Teaching Resources
Introductory Astronomy Animations
In support of my classes, I make some simple introductory astronomy animations available.Computational Astrophysical Hydrodynamics text
For students working with me, I've written a text Introduction to Computational Astrophysical Hydrodynamics. The LaTeX source for these notes are available on github. If you want to contribute, fork it, edit, and issue a pull request.Computational Astrophysics Jupyter Notebooks
I've made a collection of Jupyter notebooks for computational astrophysics introducing core algorithms used in our field. These are used as the basis for classes.Coding Solvers for Fluids Lecture Notes
My lecture notes from the Flatiron/CCA fluid dynamics summer school on Coding Solvers For Fluids.Open Astrophysics Bookshelf
The Open Astrophysics Bookshelf is a project that hosts open-licensed textbooks that can be collaboratively edited, crowdsourced, etc.Python Boot Camp
A one-week python boot camp for summer REU students.Teaching and Learning with Jupyter
Teaching and Learning with Jupyter is a handbook with best practices for teaching with Jupyter.
Administrative Resources
Letters of Recommendation
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Undergraduate Classes
AST 100: Astronomy Today
A seminar course on contemporary astronomy topics.(F2010, F2011, F2014, F2015, F2020, F2022, F2024)
AST 105: Introduction to the Solar System
An introduction to the solar system for non-science majors. [syllabus](F2007, F2008, F2009, F2011, S2014, S2015)
AST 203: Astronomy
An introduction to astronomy and astrophysics for students with a background in physics. [syllabus](S2007, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2011, S2012, S2017, S2019)
AST 205: Introduction to Planetary Sciences
An introduction to the solar system and planets for students with a background in physics. [syllabus](F2010, F2014, F2016)
AST 341: Stars and Radiation
An introduction stellar interiors, evolution, and atmospheres. [syllabus](F2018, F2020, F2022, F2024)
AST 390: Special Topic: Computational Astrophysics
An overview of numerical methods and their application for astrophysical problems.(S2023, S2025; as an UG tutorial, S2021)
Graduate Classes
PHY 504: Computational Methods in Physics and Astrophysics I
An introduction to the Bash shell, git + github, C++ programming, and software engineering practices.(S2022, S2024)
PHY 521: Stars
Graduate course on stellar structure, evolution, etc.(F2013, F2015, F2021, F2023)
PHY 546: Python for Scientific Computing
A one-hour graduate course that introduces python and associated scientific libraries and how the apply to common tasks in scientific computing.(S2016, S2017, S2018, S2022, S2023, S2024, S2025; as special topics, PHY 683: S2014, S2015)
PHY 599: Graduate Seminar: Nuclear, Particle, and Astronomy
(F2006, S2007, S2013)PHY 604: Computational Methods in Physics and Astrophysics II
A survey of core numerical methods, building up to the numerical solution of PDEs.(F2017; as special topics, PHY 688: S2013, S2016)
The Application of Simulation in Astrophysics
An introduction to computational astrophysics, focusing in particular on astrophysical hydrodynamics.(S2006)
Astrophysical Fluids and Plasmas
An introduction to hydrodynamics, fluid instabilities, applications to astrophysics, and an introduction to MHD(S2018, S2021)