Daniel Sega, PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am a dynamicist: an astrophysicist interested in the motion and orbital evolution of celestial bodies. I am also a philosopher of science, bringing my experience of doing modern-day astrophysics into the philosophic discussion about scientific knowledge and understanding.

Specifically, I research warped planetary rings and astrophysical disks, mostly theorizing on how these warps propagate and dissipate and what this can tell us about the overall properties of the disk itself. Most of my work so far has focused on the warps of Rings of Saturn. In the philosophy of science, I focus on the role of scientific explanation in astrophysics.

Publications can be found in NASA/ADS and the Phil-Sci Archive.

EDUCATION

PhD, Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2023

MSc. Astrophysics and Planetary Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2020

Mst., Philosophy of Physics, University of Oxford, 2018

BSc., Magna cum Laude, Physics with Minor in Philosophy, University of Central Florida, 2017

Physics at Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela (3 years of studies before transferring to UCF)