Flatiron Institute Staff

Ken Van Tilburg is an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Cosmology X Data Science Group. Ken earned his B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from MIT and his PhD. in Physics from Stanford University.

Professor Alberto Vecchio joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Visiting Scholar in 2024, on sabbatical from the University of Birmingham (UK).

Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro’s research interests range from cosmology to galaxy formation and its work is focused on understanding the impact of massive neutrinos on the cosmological observables and on the usage of the intensity mapping technique as a cosmological tool to study the…

Tom Wagg joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics as a Flatiron Research Fellow in September 2025.

Lile Wang’s research focus at the CCA was on the formation and evolution of exoplanets, including protoplanetary disks, exoplanet atmospheres and their characterizations.

Samuel is a Flatiron Research Fellow in the Galaxy Formation group of the Center for Computational Astrophysics. He studies the interaction between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies.

Anna Wright joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Flatiron Research Fellow in 2024.