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Basics
| Name | Mark Ugalino |
| Label | Graduate Researcher |
| ugalino@umd.edu | |
| Phone | 301 405-3001 |
| Url | https://www.markivanugalino.com |
| Summary | A Filipino computational astrophysicist who specialize in large-scale simulations of astrophysical systems like galaxies and stellar explosions |
Education
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2023.08 - present College Park, MD
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2021.01 - 2023.05 North Dartmouth, MA
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2018.09 - 2020.07 Quezon City, PHL
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2013.06 - 2018.05 Quezon City, PHL
Work
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2024.01 - 2024.05 Graduate Dean's Fellow
University of Maryland
Graduate fellowship awarded as part of admission to University of Maryland's Astronomy department
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2024.01 - present Graduate Research Assistant
University of Maryland
I work as a graduate research assistant with Prof Benedikt Diemer. As a graduate RA, I run and analyze magnetohydrodynamical simulations of galaxies to investigate the role of magnetic fields in galaxy formation and evolution.
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2023.08 - 2023.12 Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Maryland
Teaching assistant for Prof. Lee Mundy's ASTR 101 (Fall 2024)
- Led weekly discussions with a non-technical audience on foundations of astronomy and astrophysics
- Supervised and graded laboratory work of a class with 20 students at a time
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2023.06 - 2023.08 Graduate Research Assistant
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Participant during the 2023 installment of the LANL Co-Design Summer School (est. 2011, http://lanl.github.io/cdss/) where we developed a performance portable code for thermonuclear supernovae
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2022.09 - 2023.05 Teaching Fellow
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Designed (as Instructor on Record) an introduction to astronomy course for a non-technical audience, with topics ranging from history, stellar evolution, galaxies, cosmology and indigenous astronomy
- Graded exams and class output designed to synthesize lectures delivered in class.
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2021.05 - 2022.08 -
2021.01 - 2021.05 Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Taught online recitation and laboratory courses in Classical Mechanics
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2018.08 - 2020.12 Instructor
University of the Philippines Diliman
- Taught in-person and online lectures and laboratory classes in Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Physical Electronics, and Computational Physics
- Designed exams and in-class exercises for introduction to classical mechanics and electromagnetism classes
- Co-organized events for the department, served as course group leader for electromagnetism labs
Awards
- 2023.08.01
Graduate Dean's Fellowship
University of Maryland
- 2023.07.12
NASA FINESST Research Grant (declined)
National Aeroneutics and Space Administration
Among 27 selected from 267 proposals during the ROSES22 cycle to receive a competitive research grant worth USD 148,826.00 for the project 'Type Ia supernovae from magnetized double degenerate white dwarf mergers'
- 2023.05.01
Chancellor's Centennial Engineering Scholarship
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- 2022.04.01
Graduate Research Award
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- 2022.02.01
DAP Travel Grant
American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics
Travel grant awarded to support graduate students and postdocs presenting in the APS April 2022 meeting
- 2022.02.01
FIP Distinguished Student Award
American Physical Society Forum on International Physics
Award conferred to a select group of international students who will participate in the April APS 2022 meeting
- 2018.12.01
Gawad Direktor para sa Natatanging Bagong Guro
National Institute of Physics, UP Diliman
Award conferred to a select group of international students who will participate in the April APS 2022 meeting
- 2018.12.01
Gawad Direktor para sa Natatanging Discussion Teacher
National Institute of Physics, UP Diliman
Award conferred to a select group of international students who will participate in the April APS 2022 meeting
Volunteer
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2023.09 - present College Park, MD
Co-Lead / Social Media Coordinator
UMD GRAD-MAP
- Organized Journal Clubs led by our summer scholars, provided feedback and moderated each session
- Developed our website at umd-gradmap.github.io using Jekyll
- Moderated and created content for our social media accounts on X and LinkedIn
- Moderated a professional skills workshop on how to give elevator pitches
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2019.04 - present Quezon City, PHL
Referee
Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
Reviewed scientific articles submitted to the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas for its annual international conference on different fields of Physics, e.g. theoretical physics.
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2017.10 - 2018.12 Quezon City, PHL
Features Writer
Handuhay Newsletter
Wrote feature articles regarding the activities of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, and participated in volunteer work involving photography and planning.
Publications
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2023.09.01 Ares–Simulating Type Ia Supernovae on Heterogeneous HPC Architectures
Association for Computing Machinery
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2022.11.28 Using 44Ti Emission to Differentiate Between Thermonuclear Supernova Progenitors
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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2020.09.11 Steady-state density perturbations induced by a point mass in a finite cylinder
Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
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2018.05.28 Density perturbations in a collisional fluid induced by a particle on a slightly-eccentric orbit
Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Filipino | |
| Native speaker |
References
| Professor Benedikt Diemer | |
| Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Maryland |
| Professor Robert Fisher | |
| Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Professor Ian Vega | |
| Professor of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Professor Bo Dong | |
| Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |