Mordecai-mark Mac Low
Curator-in-Charge, Dept. Of Astrophysics
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMordecai-mark Mac Low is a theoretical astrophysicist and computational leader with over three decades of research and 10 years in senior museum leadership, currently Curator-in-Charge of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He leads and coordinates multidisciplinary research groups, bridging academic appointments (Columbia, Drexel) and research labs (Flatiron Center for Computational Astrophysics) to advance numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamics, star and planet formation, and galaxy evolution. His work combines high-performance parallel computing and analytic theory to probe the interstellar medium, blast waves, and accretion physics, and he has a strong record of mentoring postdocs and graduate students. He also contributes to public outreach through planetarium shows and exhibits, translating complex simulation results for broad audiences. An open-source and computer-graphics enthusiast who rides motorcycles, he brings a rare mix of deep theoretical rigor, practical HPC expertise, and public-facing science communication.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Science, Physics, Bachelor of Science, Physics at Princeton University
German, French, Spanish
Github Skills (35)
webgl10
threejs10
javascript10
augmented-reality10
canvas10
virtual-reality10
webxr10
temp10
svg10
webgpu10
3d10
history8
console7
drm7
bash7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MacSlow/raymarching-vortrag
Mar 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:202 commits, 1 PR, 82 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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MacSlow/reaction-diffusion
Dec 2016 - Dec 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years
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