Peter Smith
I build dynamical models of stellar systems, from globular clusters to the Milky Way, to reveal their hidden mass and reconstruct how they formed.
I'm a PhD student at the MPIA in Heidelberg as part of the IMPRS-HD program. I work in the galactic nuclei group on dynamical models of massive star clusters as a member of the oMEGACat collaboration.
I am also a member of the SDSS-V collaboration, contributing to the analysis of data from the Milky Way Mapper program and using it to study the dynamics of the inner Milky Way.
Previously, I was a graduate student at Saint Mary's University where I worked with Vincent Hénault-Brunet on the internal dynamics of globular clusters.