Physics Alumni Success Stories
Dr. Wyatt Brege (2010)
Wyatt graduated with double major in physics and math from GVSU in
2010. He then obtained his PhD in 2017 on gravitation from Washington
State University. For his doctoral work, Wyatt simulated black
hole-neutron star mergers for the SXS collaboration, where he studied
the dynamics of temperature and composition dependent equations of
state in neutron star matter during and after merger with a highly
spinning black hole. In simpler terms, heimed to discover what
intricacies in new descriptions of stellar structure could be gleaned
from ground- and space-based telescopes when these two highly compact
objects smash together.
At Wazzu, he also taught astronomy, general and calculus based
physics, tutored math and physics students, earned deep experience
with laboratory software and equipment, and learned how to properly
code, visualize data, work on supercomputers (with a large scientific
collaboration and a highly sophisticated code base).
He then moved to California and he wanted to do something different after seven years of cutting edge astrophysics research. He has a passion for food, efficiency and cleanliness in the kitchen. So he joined Dawson's Bar & Grill as a saute cook after meeting Chef Matt Andrews. Chef Matt made him his sous chef quickly after joining his brigade and handed him the reigns in July of 2018 when I became the head chef there. Currebtly he works as an independent restaurant consultant.
Interest Area(s)
Physics, Computer Science (Applied Computer Science)
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