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about me
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I am currently a Nordic
Fellow at the astrophysics
group here at NORDITA. My research
is centered around astrophysical turbulence and MHD, with special emphasis on dynamo
theory. Applications include the modeling of the turbulent
interstellar medium, the large-scale galactic dynamo, and magnetic
turbulence in accretion discs.
former groups
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From 2009 to 2011, I
have been working at the Planet Formation Group of the Astronomy Unit at Queen Mary,
University of London. My research interests there were focused around
turbulent accretion discs as the environment of planet formation. This
included numerical simulations of magneto-hydrodynamic turbulence and
its effects on the growth of planetesimals and protoplanets.
- Before I moved to London, I
worked as a research student at the MHD group of the
Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. In March 2009, I received my PhD
degree from the University of
Potsdam. My thesis work is
concerned with supernova-driven turbulence in galactic disks and
compares dynamo theory with direct simulations of the interstellar
medium. As part of this work, I was involved in the development of the
NIRVANA fluids
code.