Congratulations to my postdoc Chiara for producing the newest group member, Noah! Seen below, he is giving a fist pump ready to embark on a promising career in astrophysics, we’ll have him generating code in no time!
Read More >>We Are Public talk
This past Friday I gave a public lecture as part of a new (and very cool) initiative in Amsterdam called “We Are Public“. A group of ‘editors’ curates cultural events around town for members, so far it has been primarily things like art, dance and music, but they are experimenting with including some scientific events and we were one of the guinea pigs. So I gave a lecture about black holes to a group of people who were about half from media/arts background (I know, because I used a voting system, something I use also during teaching!), which is quite a different group than we usually grab for our public…
Read More >>The first few months
Hi! My name is Adam Ciesielski and I started my PhD at University of Amsterdam a few months ago, in October. This was also a real personal change in my life – it was the first time I really moved to the different city, and country even. I am not an English native speaker, so I have to apologize for any grammar mistakes, typos and misuse of words – but I am working on it! I do research on Tidal Disruption Events – the aim of my project is to do a spectro-temporal analysis of such events. My supervisors are Sera Markoff and Ralph Wijers (who is also my promotor).…
Read More >>New gig
No, I’m not moving to Texas (though the thought has crossed my mind!). I’m enjoying the last rays of sun I’ll see for awhile, as I head back to Amsterdam tomorrow. But in the meantime it’s been officially announced that I’m joining the editorial team of Astroparticle Physics Journal: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/astroparticle-physics/news/new-editors-for-astroparticle-physics/ This is the first time I’ve been an editor of a professional journal, I’m a bit nervous about the time commitment but it’s an important function to make sure the referee process works, and they’ve assured me the load won’t be too bad. And I’m joining a great group of people, so I’m looking forward to learning the ropes in…
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