Bio
Raph Hix is a computational nuclear astrophysicist whose research interest is cosmic nucleosynthesis in all its forms. This has taught him much about how stars live, die and are sometimes reborn. His publications touch on core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae, neutron star mergers, novae, X-ray bursts and the Big Bang.
Professional Experience
R&D Staff, ORNL, Physics Division, 2004-present
Joint Faculty, University of Tennessee (UTK), Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2004-present
Adjunct Faculty, University of Tennessee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2004-2010
Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2000-2004
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1997-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Department of Astronomy, 1995-1997
Awards
Fellow of the American Physical Society 2023
Sigma Xi 2006 Young Investigator
Edward L. Fireman Prize, Harvard University, 1994
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship, 1990
Education
Ph. D. in Astronomy, Harvard University, 1995
M.S. in Astronomy, Harvard University, 1991
B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, 1989
B.S. in Mathematics, , University of Maryland, 1989