Huterer Research Group

Principal Investigator

Professor and Graduate Chair

Dark energy, large-scale structure, general-purpose cosmology. DES and DESI.

Leinweber Fellow

PhD: Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 2021

Large-scale structure, BAO, dark energy, DESI.

NASA Hubble Fellow

PhD: UC Berkeley, 2020

21cm cosmology. ML and AI.

Michigan Society of Fellows

PhD: Duke University, 2025

Type Ia supernovae; cosmology.

5th year PhD Student

Cosmological parameter estimation. DESI.

4th year PhD Student

Modified gravity; gravitational-wave standard sirens; DESI.

2nd year PhD Student

Type Ia supernovae, fundamental tests. DESI.

2nd year PhD Student

Dark Energy, Hubble tension. DESI full-shape and modified-gravity.

2nd year PhD Student

Bispectrum systematics. Peculiar velocities in DESI.

1st year PhD Student

DESI combined analysis.

Cameron Gibelyou (Dipoles in the sky; PhD 2012); currently Academic Program Officer, University of Michigan
Adam Becker (Primordial non-Gaussianity; PhD 2012); currently Science Writer, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Eduardo Ruiz (Growth of structure; PhD 2014); currently Matrix Research, Ohio
Daniel Shafer (Dark energy; PhD 2016); currently DeepGram, Baltimore
Mijin Yoon (Kinematic dipole in LSS; PhD 2016); currently Postdoc, German Centre for Lensing
Jessie Muir (DES; CMB anomalies; PhD 2018); currently Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Cincinnati
Noah Weaverdyck (DES and LSS systematics; PhD 2021); currently Chamberlain Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Angela Chen (DES and baryonic effects; PhD 2021); currently Postdoc, IPMU
Youjia Wu (Dark matter phenomenology; PhD 2022); currently Bosch, China
Yuewei Wen (Growth of structure; PhD 2023); currently Postdoc, National Astronomical Observatories of China, Beijing
Emery Trott (Gravitational-wave dark sirens; PhD 2024); currently Applications Engineer, Virginia
Sikandar Hanif (DESI -- fiber assignment; PhD 2025); currently Data Scientist, Intel
Otavio Alves (DESI -- cosmology, power-spectrum covariance; PhD 2025); currently Postdoctoral Fellow, IPMU (Japan)

Carlos Cunha (at UM 2008–11); currently Senior Data Scientist, Bosch (San Francisco)
Devdeep Sarkar (at UM 2009–11); currently Goldman Sachs
Wenjuan Fang (at UM 2009–12); currently Faculty, USTC (China)
Hao-Yi (Heidi) Wu (at UM 2011–14); currently Faculty, Southern Methodist University
Saroj Adhikari (at UM 2016–19); currently ScienceIT Consultant, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Minh Nguyen (at UM 2021–24); currently Postdoctoral Fellow, IPMU (Japan)
Johannes Lange (at UM 2022–24); currently Assistant Professor, American University

Wendy Wong (2008–09)
Sophie Zhang (2008–12)
Jingyuan Chen (2009–11)
Zimu Li (2010–11)
Bardia Nadim (2013–14)
Kyle Hinton (2013–15)
Brian Cook (2014–15)
Nicholas Weinberg (2015–17)
Levent Toksoz (2015–17)
C. Michael Liberato (2016–18)
John Soltis (2016–19)
Mayura Balakrishnan (2018–20)
Trevor Gravely (2018–19)
Dhayaa Anbajagane (2019–20)
Aidan Meador-Woodruff (2021–23)
Carter Matties (2023)