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General Information
Name | Eric Yu (he/him) |
ericyu3@berkeley.edu | |
Location | Berkeley, CA |
Education
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Aug. 2024 - Present
PhD in Physics
University of California, Berkeley
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Aug. 2020 - May 2024
BS in Physics, BS in Mathematics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Experience
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June 2023 - Present
Undergraduate Research Assistant
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Advisor: Professor Antonios Tsokaros
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June 2021 - July 2024
Lead Undergraduate Research Assistant
Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Professor Stuart L. Shapiro
Presentations/Posters
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April 2024
Self-gravitating neutron star-disks in general relativity (oral)
APS April Meeting, NCSA Annual Student Research Conference, UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium
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July 2023
Gravitational waves from black holes surrounded by massive accretion disks (poster)
STEM Career Exploration Symposium
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April 2023
3D visualizations of rapidly spinning, tilted black holes with self-gravitating accretion disks (poster)
UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium
Honors and Awards
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Fall 2023
- NCSA SPIN Fellowship
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March 2023
- Office of Undergraduate Research Support Grant
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May 2022
- Ralph O. Simmons Undergraduate Research Scholarship
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May 2021
- Lorella M. Jones Summer Research Award