Simon Lautenbach

Research

I completed my PhD in 2021 at Ruhr University Bochum, focusing on developing numerical codes for space plasma simulations using a multi-model plasma description. I expanded my expertise in nonlinear space plasma dynamics through postdoctoral positions at the University of Alberta and the University of Texas at Austin. My technical skills include kinetic and multi-moment fluid simulations, multi-physics modeling of space plasma, and magnetic reconnection.

I currently hold a postdoctoral position at Ruhr University Bochum.

Research Interests

• Magnetosphere dynamics
• Space weather
• Magnetic reconnection
• Space plasma turbulence
• Energy transfer processes
• Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling
• Plasma waves and instabilities
• Anisotropic effects
• Electron-scale physics
• Fluid closures
• Space weather forecasting

Academic Background

The muphyII code

The muphyII code is a simulation framework for collisionless plasma physics and targeted at space plasmas in particular. The muphyII code utilizes a hierarchy of models with different inherent scales to address the separation of scales problem typically encountered in these plasmas. It allows stand-alone use of models as well as a model-based dynamic and adaptive domain decomposition and resorts to novel techniques for energy conservation, careful treatment of inner-domain model boundaries for interface coupling, and robust time stepping algorithms.

more informarion on the framework

Publications