# Affiliates ## expand\_more [### Cora Dvorkin ](/people/cora-dvorkin-0) Professor of Physics Prof. Dvorkin is a theoretical cosmologist. She has made significant contributions to the study of dark matter (DM), light relics, and the physics of the early universe, focusing on a broad range of observational probes, such as the Cosmic Microwave... ![Dvorkin](/sites/g/files/omnuum11241/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hetg/files/_dsc2178.jpg?itok=8M6r-AR4) [### Douglas Finkbeiner ](/people/douglas-finkbeiner) Professor of Astronomy and of Physics Professor Finkbeiner was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971. He graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989, and enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. His Freshman year he helped build the legendary Sunrunner and was active... ![doug.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11241/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hetg/files/doug.jpg?itok=9OZCcoWe) [### Hyungchul Kim ](/people/hyungchul-kim) CMSA Affiliate Post-Doc Jefferson 109B ![Loading](/sites/g/files/omnuum11241/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hetg/files/screen_shot_2018-02-13_at_2.10.05_pm.png?itok=-6V6COp3) [### Subir Sachdev ](/people/subir-sachdev) Professor of Physics My research is in the branch of theoretical physics, known as "condensed matter", that seeks to understand the properties of materials from a fundamental microscopic basis. The last two decades have been a time of much progress in this area, driven... ![sachdev4.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11241/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hetg/files/sachdev4.jpg?itok=yWq6FhYC) [### Shing-Tung Yau ](/people/shing-tung-yau) Professor of Mathematics ![yau.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum11241/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/hetg/files/yau.jpg?itok=0vjzmaoR)