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Alisa Galishnikova, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics

Bio

Alisa joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Flatiron Research Fellow in September, 2024. Prior to that, she received her Ph.D. in astrophysics from Princeton University. Alisa’s primary research interest is in exploring the connections between microscopic plasma processes and the macroscopic behavior of extreme astrophysical systems, such as accreting black holes, through a combination of novel computational approaches and theoretical models.

Publications

Entity — Hardware-agnostic Particle-in-Cell Code for Plasma Astrophysics. I: Curvilinear Special Relativistic Module

arxiv:2511.17710, December 10, 2025

Hayk Hakobyan, Ludwig M. Böss, Yangyang Cai, Alexander Chernoglazov, et al.

\(\mathtt{Entity}\) — Hardware-agnostic Particle-in-Cell Code for Plasma Astrophysics. II: General Relativistic Module

arxiv:2511.17701, November 21, 2025

Alisa Galishnikova, Hayk Hakobyan, Alexander Philippov, and Benjamin Crinquand

Strongly Magnetized Accretion with Low Angular Momentum Produces a Weak Jet

The Astrophysical Journal, arxiv:2409.11486, January 2025

Alisa Galishnikova, Alexander Philippov, Eliot Quataert, Koushik Chatterjee, and Matthew Liska

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