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who I am Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University, with an appointment in the astronomy group and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). I am affiliated with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), an NSF Physics Frontier Center. |
what I do
I am interested in compact stars, stellar explosions, and nuclear processes in astrophysics. Samples of recent work can be found on my research page.
My research is funded by the US National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Dept. of Energy.
Interested in these topics? I am looking for graduate students.
research groupDavid Chamulak, Levens Deback, Chris Richardson, Andrew Steiner (JINA research associate)
former students and postdocs
- Philipp Girichidis (graduate student, Universität Heidelberg)
- Kim Dupczak (MS Michigan State University). Adjunct Faculty, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (LinkedIn profile)
- Sanjib Gupta (JINA research associate, MSU). Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Michelle Ouellette (Ph. D. Michigan State University; adviser Prof. H. Schatz). Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University
- Fang Peng (Ph.D. University of Chicago; adviser Prof. J. Truran). Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
recent work
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Cooling neutron star transients reveal structure of crust. |
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Simmering white dwarfs reduce their electron abundance. |
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First superburst discovered from a neutron star transient. |
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Neutron star crusts chemically separate at crystallization. |
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C-O flames burn faster in white dwarfs enriched with neon-22. |
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