Current Members
![Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_3abe9772430e47e68e66b25344d37f80~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_182,h_262,al_c,q_85,blur_3,enc_auto/b36804_3abe9772430e47e68e66b25344d37f80~mv2.png)
Postdoc working on relativistic hydrodynamics
![Patrick Carzon](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_3eb867613e4140459789dbf4089aaa00~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_100,h_117,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_3eb867613e4140459789dbf4089aaa00~mv2.jpg)
PhD student. Working on initial conditions in heavy ion collisions.
![Debora Mroczek](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_4714b33c9d754f4ba047d486fcbb584a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_100,h_100,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_4714b33c9d754f4ba047d486fcbb584a~mv2.jpg)
Graduate Student. Machine learning and the QCD phase diagram (NSF-GRFP)
![Jordi Salina san Martin](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_fe22e5f9dd444c1ca9eb9a778c5c0974~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_70,h_91,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_fe22e5f9dd444c1ca9eb9a778c5c0974~mv2.png)
PhD student working on SMASH and relativistic hydrodynamics
![Nikolas Cruz Camacho](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_b7add36417414d6088a242390cf5c970~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_76,h_85,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_b7add36417414d6088a242390cf5c970~mv2.png)
PhD Student working for the MUSES collaboration on the Chiral Mean Field module
![Nanxi Yao](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_27f0e4a665874a35baf1afe6d91758c5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_84,h_85,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_27f0e4a665874a35baf1afe6d91758c5~mv2.png)
PhD student working on neutron stars and heavy-ion collisions
![Emily Dillingham](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_8c6ca3521acb45238525d7b90063bb55~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_137,h_77,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_8c6ca3521acb45238525d7b90063bb55~mv2.jpg)
REU student 2021+ Neutron stars/Dark Matter Berea College
![Alex Espino](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_8c5b462a75a64e8aa753275021882d4c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_48,h_39,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_8c5b462a75a64e8aa753275021882d4c~mv2.png)
UIUC undergrad 2022+ Relativistic hydrodynamics
Former Members
Assorted Group Photos
![Prof. Christopher Plumberg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_0620be89f39249a0983b4409bf21e46f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_170,h_270,al_c,q_85,blur_3,enc_auto/b36804_0620be89f39249a0983b4409bf21e46f~mv2.png)
Professor at Pepperdine University Former UIUC postdoc 2020-2022
![Prof. Matt Sievert](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_fa5632f18a214f63b0d28190d080da4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_fa5632f18a214f63b0d28190d080da4b~mv2.jpg)
Professor at New Mexico State University Former UIUC postdoc 2018-2020
![Dr. Travis Dore](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_cad7bce4518540a0bb6e370b3d888be6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_165,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/b36804_cad7bce4518540a0bb6e370b3d888be6~mv2.jpg)
Postdoc Bielefeld University UIUC PhD 2022
![Zhanghao (Steven) Li](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_c3bff06560d245fbb247547d1fa52f68~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_86,h_102,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_c3bff06560d245fbb247547d1fa52f68~mv2.png)
PhD Student at NYU Engineering UIUC undergrad 2020-2022.
![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 1.06.36 PM](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_3b99d255acb14068be03ba65a7748a2d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_66,h_102,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_3b99d255acb14068be03ba65a7748a2d~mv2.png)
![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 1.06.11 PM](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_17dd4cc36523474da470eb8698822f7a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_85,h_79,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_17dd4cc36523474da470eb8698822f7a~mv2.png)
![Skanda Rao](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_adc3d8b850084a21beac62ade446d6b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_162,h_135,al_c,q_80,blur_3,enc_auto/b36804_adc3d8b850084a21beac62ade446d6b2~mv2.jpg)
Undergraduate students. Working on initial conditions and relativistic hydrodynamics.
![Emma McLaughlin](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_e2e72c11053b40f6b6e4d10aaa01f4cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_144,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_e2e72c11053b40f6b6e4d10aaa01f4cb~mv2.jpg)
REU student (summer 2018). Worked on predictions of transport coefficients in a baryon density Quark Gluon Plasma,
![Noah Paladino](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f2b81bcc7b05470d8184be321707c602.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f2b81bcc7b05470d8184be321707c602.jpg)
Undergraduate Student. Working on parallel processing in relativistic hydrodynamics.
![noronha-hostler_lab211109-011](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_e8954aa7ef004a68a17e4d452e484bc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_e8954aa7ef004a68a17e4d452e484bc9~mv2.jpg)
![TravisDefense](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_2de7e128def94eb2ae438e887f1c2292~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_2de7e128def94eb2ae438e887f1c2292~mv2.jpeg)
![noronha-hostler_lab211109-080](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_d343939e651d4685b0db81b8db200f81~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_d343939e651d4685b0db81b8db200f81~mv2.jpg)
![noronha-hostler_lab211109-011](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b36804_e8954aa7ef004a68a17e4d452e484bc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/b36804_e8954aa7ef004a68a17e4d452e484bc9~mv2.jpg)