Faculty
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.
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.
Xiaojie Wang
Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics with a focus on Galactic cosmic-ray accelerators, using multi-wavelength and multi-messenger data from ground- and space-based observatories
Post-doctoral research associates
Hasti Khoraminezhad
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational cosmology, Lyman-Alpha Emitting galaxies (LAEs).
Amit Kumar
Physics Building
Research Interests
Cosmology, Galaxy-Halo connections, Gravitational lensing.
Zhen Wang
Physics Building
Research Interests
High-energy gamma-ray astrophysics, Gamma-ray experimental data calibration and analysis
Yanyan Zheng
115 Physics Building
Research Interests
Gravitational wave detection, LIGO data analysis, multi-messenger astrophysics
Ph.D. Students
Julianna Bayless
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational cosmology; galaxy evolution and formation.
Evan Blake
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational cosmology, galaxy formation, photometry
Elias Hyatt
Physics Building
Research Interests
Multi-messenger astrophysics, Hubble constant, cross-correlations
Dishari Malakar
115 Physics Building
Research Interests
Gravitational wave detection, analysis and cosmology
Deeshani Mitra
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational cosmology, the large-scale structure of the universe, emission line galaxies, Lyman-alpha galaxies, and redshift surveys.
Cole Rischbieter
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
Karsen Kras
Physics Building
Research Interests
High-energy Astrophysics and astronomy
Andrew Madsen
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational Cosmology, Dark Energy, Evolution of large scale structures.
Daniel Mackay
Physics Building
Shane Pearson
Physics Building
Research Interests
Observational cosmology and astrophysics
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
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)
Follow Institute for Multi-messenger Astrophysics and Cosmology