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Globular Clusters 
I am currently working on a simulation to explore the origins of globular clusters. I'm doing a Virgo Cluster analog so we can compare with observational data...
globular clusters, astrophysics, physics 
Computational Cosmology 
As part of the Swiss High Performance and High Productivity Computing initiative, I am working with a team of talented researchers to make our bold goals a reality,...
hpc, physics, astrophysics 
AstroViz 
AstroViz is an open-source parallel visualization tool for astrophysical simulations implemented as a plugin extending the application ParaView. Further information...
hpc, visualization, physics 
Galaxy Profiles 
Together with Professor Carollo and Dr. Cameron at the ETH Institute of Astronomy I worked to accurately model galaxy surface brightness profiles in the new Wide...
astronomy, physics, observation 
Publications, Talks, Conferences 
Publications: AstroViz: A Parallel Visualization Tool for Astrophysical Applications, Christine Corbett Moran, University of Zurich, Master's Thesis, 2009. Name...
physics, computer science, astrophysics 
Teaching and Advising 
Teaching: Mathematical Methods for Physicists I, Fall 2010 This course covered a broad swath of mathematical concepts: elementary calculus, linear algebra, vector...
physics, astrophysics, teaching 
Blog 
Since 2009 I have kept a blog called Cosmic Rays. It's primarily about physics and personal productivity and has received over 20,000 visitors.
physics, computer science, productivity 
Kliq 
Kliq is a mobile application in the works to make it easier to connect with new and interesting people and locations. Kliq has been awarded the Venture Kick round...
startups, ios 
Encyclopedia 
Encyclopedia stores a complete copy of Wikipedia on an iPhone or iPod Touch, and is currently available in 83 languages. In conjunction with founders Patrick and...
startups, ios 
Circle of 6 
I’m proud to have been the developer behind circleof6, which has just won the White House’s Apps Against Abuse Challenge. I spent part of this week in a...
pro bono, ios 
Phygg 
Phygg was digg for physicists. The content is identical to the arXiv with a twist: voting papers up and down is enabled, and when a paper gets enough votes it...
startups, web, cms 
Moses 
I moved to Baltimore for a summer and participated in a JHU workshop, helping in part to produce the open source statistical machine translation toolkit Moses; the...
SMT, S2S, Machine Translation 
Assorted OSS Projects 
In my github repository I keep assorted hacks, including a sample iPhone application using SQLite. I also have a few other assorted hacks floating around. I have...
oss, ios, python 
TEDxZurich, Organizer 
I am proud to have been on the organizing team of TEDxZurich 2011. With the help of great sponsors, including the Swiss National Television Network, at which the...
TED, TEDx, TEDxZurich 
Music Composition 
Electronic:I compose electronic music under the moniker messier. God Speed John Glenn-melody skeleton from A Silver Mt. Zion by messier Mars by messier ...
music, composition, classical 
Alternative Process Photography 
I have a produced series of alternative process prints from my original photographs, including a series from a garment factory in Meerut, India. Created with...
photography, alternative process, kallitype 
Photojournalism 
I photographed for MIT's oldest newspaper, The Tech and had a few front page photographs featured. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
photography, art, photojournalism 
AFI Top 100 Project 
From 2006-2011 I did a project to watch the top 100 American films according to the American Film Institute and in 2011 I finally finished all the films on the...
film, cinematography, challenges 
Wikileaks Research Project 
Concept: I hatched a plan to educate myself in a more structured manner on what exactly Wikileaks stands for, its history, and its possible futures with the idea...
wikileaks, journalism, hacks 
20 minutes of fame 
Circle Of 6 has gotten a bunch of great press including from the White House, MTV, New York Daily News, Cult of Mac, Yahoo, Christian Science Monitor,...
publicity