Alexandros Ziampras

Αλέξανδρος Ζιάμπρας

Postdoc at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, DE · a.ziampras [at] lmu [dot] de

I'm a postdoc working on planet formation in protoplanetary disks. My work involves modeling and numerical simulations of radiative processes and planet–disk interaction, and establishing a link to observations.

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Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, DE

Numerical modeling of protoplanetary disk outbursts with radiation hydrodynamics, planet formation and planet–disk interaction

Oct 2024 – Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Numerical modeling of planet–disk interaction and planet migration with radiation hydrodynamics, observational signatures of planet formation
  • Student supervision on Master's theses
Nov 2021 – Sept 2024

PHD Candidate

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, DE
  • Numerical modeling of planet–disk interaction and turbulence due to the vertical shear instability
  • Development of a radiation hydrodynamics module (3D flux limited diffusion) for the astrophysical code PLUTO
  • Supervision of projects and Bachelor's theses
  • Teaching assistant for the MSc courses Computational Astrophysics and Theoretical Astrophysics
Apr 2019 – Oct 2021

Research Assistant (HiWi)

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, DE
  • Development of a radiation hydrodynamics module (2D flux limited diffusion) for the astrophysical code PLUTO
  • Contribution to the outreach program of the Master's in Astro- and Particle Physics program in the University of Tübingen
Oct 2017 – Mar 2019

Education

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, DE

PhD candidate in Physics

Thesis: Planets in turbulent disks

Supervisors: Prof. Wilhelm Kley, Prof. Richard Nelson

Grade: excellent (summa cum laude)

Apr 2019 – Oct 2021

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, DE

MSc in Astro- and Particle Physics

Thesis: Planet-induced spiral heating in radiative disks

Supervisor: Prof. Wilhelm Kley

CGPA: 10.0 (1.0 on German scale)

Oct 2017 – Mar 2019

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR

BSc in Physics

Thesis: Numerical N-Body simulations of planetary systems

Supervisors: Prof. Manolis Plionis, Prof. Kleomenis Tsiganis

CGPA: 9.23 (excellent, honors)

Oct 2013 – Sept 2017

Skills

Programming languages and tools
Astrophysics software
Code development
  • 3D Flux-limited diffusion (FLD) and ray-traced irradiation modules for PLUTO & IDEFIX (documented in Ziampras et al. 2024a)
  • 2D Flux-limited diffusion (FLD) module for the vertically-integrated Navier–Stokes equations for PLUTO (documented in Ziampras et al. 2020)
  • N-body integrator in PLUTO (documented in Thun & Kley 2018)
  • Dust modeled as a pressureless fluid using an implicit solver (documented in Ziampras et al. 2024b)
  • lemonpy: a set of python libraries for IO, reduction, and visualization of PLUTO models and various astrophysical problems (to be released soon)

Curriculum Vitae