Nicole Marie Rider
Graduate Student, Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Focus
Research Interests
About Nicole
Hi, I’m Nikki! I am a Physics PhD student at the University of North Carolina. My research focus is computational hydrodynamics in astrophysics. I use Athena++, a C++ based magnetohydrodynamic code, to produce numerical simulations of the formation of hydrogen clouds in the Milky Way.
Education
Ph.D.
Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master's
Astrophysics, San Francisco State University, 06/2019
Bachelor's
Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 06/2016
