Marcelo Ponce
Marcelo obtained his PhD in Astrophysics from the Rochester Institute of Technology, as a member of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation.
His research expertise focuses in the area of Computational Astrophysics, more specifically Numerical Relativity, i.e. solving Einstein’s equations of General Relativity numerically, using supercomputers to simulate extreme scenarios, such as, multiple black holes and binary neutron star mergers.
Before joining CMS, Marcelo worked as a computational scientist at SciNet the supercomputer center at the University of Toronto, and as graduate lecturer at the Department of Physics and the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto.
Education
B.Sc.(UdelaR, Uruguay), M.Sc.(UdelaR, Uruguay), Ph.D. (RIT, Rochester)
Affiliations
CMS/UTSC, SciNet HPC Consortium
Teaching Interests
Numerical Methods, Supercomputing and High-Performance Computing
Research Interests
Computational Astrophysics, Computer Simulations, Scientific Visualization