Research Fields
Astrophysics
Term and History
2024/01/15 - Postdoctoral Researcher

Self-introduction

Hello, I’m Lucy. I am a postdoctoral researcher at RIKEN iTHEMS working on various topics in theoretical stellar astrophysics.

I work on problems involving the theory of stellar structure and evolution, dynamics / celestial mechanics, binary stellar evolution. Sometimes these problems have applications to the emerging field of gravitational wave astronomy.

At iTHEMS, I will mainly work on numerical simulations and analytic theory for the evolution of stars just before they explode in a core-collapse supernova. These spectacular explosions mark the death of most massive stars (beyond around 8 solar mass).

While the majority of my training and research is in astrophysics, I am interested in a broad range of topics in science which utilise applied mathematics methods:

Prior to moving to Japan in 2021, I was a postdoctoral research officer in the DNA Repair & Recombination lab at St. Vincent’s Institute in Melbourne.

Also, my main hobbies are cooking and driving cars. So I look forward to chatting about all kinds of science and engineering with iTHEMS members.

Related Event

Statistical methods to probe binary stellar evolution with ZTF and LISA data

May 23 (Tue) at 13:30 - 15:00, 2023 Seminar iTHEMS Theoretical Physics Seminar