Hi! I’m Austen Gabrielpillai. I’m a gradute student researcher at Columbia University focusing on computational astrophysics. I specialize in:

• Researching galaxy formation
• Creating scientific visualizations
• Managing large datasets

I am currently a first year graduate student. My aim is to use my unique professional background to further test our physical understanding of the galaxies in our universe including our own.

• Columbia University
• Sep. 2023 - Present
• Doctorate of Philosophy in Astrophysics
• Thesis: TBD

• CUNY - Graduate Center
• Aug. 2023 - Sep. 2025
• Master of Astrophysics
• Thesis: Constraining satellite-host galaxy co-evolution with next-generation regulator models

• Rutgers University - New Brunswick
• Sep. 2018 - May 2020
• Master of Information
• Concentration: Data Science

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Aug. 2013 - May 2017
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics
• Concentration: Computer Science

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Nov. 2020 - Aug. 2023
• Science Researcher
• Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology II, Catholic University of America

• Flatiron Institute - Simons Foundation
• Jul. 2018 - Aug. 2020
• Research Analyst
• Galaxy Formation, Center for Computational Astrophysics

• GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research
• May 2016 - Aug. 2016
• Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Atomic Physics Group