David Vizgan

David Vizgan

Contact Information

128 Astronomy
1002 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL
M/C 221

Biography

I am a fifth-year graduate student working with Prof. Joaquin Vieira on high-redshift gravitationally lensed galaxies. I am currently in Munich until September 2027, participating in the Studentship Programme at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). I was a NSF Graduate Research Fellow from 2023 to 2026. Before starting my PhD, I completed my bachelor's degrees in Physics and Astronomy at Wesleyan University in 2021, with high honors in Astronomy, and from August 2021 to June 2022 I was a Fulbright Scholar at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Education

BA Physics, Wesleyan University '21

BA Astronomy, Wesleyan University '21

MS Astronomy, University of Illinois, '25

Awards and Honors

Chu Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois, 2026

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, University of Illinois, 2023-2026

Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Denmark,  2021-2022

Chambliss Astronomy Student Achievement Award, American Astronomical Society, 2021

Littell Prize, Wesleyan University, 2021

High Honors in Astronomy, Wesleyan University, 2021