Philip Mocz (born December 3, 1989) is an American astrophysicist and software engineer at the Flatiron Institute.
Life
He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Mathematics and Astrophysics in 2012, and a PhD in astrophysics, in 2017.
Awards
- Buchalter Cosmology Prize (2020) in recognition of his work on cosmological simulations of scalar-field dark matter
- Keto Award (2017) for his PhD thesis "Moving Mesh Magnetohydrodynamics: Magnetic Processes in Star Formation and Cosmology"
- Intel Science Talent Search (2008) winner
Works
- "First Star-Forming Structures in Fuzzy Cosmic Filaments", Physical Review Letters, Authors: P. Mocz, A. Fialkov, M. Vogelsberger, F. Becerra, M.A. Amin, S. Bose, M. Boylan-Kolchin, P.-H. Chavanis, L. Hernquist, L. Lancaster, F. Marinacci, V.H. Robles, J. Zavala.
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