Research Group

Desika Narayanan

Associate Professor [Astronomy, Physics, University of Florida]
International Affiliate [Cosmic Dawn Centre, Copenhagen]

Graduate Students

  • Jesse Kelley-Derzon

    PhD Student [Physics]
    Early Universe galaxy evolution

  • Dhruv Zimmerman

    PhD Student [Astronomy]
    AI x Computational Astrophysics; Simulation Based Inference

  • Ethan Savitch

    PhD Student [Astronomy]
    The physics of PAHs in galaxies near and far

  • Darianette Valentin-Martinez

    PhD Student [Astronomy]
    Models of molecular gas in galaxies across cosmic time

Former PhD Students

  • Karolina Garcia [2024]

    Thesis Title: Tracing the Large Scale Structure through Cosmic Time

    Current Position: Center for Astrophysical Surveys Postdoctoral Fellow at UIUC

  • Sidney Lower

    Sidney Lower [2023]

    Thesis Title: The Macro and Micro of Cosmic Dust: A Holistic Study of Dusty Galaxy Evolution with Cosmological Simulations

    Current Position: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  • Prerak Garg [2023]

    Thesis Title: Modeling Nebular Emission in Cosmological Galaxy Formation Simulations

    Current Position: KPMG

  • Qi Li [2022]

    Thesis Title: The Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Dust

    Current Position: MPA Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching

  • Sankalp Gilda [2022]

    Thesis Title: Uncertainty Quantification, Knowledge Transfer, and Model Interpretability in Astronomy: A Machine-Learning Based Perspective

    Current Position: Stealth Artificial Intelligence

  • Ben Kimock [2020]

    Thesis Title: Lyman Alpha Blobs in Cosmological Simulations

    Current Position: Redjack