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Who We Are

the people figuring out gas & galaxies in enzo

the simulation team

Molly Peeples

PI; Associate Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute; Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University

Jason Tumlinson

Co-PI; Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute; Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University

Brian O'Shea

Co-PI; Professor at Michigan State University

Cassi Lochhaas

FOGGIE 2.0 PI; ITC Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University
Anna Wright

Anna Wright

FOGGIE Dwarfs PI; Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute

Ayan Acharyya

Postdoctoral Researcher at INAF Padua

Ramona Augustin

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

Lauren Corlies

Software Manager at Steward Observatory

Minyong Jung (정민용)

Graduate Student at Seoul National University

Claire Kopenhafer

Research Consultant at Michigan State University's Institute for Cyber Enabled Research

Harrison Lo

Graduate Student at University of Edinburgh
Britton Smith

Britton Smith

Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh

Mackenzie Ticoras

Graduate Student at Michigan State University

Cameron Trapp

Assistant Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University

the observational collaborators

John O'Meara

John O'Meara

Chief Scientist at Keck Observatory
Nicolas Lehner

Nicolas Lehner

Research Professor at University of Notre Dame
Chris Howk

Chris Howk

Professor at University of Notre Dame
Raymond Simons

Raymond Simons

Assistant Professor at Providence College
Erik Tollerud

Erik Tollerud

Associate Astronomer at Space Telescope Science Institute
Jessica Werk

Jessica Werk

Professor at University of Washington

the undergraduates

Isabella Pereira

2026 SASP Intern; Undergraduate at University of Maryland

the alumni

Brendan Boyd

Class of 2020 Undergraduate at Michigan State University; now physics and astronomy PhD student at Stony Brook University

David Crowe

2017 Advanced Computational Research Experience REU student at Michigan State University; currently a PhD student in atmospheric science at the University of Virginia

Nicholas Earl

Formerly Software Engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute; now an astronomy PhD student at the University of Illinois

Trevor Fush

Former Undergraduate at Michigan State University; now a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD Candidate at Princeton University

Austin Gilbert

2017 Advanced Computational Research Experience REU student at Michigan State University; currently a Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering PhD student at Michigan State University

Kathleen Hamilton-Campos

2023 Masters in Physics & Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University; now an Associate Research Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory

CJ Llorente

Graduate Student at Michigan State University

Eugene Lee

2023 Space Astronomy Summer Program intern at the Space Telescope Science Institute; now a Master's Student in Astrophysics at the University of Bonn

Melissa Morris

2017 Space Astronomy Summer Program intern at the Space Telescope Science Institute; now an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Lycoming College

Binh Nguyen

2022 Space Astronomy Summer Program intern at the Space Telescope Science Institute; currently a PhD student in astronomy at University of Washington

Nami Nishimura

2021 Space Astronomy Summer Program intern at the Space Telescope Science Institute; now a Physics PhD Candidate at University of Maryland
Deovrat Prasad

Deovrat Prasad

Former Postdoctoral Researcher at Michigan State University; now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cardiff University

Vida Saeedzadeh

Former Assistant Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University; now Data Scientist at Gartner Consulting
Devin Silvia

Devin Silvia

Teaching Specialist at Michigan State University
Greg Snyder

Gregory Snyder

Former Data Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute

Elias Taira

Class of 2024 Undergraduate at Michigan State University; now a Masters Student at Illinois State University

Yong Zheng (郑永)

Former Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; now an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

the support staff

Carina

2007–2025

Yuma

Lily

Murray

Scarlett

Ellie and Archie

Pantalaimon

Calcifer

Gio, Snowy, and Sprite

Panini and Toaster