معرفی
Dr. Francesca Fragkoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and holds an Assistant Professor appointment at the Institute for Computational Cosmology. Her research focuses on galactic structure formation, computational cosmology, and stellar dynamics.
- Position: Associate Professor in Physics
- Affiliated with: Institute for Computational Cosmology
Her research explores the formation of galactic bars and boxy/peanut bulges, secular evolution mechanisms, and the chemodynamical structure of the Milky Way through observational and cosmological simulation analyses. Recent work examines bar-induced gas inflows, dark matter wakes, and the impact of mergers on disc evolution.
Publications highlight trends in cosmological simulations (Auriga Project), Milky Way studies (nuclear disc kinematics, bulge origins), and observational analyses (JWST bar fractions, Gaia data). She employs multi-wavelength data and N-body/hydrodynamic modeling to investigate galactic components.
Dr. Fragkoudi supervises PhD students Diego Dado, Martyna Winiarska, and Thomas Tomlinson. Her affiliations include the Institute for Computational Cosmology, a research center specializing in simulations of galaxy formation and dark matter distribution.
