Samuel Dunham
Postdoctoral Scholar at Vanderbilt University
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolSamuel Dunham is an astrophysics postdoctoral scholar with nine years of research experience, currently at Caltech and based in Ann Arbor, specializing in relativistic magnetohydrodynamics and numerical GRMHD methods. He develops and adapts hydrodynamics codes for general relativity, contributing to simulations of core-collapse supernovae and exploring 14-moment resistive GRMHD theory. His background includes modeling strong gravitational lenses and authoring research in lens mass distributions, reflecting a blend of theoretical, computational, and observational skills. Trained through rigorous programs at Vanderbilt, Fisk, and the University of Michigan, he pairs a strong academic record with hands-on code development for large-scale astrophysical simulations. Notably, he bridges detailed analytic modeling with practical code implementation—turning complex relativistic physics into reproducible simulation tools.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3.72, B.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3.72 at University of MichiganAssociate’s Degree, General Studies in Math and Natural Science, 3.80, Associate’s Degree, General Studies in Math and Natural Science, 3.80 at Washtenaw Community CollegeM.A., Physics, 4.0, M.A., Physics, 4.0 at Fisk UniversityPh.D. (expected), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ph.D. (expected), Astronomy and Astrophysics at Vanderbilt University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
cluster-computing10
snl-applications10
amr10
scientific-computing10
mpi9
parallel-computing9
petsc9
multiphysics9
openmp9
hpc8
geophysics7
scientific-visualization6
simulations6
python6
astronomy6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dunhamsj/accretionShockStudy
May 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:257 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
dunhamsj/thornado
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:152 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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