NOTE!: Work in progress! (I have only recently switched to using OpenScholar!)
Welcome!
I am currently an Origins Post-doctoral Research Associate in Astronomy at the University of Virginia (Dept. of Astronomy) and a member of the Virginia Initiative on Cosmic Origins.
- Link to my publications on NASA ADS: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/CNGkIqaNQoCSufn0FZKG5g
- Link to my Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K5S9mvAAAAAJ&hl=en
My research interests lately focus on topics within, or related to, planet formation, protoplanetary disks and protostellar outflows, such as:
- Numerical methods for simulation of hydro-, magneto- and radiation hydrodynamics, in particular novel, high performance and adaptive methods;
- The earliest stages of planet formation, particularly while the protoplanetary accretion disk still dominates (e.g., planetary embryo formation and growth);
- The chemistry and thermodynamics of protoplanetary disks, in particular things which can affect the disk structure. Molecular and icy chemistry in protoplanetary disks also falls under this umbrella;
- The launching and collimation of magnetically-driven jets from young stellar objects;
- Photoevaporation of protoplanetary discs by stellar UV and X-ray photons.
- Workarounds and approximations to make the calculation of astrochemistry less computationally-intensive!
- Continuum and line ALMA observations of young disks (Class 0/I) and their associated protostellar outflows at the highest-resolutions.
- The promise of deep learning in the age of big data in Astronomy to help us analyze and understand star and planet formation.
I have developed or contributed to several software projects over my academic career. In chronological order (most recent first), these are:
- NIMRAD, a synthetic observation post-processing pipeline for snapshots of MHD simulations of protoplanetary disks (code available upon request).
- DISPATCH, a next-generation and high-performance framework for astrophysical fluid simulations:
- Public repository (there's also a private development repository which is frequently updated);
- Living documentation (always a work in progress; a bit rough around the edges);
- KROME for astrochemical modelling:
- Website;
- Code repository;
- Schools/"Bootcamps" (Note: There's one happening soon at the end of February 2021!)
- SASRST: Semi-analytic Solutions for 1-D Radiative Shock Tubes:
- AZEuS adaptive mesh refinement code for astrophysical fluid simulations (code available upon request):
- Website;
- Built on David Clarke's ZEUS-3D MHD code.