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Joe Adamo

  • B.S. in Engineering Physics, 2020, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Interest: Computational Astrophysics, Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Joe works with Dr. Tim Eifler on extracting cosmological information from current and upcoming galaxy surveys. He is interested in studying the nature of dark energy, and in using machine learning to enhance cosmological data analyses.

Rachael C Amaro

  • B.S. in Engineering Physics, 2018, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Interest: la Supernovae, Variable Stars, time domain astronomy

Haley Bowden

  • B.S. in Physics, 2020, University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas of Interest: Galaxy formation and evolution theory. The Galaxy and Dark Matter Halo Connection

Jane Bright

  • B.S. in Physics and B.A. in Mathematics, 2018, Denison University
Areas of Interest: Gravitational Physics, black holes, Compact Objects, and cosmology

Katie Chamberlain

  • B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, 2018, Montana State University
https://katiechambe.github.io/ Areas of Interest: Dwarf galaxy interactions and dynamics, Galaxy Formation and Evolution Theory

Katie uses cosmological simulations to study the frequency and dynamics of dwarf galaxy pairs and groups throughout cosmic time with Gurtina Besla

Zuyi Chen

  • B.S. in Astronomy, 2019, University of Science & Technology of China
Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Extragalactic Astronomy

Collin Christy

  • B.S. in Physics and Astrophysics, 2021, The Ohio State University
Areas of Interest: Time-domain Astronomy, Tidal Disruption Events, Variable Stars

Christa DeCoursey

  • B.S. in Physics and Astrophysics, 2021, University of Florida
Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Evolution, Radio Astronomy

Hayden Foote

  • B.A. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020, University of Colorado - Boulder
https://hfoote.github.io/ Areas of Interest: Galaxy Dynamics, formation, and Evolution

Hayden works with Gurtina Besla to study the dynamics of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies and what they can tell us about the nature of dark matter.

Noah Franz

  • B.S. in Physics and Applied Data Science, 2023, Siena College
https://noahfranz13.github.io/ Areas of Interest: Transients, Tidal Disruption Events, black holes

Aaron Goldtooth

  • B.S. in Astronomy & Mathematics, 2022, University of Arizona
Areas of Interest: High Contrast Imagery, High Energy Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics

Jakob Helton

  • B.A. in Astrophysical Sciences, 2021, Princeton University
http://jakehelton.herokuapp.com/ Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Cosmology, and Galaxy Formation & Evolution

Brian Hsu

  • B.A in Astrophysics and Physics, 2023, Harvard University
https://brianjjhsu.wordpress.com/ Areas of Interest: Supernovae, Time-domain Astronomy, Massive Stars, Stellar Evolution

Yu-Hsiu Huang

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2019, National Tsing Hua University
  • M.S. in Physics, 2021, National Taiwan University
Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Extragalactic Astronomy

Yun-Hsin Huang

  • M.S., 2015, University of Chicago
Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Formation, and Evolution

Yun-Hsin is working with Profs. Xiaohui Fan and Eiichi Egami on the Steward/UKIRT Near-IR Imaging of the Hyper Supreme-Cam (HSC) Deep Fields.

Soley Hyman

  • B.A. in Astrophysics & Physics, 2019, Harvard University
Areas of Interest: Extragalactic and galactic astronomy, Instrumentation, black holes

Xiangyu Jin

  • B.S. in Physics, 2018, Nanjing University
  • M.S. in Physics, 2020, McGill University
Areas of Interest: AGN, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Aafaque Khan

  • B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, 2013, National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

Aafaque works with Dr. Erika Hamden on developing UV detectors and instrumentation for balloon and space-based telescopes. He is interested in studying the Circumgalactic medium (CGM) and its role in galaxy evolution.

Donghyeon (Jeff) Khim

  • B.S. in Astronomy and Physics, 2018, Yonsei University
http://galaxydiver.github.io/ Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy formation & evolution

Chia-Lin Ko

  • B.S. in Physics, 2018, National Taiwan Normal University
  • M.S. in Astronomy, 2020, National Tsing Hua University
Areas of Interest: Star Formation, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Genevieve Kuo

  • B.S in Physics, 2022, National Taiwan University
Areas of Interest: Planet Formation, protoplanetary disk dynamics, radio and IR observations

Sophie Lebowitz

  • B.A. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020, Ohio State University
Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Evolution, Active Galactic Nuclei

Jialin Li

  • B.S. in Physics, 2022, University of California, Santa Cruz
Areas of Interest: Instrumentation and exoplanet

Yu-Chia Lin

    https://dreamjade.github.io/yuchia/

    Vikram Manikantan

    • B.A. in Physics w/ Honors, 2022, Northwestern University
    Areas of Interest: Computational High-energy Astrophysics, (Supermassive) Black Holes, Neutron Stars, Supernovae, Accretion Disks, Numerical Relativity

    Vikram is a theoretical and computational astrophysicist whose research focuses on the multi-messenger nature of compact objects such as supermassive black hole binaries, neutron stars, supernovae, and other high-energy transients. He uses numerical relativity and magnetohydrodynamic simulations, such as Einstein Toolkit, IllinoisGRMHD, and Athena++, to study these systems in a variety of contexts. His current work focuses on the late-time evolution of accreting supermassive black hole binaries in the LISA band. Future work will hopefully expand the current numerical framework to study neutron star mergers, core-collapse supernovae, and other high-energy transients at unprecedented resolutions.

    Evan Mayer

    • B.A. Physics, 2017, University of Chicago
    https://evanmayer.github.io/index.html Areas of Interest: Radio Astronomy Instrumentation, Observational Cosmology

    Rebecca Minsley

    • B.A. , 2021, Bates College
    Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Star Formation

    Matthew Murphy

    • B.S. in Physics & Astronomy, 2020, Stony Brook University
    Areas of Interest: Exoplanets, Exoplanet Atmospheres

    Mahdi Naseri

    • B.S. in Physics, 2021, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran
    Areas of Interest: Gravitational Physics, black holes, Cosmology, Dark Matter and Dark Energy

    Brock Parker

    • B.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023, University of Wyoming
    Areas of Interest: Circumgalactic Medium, CCDs, UV Instrumentation

    Logan Pearce

    • B.S., 2019, University of Texas at Austin
    • M.A., 2014, University of Texas at Austin
    • B.S., 2003, Purdue University
    Areas of Interest: Star and Planet Formation, high contrast imaging, astrometry

    Jeniveve Pearson

    • B.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020, The Ohio State University
    Areas of Interest: core collapse supernovae, Massive Stars, and stellar evolution

    Maria Pudoka

    • B.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021, The Ohio State University
    https://pudokam.github.io/ Areas of Interest: High-redshift quasars, galaxy protoclusters, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

    Pranjal Rajendra Singh

    • B.Tech. in Engineering Physics, 2019, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

    Himansh Rathore

    • B.Tech in Engineering Physics , 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    https://himanshrathore.github.io/ Areas of Interest: Galaxy Dynamics, Extra-galactic Astronomy & Cosmology, Computational Astrophysics

    Nicholas Schragal

    • B.S., Physics, 2021, University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Areas of Interest: Exoplanet Transit Modeling

    Amy Smock

    • B.S. in Physics, 2018, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    Areas of Interest: Galactic Dynamics, Spiral galaxy evolution, Transient spiral regeneration and morphology

    Meredith Stone

    • B.S. in Astronomy, 2022, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    Areas of Interest: observational galaxy evolution, Active Galactic Nuclei, and infrared astronomy

    Yang Sun

    • B.S. , 2020, Beijing Normal University
    Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy formation & evolution, AGN

    Jasmin Washington

    • B.S. in Astronomy & Physics, 2020, University of Virginia
    Areas of Interest: Radio Astronomy, Instrumentation

    Lily Whitler

    • B.S. in Physics & Mathematics, 2020, Arizona State University
    http://astro.lilywhitler.com/ Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy formation & evolution, cosmic reionization

    Charity Woodrum

    • B.S. in Physics, 2018, University of Oregon
    http://www.charitywoodrum.com Areas of Interest: Extragalactic Astronomy, Galaxy Formation and Evolution

    Ningyuan Xu

    • B.A. in Astrophysics & Physics, 2023, University of California at Berkeley
    Areas of Interest: black holes, Gravitational Physics, Accretion Disks

    Jiachuan Xu

    • B.S. in Physics, 2018, Tsinghua University
    Areas of Interest: Galaxy formation & evolution, Cosmology

    Haowen Zhang

    • B.S., 2018, Peking University
    Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, AGN, Cosmology

    Junyu Zhang

    • B.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics and Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
    Areas of Interest: Galaxy Formation and Evolution, AGN
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