Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Mock Milky Way galaxy (credit: Gus Beane)
AGN jet propagation through the turbulent interstellar medium (credit: Olga Borodina)
Inflationary and Phase-transitional Primordial Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters (credit: Paola Domínguez Fernández)
ASTRID large-scale cosmological hydrodynamic simulation (credit: Yueying Ni)
Simulating multiphase gas in the circumgalactic medium at high resolution (credit: Jake Bennett)
Simulating different galactic environments (credit: Sarah Jeffreson)
Modelling synchrotron emission in shocks in the intracluster medium (credit: Paola Domínguez Fernández)
Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics
Lars Hernquist is a world expert in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation and evolution. He has been involved in several large projects, including Illustris, IllustrisTNG, and MilleniumTNG. Lars is primarily interested in the role of stellar and AGN feedback in shaping the present day population of galaxies. Today, he is proud to facilitate an active and socially vibrant group.
Hats off to Dr. Gus Beane on successfully defending his thesis on March 28, 2025.
Olga Borodina and Mouza Almualla successfully passed their Research Exams and became Ph.D. Candidates!
Lars, Magda, Ana María, Olga, Vadim, Yifei, as well as Lisa Kewley, Kim-Vy Tran, and Peixin Zhu went to Australia to the conference ''Connecting Simulations and Observations in 3D Across Cosmic Time''.