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: Cole Johnston, Earl Bellinger, Selma 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:A. MacFadyen, S. de Mink |
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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 | |