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Academic Track

Oct. 2022 - Now

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

GMVA support scientist & Postdoctoral researcher

Duties: 

I split my time between scientific research and data reduction of large data-sets.

1. My research focuses on investigating how jet are launched at event horizon scales. In this framework I plan and carry out observations, reduce the data, produce scientific images of them and interpret them to study the underlying physical mechanisms associated with black holes. For my work I use the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Global mm-VLBI array (GMVA), European VLBI Network (EVN), and ALMA among others.

2. My technical/service duties include the coordination of data acquisition from telescopes all around the world, combining the data into a coherent product (using the technique called correlation) and being available to assist PIs with data calibration. To advance our goal of making mm-VLBI more available to non-expert astronomers, I am working on the implementation of an automated pipeline capable of delivering production-ready data-sets.

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Oct. 2019 - Sep. 2022

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

PhD student, IMPRS research school fellow

Thesis: A comprehensive analysis of the nucleus of the radio source 3C84 with VLBI

Collaborations

Event Horizon Telescope

The Event Horizon Telescope is an international collaboration capturing images of black holes using a virtual Earth-sized telescope. Here I am active in data acquisition, data analysis, and publication writing.

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M2FINDERS

The goal of this research collaboration is to investigate the magnetic fields near supermassive black holes. Here I am active in data acquisition, correlation, calibration, imaging, and publication writing. 

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TELAMON

The goal of this research programme is to monitor the radio spectra of active galactic nuclei under scrutiny in astroparticle physics (TeV blazars and candidate neutrino-associated AGN). Here I am active in data acquisition and publication writing. 

Student supervision

Apr. 2023 - May 2023

Student internship

Supervision of the student internship project of Ms. L. Debbrecht, titled Imaging VLBI data.

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Jun. 2023 - Jul. 2024

Master thesis

Supervision of the Master thesis of Ms. L. Debbrecht, titled Calibration and imaging of nearby AGN using VLBI.

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Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2027

PhD thesis

Co-supervision of the PhD thesis of Ms. B. Gomez-Miller, titled: M87* EHT observations and its calibrators

Awards

Nov. 2024

Early Career Award

Awarded by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for leading the scientific analysis and authorship of an official paper about 3C 84.

Downloadable CV

Please keep my CV on file in case you think I may be a good fit with your research goals either now or in the future. Feel free to contact me with any questions.