Flatiron Institute Staff

Yajie Yuan, Ph.D.

Washington University in St. Louis
Flatiron Research Fellow, CCA (2019-2021)

CCA | Alumni

Yajie joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics as a Flatiron Research Fellow in September, 2019.

Israel Zewdie

Scholar, CCN (2025)

FI

Israel Zewdie was a Simons-NSBP Program (SNSP) Scholar in the summer of 2025.

Huanchen Zhai, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist - Software, Initiative for Computational Catalysis

FI

Huanchen Zhai joined the Initiative for Computational Catalysis at the Flatiron Institute in November 2024 as an Associate Research Scientist – Software.

Lizhong Zhang, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Exoplanets, CCA

CCA

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

Shiwei Zhang, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, CCQ

CCQ

Shiwei Zhang joined the Center for Computational Quantum Physics as a Senior Research Scientist/Group Leader in 2018. He is also Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William & Mary

Xinyuan Zhao

Guest Researcher, Computational Vision, CCN

CCN

Xinyuan Zhao is a Ph.D. student at NYU Center for Neural Science, advised by Dr. Eero Simoncelli.

Vladimir Zhdankin, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Flatiron Research Fellow, CCA (2021-2023)

CCA | Alumni

Vladimir Zhdankin is an assistant professor in physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.