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. You can read specifics about a few of my research projects here.
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. You can read specifics about a few of my research projects here.
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.