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General Information

Name Eric Yu (he/him)
Email ericyu3@berkeley.edu
Location Berkeley, CA

Education

  • Aug. 2024 - Present
    PhD in Physics
    University of California, Berkeley
  • Aug. 2020 - May 2024
    BS in Physics, BS in Mathematics
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Experience

  • June 2023 - Present
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications
    Advisor: Professor Antonios Tsokaros
  • 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

  • April 2024
    Self-gravitating neutron star-disks in general relativity (oral)
    APS April Meeting, NCSA Annual Student Research Conference, UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium
  • July 2023
    Gravitational waves from black holes surrounded by massive accretion disks (poster)
    STEM Career Exploration Symposium
  • April 2023
    3D visualizations of rapidly spinning, tilted black holes with self-gravitating accretion disks (poster)
    UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium

Honors and Awards

  • Fall 2023
    • NCSA SPIN Fellowship
  • March 2023
    • Office of Undergraduate Research Support Grant
  • May 2022
    • Ralph O. Simmons Undergraduate Research Scholarship
  • May 2021
    • Lorella M. Jones Summer Research Award