Ore Gottlieb

Ore Gottlieb is a theoretical and computational astrophysicist who investigates some of the most extreme events in the universe, including black holes, neutron stars, stellar collapse, supernovae, compact-object mergers, and gamma-ray bursts. These cataclysmic phenomena play a key role in shaping the universe, producing heavy elements and driving the most powerful explosions. To study them, Ore Gottlieb develops large-scale 3D general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations and complements them with analytic calculations. This combination allows him to model the complex physics of compact objects and cosmic explosions, and to connect theory directly to observations through multi-messenger signals such as electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays.

Ore Gottlieb grew up in Israel and began his academic career in computer science, earning a B.Sc. from the Technion in 2011 before discovering his passion for physics. He then pursued a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics, and completed his Ph.D. in Physics in 2021, all at Tel Aviv University. Following his doctorate, he held postdoctoral positions at Northwestern University and at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics. In January 2026, he will join the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor.