Marcus Dupont
Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMarcus Dupont is a computational astrophysicist and postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University with nine years of experience developing codes for relativistic gas dynamics and modeling high-energy plasmas. He holds a PhD in Physics from NYU and has bridged theory and experiment through research fellowships at the Kavli Institute and the Center for Astrophysics, where he worked on non-equilibrium ionization codes and laboratory analogs of astrophysical plasmas. Marcus combines numerical relativity-style simulations with hands-on experimental reconstruction (including an EBIT) to validate models against observations, such as solar wind charge states and X-ray–emitting plasmas. Based in New York, he is known for translating complex physics into robust open-source tools and for a practical focus on reproducible, observation-driven modeling.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astrophysics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astrophysics at Florida State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at New York University
English, French, Haitian Creole
Github Skills (29)
biomechanics10
heterogeneous10
python-bindings10
hip9
cython9
cpp9
cuda9
highlighting8
python8
syntax-highlighting8
gpu8
build-system8
simulate7
zsh-syntax-highlighting7
portability7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
EigenDev/eigendev.github.io
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:156 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
EigenDev/sogbo
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:89 commits, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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