Sergey Khoperskov

PhD in astrophysics

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Milky Way and Local Volume group at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) in Germany. My research lies at the intersection of computational astrophysics and galactic archaeology, with a primary focus on unravelling the mechanisms that drive galaxy formation and evolution. I am particularly passionate about reconstructing the Milky Way’s present-day structure, long-term evolution, and formation history. I leverage cutting-edge simulations and harness big data from large-scale stellar Galactic surveys to achieve this.

Research Interests

GALACTIC DYNAMICS

Formation of galactic discs, origin of spiral structure, non-equilibrium processes in galaxies; dynamical models and assembly history of Milky Way; role of the Local Volume environment; build-up of stellar haloes, streams and dynamics of globular clusters

GALACTIC CHEMICAL EVOLUTION

Origin of elements, formation of abundance relations and spatial variations; interpretation of data from Gaia, APOGEE, Galah, LAMOST and soon 4MOST

COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS

code development; N-body, hydrodynamical simulations; cosmological galaxy formation simulations; machine learning applications for simulations and observational data

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