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CIERA Postdocs Move on to New Positions
Congratulations to Ian Christie, Kyle Kremer, Mario Spera, and Jonathan Stern — the newest postdoctoral alumni from CIERA. Ian Christie will...
4th Award of LSSTC Enabling Science Grant to CIERA’s Aaron Geller
For the fourth year in a row, Research Assistant Professor Aaron Geller was awarded an Enabling Science Grant from the Large Synoptic Survey...
Undergraduate Kristopher Mortensen Earns Outstanding Thesis Research Award
Kristopher Mortensen, a 2020 graduate from Weinberg in Physics & Astronomy, was recognized with an Outstanding Thesis Research Undergraduate Award from...
CIERA’s Nancy Aggarwal Wins GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prize
Postdoctoral Fellow Nancy Aggarwal has won the 2019 GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prize for her thesis “A room temperature optomechanical squeezer.” Nancy received her...
Vicky Kalogera Featured in Crain’s 2020 Notable Women in STEM
Vicky Kalogera is one of six women leaders from Northwestern University in the field of science, technology, engineering and math to...
CIERA Ranks #1 for National Postdoctoral Fellowships
Three CIERA Postdocs Win NSF Fellowships for Scientific & Educational Programs CIERA postdoctoral researchers Kyle Kremer, Patrick Sheehan, and Sarah Wellons...
NASA Einstein Postdoc Kate Alexander Named to Crain’s “20 in Their Twenties”
CIERA researcher Kate Alexander is featured in Crain’s “20 in Their Twenties” for 2020. She earned a doctorate in astronomy and...
Undergraduate Andrew Bowen Receives AAS Chambliss Award
Northwestern University undergraduate Andrew Bowen was awarded a 2020 Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for his poster presentation at the 235th...
NASA Hubble Fellowship Awarded to Michael Zevin
CIERA doctoral student Michael Zevin was awarded the esteemed 2020 NASA Hubble Fellowship, and will begin working as a postdoctoral researcher...
Beverly Lowell Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Second-year CIERA graduate student Beverly Lowell was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowship for the upcoming year and received...