Greetings! I'm a PhD student here at the 91探花 studying under the supervision of Rob Fender, Ian Heywood and James Matthews.
I am interested in the extremes of our universe, particularly black holes and their surrounding environments. Currently, I am researching jet outflows from through numerical simulations and radio observations with the MeerKAT telescope. I run relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of 'blobs' of material launched from close to the black hole which propagate through space very close to the speed of light. Through this, I am working to understand the nature and energy budget of jets from X-ray binaries, as well as some of the fun and strange physics involved when these relativistic blobs disrupt in the interstellar medium.
In addition to this, I am to convert results from these simulations (or general simulation of radio-emitting things in the sky) into realistic predicted images from radio telescopes, in order to bridge the gap between simulations and observations. Through this, we can learn about how our simulations compare to real data, as well as understand deeply the effects of observing something with a radio telescope and how this might impact your science conclusions!
Alongside this, I'm passionate about outreach and equity in STEM, and this is integral to all my work.