CV
PDF Version
Education
- Ph.D. in Astrophysics - UC Berkeley & North Carolina State University, December 2025
- Dissertation: Magnetohydrodynamics of 3D Core-Collapse Supernovae
- B.S. in Physics with Honors & Applied Mathematics - North Carolina State University, May 2018
Work Experience
Supernova Physicist (2019 - 2025)
UC Berkeley & NC State University - Berkeley, CA & Raleigh, NC
- Utilized a high-fidelity MHD FORTRAN 3D supernova code on distributed HPC systems to explore the role of turbulent plasma flow in supernova evolution
- Developed and implemented Python scripts to perform data analysis and generate plots used in publications
- Developed expertise in MHD and plasma dynamics through literature review and modeling experience
- Adapted numerical solvers for nonlinear PDEs with constraint preserving methods to enforce magnetic field divergence-free boundary conditions
App Developer - Independent Contract (2025)
Kondra Chemical - San Francisco, CA
- Designed, built, tested, and delivered a LabView app for measurement of chemical concentration in water samples
- Developed hardware control, spectrometer data acquisition, and concentration interpolation modules
Software Engineer (2024 - Present)
KOINSLOT Inc. - San Francisco, CA
- Contributed to Kywy, a handheld “low-code” educational coding device
- Developed complete games, custom rotation algorithms for sprite rendering, and asset-generation scripts in C++
Business Systems Analyst (2018 - 2019)
Insightsoftware - Raleigh, NC
- Planned and executed data migrations for multiple acquired companies on short timescales
- Leveraged SQL and SOQL to perform data migrations into Salesforce from previous CRM systems
IT Systems Administrator (January 2015 - May 2018)
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC
- Co-managed IT operations for the Physics Department at NC State University as one of two team members
- Implemented test environments in Docker and gained fluency in Linux
Skills
Languages & Tools
- Python (NumPy, SciPy, mpi4py)
- FORTRAN, C++, MATLAB
- Docker, Git, MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC
- VS Code, CUDA, Bash, LabView
- Autodesk Fusion
Technical & Scientific
- Plasma Physics
- PDEs/ODEs & Vector Calculus
- Numerical Methods
- Multiphysics Simulation
- Large Data Analytics
- HPC Optimization
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Visualization
Soft Skills
- Scientific Communication
- Mentoring & Collaboration
- Project Organization
- Technical Document Review
- Language Learning (German, Spanish, Hindi)
Publications
- Calvert, D., et al. (2025). “Turbulence in Core-Collapse Supernovae”, Astrophysical Journal
- Calvert, D., et al. (2025). “The Interplay of Magnetic Fields and Vorticity in Core-Collapse Supernovae”, Astrophysical Journal (In prep)