Rate My Professor Tyler Gorda

Tyler Gorda serves as an Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at The Ohio State University, having joined the faculty in 2025. He is affiliated with the Nuclear Theory Group and the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP). Gorda completed his B.Sc. in Physics at Rutgers University in 2011, followed by an M.Sc. in Physics in 2014 and a Ph.D. in Physics in 2016, both from the University of Colorado Boulder. His research centers on nuclear theory, with a focus on the behavior of strongly interacting matter at high densities within the phase diagram of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Specifically, he investigates the equation of state of neutron-star matter, integrating insights from astrophysics, nuclear theory, and particle theory to constrain the properties of matter in the cores of massive neutron stars. His approach combines analytic calculations using perturbative QCD with numerical and statistical methods for Bayesian inference of the equation of state. Additionally, Gorda explores transport properties of cold and dense matter, in-medium field theory, neutron stars, and neutron-star mergers.

Gorda's contributions to the field are evidenced by his highly cited publications. Notable works include "Gravitational-wave constraints on the neutron-star-matter Equation of State" published in Physical Review Letters in 2018; "Evidence for quark-matter cores in massive neutron stars" in Nature Physics in 2020; "Multimessenger constraints for ultradense matter" in Physical Review X in 2022; "Strongly interacting matter exhibits deconfined behavior in massive neutron stars" in Nature Communications in 2023; and "Ab-initio QCD calculations impact the inference of the neutron-star-matter equation of state" in The Astrophysical Journal in 2023. Recent publications include "Equation of state at neutron-star densities and beyond from perturbative QCD" in 2023 and "Constraining the equation of state in neutron-star cores via the long-ringdown signal" in 2024. He has presented invited plenary talks at conferences such as Quark Matter 2023 in Houston, Rencontres de Moriond 2023 in La Thuile, and the APCTP-Triumf joint workshop in Busan in 2024, as well as theory colloquia at Heidelberg University and others.