Kyle Kremer is an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of California, San Diego.
My research group at UCSD builds connections between the fields of stellar dynamics and compact object astrophysics. Areas of expertise include N-body simulations of dense stellar clusters, detection of compact object binaries via gravitational waves (LIGO & LISA), and high-energy transient phenomena such as tidal disruption events and fast radio bursts. I am also broadly interested in binary star evolution, hydrodynamics of stellar mergers, millisecond pulsars, intermediate-mass black holes, X-ray binaries, and observational searches for black hole binaries. For more details about some of my recent research interests, see my research subpages, my recent review article on Compact Objects in Globular Clusters, or this video from a recent public lecture at the Huntington Gardens.
If you are interested in collaborating with or joining my research group at UCSD, please reach out! I am currently recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students.
A bit about myself: I grew up in Ohio and attended Northwestern University for my undergraduate studies where I double majored in physics and music performance. After undergrad, I spent three years pursuing a career as an orchestral musician (earning a master of music degree at the Colburn School in Los Angeles in 2015) before returning to Northwestern where I completed my PhD in astronomy in 2019, advised by Fred Rasio. After finishing my PhD, I moved back to southern California as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and then NASA Einstein Fellow at Caltech and Carnegie Observatories. I started as faculty at UCSD in Fall 2024.
My research group at UCSD builds connections between the fields of stellar dynamics and compact object astrophysics. Areas of expertise include N-body simulations of dense stellar clusters, detection of compact object binaries via gravitational waves (LIGO & LISA), and high-energy transient phenomena such as tidal disruption events and fast radio bursts. I am also broadly interested in binary star evolution, hydrodynamics of stellar mergers, millisecond pulsars, intermediate-mass black holes, X-ray binaries, and observational searches for black hole binaries. For more details about some of my recent research interests, see my research subpages, my recent review article on Compact Objects in Globular Clusters, or this video from a recent public lecture at the Huntington Gardens.
If you are interested in collaborating with or joining my research group at UCSD, please reach out! I am currently recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students.
A bit about myself: I grew up in Ohio and attended Northwestern University for my undergraduate studies where I double majored in physics and music performance. After undergrad, I spent three years pursuing a career as an orchestral musician (earning a master of music degree at the Colburn School in Los Angeles in 2015) before returning to Northwestern where I completed my PhD in astronomy in 2019, advised by Fred Rasio. After finishing my PhD, I moved back to southern California as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and then NASA Einstein Fellow at Caltech and Carnegie Observatories. I started as faculty at UCSD in Fall 2024.