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Current students

Ezra Brooker (doctoral, computational astrophysics, 2017-)
Farhana Taiyebah (doctoral, computational science, 2023-
Kisalay Ghosh (masters, computational science, 2024-
James Egdorf (undegraduate, 2024/2025)
Thomas Spoonamore (undegraduate, 2024/2025)

Doctoral students

Timothy Handy (PhD, astrophysics, 2011-2014; GT Werx Automotive)
Daniel Fenn(PhD, astrophysics, 2014-2016; METECS/NASA)
Philip Boehner (PhD, computational science, 2014-2018; General Motors Company)
Ryan Learn (PhD, high-energy density physics, 2015-2018; Washington State University Tri-Cities)
Antigoni Georgiadou (PhD, computational astrophysics, 2015-2019: Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Brandon Gusto (PhD, computational science, 2018-2023: Naval Undersea Warfare Center)

Postdoctoral research associates

Markus Flaig (high-energy density physics, 2012-2014)
Timothy Handy (astrophysics, 2015-2016)

Former students

James Guzman (MSc, astrophysics, 2008-2009; now with Mathematical System & Solutions, Inc.)
Christopher Harden (high-energy density physics, 2008-2010)
Matthew Denagy (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2010)
Bertram Green (MSc, astrophysics, 2009-2011, High-field THz driven phenomena group, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
Timothy Handy (MSc, high-energy density physics, 2010-2011)
Frank Modica (MSc, high-energy density physics, 2010-2012, NorthPoint Solutions)
Trisha Dey (high school, summer 2011)
Jason Wu (high school, summer 2011)
Brandon Smith (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2012)
Ezra Brooker (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2012-2013)
Michael Cohen (high school, summer 2012)
Zac Farnsworth (high school, summer 2012)
Zachary Kirsche (high school, summer 2012)
Austin Larese (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2013-2014)
Ryan Learn (undergraduate, high-energy density physics, 2012-2013)
Samuel Brenner (high school, summer 2013)
Daniel Fenn (MSc, astrophysics, 2012-2014)
Daniel Fratte (software engineering, 2013-2014)
Philip Boehner (MSc, astrophysics, 2013-2014)
Peter Lin (high school, summer 2014)
Ryan Learn (MSc, high-energy density physics, 2014-2015)
Gregory Seel (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2014-2015)
Amit Sagar (high school, summer 2015)
Shashank Mahesh (high school, summer 2015)
Kelly Lewis (undergraduate, physics, 2015-2016)
Juan Martinez (undergraduate, computer science, 2015-2016)
Matthew Damante (undergraduate, computer science, 2015-2016)
Ross Newcome (high-energy density physics, 2015-2016)
Jalen Jiang (high school, summer 2016)
Kevin Zhai (high school, summer 2016)
Shae Machlus (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2016-2017)
Garrett Shost (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2016-2017)
Justin Marquez (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2017-2018)
Cameron Couvillon (undergraduate, astrophysics, 2017-2018)
Angela Li (high school, summer 2019)
Venkat Pamulapati (high school, summer 2019)
Abelardo Riojas (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2019/2020)
Jonathon Nosowitz (MSc, computational science, 2018-2020)
Sasha Mazure (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
James Hugglestone (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
Michael Davis (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
Sophia Amidi (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
Amber Collinsworth-Burnett (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
Anagrace Bennett (undergraduate, computational astrophysics, 2022/2023)
Badrinath Konidala (high school, summer 2023)
Maitreyi Sarkar (high school, summer 2023)
Tre Pepper (undergraduate, computational science, 2023/2024)

Select past UROP projects

2016: Kelly Lewis, Circumstellar Habitable Zone of Solar Mass Stars
2016: Juan Martinez, Dependence of the Core Mass on the Rate of Convection and Semi-Convection in a 15 Msun Supernova Progenitor
2023: Amber Collinsworth, Numeric Properties in Type Ia SN Flames
2023: Michael Davis, Understanding Properties of Type Ia Supernova Flames
2023: Sophia Amidi, White Dwarf Flame Front Data Analysis
2023: Anagrace Bennett, Type Ia Supernovae Flame Explosion Model
2023: James Hugglestone, Statistical Modeling of Type Ia SN Flame
2024: Tre Pepper, Fractal Dimension of Thermonuclear Deflagrations in Type Ia Supernovae

Funding Opportunities

Florida State University

National Science Foundation National Academies, National Research Council
Department of Energy Department of Defense National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Telescope Science Institute Academia General

Job Listings

Companies my graduate students are working for:

Academia and Government Industry General
Programs in Computational Science

SIAM listing
Memorial Unviersity listing

Helpful Resources

A Beginner's Guide to Research in Astronomy
Astro Better
Astrocentral
Astronomy Picture of the Day
ADS
astro-ph
The Role of Data Science in Astronomy and Interstellar Exploration
JINA - Virtual Journal of Nuclear Astrophysics

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