Presenter

Mark Alexander Kaltenborn is a 6th year PhD student in the Department of Physics at the George Washington University (GWU) and a graduate student researcher in the Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics group (T-5) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He conducts numerical studies of white dwarf and neutron star mergers with particle-based hydrodynamics codes and develops the Advanced Simulation and Computing Program Ristra Project's FleCSPH code. Alexander has completed the International Science and Technology Policy graduate certificate program at GWU and continues to pursue his interest in science policy.