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I am a postgraduate researcher in the Astronomy and Astrophysics department at UC Santa Cruz, working with the Supernovae Science Center. I was formerly a research associate (and graduate student before that) at the Center on Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes at the University of Chicago, where I was a co-developer of the FLASH Code. I did my undergraduate at the University of Rochester.
My main research is Type Ia supernovae, specifically flame instabilities like the Landau-Darrieus instability, reactive Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, and most recently, buoyant reacting bubbles. I also study Type I X-ray bursts (like spreading of perturbations, and somewhat related helium detonations). Some older work involved Type II supernovae (post-shock mixing), and classical novae. This work is part of the Supernova Science Center.
My numerical work centers around methods for computational fluid dynamics, mainly focusing on Godunov methods. I was one of the original developers of the FLASH Code, which I continue to develop along with my colleagues at the Flash Center. Lately, I've been collaborating with the Center for Computational Science and Engineering at LBL applying low Mach number methods to astrophysical flames. I also am maintaining a simple prototyping code, which I use to test out different hydro schemes.
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updated Oct. 20, 2004