Andrew Cox
Astrophysics Undergraduate @ CU Boulder
Hi, I’m Andrew Cox!
I’m originally from a suburb of Atlanta and moved to Colorado in summer 2024 to pursue my education at CU Boulder. I’m currently a 3rd year majoring in Astrophysics and minoring in Geology.
My passion is in general space research, but I'm also open to any and all new experiences! I'm always eager to learn and hone my skills in any particular field.
I absolutely love space and ancient life on Earth. I’ve spent countless hours studying topics from planetary geology to galactic astronomy. Though most of it has been informal, I’m excited to pursue my formal education through undergrad and towards a possible Planetary Science PhD.
I also love writing, specifically realistic sci-fi. I enjoy word-building down to the most minute details and basing as much of my in-universe tech and politics on real world science and predictions. I know none of my current works are to that level of precision but I hope to reach it one day!
Writings
These are some of my old writing drafts—a mix of narratives, screenplays, and a world building project through writing classes. I’m now working on a larger project about future colonies around Jupiter, Perijove!
Tal is caught in the midst of a suspicious attack on Hawking Station, a close-orbiting research post near the Sun.
Lae is on bard a generation fleet traveling to Proxima Centauri when her home ship is attacked.
Crow works to salvage resources on the Moon from debris fallen out of orbit during the Lunar Revolution.
Mall crash lands into the Kraken Mare during a colonization effort of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
The Inner Planets send a fleet to investigate the independent Pluto colonies after they disrupt the outer ice trade.
My first world building project to develop and describe various cities in the Solar System.
Classes
A list of classes I’ve taken through college education!
From AP Credits:
GEOG 1992 | Human Geographies
CHEM 1021 | Introductory Chemistry
HIST 1025 | American History since 1865
WRTG 1150 | First Year Writing and Rhetoric
MATH 2510 | Introduction to Statistics
EBIO 1210-1240 | General Biology 1, 2, Labs 1, 2
Completed:
ASTR 1030 | Accelerated Introductory Astronomy 1 (A-)
ASTR 1040 | Accelerate Introductory Astronomy 2 (A)
ASTR 2600 | Introduction to Scientific Programming (A)
ASTR 3720 | Planets and their Atmospheres (B)
CLAS 2030 | Ancient Roots of Modern Medicine (A)
EBIO 2040 | Principles of Ecology (B)
ERTH 1020 | Dodos, Dinos, and Deinococcus (A)
ERTH 1070 | Our Deadly Planet (B+)
IAFS 3631 | Arctic Cultures and Societies (A-)
MATH 1300 | Calculus 1 (A)
MATH 2300 | Calculus 2 (A)
MATH 2400 | Calculus 3 (A)
MUEL 3892 | Music and Space (A)
PHYS 1115 | General Physics 1 for Majors (B)
PHYS 1125 | General Physics 2 for Majors (B)
PHYS 1140 | Experimental Physics 1 (A)
PHYS 2170 | Foundations of Modern Physics (A)
This Semester (Fall 2026):
APPM 2360 | Intro to DiffEq with Linear Algebra
ASTR 3510 | Observations and Instrumentation 1
ERTH 1030 | Intro to Earth Science Lab 1
ERTH 3410 | Paleobiology
PHYS 2210 | Classical Mechanics 1
Contact
Email: anco2449@colorado.edu
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andrew-t-cox/