Elliott is a third-year undergraduate studying astrophysics and philosophy. He works to provide observations for near-field cosmology, with research that centers on observing small-scale structures like stellar streams and dwarf galaxies to build cosmological constraints. In his free time, he loves to play tabletop games and get into the woods as much as possible.
Currently, Elliott is developing efficient methods for characterizing stellar streams and their extensions in large photometric survey datasets. He is motivated by a background in signal processing and focuses on extracting ultrafaint signals in big data. At the NOIRLab Chile REU, he designed and tested a novel spectroscopic method for dwarf galaxy characterization at low signal-to-noise. His observing experience spans DELVE, SDSS, CTIO 0.9m, and UW facilities at ARCSAT and MRO.
Future goals: Elliott aims to develop a pipeline for small-scale structure characterization optimized for the data volumes of upcoming surveys like LSST. He intends to enter a graduate program in astrophysics in Autumn 2027 to continue his career in observational cosmology.
Videep is a third year undergrad at the UW studying physics, astronomy, and math. Their research centers around studying galactic dynamics through simulations and the influence of dark matter structures on tidal effects. Their current focus is on running and analyzing N-body simulations of dwarf galaxies within time evolving Milky-Way like potentials and investigating disruption behavior seen in the FIRE-2 cosmological simulations. Their free time is filled with game development, long walks, and looking at clouds. They are also a co-president of the UW tea club.
Future goals: Further research into galaxy dynamics and cosmological simulation with a greater focus on expanding our understanding of the influence that dark matter has on dynamics. Continuing to do research in as many different fields of astronomy as possible. They plan to join a graduate program in fall 2027 or 2028 and pursue wherever interest and opportunities find them.
Shriya is a 3rd-year undergraduate studying physics and vocal performance. Her current work focuses on modeling stellar stream dynamics with time-evolving Milky Way disk and halo mass. She has previously conducted research in analytically and numerically deriving solutions to model tsunami wave-forms (Bobrovnikov, Jones, Prasanna et al. 2026). In her free time, she enjoys singing jazz and attending the opera. She will be vocal directing UW's 2026 Spring musical, Cabaret.
Future goals: Shriya's future research aims include theoretical cosmology, particle astrophysics, and utilizing wave-form modeling in the context of galactic dynamics or gravitational waves. She plans to attend graduate school for physics or astrophysics starting Fall 2028.