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Located in Hull and willing to travel up to 90 Miles of Hull
E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics
Department of Physics & Mathematics
University of Hull,
Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
CV Summary:
I am an astrophysicist who uses computer simulations to model the formation and evolution of spiral galaxies. My research interests include the processes which shape galaxies and how different chemical elements are distributed within them. To do this I use some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, without which these sophisticated hydrodynamics models would be impossible.
I am currently the Milne Research Fellow in the University of Hull’s astrophysics group, prior to which I was a postdoc at the University of Exeter. I first discovered my love of computational methods in astrophysics during my undergraduate studies toward a MSc (Hons) in Physics with Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham. After that I moved on to the University of Central Lancashire, where in 2013 I was awarded my PhD on the topic of Chemodynamical Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of Galaxies.
I enjoy public speaking, co-chair the Beverley Cafe Scientifique, and chair the Hull branch of the British Science Association. I can be found on twitter (@galaxy_gareth) and contacted by phone and email.
Lecture Topics:
- What Atoms tell us about Galaxies (Galactic Archaeology)
- The Secret Life of Galaxies (Habitability of the Universe)
- What Makes the Milky Way (Galaxy Formation)
- Astronavigation: Finding our Way in the World (Natural History and Technology)
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