Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)

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Core Astronomy Faculty

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

Ryan Chornock

Associate Professor

chornock@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman Avenue, 8069

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

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

Raffaella Margutti

Assistant 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

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

Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Professor

Phone: (847) 491-8147

zadeh@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F215

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 / Joint with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Phone: (847) 467-1989

cdahl@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F419

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

Andrew Geraci

Associate Professor

Phone: (847) 467-6673

andrew.geraci@northwestern.edu

Office: Tech F135

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

Associate 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

CIERA

Nancy Aggarwal

CIERA Fellow, CFP Postdoctoral Fellow

nancy.aggarwal@northwestern.edu

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

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

Rocco Coppejans

COFI Fellow

Phone: 847-467-0065

rocco.coppejans@northwestern.edu

Office: F155

Graduate Students

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

Dany Atallah

Graduate Student

DanyAtallah2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Michael Bueno

Graduate Student

Phone: 847-467-4886

michaelbueno2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8034B

Lindsey Byrne

Graduate Student

LindseyByrne2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8030A

Thomas Cane

Graduate Student

ThomasCane2020@u.northwestern.edu

Matthew Carney

Graduate Student

MatthewCarney2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8034A

Gabriel Casabona

Graduate Student

GabrielCasabona2025@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 22

Eve Chase

Graduate Student

EveChase2021@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Lindsay DeMarchi

Graduate Student

ldemarchi@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038C

Joshua Fuhrman

Graduate Student

JoshuaFuhrman2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn 5

Monica Gallegos Garcia

Graduate Student

MonicaGallegosGarcia2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036A

Alexa Gordon

Graduate Student

AlexaGordon2026@u.northwestern.edu

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, 8038D

Wynn Jacobson-Galán

Graduate Student

wynnjacobson-galan2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Emma Kaufman

Graduate Student

EmmaKaufman2026@u.northwestern.edu

Chase Kimball

Graduate Student

CharlesKimball2012@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8029

Fulya Kiroglu

Graduate Student

FulyaKiroglu2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Aretaios (Aris) Lalakos

Graduate Student

AretaiosLalakos2022@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8033

Dennis Lee

Graduate Student

DennisLee2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036C

Camille Liotine

Graduate Student

CamilleLiotine2026@u.northwestern.edu

Beverly Lowell

Graduate Student

BeverlyLowell2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038A

Miguel Martinez

Graduate Student

miguel-martinez@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032D

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

Nick Kaaz

Graduate Student

NicholasOmahen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Jillian Rastinejad

Graduate Student

JillianRastinejad2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: Dearborn

Jeremy Rath

Graduate Student

JeremyRath2020@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8025

Monica Rizzo

Graduate Student

mxr5584@rit.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036D

Kyle Rocha

Graduate Student

KyleRocha2024@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038E

Genevieve Schroeder

Graduate Student

GenevieveSchroeder@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8036B

Huei Sears

Graduate Student

hueisears2024@u.northwestern.edu

Kierstin Sorenson

Graduate Student

KierstinSorensen2024@u.northwestern.edu

Candice Stauffer

Graduate Student

CandiceStauffer2023@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8038B

Imran Sultan

Graduate Student

ImranSultan2025@u.northwestern.edu

Elizabeth Teng

Graduate Student

ElizabethTeng2025@u.northwestern.edu

Newlin Weatherford

Graduate Student

NewlinWeatherford2017@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8032C

Paul Williams

Graduate Student

PaulWilliams2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8049

Yuchan Yang

Graduate Student

YuchanYang2020@u.northwestern.edu

Shi (Claire) Ye

Graduate Student

ShiYe2015@u.northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8027

Weitian Yu

Graduate Student

WeitianYu2020@u.northwestern.edu

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

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

Rocco Coppejans

COFI Fellow

Phone: 847-467-0065

rocco.coppejans@northwestern.edu

Office: F155

Wen-fai Fong

Assistant Professor

Phone: (847) 467-4597

wfong@northwestern.edu

Office: 1800 Sherman, 8063