Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher

Aguilera Dena

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Education

David Aguilera Dena obtained his Bachelor in physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2015. He later obtained his MSc and PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Bonn in 2017 and 2021.

Career

David completed his PhD in the University of Bonn on the topic of massive star evolution, and its connection to transients such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves. Since early 2021, he is working at FORTH-IA on the project EPICS, seeking to understand the birth and evolution of compact objects.

Interests

Supernovae; gamma-ray bursts; single and binary massive star evolution; gravitational wave sources; X-ray binaries; neutron stars

Email
Office
233 Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810-394233
Affiliation
Host
Antoniadis
Name
David
Visit Duration
-
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Private sector, Munich, Germany
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
2021-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher (HFRI-SFN)
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Antoniadis
Departure Date
Female
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Vernardos

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Education

George Vernardos obtained his physics degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and his PhD in Astrophysics from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) in 2015.

Career

Between 2015 and 2019, he held a postdoctoral position at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen (The Netherlands).
 Since September 2019 he is affiliated with the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH (Greece).

Interests

Strong gravitational lensing by galaxies, quasar microlensing, dark matter properties in sub-galactic scales, quasar structure and Supermassive Black Hole environments.

Email
Office
246, Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4251
Affiliation
Name
George
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) - Marie Curie Fellow
Last known position
Lehman College - CUNY (USA) - Assistant Professor
Educational Title
PhD
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
2019-2020, Postdoctoral Researcher
Departure Date
Female
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Croke

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Name
Barry
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Australian National University - Postdoctoral researcher
Last known position
Australian National University - Associate Professor
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
1994-1996, Postdoctoral Researcher
Group of
Papamastorakis
Departure Date
Female
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Reig

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Name
Pablo
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
University of Valencia (Spain) - Assistant Researcher
Last known position
ΙΑ-FORTH - Research Director
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
1998-2002, Postdoctoral Researcher
Group of
Kylafis
Departure Date
Female
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Xilouris

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Name
Emmanuel
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
CEA/Saclay (France) - Postdoctoral researcher
Last known position
IAASARS, National Obs. of Athens - Research Director
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
2000-2000, Postdoctoral Researcher
Group of
Kylafis
Departure Date
Female
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Mavromatakis

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Name
Fotis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Technological Educational Institute of Crete - Assistant Professor
Last known position
Hellenic Mediterranean University - Professor
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
2000-2005, Postdoctoral Researcher
Group of
Ventura
Departure Date
Female
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