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Milton Ruiz

Theoretical Astrophysicist &
Numerical Relativist

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Milton Ruiz

Milton Ruiz,

Research Scientist
Department of Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
ruizm@illinois.edu
CV

About

I am currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Before joining UIUC, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Relativity and Gravitation Group at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain, and at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jena, Germany.

Research Interests

Briefly, my research focuses on compact binary mergers in magnetized environments, including binary black holes in gaseous disks, neutron star-black hole binaries, and neutron star binaries. My ultimate goal is to predict and correlate observable gravitational waves and electromagnetic signatures from these events, such as the coincident GW observation from a binary neutron star merger with a sGRB (GW170817 + GRB 170817A). I am also strongly interested in alternative theories of gravity and in mathematical aspects of numerical relativity. Here is a list of my publications.

Teaching

  • Guest Lecturer at UIS
    Lecture: Advanced Topics in General Relativity (2015).

  • Teaching Assistant at TPI
    Lectures: Numerical Relativity (2010) and General Relativity (2009).

  • Teaching Assistant at UNAM
    Lectures: General Relativity (2006), Classical Mechanics (2005) and Quantum Mechanics (2005).