Marcus DuPont

About Me

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interests

My main area of study is astrophysical transients. More specifically, I explore gas dynamics of cataclysmic explosions such as supernovae (SNe), gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), X-ray flashes (XRFs), and Fast Blue Optical Transients (FBOTs). I study these by means of a three-dimensional special relativistic hydro code entitled SIMBI that I wrote to compile on CPUs as well as NVidia and AMD GPUs. I want to use this code to intensively study the conditions predating stellar death which involve components like strong shock waves, ultra-relativistic speeds, and magnetic fields. Ultimately, I am interested in proposing self-consistent models that constrain the main ingredients to these catastrophic events.

Education + Positions

2024 — Present

Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University

2019 — 2024

Ph.D., Physics, New York University

2016 — 2019

B.S., Physics and Astrophysics, Florida State University

2022 — 2024

Graduate Fellow, LSST-DA Data Science Fellowship

2023

Graduate Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

2022

Graduate Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

2019

Research Fellow, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

2018

Research Fellow, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

2017

Research Fellow, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Pretty Simulation (Created with my code, SIMBI)

Contact Me

marcus.dupont[at]princeton[dot]edu