CASPEN Visits 2023-2024

Name & Institute

Destination

Host Contact

Visit Dates

Aims

Output

Nadia Dachlythra & Alexandre Adler

Flatiron Institute CCA

Adriaan Duivenvoorden

26 January to 11 February 2024

Evaluating simulation-based inference methods for CMB component separation and foreground parameters estimation, applied to ground-based telescopes. Learning efficient methods for scientific computing and machine learning.

Isabelle John

Stanford KIPAC

Rebecca Leane

27 January to 10 February 2024

Studying the effect of dark matter capture in  stars at the Galactic center by developing a module in the stellar evolution code MESA

Alexander Riley

Flatiron Institute CCA

Danny Horta

20 February to 1 March 2024

Inferring the mass and accretion times of Milky Way mergers using present-day observables and cosmological simulations. Establish a model based on the Auriga cosmological simulations to infer key properties of Milky Way accretion events, focusing on the impact of tidal disruption (intact satellite vs stellar stream vs phase-mixed debris)

Judit Prat

UCL

Niall Jeffrey

14 to 19 April 2024

Facilitating collaboration with Niall Jeffrey and Joshua Williamson at UCL on a simulation-based inference project for weak lensing maps, whilst also attending a relevant scientific discussion meeting held at the Royal Society (“Challenging the standard cosmological model”). Engaging with the UCL cosmology group for potential new collaborations.

Alicja Polanska

Flatiron Institute CCA

Kaze Wong

4 to 18 May 2024

Accelerated Bayesian model selection for gravitational wave astrophysics and beyond

Akaxia Cruz

Ohio State CCAPP

Annika Peter

5 to 11 May 2024

Examining numerical convergence of SIDM core collapse in a cosmological context

Stephane Werner

Flatiron Institute CCA

Douglas Rennehan

7 to 26 May 2024

Intracluster light in galaxy proto-clusters