OVERVIEW
My group pursues research in theoretical and computational astrophysics and cosmology, primarily in the following areas:
cosmological structure formation
We model the formation of dark-matter + gaseous halos and the galaxies that form inside of them, including the physics of dark matter, gas dynamics, star formation, stellar evolution, and stellar feedback.
galactic archeology
We model the formation history of the Milky Way, Andromeda, and the Local Group across all of their components: dark matter halos, stellar and gaseous disks, giant molecular clouds, star clusters, stellar halos, and low-mass galaxies.
near-field cosmology
We use stellar and gas dynamics to measure the spatial and velocity distribution of dark matter around us, to test its particle nature.
computational methods and cosmological simulations
We develop computational methods to run cosmological simulations on the world’s most powerful supercomputers, supported by the NSF and NASA, including:
PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS
- FIRE simulation project
- Latte simulations: the Milky Way on FIRE
- MW-6D Survey: Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Program
- M31-6D Survey: Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Program