My research is built on cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, which follow the coupled evolution of dark matter, gas and stars from the early Universe to the present day in order to model how galaxies - and the supermassive black holes at their centres - form and grow. These simulations solve the equations of hydrodynamics, gravity and the sub-resolution physics of star formation, feedback and black hole accretion using high-performance, parallel numerical methods. I have worked with and contributed to a number of public simulation codes, with a particular focus on OpenGadget3, a modern high-performance code that I have helped develop, optimise and extend, and whose source code is freely available on its public repository. OpenGadget3 provides the framework for my work on black hole spin evolution, accretion and feedback.
Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations
The general framework of my expertise: modelling the coupled evolution of matter and black holes from the early Universe to the present day.
2026
The OpenGadget3 Code for Cosmological Simulations