Denis Pollney

Denis Pollney is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Rhodes University, specializing in theoretical physics and numerical relativity. His research focuses on black hole dynamics, gravitational waves, and computational modeling of Einstein equations.

• Fields of Interest: Gravitation, Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, Numerical Relativity, High-Performance Computing
• Teaching: Offers courses in Calculus of Variations, Partial Differential Equations, and Numerical Modeling

Pollney develops simulation codes for solving Einstein equations to study astrophysical phenomena like binary black hole/neutron star mergers. His work contributes to gravitational wave astronomy and testing general relativity's predictions through energy loss, spin interactions, and recoil effects.

He actively supervises honours projects in applied mathematics and computational modeling across physics, economics, and biology domains, emphasizing high-performance computing applications in algorithms, data visualization, and numerical methods.