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I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, where I investigate galaxies in their embedding cosmic structure. To this end, I develop numerical tools and algorithms for running simulations and interpreting observations to test our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution since the Big Bang.
Before moving to Stanford, I worked at the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Heidelberg after obtaining my PhD in 2021 at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Eiichiro Komatsu's group.
Research Interests
- Gas flows between galaxies and the cosmos
- Simulating galaxy formation and evolution
- Making sense of astronomical big data
- Tracing light through cosmic gas
- Thermonuclear stellar explosions
Education
PhD in Physical Cosmology
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (LMU Munich)
2021
MSc in Physics
University of Goettingen
2017
BSc in Physics
University of Goettingen
2015
Recent Publications
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson
2025
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson, Benjamin Horowitz, Khee-Gan Lee, Annalisa Pillepich
2024
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson
arXiv e-prints · 2022
Maja Lujan Niemeyer, Eiichiro Komatsu, Chris Byrohl, and others
arXiv e-prints · 2022
Chris Byrohl, Dylan Nelson, Christoph Behrens, Annalisa Pillepich, Lars Hernquist, Federico Marinacci, Mark Vogelsberger
arXiv e-prints · 2020
Recent Talks
bwHPC Symposium 2025
Tübingen, Germany
Recent Posts
February 22, 2018
Hiking the Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne
An 800km hike from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean crossing the Pyrenees at high altitude.
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Office
KIPAC, Stanford University
Physics Building, 452 Lomita Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-4085
United States
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