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Current and Former TA / ITC Postdoctoral Fellows andGraduate Students
The Division of Theoretical Astrophysics and the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC)
at Harvard University is a center for excellence in theoretical astrophysics that integrates
conceptual theory and computational modeling. The ITC was established in 2004 and isregarded by many as the most prominent theory center in astrophysics in the world. Formerpostdoctoral fellows and graduate students have gone on to premier andcompetitively sought-after positions in astrophysics after completing their research
fellowships at the ITC.

Name

Year ofCurrent TItle
Departure

Current Institution

Diana Powell2023

University ofChicago

https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

Assistant Professor

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Jamie LawSmith

2023

Assistant Professor

University ofChicago

Kareem ElBadry

2023

Assistant Professor

CaltechMatthew Liska 2023

Einstein Fellow andResearch Faculty

Georgia Tech

Aaron Smith

2023

Assistant Professor

University of Texas
Austin2023

Assistant Professor,
Department ofPhysics andAstronomy

York University

Rahul Kannan

Kirk Barrow

2022

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois
at UrbanaChampaign.

BryanTerrazas

2022

Postdoctoral
Researcher

Columbia

Anna Rosen

2022

Assistant Professor

UCSD

Rainer
Weinberger

2021

CITA Postdoctoral
Fellow

University of Toronto

Sownak Bose

2021

Assistant Professor

Durham University

Ana Bonaca

2021

Staff Scientist

Carnegie
Observatories

Shmuel Bialy

2021

Assistant Professor

Technion University(Israel)

Paul Duffell

2020

Assistant Professor

Purdue University

Erica Nelson

2020

Assistant Professor

University ofColorado, Boulder

Carl Rodriguez 2020

Assistant Professor

University of North
Carolina

DanielD'Orazio

Assistant Professor

University ofCopenhagen

Michelle
https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2020

Data Scientist and2 / 17ページ

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Ntampaka

2020

Assistant Astronomer STScI

Antonija
Oklopcic

2020

Assistant Professor

University ofAmsterdam

2019

Director,
Atmospheric Physics
of Exoplanets

Max Planck Institutefor Astronomy

John Forbes

2019

Flatiron Research
Fellow

Center for
Computational
Astrophysics

BenediktDiemer

2019

Assistant Professor

University ofMaryland

Anna Ijjas

2019

Senior Research
ScientistNew York University

Manasvi
Lingham

2019

Assistant Professor

Florida Tech

Anastasia
Fialkov

2018

Senior Research
Fellow

Kavli Institute for
Cosmology(Cambridge, UK)

Federico
Marinacci

2018

Associate Professor

University ofBologna

Blakesley
Burkhart

2018

Assistant Professor

Rutgers

Caroline
Morley2018

Assistant Professor

Univ Texas at Austin

Gongjie Li

2018

Assistant Professor

Georgia Tech

Ilse Cleeves

2018

Assistant Professor

University of Virginia

Faculty (AssociateProfessor)

Institute forAdvanced Study atTsinghua
University (IASTU)
and Tsinghua Centerfor
Astrophysics (THCA).

Laura
Kreidberg

Xuening Bai

https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2017

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MarionDierickx

2017

Research Associate,
J. Kovac Lab

CfA

DannyMilisavlevic

2017

Assistant Professor

Purdue University

Sayan
Chakraborti

2016

ResearcherRenaissanceTechnologies LLC

Cora Dvorkin

2016

Associate Professor

Harvard University,
Dept. of Physics

Yanfei Jiang

2016

Associate Research
Scientist, Planet
Formation

CCA, Flatiron
Institute

Lorenzo
Sironi

2016

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

Annalisa
Pillepich

2015

Independent
Research Group
Leader, G&C Theory

Max Planck Institutefor Astronomy,
Heidleberg, Germany

Raffaella
Margutti

2015

Associate Professor

UC Berkeley

Cameron
McBride2015

Vice President ofData Science,
Engagement
Analytics

Hydrow, Inc.

MichaelMcCourt2015

Principal Data
Scientist

InvocaThomas Greif2015

Laura Sales

2015

Associate Professor

UC, Riverside

Konstantin
Batygin2014

Professor

CaltechSimeon Bird

2014

Professor

UC Riverside

Associate Research
Scientist

The Flatiron
Institute Center for
Computational
Astrophysics

Shy Genel

https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2014

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Smadar Naoz 2014

Associate Professor

UCLA

Olek Sadowski 2014

Senior Quantitative
Researcher

Akuna Capital

Molly
SwansonPhysics and MathTeacher

Art of Problem
Solving Academy,Lexington

Mark2014
Vogelsberger

Associate Professor

M.I.T.

TassosFragos2013

Assistant Professor

Geneva Observatory,
University of Geneva

Bence Kocsis 2013

Associate Professor

Oxford University2014

Marc Metchnik 2013
Matthew
Walker2013

Associate Professor

Carnegie Mellon
University

Charlie
Conroy2012

Professor

Harvard University

Elena
D'Onghia

2012

Professor

University ofWisconsin, Madison

Anna Frebel

2012

Professor

M.I.T.
National
Astronomical
Observatories ofChina

Lijun Gou

2012

Professor

PatrikJonsson2012

Senior GNC Engineer Space-X

Kaitlin
Kratter2012

Associate Professor

Univ. of Arizona

Stella Offner

2012

Associate Professor

University of Texas
at Austin

Asaf Pe'er

2012

Professor

University College
Cork, Ireland

Associate Professor

Technion, Israel

Hagai Perets 2012https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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Darin
Raggozine

2012

Associate Professor

BYU

Yue Shen2012

Associate Professor

University of Illinois

DeboraSijacki

2012

Assistant Professor

University ofCambridge, UK

Svetlin Tassev 2012

Physics Teacher

Braintree HighSchool, MA

Matija Cuk2011

Research Scientist

SETI Institute

Eric Hallman

2011

Internal Consultant

Ab Initio Software

Mario Juric2011

Professor

University ofWashington

Uri Keshet2011

Associate Professor

Ben-Gurion
UniversityAkshayKulkarni

2011

Software Engineer

Microsoft, Inc

Jifeng Liu

2011

Principal Astronomer

National
Astronomical
Observatories ofChina

JonathanPritchard

2011

Senior Lecturer

Imperial CollegeLondon, England

Yuval
Birnboim

2010

Associate Professor

Racah institute ofPhysics

Chi Kwan
Chan

2010

Associate
Astronomer/Research University of Arizona
Professor

Mark Dijkstra

2010

Data Scientist

Stitch Fix

DanielFabrycky

2010

Associate Professor

University ofChicago

Alison Farmer

2010

Associate Director of Vertex
Global Engineering
Pharmaceuticals

Dusan Keres

2010

Professor

https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

UC San Diego
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Ruth Murray 2010
ClayProfessor

UC Santa Cruz

DesikaNarayanan

2010

Professor

Haverford College

Hiroshi Oda

2010

AliciaSoderberg

2010

Hy Trac2010

Professor

Carnegie Mellon
University

Jaiyul Yoo2010

Professor

University of Zurich

DanielBaumann2009

Professor

University of
Amsterdam

Sukanya
Chakrabarti

2009

Professor

University of
Alabama, HuntsvilleThomas (T.J.)
Cox2009

Data Scientist

Apple

GregoryDobler

2009

Assistant Professor

University of
DelawareAdam Lidz

2009

Associate Professor

University ofPennsylvania

David
Weldrake2009

Director, GIS &Spatial Services

MBDA (Australia)

Amit Yadav

2009

Beth Willman

2008

Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency

CEO and Director for
LSSTScience

NiayeshAfshordi

2007

ProfessorUniversity ofWaterloo andPerimeter InstituteJosephBarranco

2007

Professor and Chair

San Francisco State
University
University ofhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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AveryBroderick

2007

Associate Professor

Eric Ford

2007

Professor

Tommy Grav

2007

Lunar & Planetary
Senior Staff Scientist Lab, University of
Arizona

Yuexing Li

2007

ProfessorPenn State
University

Jonathan
McKinney

2007

Director of Research

H2O.ai

Chief Operating
Officer

ARC Centre of
Excellence forGravitational Wave
Discovery (OzGrav)

Kazunori Kohri 2006Professor

National
Astronomical
Observatory ofJapan (NAOJ)

MiguelMorales

2006

Professor

University ofWashington

Banibrata
2006
Mukhopadhyay

Professor

Indian Institute ofScience

Joshua Winn

Associate Professor

M.I.T.

Volker Bromm 2004

Professor

University of Texas,
AustinKen Nagamine 2004

Professor

Osaka University

James Bullock

2004

Professor

UC Irvine

Naoki Yoshida

2003

Professor

University of Tokyo

Rosalba Perna 2003

Professor

Stony Brook
Unuiversity

Professor andShanghai

Yeshe Fennerhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2006

2006

Waterloo andPerimeter InstitutePenn StateUniversity

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2003

Director ofAstronomical
Astrophysics Division Observatory

Stuart Wyithe

2002

Professor

University ofMelbourne

Tom Abel

2001

Professor

StanfordRobert Croft

2001

Professor

Carnegie Mellon

Tiziana Di
Matteo2001

Professor

Carnegie Mellon

Vicky Kalogera 2001

Professor

Northwestern
University

Dimitrios
Psaltis

2000

Professor

Georgia Tech

Woong-TaeKim

2000

Professor

Seoul National
University

MikhailMedvedev

2000

Professor

University of Kansas

VolkerSpringel

2000

Director

Max Planck Institutefor Astrophysics

Ue-Li Pen

1999

Professor

Canadian Institutefor Theoretical
Astrophysics

CharlesGammie

1998

Professor

University of Illinois

Uros Seljak

1998

Professor

UC Berkeley

Eve Ostriker

1996

Professor

Princeton University

Shude Mao

1995

Professor and Chair

Tsinghua University

Professor

Saint Mary's
University, Nova
Scotia, Canada

Professor

The Ohio StateUniversity

David Clarke

B. Scott Gaudi
Christopher
https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

1993

Professor

The Ohio State9 / 17ページ

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Kochanek

University

Ravi Pilla

Columbia University
Visiting AssistantProfessor

Eric Woods

State University of
New York, Albany

Name

Year ofCurrent TItle
Departure

Andrew
Saydjari

2024

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Harvard College
Observatory

Magdalena
Siwek

2024

Postdoctoral
FellowHarvard College
Observatory

Zachary
Murray2024

Postdoctoral
FellowSmithsonian
AstrophysicalObservatory

Michael Foley

2024

Ana Maria
Delgado2024

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Harvard College
Observatory

DanielPalumbo2023

Fellow

Harvard Black Hole
Initiative

Tanveer Karim 2023

FAS Fellow andDunlap Fellow

University ofTorontoFloor
Broekgaarden

2023

Junior Fellow

Simons Society ofFellows

2022

Assistant
Professor in
Astronomy &ChantanelleNava
https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

Current Institution

University ofMontana
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Physics
Brandon Curd2022

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Nina
Maksimova

2022

David Foundation St. Andrews
ScholarUniversity

BoryanaHadzhiyska

2022

MillerPostdoctoral
Fellow

UC Berkeley

Xiaohan Wu

2022

Postdoctoral
Fellow

CITA

Rohan Naidu

2022

Papalardo Fellow

MITLoana Zelko

2021

Postdoctoral
Fellow

CITA, University ofTorontoAna-Roxana
Pop

2021

ML Research
Scientist

Meta

2021

CIERA
PostDoctoral
Fellow

Northwestern
University

2021

KIPAC
Postdoctoral
Fellow

Stanford
University

2021

51 Pegasi b
PostDoctoral
Fellow

University of
ChicagoJosh Speagle

2020

DunlapPostdoctoral
Fellowship

Univ Toronto

Jane Huang

2020

Sagan Fellow

Univ of Michigan

Zoe Todd

2020

Sagan Fellow

Univ ofWashington

PeterBlanchard

2019

Ciero Fellow

Northwestern

Seth Gossage

Sihan Yuan

Ellen PriceUTSAJuniorhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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Benjamin
Cook

2019

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Quantitative
Researcher

Akuna Capitol(Boston)

Lehman H.
Garrison

2019

Flatiron Research CCA (FlatironFellow
Institute)Yutong Shan

2019

Postdoc Fellow

University ofGoettingen

Meng Gu

2019

Russell Postdoc
Fellow

Princeton

Xiawei Wang

2019

Consultant/Senior Boston Consulting
Data Scientist
Group (BCG)

KateAlexander

2018

Einstein Fellow

Northwestern

How-Huan
Chen

2018

CNS Fellow

Univ Texas Austin

Jieun Choi

2018

Sr Applied ML
Scientist

Netflix

ResearchScientist

Institute of High
Performing
Computing(Singapore)

Philip S.
2018
Cowperthwaite

Hubble Fellow

Carnegie
Observatories

ChristopherFaesi

2018

NSF Fellow

UMass Amherst

PierreChristian

2018

Physics Faculty

Fairfield University

Ryan Loomis

2018

Jansky Fellow

NRAO

Anjali Tripathi

2018

Scientist

Raytheon

2018

DIRAC Fellow &Univ ofUW Data Science
Washington
Fellow

Kunting Chua

StephenPortillo
Xinyi Guohttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2018

2017

Research

D.E. Shaw
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Scientist

Research2017

Einstein Fellow

Princeton

2017

SeniorProfessinal Staff,
Applied Physics
Lab

The Johns Hopkins
UniversityKirit Karkare

2017

PostdocResearcher,
Physics

Univ of Chicago

Meredith A.
MacGregor

2017

Assistant
Professor

Boulder

Philip Mocz
Dawn
Graninger

Natalie2017
Mashian Fisher

Visiting Professorof Phsyics &Pomona College
Astronomy

Sukrit Ranjan

SCOL Fellow

MIT

Joshua Suresh 2017

ResearchScientist

Institute for
Disease Modeling

Yuan-Sen Ting 2017

Hubble Fellow

IAS

AndrewVanderburg

2017

Assistant
Professor

U WisconsinMadison

Sarah Wellons

2017CIERA Fellow

Northwestern

2016

HubblePostdoctoral
Fellow

Carnegie
Observatories

Douglas Ferrer 2016

Robotics
SoftwareEngineeriRobot

Gregory
Green2016

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Stanford University/ KIPAC

Luke Zoltan
Kelley2016

Astrophysics
Research Fellow

Harvard University

Gongjie Li2016

Assistant
Professor

Georgia Tech

Maria Drout

https://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

2017

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Dylan Nelson 2016

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Max Planck
Institute for
Astronomy,
Garching

VicenteRodriguesGomez

2016

Postdoctoral
Fellows

Space Telescope
Science Institute

Laura
Schaefer2016AssistantProfessor

Stanford

Yucong Zhu

2016

Quantitative
AnalystD.E.Shaw GroupNathanSanders

2014

Senior Directorof Quantitative
Analysis

LegendaryEntertainment

Paul Torrey

2014

Postdoctoral
Fellow

MITRebekah
Dawson2013

Assistant
Professor

Penn StateUniversity

Diego Munoz

2013

ResearchAssociate

Cornell University

Tony Pan2013

Princial Scientists

Invention Science
FundRobert
Penna

2013

Postdoctoral
Fellow

M.I.T.

Gregory
Snyder2013

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Space Telescope
Science Institute

Nick Stone2013

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Columbia
University

Eli Visbal

2013

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Columbia
University

Gurtina
Besla

2012

Assistant
Professor

University ofArizona

PostdoctoralUniversity ofhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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Laura Blecha 2012

Fellow

MarylandChris
Hayward2012

AssociateResearch
Scientist

Flatiron InstituteCenter for
Computational
Astrophysics

2012

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Berkeley Center
for Theoretical
Physics

Eddie
Schlafly2012

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Lawrence Berkeley
National
Laboratory

Meng Su2012

Postdoctoral
Fellow

MITSui Ann Mao

2011

Postdoctoral
Fellow

University of
Wisconsin Madison

RobertMarcus

2011

SystemsEngineer

Northrup
Grumman Corp.

Roman
Shcherbakov

2011

SoftwareEngineer

Teradata

SvetlinTassev

2011

Physics Teacher

Braintree HighSchool, MA

Stephanie
Bush2010

Research
Scientist

Industry

Claude-Andre
Faucher2010
GiguereAssistant
Professor

Northwestern
University

Cesar
Fuentes

2010

Assistant
Professor

CATA, Universidadde Chile

2010

Postdoctoral
Fellow

UCSB

Ryan O'Leary 2010

Postdoctoral
Fellow

UC Berkeley

Tongyan Lin

Joey Munoz

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Assistant
Professor

M.I.T

Alekandre(Sasha)2010
Tchekhovskoi

Postdoctoral
Fellow

UC Berkeley

Miguel deVal Borro

2009

Postdoctoral
Fellow

Princeton,
HATSouth Survey

Matthew
McQuinn2009

Assistant
Professor

University ofWashington

Eliza (MillerRicci)
Kempton2009

Assistant
Professor

Grinnell College

Kaloyan
Penev

2009

AssociatePrinceton
Research Scholar University

Randall
Cooper

2008

Data Scientist

2010

Goldman Sachs

Joel Hartman 2008

AssociatePrinceton
Research Scholar University

PhilipHopkins

2008

Assistant
Professor

CaltechRebecca
Shafee2008

Postdoctoral
Fellow in
Genetics

Harvard Medical
SchoolRyan Hickox

2007

Assistant
Professor

Dartmouth College

Oliver Zahn

2007

Executive
Director

Berkeley Centerfor Cosmological
Physics

Brant
Robertson2006

Associate
Professor

University of
Arizona

HannahJang-Condell

2004

AssistantProfessor

University of
Wyoming
University ofhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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Feryal Ozel

2002

Professor

Arizona

KristenMenou

1999

Associate
Professor

Columbia
University

RosalbaPerna

1999

Associate
Professor

University ofColorado

Eliot
Quataert

1999

Professor,
Director

Theoretical
Astrophysics
Center, UC
Berkeley

Ann Esin

1998

Professor,Director

Harvey Mudd
CollegeRohan
Mahadevan

1997

Vice-President

PayPalhttps://itc.cfa.harvard.edu/alumni

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