CosmicAI Institute Executive Leadership

  • Stella Offner

    UT Austin
    PI and Director
    Accelerated Universe, Astro Lead

  • Matt Lease

    UT Austin
    Co-Director
    Explorable Universe, AI Lead


  • Jessy Li

    UT Austin
    Explorable Universe, AI Lead

  • Stephanie Juneau

    NOIRLab
    Explorable Universe, Astro Lead

  • Adam Bolton

    SLAC Stanford
    Co-PI
    Explorable Universe, Astro Lead

  • Arya Farahi

    UT Austin
    Co-PI
    Explainable Universe, AI Lead

  • Paul Torrey

    University of Virginia
    Explainable Universe, Astro Lead

  • Jeff Phillips

    University of Utah
    Observable Universe, AI Lead

  • Eric Murphy

    NRAO
    Co-PI
    Observable Universe, Astro Lead

  • George Biros

    UT Austin
    Accelerated Universe, AI Lead

Senior Staff

  • Pratik Mhatré

    UT Austin
    Managing Director
    Contact pmhatre@austin.utexas.edu for general inquiries

  • Jane Bernhard

    UT Austin
    Communications Director
    Contact jane.bernhard@austin.utexas.edu
    for media inquiries

  • Karen Rumpf

    UT Austin
    Research Administrator & Administrative Associate

  • Niall Gaffney

    TACC
    Computing Director

contact admin@cosmicai.org

Senior Personnel

  • Baharan Mirzasoleimanbarzi

    UCLA
    Co-Investigator
    Explorable Universe

  • Gregory Durrett

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Explorable Universe

  • Tom Matheson

    NOIRLab
    Co-Investigator
    Explorable Universe

  • Maryam Modjaz

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Explorable Universe

  • Haiying (Helen) Shen

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Explorable Universe

  • Michael Boylan-Kolchin

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Explainable Universe

  • Alessandro Rinaldo

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Explainable Universe

  • Julian Munoz

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Explainable Universe

  • Judy Fox

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Explainable Universe

  • Nitya Jacob Kallivayalil

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Explainable Universe

  • El Kindi Rezig

    University of Utah
    Co-Investigator
    Observable Universe

  • Brian Scott Mason

    NRAO
    Co-Investigator
    Observable Universe

  • Ryan Loomis

    NRAO
    Co-Investigator
    Observable Universe

  • Ziad Al-Halah

    University of Utah
    Co-Investigator
    Observable Universe

  • Omar Ghattas

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Accelerated Universe

  • Keith Hawkins

    UT Austin
    Co-Investigator
    Accelerated Universe

  • Lauren Ilsedore Cleeves

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Accelerated Universe

  • Robin Garrod

    University of Virginia
    Co-Investigator
    Accelerated Universe

Collaborators

  • Alexandros Dimakis

    UT Austin

  • Gail Zasowski

    University of Utah

  • Rachel Ward

    UT Austin

  • Jack Dongarra

    University of Tennessee

  • Amir Shahmoradi

    UT Arlington

  • Kyle Lo

    Ai2

  • Luca Soldaini

    Ai2

  • Juliana Duncan

    TACC

  • Gabriel Jaffe

    TACC

  • Luke Smith

    TACC

  • Sikan Li

    TACC

  • Amit Gupta

    TACC

Postdocs

  • Josh Taylor

    UT Austin
    Observable Universe

  • Sanjana Gautam

    UT Austin
    Explorable Universe

Students

  • Sebastian Joseph

    UT Austin

  • Wenxuan Ding

    UT Austin

  • Nina De La Torre

    UT Austin

  • Ritwik Vashistha

    UT Austin

  • Houjiang Liu

    UT Austin

Executive Advisory Board

  • David W Hogg

    New York University
    Chair

  • Viviana Acquaviva

    City University of New York
    Member

  • Joshua Peek

    Space Telescope Science Institute
    Member

  • Yusu Wang

    UC San Diego
    Member

  • Michael P. Brenner

    Harvard University
    Member