Contact Information
1205 W. Clark St., Urbana
M/C 257
Research Areas
Research Interests
Formation of the first stars and galaxies
Primordial chemistry
High-performance computing and computational simulations
Analysis and visualization of astrophysical data
Education
BA from Northwestern in 2003
PhD from Stanford in 2009
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences
Affiliate, Informatics
Associate Professor, Astronomy
Associate Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Affiliate, Social & Behavioral Science Institute
External Links
Recent Publications
Gómez, J. L., Cho, I., Traianou, E., Krichbaum, T. P., Zhao, G. Y., Lico, R., Fuentes, A., Foschi, M., Dahale, R., Georgiev, B., Moriyama, K., Wielgus, M., Gold, R., Pesce, D. W., Müller, H., Jorstad, S., Toscano, T., Röder, J., Martí, J. M., ... Zhao, S. S. (2026). Spatially resolved polarization swings in the supermassive binary black hole candidate OJ 287 with first Event Horizon Telescope observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, Article A23. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202555831
Tsai, S. R., Schive, H. Y., & Turk, M. J. (2026). libyt: An In Situ Interface Connecting Simulations with yt, Python, and Jupyter Workflows. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 284(1). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ae5640
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2026). Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 Event Horizon Telescope observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, Article A27. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557022
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2026). Ring Asymmetry and Spin in M87*. Astrophysical Journal, 1000(2), Article 231. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae34af
Akiyama, K., Albentosa-Ruíz, E., Alberdi, A., Alef, W., Algaba, J. C., Anantua, R., Asada, K., Azulay, R., Bach, U., Baczko, A. K., Ball, D., Baloković, M., Bandyopadhyay, B., Barrett, J., Bauböck, M., Benson, B. A., Bintley, D., Blackburn, L., Blundell, R., ... Zhao, S. S. (2025). The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87: II. Model comparisons and theoretical interpretations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, Article A265. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202451296