Gregory G. Howes

I am presently an Assistant Professional Research Astronomer in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kinetic plasma turbulence is my primary research interest, with an emphasis on high-performance computational studies of turbulence in space and astrophysical plasmas. I am the lead scientist on development of AstroGK, a new gyrokinetic simulation code for astrophysical plasmas.

Although my primary research direction is performing massively parallel, nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations to understand better astrophysical turbulence, I also work on the development of simplified analytical models to study the turbulent cascade of energy in the kinetic and to examine the thermodynamics of the plasma in the solar wind. In addition to this, I also work with scientists dedicated to designing, builiding, and operating instruments for satellite measurements of the turbulent plasmas in space, focusing in particular on analysis of satellite data.

Currently in my fourth year at UC Berkeley, I am on the job market looking for a faculty position at a research university.