Meier Thomas, Mr.
2.0_project-fr, 2.6_project-fr, Institut für Computergestützte Wissenschaften, Phase 3 – Domain A – Project 3, Universität Zürich
PhD Student
8057 Zürich
+41 44 635 61 91
| Please give us a personal quote or a quote of a famous person (e.g. of Albert Einstein) that describes you and your life/work. | |
| “You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways.” Robert Jordan | |
| Please describe your job in only one sentence and tell us what the most important goal of this work is. | |
| I develop a high-performance hydrodynamics code to simulate planetary collisions. The goal is to understand how giant impacts affect planet formation. | |
| How did you get into this research/work field? | |
| I started studying physics with the goal to end up in astrophysics, but i stumbled into the field of planetary collisions when i was looking for a semester project. | |
| What would be the greatest discovery you would like to see in your life time? | |
| Extraterrestrial life. | |
| You work for the NCCR PlanetS. What do you think will the NCCR enable you to do you couldn’t do without it? | |
| The NCCR provides a unique interdisciplinary environment with a nearly unlimited potential for collaborations. | |
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