Nora Shipp

Leadership

Faculty

Research Interests

Galactic structure, Dark Matter, Near-field Cosmology, Galactic Dynamics

Biography

My research focuses on understanding dark matter and galaxy evolution via observations and simulations of the Milky Way. I am particularly interested in stellar streams, the remnants of disrupting satellite galaxies and star clusters orbiting our Galaxy. I study these systems using data from large surveys like the Dark Energy Survey, Gaia, and soon the Rubin Observatory LSST, and with cosmological and idealized simulations.