Andrey V. Kravtsov

Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the College; Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Enrico Fermi Institute; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Contact Information

Phone: (773) 702-4249
Location: LASR 210
Email: andreyoddjob.uchicago.edu
WWW: Web Site

Research

Formation and properties of galaxies, galaxy clusters, and large-scale structure
numerical methods; parallel algorithms; large supercomputer simulations

My main area of research is modeling of various aspects of structure formation in the Universe using numerical simulations. The primary focus of my work is thus development and analyses of computer models of galaxies and galaxy clusters and tests of model predictions against observations from very early epochs to the present. These tests are used to investigate the implications of various hypotheses regarding the nature of dark matter and dark energy, as well as constraining parameters of the cosmological model that describes our Universe. I am also interested in developing and using new numerical and scientific visualization techniques. To run high-resolution numerical simulations I am using large supercomputers at the national supercomputer centers and abroad.

Research Fields: Cosmology; Extragalactic Astronomy; Galactic Astronomy; Computational Astrophysics

Scientific Projects: Dark Energy Survey

Visit: Andrey Kravtsov's group; Computation Institute; Enrico Fermi Institute; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Current Students

Graduate: Erwin Lau; Samuel Leitner; Hiroaki Oyaizu

Past Students

Graduate: Douglas Rudd (2008); Jacqueline Chen (2006); Eduardo Rozo (2006); Argyro Tasitsiomi (2005); Daisuke Nagai (2005)

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