Rate My Professor Raphael Hirschi

Hirschi’s research specializations include stellar hydrodynamics, nuclear astrophysics, evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive rotating stars, convective boundary mixing, and 3D hydrodynamic simulations. Major highlights encompass determining masses and fates of the most massive stars (Crowther et al. 2010, MNRAS), imprints of fast-rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge (Chiappini et al. 2011, Nature), grids of stellar evolution models with rotation (Ekström et al. 2012, A&A), advanced burning stages in intermediate-mass stars (Jones et al. 2013, ApJ), s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars (Frischknecht et al. 2016, MNRAS), uncertainties in s-process yields (Nishimura et al. 2017, MNRAS), 3D simulations of carbon burning (Cristini et al. 2017, MNRAS), and complete 3D burning phases (Rizzuti et al. 2023, MNRAS). He led the ERC Starting Grant SHYNE project (2012-2017), coordinates collaborations like NuGrid and BRIDGCE, and chairs the ChETEC COST Action. With over 200 publications, 8,667 citations, and h-index 44 (2024), his multi-disciplinary work bridges observations, nuclear experiments, and models to elucidate element creation and cosmic chemical evolution.