cv

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Contact Information

Name John ZuHone
Professional Title Astrophysicist
Email john.zuhone@cfa.harvard.edu
Phone (617) 496-1816
Location 60 Garden St. MS-03, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Website https://jzuhone.github.io/

Professional Summary

Astrophysicist specializing in studies of the intracluster and circumgalactic media using numerical simulations and X-ray observations.

Experience

  • 2015 - 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
  • 2014 - 2015

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research in Astrophysics
    • Intracluster Medium
    • Synthetic X-ray Observations
    • N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
    • Scientific Software Development
  • 2011 - 2014

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
    Research in Astrophysics
    • Intracluster Medium
    • Synthetic X-ray Observations
    • N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
    • Scientific Software Development
  • 2009 - 2011

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
    Research in Astrophysics
    • Intracluster Medium
    • Synthetic X-ray Observations
    • N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulations
    • Scientific Software Development

Education

  • 2004 - 2009

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Ph.D.
    University of Chicago
    Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 2002 - 2004

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    M.Sc.
    University of Chicago
    Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • 1998 - 2002

    Urbana, Illinois, USA

    B.Sc.
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Physics

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