060

Imran Sultan

Graduate Student

ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032C

Elizabeth Teng

Graduate Student

ElizabethTeng2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036B

Hailin Wang

Graduate Student

G8W3O5@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Newlin Weatherford

Riedel Family Graduate Fellow

NewlinWeatherford2017@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Nycole Wenner

Graduate Student

NycoleWenner2026@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

Shi (Claire) Ye

Graduate Student

ShiYe2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Rachel Zhang

Graduate Student

rczhang@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn B-10

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 Professor, Associate Director of CIERA

Phone: (847) 467-4305

s.larson@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8045

Postdoctoral 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

Adam Miller

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 491-3735

amiller@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8069