About Me
I’m a time-domain astronomy expert, painter, and writer — I love Dirac, Van Gogh, Kafka. Astronomy has been my profession since 2014, and my work has spanned across multiple research fields since then, from theoretical astrophysics and solving Einstein Field Equations, to computational Gravitational Waves, to observational astronomy – characterization of low-mass stars, discovery of new accretors in star-forming regions, and exoplanet discovery. These days I write science cases for upcoming facilities (ground and space; Roman, NewAthena, WST),
and support the scientific synergies between the two upcoming missions MUSE (NASA) and SOLAR-C (JAXA/ESA).
I have been the PI of multiple programs with VLT/X-Shooter, and served for three years as the Project Scientist for Mauve (BSSL. London, UK). Alongside my scientific research, I am the Chair of the IAU Early Career Working Group Executive Committee and the Secretary of the IAU Professional-Amateur Working Group (Pro-AM WG),
and am a charity ev. member of Astronomers for Planet Earth (A4E, Munich, Germany).
I organize seminar series for the WST time-domain working group (2MTDT), LSST TVSSC, and conduct interviews for the IAU Early Career Working Group through Passion & Science and RiTS series (watch us on YouTube).
I have just started my personal project, 100 Young Astronomers and Astrophysicists (100 YA&A) on YouTube.
My Gallery
Conferences
I have participated in ~50 international conferences, workshops, and schools since my PhD,
besides presenting more than 50 times in various conferences, workshops, and seminars.
11th VLTI Interferometry School
June 2023, Budapest, Hungary
BSSL. Exhibition at EAS
JuLy 2024 Padova, Italy
MODEST-18
June, 2018 Santorini, Greece
BRITE conference
August, 2024 Vienna, Austria
A message from an Astronaut
Planet Advocacy
Everyone active in any discipline should engage in plant advocacy. Earth is our only home.
Our unique, beautiful home.
Forever.
There is no Planet B.
Map of my current and past international collaborations—individually or within consortia.
X-Shooter/VLT
I have been the PI of multiple programs with X-Shooter, that allowed me to advacne my research in the field of characterization and discovery of sub-stellar companions of known stellar systems. This ground-based facility covers a broad spectral range from UVB to NIR in every single snapshot.
SOXS
I simulated the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves to be detected by SOXS in the future as part of my PhD thesis.
SOXS (Son of X-Shooter), achieved its
‘first light’ at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, installed on the New Technology Telescope (NTT) operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
HARPS-N
High-Resolution spectroscopy enables exoplanet dicovery. I was priviledged to participate in the discovery of a three-planet system, HD 48948 using HARPS-N data with multi-dimenstional quasi-periodic kernels.
Mauve
I served as the Project Scientist for Mauve (BSSL.) for three years pre-launch. This NUV-Visible cubesat delivered by a private company enables time-domain astronomy across a variety of science cases.
WST
A 12-m aperture ground-based telescope concept with a consortium of ~1,000 members across Europe and beyond, to be equipped with IFS & MOS in both Low- & High-Res modes with a high multiplex to enable time-domain spectroscopy in the Southern Hemisphere.
Rubin/LSST
As a member of Rubin/LSST Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration (TVSSC or TVS), I particiapte in writing white papers and proposals, and organize monthly meetings. The largest camera ever built on Earth, Rubin will continously monitor the Southern Hemisphere like a beating heart.
Roman
NASA’s upcming Mission, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is planned to be launched in 2027. As a member of its science collaboration, I contribute to the i) transients and explosive events, ii) Milky Way and galactic science, iii) exoplanets and Solar system working groups.
I organize events for the following organizations:
Get in touch if you’d like to present on any of these platforms!