Jasmine Parsons

I am a PhD candidate at Princeton University, working under the supervision of Anatoly Spitkovsky. I am broadly interested in combining kinetic plasma simulations with theoretical modeling to study extreme astrophysical phenomena, particularly in the context of neutron star magnetospheres. 

My recent work has focused on global kinetic simulations of the interacting magnetospheres of pre-merger binary neutron stars, aiming to predict electromagnetic precursor signals of relevance to upcoming multi-messenger observing programs. Previously, I have worked on the microphysics of particle acceleration in unmagnetized, relativistic collisionless shocks, and on cosmological line-intensity mapping.