Antonios Tsokaros

Antonios Tsokaros is a Research Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), affiliated with the Grainger College of Engineering. He is also a Faculty Fellow at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and a Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics in the Academy of Athens, Greece. His research focuses on general relativity, neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and computational astrophysics, leveraging supercomputers to explore phenomena such as binary neutron star mergers and magnetized compact objects.

Key research interests include the dynamics of self-gravitating systems, multimessenger astronomy, and the interplay between magnetic fields and gravitational wave emission. Tsokaros develops advanced numerical tools, such as the Parallel Compact Object CALculator (COCAL), to solve relativistic initial data problems and simulate extreme astrophysical scenarios. His work contributes to understanding strong-field gravity, compact object physics, and the potential for discoveries with observatories like LIGO and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).

Funding is available for PhD candidates interested in numerical relativity and computational astrophysics. Tsokaros collaborates across institutions to advance theoretical and computational methods, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to decode gravitational wave signals, jet formation, and the properties of dense matter in neutron stars.