cv
A full CV (with a list of recent publications) can be downloaded using the PDF icon link on the right.
Basics
| Name | John ZuHone |
| Label | Astrophysicist |
| john.zuhone@cfa.harvard.edu | |
| Phone | (617) 496-1816 |
| Url | https://jzuhone.github.io/ |
| Summary | Astrophysicist specializing in studies of the intracluster and circumgalactic media using numerical simulations and X-ray observations. |
Work
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2015.12 - Present Astrophysicist
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Chandra ACIS Operations Team and Research in High-Energy Astrophysics
- Chandra Operations
- Intracluster Medium
- Circumgalactic Medium
- N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
- Lynx Study Office
- Line Emission Mapper Team
- Synthetic X-ray Observations
- Scientific Software Development
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2014.09 - 2015.12 Postdoctoral Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research in Astrophysics
- Intracluster Medium
- Synthetic X-ray Observations
- N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
- Scientific Software Development
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2011.03 - 2014.09 Postdoctoral Researcher
NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
Research in Astrophysics
- Intracluster Medium
- Synthetic X-ray Observations
- N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
- Scientific Software Development
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2009.02 - 2011.03 Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Research in Astrophysics
- Intracluster Medium
- Synthetic X-ray Observations
- N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
- Scientific Software Development
Education
Skills
| Astrophysics | |
| Magnetohydrodynamics | |
| Galaxy Clusters | |
| Intracluster Medium | |
| X-ray Astronomy | |
| Dark Matter |
| Spacecraft Operations | |
| Planning and Reviewing Observing Schedules | |
| Anomaly Response | |
| Thermal Modeling and Predictions | |
| Technical Documentation Preparation | |
| Developing Operations Procedures | |
| Analyzing Telemetry Data | |
| Analyzing Solar Wind Data |
| Scientific Computing | |
| Numerical Simulations | |
| Simulation Analysis | |
| Visualization | |
| Python | |
| C | |
| C++ | |
| Fortran | |
| Julia | |
| Cython | |
| SciPy | |
| AstroPy | |
| Jupyter Notebooks | |
| Git | |
| HDF5 | |
| MPI | |
| FITS | |
| Synthetic Observations | |
| macOS | |
| Linux | |
| Windows | |
| Python Packaging | |
| LaTeX | |
| Scientific Documentation |
Interests
| Astrophysics | |
| Galaxy Clusters | |
| Intracluster Medium | |
| Circumgalactic Medium | |
| Dark Matter | |
| Cosmology | |
| Magnetohydrodynamics | |
| Cosmic Rays | |
| X-ray Observations |
| Scientific Computing | |
| Programming Languages | |
| Visualization | |
| Parallel Computing | |
| Synthetic Observations | |
| N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations |