Faculty
Postdocs
Graduate Students
Alumni
Faculty
Ben BromleyPlanet formation, Solar System Planets, Origins of Milky Way Stars, Milky Way Structure, Astrophysics, Applications of Parallel Supercomputing: Dynamical Simulation, Data Mining. LSSB W3226 | |
Joel BrownsteinGalaxy Clustering and Evolution, Dark Matter, Gravitational Lensing, Cosmology, Gravity, Data Access, Data Visualization, Machine Learning LSSB W3228 SDSS Data, SDSS-V, Utah Center For Data Science, The Master Lens Database, Google Scholar Citations, ORCiD Works | |
![]() | Tabitha Buehler (on leave)Best Teaching Practices, Public Outreach, Informal Education Engagement |
Kyle DawsonOrigins of Cosmic Acceleration, Cosmology, Galaxy Clustering LSSB W3222 | |
Tanmoy LaskarTime Domain Astronomy, Relativistic Explosions (Gravitational Wave Events, Gamma-ray Bursts, Tidal Disruption Events), High-energy Astrophysics, Galaxy Evolution, Multi-wavelength Observations & Modeling, Machine Learning. LSSB W3271 | |
Yao-Yuan MaoLow-mass and Low-redshift Galaxies, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Dark Matter, Cosmological Simulations, Astronomical Surveys LSSB W3218 | |
Anil SethMassive Black Holes, Nearby Galaxies, Nuclear Star Clusters LSSB W3227 | |
Grace TelfordMassive Stars, Low-mass Galaxies, Stellar Populations, Interstellar Medium, Galaxy Evolution LSSB W3214 | |
Daniel WikX-ray Astronomy, Galaxy Clusters, Galaxies, Black Holes, Cosmology LSSB W3220 | |
Gail ZasowskiGalactic Archeology, The Milky Way, Stellar Populations, The Interstellar Medium LSSB W3225 | |
Zheng ZhengGalaxy Formation and Evolution, Cosmology, Large-Scale Structure, Cosmic Reionization LSSB W3221 | |
Rhett ZollingerLSSB W2285 |
Postdocs
![]() | Bobby ButlerInterstellar medium, Dust extinction, Dust properties, Survey Astronomy LSSB W3258 |
Catherine Manea, NSF FellowLSSB W3258 | |
Cicely PotterLSSB W2266 Ph.D. 2025 with Prof. Dan Wik | |
![]() | Ragadeepika PuchaDwarf Galaxies, Intermediate-Mass Black Holes, Galaxy Formation and Evolution LSSB W3256 |
![]() | Randall Rojas-BolivarGalaxy Clusters, Mergers and Non-thermal Phenomena, Dark Matter |
![]() | Zixian Wang (Purmortal)The Milky Way, Star Clusters, Milky Way Analogues, Integral-field spectroscopy LSSB W2266 |
Graduate Students
Bella Carlton | |
![]() | Hayley ColuccioMilky Way Stellar Populations, Galaxy Evolution |
Samantha CreechX-ray Astrophysics, AGN Surveys, Galaxy Clusters Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik | |
![]() | Kameron GooldBlack Holes, JWST, Low-Luminosity AGN Advisor: Prof. Anil Seth |
Tyler HagenAdvisor: Profs. Kyle Dawson and Zheng Zheng | |
Christian H. HannahStellar Populations, Tidal Disruption Events, and Massive Black Holes Advisor: Prof. Anil Seth | |
Xiang Hu | |
Raymon Isaac | |
Pengfei LiAdvisor: Prof. Zheng Zheng | |
Aidan McBrideInterstellar medium dynamics, molecular clouds Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski | |
Ashley Meglino | |
Christian NorsethX-ray Astrophysics, Galaxy Clusters Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik | |
David OhlsonAdvisor: Profs. Yao-Yuan Mao and Anil Seth | |
Josh RatajczakAdvisor: Prof. Kyle Dawson | |
Amaya SinhaStellar clusters, stellar chemistry Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski |
Alumni
Chris AhnAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2018 Current Position: Lead Data Scientist at Intermountain Healthcare | |
Aishwarya (Ash) AshokAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2022 Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, Data and Analytics at PURE Group of Insurance Companies | |
Angela BertiPostdoc at the U until summer 2023 | |
Nicholas BoardmanPostdoc at the U until Aug. 2021 Current Position: Postdoc at the University of St Andrews | |
![]() | Allyson BrodzellerAdvisor: Prof. Kyle Dawson Ph.D. 2023 Current Position: Postdoc at Berkeley Lab |
Chia-Hsun (Albert) ChuangPostdoc at the U from Sep. 2021 to Aug. 2022 | |
![]() | Callie ClontzAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2025 Current Position: Postdoc at MPIA |
![]() | Abigail A. CokerAdvisor: Prof. Yao-Yuan Mao Master 2023 Current Position: Data Analyst, HRL Laboratories |
Mark den BrokPostdoc at the U from 2012 to 2015 Current Position: Postdoc at Leibniz Institute Potsdam | |
Antoine DumontAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2022 Current Position: Postdoc at MPIA in Heidelberg | |
Sarah EftekharzadehPostdoc at the U until Dec. 2020 | |
Benjamin GibsonAdvisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski Ph.D. 2025 Current Position: Postdoc at STScI | |
Hong GuoPostdoc at the U until Aug. 2015 Current Position: Research Professor at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
Sten HasselquistPostdoc at the U until June 2021 Current Position: Staff scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute | |
![]() | Austin KingAdvisor: Prof. Ben Bromley Ph.D. 2025 Current Position: Instructor at Western Governors University |
Jianhui LianPostdoc at the U until Aug. 2021 Current Position: Faculty at Yunnan University | |
![]() | Kevin S. McCarthyThesis: Improving Cosmological Growth-Rate Constraints with Galaxy Clustering Advisor: Prof. Zheng Zheng Ph.D. 2021 Current Position: NASA Postdoc at IPAC/JPL |
Mallory MolinaEccles Fellow at the U from 2022 to 2024 Current Position: Faculty at Vanderbilt University | |
![]() | Hannah MoonAdvisor: Prof. Dan Wik Ph.D. 2025 Current Position: NPP Postdoc Fellow at NASA Goddard |
Dieu NguyenAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2018 Current Position: Postdoc at Center of Research in Astrophysics of Lyon | |
Ekta PatelNASA Hubble Fellow at the U from 2023 to 2025 Current Position: Faculty at Villanova University | |
Renuka PechettiAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2020 Current Position: Postdoc at Liverpool John Moores University | |
Corinna PenaAdvisor: Prof. Tanmoy Laskar M.S. 2024 Current Position: Data Scientist at Veracio | |
Vijith Jacob PoovelilThesis: Exploring Galactic Chemical Evolution Using Cluster Chemistry and Variability Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski Ph.D. 2021 Current Position: Data Scientist | |
Steve RosslandAdvisor: Prof. Dan Wik Ph.D. 2022. Postdoc at the U from 2022 to 2023 | |
Emily StricklandAdvisor: Prof. Yao-Yuan Mao Ph.D. 2025 Current Position: Faculty at Wayne State University | |
Joseph SummersAdvisor: Prof. Joel Brownstein Master 2023 | |
Ayşegül TümerPostdoc at the U from 2019 to 2022 Current Position: Postdoc at MIT Kavli Institute | |
Michael S. TalbotThesis: Extending the Search for Strong Galaxy-Galaxy Gravitational Lenses within SDSS Advisor: Prof. Joel Brownstein Ph.D. 2021 Current Position: NASA Postdoc in the Origin of the Universe Group at JPL | |
Karina VoggelPostdoc at the U from 2016 to 2019 Current Position: CNES Postdoctoral Fellow at Strasbourg Observatory | |
Tobin WainerAdvisor: Profs. Anil Seth and Gail Zasowski Postbac at the U until 2022 Current Position: PhD Student at the University of Washington | |
Qian WangPostdoc at the U from 2019 to 2022 | |
Haojie XuThesis: Galaxy Color-Luminosity-Halo Mass Relation from Galaxy Clustering Advisor: Prof. Zheng Zheng Ph.D. 2018 Current Position: Postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
Xiaoju XuThesis: An Investigation of Halo and Galaxy Assembly Bias Advisor: Prof. Zheng Zheng Ph.D. 2019 Current Position: Postdoc at CWRU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University |































