Group Photos
Current Group Members
Rebecca Schussheim
- Undergrad. Student
- Yale 2026 –
- Research Topic
- Gravitational Lensing
Sebastian Monzon
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2022 –
- Research Topic
- Dwarf Galaxies; Galaxy-Halo Connection
Shashank Dattathri
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2022 –
- Research Topic
- Core formation & Dynamics
Barry Chiang
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2023 –
- Research Topic
- Cold Streams feeding Disks; Tidal stripping; Fuzzy Dark Matter
Bhavya Pardasani
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2023 –
- Research Topic
- Chemo-dynamics of the Milky Way
Yarone Tokayer
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2022 –
- Research Topic
- Violent relaxation & SIDM
Juliëtte Hilhorst
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2023 –
- Research Topic
- Lensing & Satellite kinematics
Josephine Baggen
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2022 –
- Research Topic
- Baryonic effects
Andy Hicks
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2024 –
- Research Topic
- Dynamical heating with binaries
Antonio Porras-Valverde
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Yale 2023 –
- Research Topic
- Semi-analytical modeling
Former PhD Students
Kaustav Mitra
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2019 – 2025
- Research Topic
- Satellite Kinematics; Galaxy-Halo Connection; Cosmological Parameters
- Current Position
- postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
Uddipan Banik
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2018 – 2023
- Research Topic
- Out-of-equilibrium dynamics; Dynamical Friction; Phase-spirals
- Current Position
- member Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton
Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2018 – 2022
- Research Topic
- Ultra-diffuse galaxies; Dynamical Friction
- Current Position
- postdoctoral fellow at Hebrew University
Sheridan Green
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2019 – 2021
- Research Topic
- Dark Matter Substructure
- Awards
- NSF fellowship
- Current Position
- Data scientist at SIG
Johannes U. Lange
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2016 – 2019
- Research Topic
- The galaxy-dark matter connection
- Awards
- Stanford/Santa Cruz Postdoctoral Cosmology Fellowship; 2020 Brouwer Award (Yale)
- Current Position
- Assistant Professor at American University in D.C.
Duncan Campbell
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2013 – 2017
- Research Topic
- The galaxy-dark matter connection
- Co-Supervisor
- Nikhil Padmanabhan
- Current Position
- Industry
Fangzhou (‘Arthur’) Jiang
- Grad. Student
- Yale 2012 – 2016
- Research Topic
- Dark matter substructure
- Current Position
- Professor, U. Peking
- Awards
- 2016 Chinese Government Award; 2018 Brouwer Award (Yale)
Surhud More
- Grad. Student
- MPIA 2006–2009
- Research Topic
- Satellite Kinematics
- Current Position
- Professor, IUCAA (India)
- Awards
- Otto Hahn Medal (Max Planck Society); Kavli Fellow (KICP)
Marcello Cacciato
- Grad. Student
- MPIA 2006–2009
- Research Topic
- Galaxy-galaxy lensing
- Current Position
- Industry position (Netherlands)
- Awards
- Minerva Fellow (Hebrew University)
Hsiang-Hsu Wang
- Grad. Student
- MPIA 2007–2009
- Research Topic
- Simulations of Disk Galaxies
- Co-Supervisor
- Ralf Klessen
- Current Position
- TIARA support scientist
Simone Weinmann
- Grad. Student
- ETH 2004–2007
- Research Topic
- Galaxy Demographics
- Current Position
- High-school teacher / Author, Switzerland
Aaron Dutton
- Grad. Student
- ETH 2003–2006
- Research Topic
- The formation of disk galaxies
- Current Position
- Industry
- Awards
- CITA National Fellow
Former Postdoctoral Group Members
Victor Robles
- YCAA Fellow
- Yale 2020 – 2022
- Research Topics
- Dark matter; Cosmology
- Current Position
- Assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nir Mandelker
- HYPA Fellow
- Yale 2016 – 2020
- Research Topics
- Cold streams & instabilities
- Awards
- 2016 Racah Prize (Hebrew University)
- Current Position
- Professor at Hebrew University (Israel)
Andrew Hearin
- YCAA Fellow
- Yale 2014 – 2017
- Research Topic
- The galaxy-dark matter connection
- Current Position
- Research Associate Argonne National Lab
Andrew Wetzel
- Postdoc
- Yale 2010 – 2012
- Research Topic
- Galaxy Quenching
- Current Position
- Professor at UC Davis
Xi Kang
- Postdoc
- MPIA 2005 – 2008
- Research Topic
- Galaxy Formation
- Current Position
- Professor at Zhejiang University
Ramin Skibba
- Postdoc
- MPIA 2005 – 2008
- Research Topic
- Halo occupation statistics
- Current Position
- Science Writer & Communicator
Savvas Koushiappas
- Postdoc
- ETH 2003 – 2004
- Research Topic
- Dark Matter
- Current Position
- Professor at Brown University