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. INSCC 318 | |
Joel BrownsteinGalaxy Clustering and Evolution, Dark Matter, Gravitational Lensing, Cosmology, Gravity, Data Access, Data Visualization, Machine Learning INSCC 312 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 INSCC 328 | |
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. INSCC 320 | |
Yao-Yuan MaoLow-mass and Low-redshift Galaxies, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Dark Matter, Cosmological Simulations, Astronomical Surveys INSCC 314 | |
Anil SethMassive Black Holes, Nearby Galaxies, Nuclear Star Clusters INSCC 330 | |
Daniel WikX-ray Astronomy, Galaxy Clusters, Galaxies, Black Holes, Cosmology INSCC 324 | |
Gail ZasowskiGalactic Archeology, The Milky Way, Stellar Populations, The Interstellar Medium INSCC 322 | |
Zheng ZhengGalaxy Formation and Evolution, Cosmology, Large-Scale Structure, Cosmic Reionization INSCC 326 | |
![]() | Rhett Zollinger |
Postdocs
![]() | Bobby ButlerInterstellar medium, Dust extinction, Dust properties, Survey Astronomy INSCC 304 |
Ekta Patel, NASA Hubble FellowGalaxy formation and evolution, galactic dynamics, dwarf galaxies, dark matter, near-field cosmology INSCC 316 | |
![]() | Ragadeepika PuchaDwarf Galaxies, Intermediate-Mass Black Holes, Galaxy Formation and Evolution INSCC 316 |
![]() | 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 INSCC 304 |
Graduate Students
![]() | Callie ClontzStellar Populations, Nuclear Star Clusters Advisor: Prof. Anil Seth |
![]() | Hayley ColuccioMilky Way Stellar Populations, Galaxy Evolution |
Samantha CreechX-ray Astrophysics, AGN Surveys, Galaxy Clusters Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik | |
Benjamin GibsonGalaxy Evolution and Stellar Populations, Integrated Light Spectroscopy Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski | |
![]() | 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 | |
![]() | Austin KingAdvisor: Prof. Ben Bromley |
![]() | Pengfei LiAdvisor: Prof. Zheng Zheng |
Aidan McBrideInterstellar medium dynamics, molecular clouds Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski | |
![]() | Hannah MoonX-ray Astrophysics, Black Hole Binaries, and Intermediate Mass Black Holes Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik |
![]() | Christian NorsethX-ray Astrophysics, Galaxy Clusters Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik |
![]() | David OhlsonAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth |
![]() | Corinna PenaAdvisor: Prof. Tanmoy Laskar |
![]() | Cicely PotterX-ray Astrophysics, Galaxy Clusters Advisor: Prof. Dan Wik |
![]() | Josh RatajczakAdvisor: Prof. Kyle Dawson |
Amaya SinhaStellar clusters, stellar chemistry Advisor: Prof. Gail Zasowski | |
![]() | Emily StricklandAdvisor: Prof. Yao-Yuan Mao |
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 |
![]() | 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 |
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 | |
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 | |
Dieu NguyenAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2018 Current Position: Postdoc at Center of Research in Astrophysics of Lyon | |
Renuka PechettiAdvisor: Prof. Anil Seth Ph.D. 2020 Current Position: Postdoc at Liverpool John Moores University | |
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 |
![]() | 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 |