I have a broad range of research interests including the evolution and explosion of stars and the astrophysical origin of the chemical elements, plasma physics and confinement fusion, turbulence and, especially, numerical methods for simulating all of the above.

A large part of my work involves performing computer simulations and designing techniques for doing so. You can find/read my scientific publications by any of the following means.

Pictured below are two images from my research. They are volume renderings of data from 3D hydrodynamic simulations of a sub-sonic combustion front in a very dense oxygen-neon white dwarf (left) and turbulent convection in the shell of a massive star about 10 days before it explodes as a core-collapse supernova. The flame (left) is burning oxygen and neon into mostly iron ashes (pictured here in red). The convective shell (right) burns oxygen into mostly silicon and sulfur. The convection is driven by the release of nuclear binding energy from oxygen fusion reactions.

You can read more about me and my work in this article. A list of my publications and talks are available via the links at the top of the page.

photo: S. Jones, F. K. Röpke, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. T. Ohlmann & P. V. F. Edelmann (2016; arXiv eprints; red deflagration); S. Jones, R. Andrassy, S. Sandalski, A. Davis, P. Woodward & F.Herwig (2016; arXiv eprints; turbulent convection slice)