Joshua Faber

Joshua Faber is a Professor and School Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), within the College of Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT and has been a faculty member at RIT since 2007. His research focuses on numerical relativity, neutron star dynamics, and computational astrophysics, with contributions to the Einstein Toolkit and the Event Horizon Telescope collaborations. Faber directs RIT's NSF-funded Multimessenger Astrophysics REU program and serves on the Mathematical Modeling Ph.D. program faculty.

Education: B.S. in Physics/Astronomy from SUNY Stony Brook; Ph.D. in Physics from MIT (advisor: Frederic Rasio). Postdoctoral work at Northwestern University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recognized as a PI Millionaire by RIT’s Office of Research in 2021. Active in public outreach through the Rochester Science Café.

Research interests include relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, gravitational wave astrophysics, and computational methods for simulating compact object mergers. Recent work emphasizes post-merger dynamics of binary neutron stars and improving numerical relativity techniques. Key contributions include developing methods for vector potential generation and accurate light trajectory calculations around black holes.