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Postdoc in astrophysics, interested in galaxies and their formation. I model them numerically, and perform radiative transfer to see how they look so I don't have to go and observe them.

I use Fortran for the heavy stuff, and Python for everything else.

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101 Simple check for the global shape of the Earth Oct 15 '18
67 What is the speed of sound in space? Jan 29 '15
64 Why does moving through time not require energy? Apr 17 '15
54 Why is the detection of gravitational waves so significant? Feb 11 '16
50 Can anything be seen from the center of the Boötes void? How dark would it be? Apr 17 '19
30 Why can't I see the blue color scattered by the lower atmosphere of the earth? Nov 17 '15
28 How to calculate how many photons are in the universe? Aug 28 '16
25 Drying clothes with the sun's heat, without any air Apr 7 '15
23 Does the number density of photons $n_\gamma\approx 10^8 \:\mathrm m^{-3}$ refer to CMB photons only? Jul 28 '15
22 How did the universe shift from “dark matter dominated” to “dark energy dominated”? May 23 '16
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