Faculty
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Marco Cavaglia

Professor

573-341-4781 | cavagliam@mst.edu |

204 Physics Building

Research Interests

Experimental and theoretical gravitational-wave detection, classical and quantum models of gravity, cosmology.
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Shun Saito

Associate professor of physics

573-341-4781 | saitos@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology and galaxy evolution with spectroscopic galaxy surveys.

Post-doctoral research associates
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Hasti Khoraminezhad

hk3b3@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology, Lyman-Alpha Emitting galaxies (LAEs).
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Amit Kumar

amitkumar@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Cosmology, Galaxy-Halo connections, Gravitational lensing.
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Yanyan Zheng

zytfc@mst.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics

Ph.D. Students
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Julianna Bayless

jmbgmn@missouri.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology; galaxy evolution and formation.
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Evan Blake

egbnyx@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology, galaxy formation, photometry
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Deeshani Mitra

dm8f4@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational cosmology, the large-scale structure of the universe, emission line galaxies, Lyman-alpha galaxies, and redshift surveys.
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Dishari Malakar

dmkwf@umsystem.edu |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics
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Cole Rischbieter

crr9bt@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

cosmology, large-scale structure, galaxy detection & intensity mapping, multi-tracer analysis, auto- & cross-correlations, optimal weighting, power spectrum estimation, signal-to-noise optimization

Undergraduate students
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Andrew Madsen

asmhbx@umsystem.edu |

Physics Building

Research Interests

Observational Cosmology, Dark Energy, Evolution of large scale structures.
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Daniel Mackay

dgmb3z@mst.edu |

Physics Building

Affiliate members
Ashini Modi

High school student

Caddo Parish Magnet High School, 1601 Viking Dr., Shreveport, LA 71101, USA

Research Interests

Gravitational waves and astrophysics
Yashasvi Moon

Undergraduate

Missouri State University, Springfield MO

Research Interests

Gravitational waves and astrophysics

Visitors
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Francesca Attadio

LIGO-INFN Visiting Scholar

attadio.1810453@studenti.uniroma1.it |

115 Physics Building

Research Interests

Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics

Past members

Postdoctoral researches

  • Sudarshan Karki (postdoc, )
  • Rayn Quitzow-James (postdoc, )
  • Siddhartha Gurung Lopez (postdoc, 2020-21)

Graduate students

  • Sushant Sharma Chaudhary (graduate student, PhD 2025)
  • Syeda Nasim (graduate student, )
  • Emma Lockyer (graduate student, )
  • Dripta Bhattacharjee (graduate student, PhD 2021)
  • Joseph Demster  (graduate student, 2021)
  • Kentaro Mogushi (graduate student, 2019-21, PhD 2021)
  • Dylan Ruzbasan (graduate student, 2021-22)

Undergraduate students

  • Steven Karst (undergraduate student, BSc 2024)
  • Jordan Stevens (undergraduate student, BSc 2024)
  • Mason Labrot (undergraduate student, BSc)
  • Noah Baden  (undergraduate student, BSc 2021)
  • Elizabeth Caputa-Hatley (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Ethan Hisle (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Alexander Love (undergraduate student, 2021)
  • Jacob McQuerrey (undergraduate student, BSc 2020)
  • Matthew Miller (undergraduate student, 2021)
  • Brandon Robinson  (undergraduate student, 2021)

Affiliate members / long-term visitors

  • Francesco Di Renzo (affiliate member, 2019-21)
  • Kodai Umekawa (long-term visitor, 2021)
  • Masato Yoshida (long-term visitor, 2021)