Flatiron Institute Staff

Yurina Nakazato, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Galaxy Formation

CCA

Yurina Nakazato joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Flatiron Research Fellow in October 2025.

Samaneh Nasiri, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School
Pre-Doc Research Scientist, CCN (2019)

CCN | Alumni

Samaneh is a junior faculty at Harvard Medical School and MGH, working on improving generalization for health and wellness applications using signal processing and machine learning techniques.

Ehssan Nazockdast, Ph.D.

UNC-Chapel Hill
Flatiron Research Fellow, CCB (2016-2017)

CCB | Alumni

Ehssan Nazockdast is an Assistant Professor of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Daniel Needleman, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Biophysical Modeling
Senior Project Lead, CCBx

CCB

Daniel Needleman joined the Center for Computational Biology as a Senior Research Scientist in September 2020.

Sophie Newman

CCA

Sophie Newman joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Research Analyst through the CCA Pre-Doctoral Program in September 2023.

Xueyan (Julie) Niu

Predoctoral Researcher, Computational Vision, CCN

CCN

Julie has a B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Hong Kong.

Hayden Nunley, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Developmental Dynamics

CCB

Hayden Nunley joined the Center for Computational Biology as a Flatiron Research Fellow with the Developmental Dynamics group.