Scientist of the Week

Each week, we find out what’s on the minds and in the hearts of our scientists. Get to know what they think about science, life and the far reaches of space. Careful, you’re seeing scientists as humans, in their natural habitats and sometimes their comedic wardrobes.

Brian Yanny

    Brian is a staff scientist at Fermilab. Brian works on Milky Way halo studies (how’s the dark matter … Read more »

Gourav Khullar

        Gourav is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. He works on Galaxy Clusters and … Read more »

Stephanie Hamilton

  Stephanie is a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She uses the Dark Energy Survey to study….not dark … Read more »

Daniel Holz

    Daniel Holz is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago. He is interested in the follow-up of LIGO/Virgo … Read more »

Sunayana Bhargava

    Sunayana is a graduate student at the University of Sussex. Sunayana is interested in galaxy clusters, and in … Read more »

Zoheyr Doctor

      Zoheyr is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. He works on gravitational-wave and multi-messenger astrophysics … Read more »

Ken Herner

      Ken is a staff member at Fermilab. He works on optical followup of gravitational wave events, and … Read more »

Jim Annis

  Jim is a staff scientist at Fermilab, where he studies gravitational wave events with an optical telescope and a big … Read more »

Simon Samuroff

  Simon is a Graduate Student at the University of Manchester, whose research interests are in observational cosmology, particularly using weak … Read more »

Erin Sheldon

  Erin is a member of faculty at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.   He is interested in the history and properties of our universe, … Read more »