CCA People

Megan Bedell, Ph.D.

Megan Bedell joined the foundation in 2017 as a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. Her research broadly covers the discovery of new exoplanets and the characterization of Sun-like stars throughout the galaxy, with a particular focus on the…

Matteo Cantiello, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Stars and Plasma Astrophysics

Matteo Cantiello joined the foundation in 2017 as associate research scientist at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. His work focuses on the life and death of single and binary stars. He uses a variety of computational and observational tools, including 1D stellar…

Jiayin Dong, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Astronomical Data

Jiayin Dong is a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics. She uses computational and observational approaches to study how planetary systems form and evolve.

David W. Hogg, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Astronomical Data

David W. Hogg is an astrophysicist at New York University’s Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics and the group leader of CCA’s Astronomical Data group. His research has ranged from fundamental cosmological measurements to stellar dynamics to exoplanet searches and characterization.