Simon Blouin

Simon Blouin is a CITA National Fellow in astrophysics at the University of Victoria. He holds a PhD in Physics from the Université de Montréal (2019). He was previously a Banting Fellow at the University of Victoria (2021-23) and a Director's Postdoc Fellow at Los Alamos National Lab (2019-21).

Simon uses a vast array of numerical simulation techniques to build improved physics models of white dwarfs. By comparing those models to astronomical observations, he uses white dwarfs as accurate cosmic clocks, probes of planetary evolution, and tracers of supernovae.