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Eve Ostriker is the Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at Princeton University, where she serves as the Associate Chair of the Department of Astrophysical Sciences. Her primary research interests focus on understanding the processes of star formation and the dynamics and thermodynamics of the interstellar and circumgalactic mediums. She has a keen interest in the structure and evolution of spiral galaxies and the physics governing accretion outflows. A significant part of her work involves the development of numerical methods and tools for computational fluid dynamics, aimed at comprehensively understanding the physics behind a wide range of astronomical systems. This includes investigating the gas dynamics and energy matter exchanges of stellar components within the Milky Way. Throughout her career, she emphasized the critical role of supersonic turbulence that permeates the Universe. Eve received her A.B. in Physics from Harvard University in 1987 and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. Before joining Princeton, she was a faculty member at the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2012 and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.