Colby haggerty

Computational Plasma Astrophysicist
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About me

I’m an astrophysicist who uses theory and computational simulations to study space and astrophysical plasmas. I have recently started as an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa working on understanding shocks, cosmic rays, magnetic reconnection and turbulence.

I received my PhD in Plasma Physics from the University of Delaware in 2017 which focused on heliospheric magnetic reconnection and kinetic plasma turbulence. I worked as a postdoc in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago until 2021 studying collisionless plasma shocks.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Galactic Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Transport
  • Collisionless Plasma Shocks and Diffusive Shock Acceleration
  • Magnetic Reconnection in Heliospheric and Astrophysical Systems
  • Kinetic and MHD Plasma Turbulence

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Computational Skills

Advanced knowledge of Python, C, C++, Java and Fortran

Plasma modeling using massively parallel Particle-in-Cell, Vlasov, Hybrid and MHD codes

MPI/OpenMP CPU and CUDA GPU software development

Simulation and observational data analysis with Python, Matlab and IDL

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