Resarch 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.
Publications
Education + Positions
2019 — Present
PhD., Physics, New York University
2016 — 2019
B.S.,Physics and Astrophysics, Florida State University
2022 — Present
Graduate Fellow, LSSTC 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
md4469[at]nyu[dot]edu