Current Research

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Convection and Convection-Driven Dynamos in collaboration with Mike Calkins (CU Boulder) and Nick Featherstone (SWRI)
My thesis work centered around convection and convection-driven dynamos in spherical shells. These systems arise in stellar and planetary interiors.
	Tayler-Spruit Dynamo in collaboration with Ben Brown and Juri Toomre (CU Boulder)
	We are modeling the Tayler Instability to see if it can generate magnetic fields in the radiative regions of stars.
Near Surface Shear Layer in the Sun in collaboration with Juri Toomre (CU Boulder) and Kyle Augustson (HAO)
We are modeling the near surface shear layer of the Sun in order to better understand its underlying physics.
	Warped Accretion Disks in collaboration with Chris Nixon and Greg Salvesen (CU Boulder)
	We are generating a model for warped accretion disks around compact objects that could be used for better fitting real spectra.

Other Research

Thermonuclear Flames

I also work on modeling thermonuclear flames using the Maestro code. This is a continuation of research I started as an undergraduate. [Learn more...]

Computer Resources

Presently, I use the NASA supercomputer Pleiades. I also use the supercomputer Summit, run by the Research Computing group at CU Boulder. For small jobs, I can run on my own small cluster, Cueball.