Group


The Shipp group
The group, 2026
Principal Investigator
Nora Shipp
Nora Shipp
Assistant Professor of Astronomy · University of Washington

I use stellar streams, the tidal debris of disrupting satellites and star clusters, to study dark matter. By connecting wide-field survey data to cosmological and idealized simulations, I measure the distribution and particle properties of dark matter in the Milky Way.

Postdoctoral Scholars
Arpit Arora
Arpit Arora
Moore Foundation Fellow, 2024–
Galactic dynamicsDisequilibrium
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Peter Ferguson
Peter Ferguson
DiRAC Fellow, 2024–
Stellar streamsSurvey instrumentation
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Chin Yi Tan
Chin Yi Tan
DiRAC Fellow, 2026–
Dwarf galaxiesDark matter
Graduate Students
Jack Kohm
Jack Kohm
PhD Student, 2025–
Galactic dynamicsAI for astro
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Ella Marin
Ella Marin
PhD Student, 2025–
Dark subhalosAI for astro
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Gray Thoron
Gray Thoron
PhD Student, 2024–
Disrupting satellitesCosmological simulations
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Undergraduate Students
Elliott Burdett
Elliott Burdett
2025–
Stream discoveryObserving
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Videep Reddy
Videep Reddy
2025–
Disrupting satellitesSimulations
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Shriya Prasanna
Shriya Prasanna
2025–
Stream modelingGalactic dynamics
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Join the Group

Undergraduates: If you are a UW undergrad interested in research, please reach out to me with a summary of your interests and why you are excited to join the group.

Graduate students: Information about the UW Astronomy PhD program can be found on the department webpage. Current UW graduate students are welcome to reach out to discuss research opportunities.

Postdocs: If you are interested in the DiRAC Institute Fellowship or in bringing a national fellowship (e.g., Hubble, NSF AAPF) to UW to work on near-field cosmology, please reach out to me.