Ben Margalit

Biography

I’m an Einstein Fellow working on theoretical time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. I obtained my PhD at Columbia University, and my Master’s and undergraduate degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Research Interests

• binary neutron star mergers
• neutron star equation-of-state
• fast radio bursts
• synchrotron radio transients
• fast blue optical transients
• interacting supernovae
• white dwarf neutron star mergers
• gamma-ray bursts
• superluminous supernovae
• magnetars
• accretion
• pulsar planets
• r-process nucleosynthesis