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Falk Herwig is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria. He holds a PhD from the University of Kiel and the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. His research expertise is primarily in Astrophysics, focusing on the origin of elements and stellar hydrodynamics. He is particularly interested in performing computer simulations of stars and exploring nuclear production of elements. His work covers hydrodynamic mixing processes and multi-physics research, aiming to collaborate with various experts including nuclear physicists, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) professionals, and cosmochemists. He addresses key questions regarding the formation of elements in stars, especially those formed during the early universe and the turbulent properties of stellar convection in relation to element synthesis. Additionally, he investigates quantitative aspects of stellar yields as a function of initial stellar mass and metallicity, and examines phenomena such as super AGB star evolution and the mixing physics of the s-process and r-process during stellar events.
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