Sanaea Cooper Rose

Sanaea Cooper Rose is a Lindheimer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on interactions between stars and stellar remnants in dense star clusters, particularly how these interactions lead to unique stellar populations and drive extreme astrophysical events such as collisions, mergers, and tidal disruptions.

• Fields of Interest
  • Black Holes & Dead Stars
  • Exoplanets & The Solar System
  • Galaxies & Cosmology
  • Gravitational Waves & Multi-Messenger Astronomy
  • Stellar Dynamics & Stellar Populations
  • Artificial Intelligence
• Scientific Awards
  • Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Fellow (2025)