Curriculum Vitae

Experience

2024–present Lead Scientist
Applied Physics, New York, USA Leads research across various areas in physics, math, and technology.
2021–2024 Doctoral Researcher
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Superradiant instabilities of massive vector fields around rotating black holes, gravitational-wave signatures for LISA, and numerical relativity code development.
2016–2019 Research Assistant
Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

2021–2024 PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany Thesis: Celestial Beacons: How Black Holes Illuminate the Path to Vector Dark Matter
2019–2021 MSc in Physics
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Thesis: Geometric Interpretations and a Positive Energy Warp Drive
2014–2019 BSc in Physics (Honors), BSc in Astronomy, BA in Mathematics
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Full details, abstracts and links on the publications page.

Radiative Signatures from Warp Drives Traveling Through the Earth's Atmosphere S. D. B. Fell, A. Loeb. 2026 · arXiv:2608.10800
Proca in an Expanding Universe S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg. Fortschritte der Physik 72, 2400110 (2024) · arXiv:2406.11299 · doi
GRBoondi: A code for evolving Generalized Proca theories on arbitrary backgrounds S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg. Journal of Open Source Software 9, 6888 (2024) · arXiv:2405.01348 · doi
Celestial Beacons: How Black Holes Illuminate the Path to Vector Dark Matter S. D. B. Fell. PhD thesis, Heidelberg University (2024) · doi
Detecting fundamental vector fields with LISA S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg, D. Veske. Physical Review D 108, 083010 (2023) · arXiv:2304.14129 · doi
Gravitational Waves in Full, Non-Linear General Relativity F. D'Ambrosio, S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg, D. Maibach, S. Zentarra, J. Zosso. 2022 · arXiv:2201.11634
Black holes in f(Q) gravity F. D'Ambrosio, S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg, S. Kuhn. Physical Review D 105, 024042 (2022) · arXiv:2109.03174 · doi
Positive energy warp drive from hidden geometric structures S. D. B. Fell, L. Heisenberg. Classical and Quantum Gravity 38, 155020 (2021) · arXiv:2104.06488 · doi

2023 Detecting Fundamental Fields with Next Generation GW Observatories
Advanced Seminar in Theoretical Cosmology, Heidelberg University
2022 Functional Renormalization Group and Effective Field Theories
YRC Schöntal Workshop, Heidelberg University
2022 Curved Momentum Space and the Reality of Absolute Locality
Advanced Seminar in Theoretical Cosmology, Heidelberg University
2021 Geometric Interpretations and a Positive Energy Warp Drive
Master's thesis defense, ETH Zurich
2020 Static and Isotropic Solutions in f(Q) Gravity
Semester project, ETH Zurich
2019 Dark Matter Around Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves
Senior Honors Seminar, University of Washington
2019 Geodesics Around Kerr Black Holes and Boson Stars
Senior Honors Seminar, University of Washington
2017 Orbital Considerations and Other Advances in Searching for Invisible Axion Dark Matter
Current Problems in Physics, University of Washington