Group Members

Nora Shipp is an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research focuses on understanding dark matter and galaxy evolution via observations and simulations of the Milky Way. She is particularly interested in stellar streams, the remnants of disrupting satellite galaxies and star clusters orbiting our Galaxy.

Postdocs

Peter Ferguson

DiRAC Fellow

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Arpit Arora

Postdoc

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Graduate Students

Gray Thoron

PhD Student

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Ella Marin

PhD Student

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Jack Kohm

PhD Student

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Undergraduate Students

Shriya Prasanna

Videep Reddy

Elliott Burdett

Join us!

Undergraduate students: If you are an undergrad at UW interested in getting involved in research, please reach out! Contact Nora Shipp with a summary of your interests and why you are excited to join the group.

Graduate Students: If you are interested in applying to the UW Astronomy PhD program, you can find helpful resources on the department webpage. If you are a current graduate student at UW in astronomy or physics, please reach out to Nora Shipp - I am always happy to chat!

Postdocs: We are currently accepting applications for the DiRAC Postdoctoral Fellowship. If you are interested in DiRAC or in bringing a national fellowship (e.g. Hubble, NSF) to UW to work on near-field cosmology or related studies, please reach out!