CV

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Contact Information

Name Sriram Swamynathan
Professional Title Astrophysicist
Email swamynathan@zib.de , srihawkeinstram@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Astrophysicist working on computational astrophysics, galaxy formation, and HPC/GPU computing.

Experience

  • 2026 - Present

    Berlin, Germany

    Research Assistant
    Zuse Institute Berlin
    Developing a Julia package for simulating the rotation of comet 67P, supervised by Dr. Matthias Läuter.
  • 2024 - 2025

    Bonn, Germany

    Volunteer Research
    University of Bonn
  • 2023 - 2023

    Junior Python Data Scientist
    Aptiv
  • 2022 - 2023

    Bonn, Germany

    Master's Thesis Research
    University of Bonn
    AGN feedback in galaxy formation at high redshift, supervised by Prof. Cristiano Porciani & Dr. Emilio Romano-Díaz.
  • 2022 - 2022

    Bonn, Germany

    Research Project
    University of Bonn
    Stellar feedback effects in satellite halos, supervised by Dr. Emilio Romano-Díaz.
  • 2021 - 2021

    Bonn, Germany

    Research Project
    University of Bonn
    CMB polarization cluster lensing, supervised by Kaustav Basu.

Education

  • 2025 - Present

    Berlin, Germany

    MSc
    Freie Universität Berlin
    Planetary Science and Space Exploration
  • 2019 - 2023

    Bonn, Germany

    MSc
    University of Bonn
    Astrophysics
  • 2016 - 2019

    Coimbatore, India

    BSc
    Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (KAHE)
    Physics

Skills

Astrophysical codes & software: RAMSES (N-body AMR code), AMIGA halo finder, MESA, CAMB, DS9
Programming languages: Python, C++, Fortran, Julia
Other: HPC & GPU computing, SLURM, LaTeX

Languages

English : Fluent
German : A2

Talks

Plato and Ariel Mission: Planetary Seminar, Jan 2026
Studying AGN feedbacks in galaxy formation at high redshift: Master's thesis defense, University of Bonn, Dec 2023
Unveiling the cosmic monsters: the supermassive black holes in the early universe: Astro Club Talk, University of Bonn, Jun 2023
Cosmology, knowing our history beyond Earth: Loyola College, Chennai, India, Aug 2020
Vortices and waves in light dark matter: Seminar, University of Bonn, Jul 2020