Adrian Hamers

Adrian Hamers is a Research Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA). He obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 2016, after studying physics and astronomy at Utrecht University. In 2016, he moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, to work as a postdoctoral fellow. From September 2019, he is heading a new Research Group at the MPA. His interests lie in the areas of high-energy astrophysics and astrophysical dynamics, with a focus on compact objects, stellar systems, supermassive black holes, and planetary systems.

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Progenitor evolution of compact object mergers leading to gravitational wave sources in high-order multiplicity systems

Dynamical evolution of galactic nuclei and globular clusters, and multiple-star systems therein

N-body dynamics and integration techniques

Production of Type Ia supernovae in multiple-star systems

Long-term evolution of planetary systems, including exomoons

Theoretical and computational astrophysics

Multiple-Star

Evolution Group

Max Planck Institute

for Astrophysics

Research Interests