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Dunlap Institute’s Postdoctoral Fellows go on to succeed in prestigious faculty positions all over the world.
Scroll down to read about them. You can also read our feature stories about Professors
Carl Ziegler,
Allison Man, and
Johanna Nagy.

Former Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Carl Ziegler gives a talk to onlookers. Credit: Carl Ziegler
Here are other former Dunlap Institute Postdoctoral Fellows who have since taken on faculty positions:
John Antoniadis
- Senior Researcher (Rank B), Institute of Astrophysics – Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas
- 2014-2017
Jeff Chilcote
- Associate Professor Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics
- 2014-2017
Maria Drout
- Associate Professor, DADDAA
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https://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~drout
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416-978-2192
- Time domain astronomy, supernova, peculiar astronomical transients, massive star evolution, stellar populations, electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves
- Associate Professor, DADDAA and UofT
- 2016-2018
Rachel Friesen
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https://astro.utoronto.ca/~friesen
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416-946-3071
- Sessional Lecturer, DAA and UofT
- 2012-2017
Prof. Quinn Konopacky
- Associate Professor, UC, San Diego, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 2012-2014
Prof. Nicholas Law
- Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- 2009-2013
Allison Man
- Assistant Professor, UBC
- 2018-2020
Johanna Nagy
- Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
- 2017-2020
Prof. Laura Newburgh
- Associate Professor, Yale University, Physics Department
- 2013-2016
Suresh Sivanandam
- Director, Associate Professor, DADDAA & Dunlap
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https://sharpimaginglab.com/
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416-978-6550
- Galaxy formation and evolution, adaptive optics, and optical/IR instrumentation
- Director, Dunlap Institute, UofT
- 2010-2015
Joshua Speagle
- Assistant Professor, DADDAA & Statistical Sciences
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https://astro.utoronto.ca/~speagle
- Astrostatistics and data science with multi-wavelength, large-area surveys; Galactic structure and dynamics; stars and stellar populations; dust and the interstellar medium; galaxy formation and evolution; scalable inference; Monte Carlo sampling.
- Assistant Professor, DADDAA/DOSS and UofT
- 2020-2022
Carl Ziegler
- Assistant Professor & Observatory Director, Stephen F. Austin State University
- 2018-2020
John Antoniadis
- Senior Researcher (Rank B), Institute of Astrophysics – Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas
- 2014-2017
Jeff Chilcote
- Associate Professor Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics
- 2014-2017
Maria Drout
- Associate Professor, DADDAA
- https://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~drout
- 416-978-2192
- Time domain astronomy, supernova, peculiar astronomical transients, massive star evolution, stellar populations, electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves
- Associate Professor, DADDAA and UofT
- 2016-2018
Rachel Friesen
- https://astro.utoronto.ca/~friesen
- 416-946-3071
- Sessional Lecturer, DAA and UofT
- 2012-2017
Prof. Quinn Konopacky
- Associate Professor, UC, San Diego, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- 2012-2014
Prof. Nicholas Law
- Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- 2009-2013
Allison Man
- Assistant Professor, UBC
- 2018-2020
Johanna Nagy
- Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve University
- 2017-2020
Prof. Laura Newburgh
- Associate Professor, Yale University, Physics Department
- 2013-2016
Suresh Sivanandam
- Director, Associate Professor, DADDAA & Dunlap
- https://sharpimaginglab.com/
- 416-978-6550
- Galaxy formation and evolution, adaptive optics, and optical/IR instrumentation
- Director, Dunlap Institute, UofT
- 2010-2015
Joshua Speagle
- Assistant Professor, DADDAA & Statistical Sciences
- https://astro.utoronto.ca/~speagle
- Astrostatistics and data science with multi-wavelength, large-area surveys; Galactic structure and dynamics; stars and stellar populations; dust and the interstellar medium; galaxy formation and evolution; scalable inference; Monte Carlo sampling.
- Assistant Professor, DADDAA/DOSS and UofT
- 2020-2022
Carl Ziegler
- Assistant Professor & Observatory Director, Stephen F. Austin State University
- 2018-2020












