A screenshot from Universe Sandbox, showing the spiral Milky Way galaxy from an oblique angle, against a black background filled with stars

Since 2017, I have worked as an Astrophysics Engineer for Giant Army, the team behind Universe Sandbox.

A screenshot from Universe Sandbox, showing a tidally locked Earth with one half of the surface frozen and covered in ice and snow. The background is black with white stars and several colored lined showing the orbits of other planets and asteroids

Universe Sandbox is a video game, an astrophysics simulator, an artistic medium, and educational software, all in one.

A screenshot from Universe Sandbox, showing Mercury with several blobs of blue water on the surface. Several data maps appear in windows along the left edge of the screen, labelled "Water Vapor Pressure" and "Liquid Water Depth"

In my role as Astrophysics Engineer, I’ve applied my computational astrophysics expertise to simulate everything from galaxy dynamics to surface water flow…

A screenshot from Universe Sandbox, showing Earth and dozens of small moons against a black background filled with stars. Colored lines trailing behind each object give the illusion of movement, and the Earth is moving upwards while the moons follow

…all while creating a beautiful experience for the user that helps them appreciate the scale and complexity of our universe.