Rensselaer's Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering department is delighted to welcome Dr. Ozgur Tumuklu. Dr. Tumuklu's expertise and research pursuits encompass the realm of computational physics, with a pronounced emphasis on rarefied non-equilibrium flows and the development of stability analysis methodologies for hypersonic reactive flows. Dr. Tumuklu's proficiency extends to open-source software development, data-driven techniques, and the application of high-performance computing to scientific software endeavors.