A nearby star is pummeling a companion planet with a barrage of X-rays a hundred thousand times more than the Earth receives from the Sun. Credit: NASA/CXC/NSF/IPAC/2MASS (see the 
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Alexander P. Ji
Graduate Student, Physics StudentAlex is a California Bay Area native. In his (usually nonexistent) spare time, he enjoys singing, computer games, and social dancing.
Research interests:
Alex is interested in galaxy formation, especially studying the role of baryonic effects in dark matter simulations and applications to cosmology. He is also interested in high performance computing and statistics for large data sets. Alex is currently working with Professor Anna Frebel on preparing analysis for the CaterPillar simulations.
Honors and awards:
AAPT Outstanding Learning Assistant Award 2012
Contact Information
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e: alexji@mit.edu
Education
B.S., Physics, Stanford University 2011; M.S., Statistics, Stanford University 2012
