computational astrophysics

Available student projects

Heidelberg students There is a range of topics available for bachelors and masters theses, learn more in the University of Heidelberg’s intranet here. You will find project outlines by navigating into the “Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik” / “Computational galaxy formation and evolution” category. External students Research internships for students not enrolled at the University of Heidelberg are possible, but no funding is available. I am happy to support your application for third party funding (such as DAAD WISE funding for students from India).

Code development

Active development scida scida is an open-source out-of-the-box python analysis tool for large astrophysical datasets, particularly cosmological and galaxy formation simulations using particles or unstructured meshes. This tool uses dask, allowing analysis to scale up from your personal computer to HPC resources and the cloud. thor thor is a next-generation, massively parallel Monte Carlo radiative transfer code for astrophysical applications, running on all major CPU and GPU platforms by utilizing the C++ SYCL standard.