Rate Professor Philip Hopkins

Academic Profile

Academic Background: A.B., Princeton University, 2004; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008.

Research Interests: Theoretical astrophysics, galaxy formation, and cosmology.

Appointments: Ira S. Bowen Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at Caltech; Previously Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley.

Awards: Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy; Packard Fellowship.

Publications: Articles in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on galaxy evolution simulations.

Additional Contributions: Develops the GIZMO computational code for astrophysical simulations.