Fulya Kıroğlu is a Postdoctoral Fellow at CIERA. Her research focuses on high-energy astrophysical phenomena, with particular emphasis on the hydrodynamics of stellar mergers, tidal disruption events, and the formation of gravitational-wave sources. She performs hydrodynamic simulations to investigate accretion processes and emission mechanisms in black hole–star interactions, aiming to connect theoretical models to upcoming discoveries from LSST and the Roman Space Telescope.
In a study fit for Valentine’s Day, Northwestern University astrophysicists discovered that binary black holes — when formed in crowded clusters of stars — align their spins before merging together. As the black holes orbit one another, each object has its own spin. Previous research indicated these spins should be chaotic and random. However, in
Fulya Kıroğlu (Northwestern University)
In a study fit for Valentine’s Day, Northwestern University astrophysicists discovered that binary black holes — when formed in crowded clusters of stars — align their spins before merging together. As the black holes orbit one another, each object has its own spin. Previous research indicated these spins should be chaotic and random. However, in
Jamie Lombardi / Allegheny College
New 3D computer simulations created by graduate student Fulya Kıroğlu show the eating habits of intermediate-mass black holes, which have yet to be discovered in observations. When a star approaches an intermediate-mass black hole, it initially gets caught in the black hole’s orbit. Every time the star makes a lap, the black hole takes a
Fulya Kiroglu/Northwestern/CIERA
