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Anna-Christina Eilers is an observational astrophysicist and an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She focuses her research on supermassive black holes and their evolution in the early universe, particularly during an era known as the Cosmic Dawn. Eilers is interested in how these black holes grow and interact with their host galaxies and has developed new methods to study the timescales of quasar activity during the growth phases of supermassive black holes. Her research utilizes a combination of multi-wavelength observations, cosmological simulations, and new machine learning models. She is actively involved with numerous programs using the James Webb Space Telescope to explore the universe's distant past. Originally from San Francisco, California, Eilers earned her Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Göttingen, followed by a Master’s degree from the University of Heidelberg. She completed her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, where she focused on high-redshift quasars and the early growth phases of supermassive black holes. She has received multiple awards for her work, including the NASA Hubble Fellowship and the Pappalardo Fellowship at MIT.