Group

We run a joint group environment that combines the (usually overlapping) research programs of three CfA staff members — Sean Andrews, Karin Öberg, and David Wilner — and uses astronomical observations, theory and modeling, and laboratory astrochemistry experiments to learn about (star and) planet formation.

Current Graduate Students:

• Anna Fehr
• Marissa Maney
• Alexandra McKinnon
• Jéa Redai
• Clara Ross
• Elizabeth (Liza) Yunerman
• Qijia Zhou

Current Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Alice Booth (Clay Fellow)
• Michelle Brann (Harvard postdoctoral fellow)
• Jenny Calahan (Kavli-Laukien Origins Fellow)
• Adolfo Carvalho (SAO postdoctoral fellow)
• Josh Lovell (JC Ryan Fellow)
• Kristina Monsch (SAO postdoctoral fellow)
• Elettra Piacentino (Harvard postdoctoral fellow)
• Julia Santos (51 Pegasi b Fellow)

Alumni:

• Xuening Bai (Hubble Fellow + ITC Fellow, 2012-2017) → faculty at Tsinghua University IAS
• Jenny Bergner (PhD 2019) → faculty at UC Berkeley
• Til Birnstiel (SAO postdoctoral fellow, 2013-2015) → faculty at LMU Munich
• Joanna Brown (SMA Fellow, 2010-2013) → principal research scientist at STR
• Ilse Cleeves (Hubble Fellow, 2015-2018) → faculty at University of Virginia
• Ian Czekala (PhD 2016) → faculty at University of St. Andrews
• Paul Duffell (ITC Fellow, 2018-2020) → faculty at Purdue University
• Catherine Espaillat (NSF Fellow + Sagan Fellow, 2009-2013) → faculty at Boston University
• Edith Fayolle (Rubicon Fellow + Harvard postdoctoral fellow, 2013-2017) → staff at NASA JPL
• Dawn Graninger (PhD 2017) → staff at Johns Hopkins University APL
• Viviana Guzmán (Harvard postdoctoral fellow, 2013-2016) → faculty at Universidad Católica
• Robert Harris (PhD 2013) → senior data scientist at Experian
• Jane Huang (PhD 2020) → faculty at Columbia University
• Meredith Hughes (PhD 2010) → faculty at Wesleyan University
• Adam Kraus (Clay Fellow, 2012-2013) → faculty at University of Texas at Austin
• Stefan Kraus (SMA Fellow, 2012-2013) → faculty at University of Exeter
• Beatrice Kulterer (Swiss NSF Fellow, 2023-2025) → VICO Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Virginia
• Charles Law (PhD 2023) → Sagan Fellow at University of Virginia
• Romane Le Gal (Harvard postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2021) → staff at OSUG
• Feng Long (SMA Fellow, 2019-2022) → faculty at KIAA, Peking University
• Ryan Loomis (PhD 2018) → staff at NRAO
• Meredith MacGregor (PhD 2017) → faculty at Johns Hopkins University
• Pavlo Maksyutenko (Harvard postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2020) — in memoriam
• Rafael Martín Doménech (Harvard postdoctoral fellow, 2017-2023) → fellow at CSIC-INTA
• Luca Matrà (SMA Fellow, 2017-2020) → faculty at Trinity College Dublin
• Suchitra Narayanan (PhD 2025) → CAS Postdoctoral Fellow at MPE
• Jamila Pegues (PhD 2021) → STScI Fellow at STScI
• Ana-Maria Piso (PhD 2016) → R&D lead at KeborMed
• Diana Powell (Sagan Fellow, 2021-2023) → faculty at University of Chicago
• Ellen Price (PhD 2021) → Sagan Fellow at University of Chicago
• Luca Ricci (SMA Fellow, 2014-2017) → faculty at Cal State Northridge
• Joey Rodriguez (Future Faculty Leaders Fellow, 2016-2019) → faculty at Michigan State
• Carlos Romero-Mirza (PhD 2025) → applications scientist at InkBit
• Katherine Rosenfeld (PhD 2016) → research scientist at The Institute for Disease Modeling
• Alexia Simon (PhD, 2025) → VICO Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Virginia
• Rich Teague (SMA Fellow, 2019-2022) → faculty at MIT
• Anjali Tripathi (PhD 2018) → staff at NASA JPL
• Takahiro Ueda (JSPS Overseas Fellow, 2024-2025) → faculty at NAOJ