Flatiron Institute Staff

Lorenzo Sironi, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Stars and Plasma Astrophysics, CCA

CCA

Lorenzo Sironi is a Research Scientist at CCA and an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University.

Dominic Skinner, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist, Developmental Dynamics

CCB

Dominic Skinner is an associate research scientist in the Developmental Dynamics group at the Center for Computational Biology (CCB), joining in July 2024.

Samuel Sledzieski, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Structural and Molecular Biophysics and Genomics, CCB joint with CCM

CCB

Samuel Sledzieski joined the Center for Computational Biology in September 2024, as a joint Flatiron Research Fellow between the Structural and Molecular Biophysics and Genomics groups.

James Smith, Ph.D.

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Flatiron Research Fellow, CCQ (2020-2022)

CCQ | Alumni

James Smith worked at the Flatiron Institute as a research associate in 2019 before joining the Center for Computational Quantum Physics as a Flatiron Research Fellow from 2020 to 2022.

Carlton Smith

Scholar, CCN (2021)

FI

Carlton is a rising Senior at the University of Florida majoring in Physics.

Louis Smith, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Structural and Molecular Biophysics

CCB

Louis Smith joined the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Biology (CCB) in March of 2026 as a Flatiron Research Fellow.

Rachel Somerville, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Galaxy Formation, CCA

CCA

Rachel Somerville joined the CCA in 2016. In her research, she tries to understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes form and evolve, using theoretical models and multiwavelength observations.