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

Adriana Dropulic

PhD Student, Princeton

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Chester Li

PhD Student, UW

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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: There are no current openings in the group, but check back or contact Nora Shipp for future opportunities. If you are interested in bringing a fellowship (e.g. Hubble, NSF, Brinson) to UW to work on near-field cosmology or related studies, please reach out!