Romain Gervalle

Position: Postdoctoral fellow 
Romain
 
 
Degrees:
2019-2023: PhD in Physics, University of Tours - Institut Denis Poisson (France)
Thesis title: "Hairy black holes and other compact objects in theories of gravity."
Supervisors: Mikhail S. Volkov, Loïc Villain
2017-2019: Master in Fundamental Physics, "Nonlinear models in physics", University of Tours (France)
2014-2017: Bachelor in Physics, University of Tours (France)
 
My research primarily focuses on hairy black holes in various theoretical frameworks, including General Relativity coupled to non-Abelian fields and Modified Gravity.
I work on the numerical construction and theoretical analysis of static/stationary classical solutions, developing custom numerical codes for this purpose. For axially symmetric configurations in curved spacetime, I have developed a robust code based on the finite element solver FreeFem to solve the elliptic field equations. In addition to black holes, I also study other types of field configurations such as boson stars, magnetic monopoles, and Q-balls.