Marina Romanova
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AlmamaterMoscow State University
Fieldscomputational astrophysicics
Marina Romanova | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | computational astrophysicics |
| Institutions | Russian Space Research Institute Cornell University |
Romanova is a Russian-American computational astrophysicist, known for her work simulating the magnetohydrodynamics of accretion disks, including their interactions with the stellar magnetic fields of T Tauri stars and other young magnetized stars,[1] and the formation of magnetic towers along the rotation axis of the accretion disks of black holes.[2] She works as a senior research associate in the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University.[3]
