Student participants

Student participants

 

Name: Aakash Bhat Afilliation: University of Potsdam Project Title: Modeling the Stellar Evolution of Hypervelocity Runaways from Thermonuclear Supernovae
PhD Advisor: Stephan Geier and Ulrich Heber Research Interests:
Runaway stars, galactic modeling.
Project advisors E. Bauer, I. Caiazzo, S. Justham
 
Name: Aldana Grichener Afilliation: Technion Project Title: Nuclear Neural Networks - Implementing machine-learning methods for stellar nucleosynthesis
PhD Advisor: Noam Soker Research Interests: massive binaries, common envelope evolution, binary compact object mergers Project Advisors: M. Renzo, W. Kerzendorf, E. Bellinger, S. Justham
 
Name: Brandon Barker Afilliation: Michigan State University Project Title: On the Viability for s-process nucleosynthesis in low metallicity massive binaries
PhD Advisor: Sean Couch, Jonah Miller Research Interests:Core-collapse supernovae, computational astrophysics, high-order numerical methods Project Advisor: M. Renzo
 
Name: Linhao Ma Afilliation: California Institute of Technology Project Title: Variability of Blue Supergiants in the LMC with TESS
PhD Advisor:Jim Fuller Research Interests:Tidal Interactions Project Advisors: A. MacFadyen, S. de Mink
 
Name: Facundo Moyano Afilliation:University of Geneva Project Title: Constraining the results of nuclear fusion and mixing in the deep interiors of evolved massive stars using observations of stars stripped in binaries
PhD Advisor:Georges Meynet and Patrick Eggenberger Research Interests:Stellar evolution, rotation, magnetic fields, asteroseismology Project Advisors: Y. Gottberg, I. Caiazzo, C. Wang
 
Name:Ashlin Varghese Afilliation:Newcastle University Project Title: Using Bayesian Methods to Interpret LISA Gravitational Wave Observations and Infer Common Envelope Evolution
PhD Advisor:Tamara Rogers Research Interests:
Mixing by Internal Gravity Waves in intermediate and massive stars, Convective Overshooting
Project Advisors: V. Korol, A. Vigna-Gomez, C. Badenes, S. Justham
  
Name: Marcus DuPont Afilliation: New York University Project Title: Explosions in Roche-Lobe Distorted Stars: Relativistic Bullets in Binaries
PhD Advisor:Andrew MacFadyen Research Interests:
Binary systems, supernovae, hydrodynamics
Project Advisors: Cole Johnston, Earl Bellinger, Selma de Mink
 
Name:Kaila Nathaniel Afilliation:Rochester Institute of Technology Project Title: Effect of rejuvenated accretors on the population of Thorne-Zytkow Objects
PhD Advisor:Richard O'Shaughnessy Research Interests: Binary stars, common envelope, supernova recoil kicks Project Advisors:A. Vigna-Gomez, M. Renzo
  
Name: Mami Deka Afilliation: Cotton University, Guwahati, India Project Title: Core helium burning using turbulent convection models in intermediate and massive stars
PhD Advisor: Sukanta Deb Research Interests: Physics of Variable stars, binary systems Project Advisors: F. Alhborn, T. Braun, A. Weiss
 
Name: Camille Landri Afilliation: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University Project Title: The Effect of Donor Star Rejuvenation on Common Envelope Evolution
PhD Advisor:Ondrej Pejcha Research Interests: Stellar interactions, Cataclysmic Variables, Numerical simulations, SPH Project Advisor:P. Ricker, A. Vigna-Gomez, M. Renzo
 
Name: Rachel Patton Afilliation: Ohio State University Project Title: The Rotation of Magnetic White Dwarfs
PhD Advisor:Marc Pinsonneault Research Interests: Stellar evolution; binary interaction; supernovae Project Advisor:I. Caiazzo, Y. Gottberg, E. Bauer, C. Johnston
 
Name: Zepei Xing Afilliation: University of Geneva, Geneva Observatory Project Title: The Dynamical Evolution of Circumbinary Planets Around Interacting Binaries
PhD Advisor:Tassos Fragos Research Interests: Binary evolution, formation of double compact objects Project Advisor:S. Torres, Y. Gottberg
 
Name:Tom Wagg Afilliation: University of Washington Project Title: The asteroseismic imprint of mass transfer
PhD Advisor:Eric Algol Research Interests:Binary evolution, supernova kicks, population synthesis Project Advisor:C. Johnston, E. Bellinger, M. Renzo, S. de Mink
 
Name:Amanda Rubio Afilliation: University of Sao Paulo / ESO Project Title: Calibration of Binary Population Synthesis Models Using A Sample of White Dwarf Binaries from APOGEE/Galex/Gaia
PhD Advisor:Alex Carciofi / Dietrich Baade Research Interests:Be stars, binary interactions, SPH Project Advisor: C. Badenes, K. Breivik
  
Name:Ruggero Valli Afilliation: Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Project Title: Long-Term Orbital Evolution of Binary Systems Interacting with Circumbinary Disks
PhD Advisor:Selma de Mink Research Interests:Massive binaries, stable mass transfer, tidal interactions Project Advisor:C. Tiede, A. Vigna-Gomez, J. Cuadra, S. de Mink