Description: Philip Mocz, computational physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
astrophysics (161) cosmology (150) princeton university (22) computational physics (10) einstein fellow (2) philip mocz (1) lyman spitzer jr. fellow (1) lawrence livermore (1)
I am a Computational Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory . I develop high-performance multi-physics simulation code on heterogenous architectures, in particular high-order Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) finite element methods for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations, as part of the Multiphysics on Advanced Platforms Project (MAPP) . I am also exploring new frontiers in the simulation of quantum systems in cosmology such as fuzzy dark matter .
I completed my PhD in Astrophysics 2017 at Harvard University under the advisorship of Lars Hernquist . During my PhD, I designed a finite volume moving mesh MHD code, and applied it to study structure formation and magnetic field growth in the interstellar medium and in cosmological settings. My physics modules were implemented into the Arepo code. I received an AB in Mathematics and Astrophysics in 2012 from Harvard.
My research interests include multi-physics simulations, cosmology, galaxy evolution, black hole physics, turbulence, numerical methods, computer visualization, and machine learning/AI.