Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy at the University of California, Davis
UC Davis College of Letters & Science highlighted our recent research in their article: Simulations Explain Abundance of Bright Galaxies Observed at Cosmic Dawn. We showed how bursty star formation in our FIRE-2 simulations of galaxy formation naturally explains the abundance of bright galaxies in the early universe as the James Webb Space Telescope has observed.
UC Davis College of Letters & Science highlighted our recent research in their article: Simulations Reveal Signs of Galaxy Mergers in Milky Way Disk. PhD student Isaiah Santistevan led this research, to understand how a merger with another galaxy likely shaped the orbits of the most ancient and metal-poor stars in our Milky Way galaxy today.
Sky & Telescope highlighted our recent research in their article: The Alignment of the Milky Way’s Entourage, Explained. PhD student Jenna Samuel led this work, to understand the origin of the thin plane of satellite galaxies around the Milky Way, including the likely important role that the Large Magellanic Cloud has played in causing this planar structure.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlighted work from our group and the FIRE collaboration in an article: Inner Workings: Dwarf galaxies pose new questions about dark matter and the early universe that models are struggling to answer.