Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name Triantafyllaki Aikaterini-Niovi
Date of birth 17/02/1995
Languages Greek, English(CPE-C2), French(DELF-B2), Spanish
Contact Tel: +306986319958 – email: katrina-rose@windowslive.com

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Galaxy evolution and formation, blazars, accretion processes, high energy astrophysics, instrumentation for space

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EXPERIENCE

• September 2022- | PhD candidate
  Tartu Observatory, Tartu, Estonia
  Imprints of dynamical friction in different environments supervised by Rain Kipper
• March – July 2022 | Internship
  Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France
  MSc-year 2: “Tests of Hieratchical Accretion in the Virgo Cluster” supervised by Alessia Longobardi and Alessandro Boselli
• April – July 2021 | Internship
  Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
  MSc-year 1: “Studying the Extremely Faint Universe to Understand Galaxy Evolution” supervised by Alessia Longobardi
• 2020-21 | Research Project
  Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
  “The variability of a blazar source in intra-night scales” supervised by Arti Goyal, Lukasz Stawarz
• June – August 2019 | Internship
  Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
  “The power spectra of blazar sources” supervised by Lukasz Stawarz
• 2018-19 | Telescope Assistant/Intern
  Institute of Astrophysics/FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
  “Assisting scientific research observations, photometry, spectroscopy, and polarimetry at Skinakas Observatory. Operation of 1.3m and 0.3 telescopes”

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EDUCATION

2020-2022 Master in Physics/Space
Thesis defense: July 2022
Evaluation: Second upper-class honors(B)/Defence Grade 16.7/20-ranked among 3 best

Aix-Marseille University France
Thesis Title: “Tests of Hierarchical Accretion in the Virgo Cluster”, Topic: Studying traces of galactic evolution in the faint halos and filaments of the Virgo Cluster galaxies, Supervisor: Dr. Alessia Longobardi and Alessandro Boselli

2013-2020 Bachelor in Physics
Thesis defense: January 2020
Evaluation: Very Good

University of Crete Greece
Thesis Title: “Determination of the rotational velocity and spectral classification of four Be/Xray Binaries”, Topic: Analysis on the spectral data reduction using the IRAF/pyraf software, classifications of the accreting systems, calculating their rotational velocities., Supervisor: Dr. Pablo Reig

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PUBLICATIONS

Conference Proceedings

27th Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics (Published Abstract:) Studying the Extremely Faint Universe to Understand Galaxy Evolution-Published abstract 2021

Galaxies interact with each other forming bigger galaxies, following the hierarchical scenario, where bigger structures evolve from smaller ones. Here, I will explore how signatures of hierarchical evolution can be found in the distribution of light, kinematics and dynamics of nearby galaxies while in the meantime understand the difficulties on the carried out research that is done in this field.

Conference Proceedings

Open Readings 2022(Published Abstract:) Tests of Hierarchical Formation in the Virgo Cluster.

Tartu-Tuorla cosmology seminar ”Galaxy dynamics and beyond”(Published Abstract:) Tests of Hierarchical Formation in the Virgo Cluster

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PROGRAMMING

Computational Skills
C++, IRAF/pyraf, Python, Latex, MatLab, CASA pipeline, SEXtractor, Canva

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Alessia Longobardi
ERC postdoc – alessia.longobardi@unimib.it
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5569-6584

Matthieu Bethermin
Astronomer at LAM – matthieu.bethermin@lam.fr https://people.lam.fr/bethermin.matthieu/

Łukasz Stawarz
Director of Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University – stawarz@oa.uj.edu.pl
https://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/L.Stawarz/Curriculum-Vitae Stawarz.pdf/

Pablo Reig Director of Research(Institute of Astrophysics/FORTH) – preig@ia.forth.gr
https://www.ia.forth.gr/person/reig

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TEACHING PRIVATE LESSONS

Autumn 2021

1. Msc Course of UoC/physics: Radiational Processes in Astrophysics-AstroIII
2. Bsc Course of UoC/physics: Conduction and Analysis of Astronomical Observations

Spring 2021

1. Bsc course of UoC/MST: Electromagnetism
2. Msc Course of UoC/physics: Statistical Physics

Summer/Autumn 2021

Bsc courses of EKPA: Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetic fields A and B, Electromagnetism

2014-2018/2021

High School Students: Physics and Math as followed by the Hellenic Educational System

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GRANTS & AWARDS

2021-22 Internship financed by VESTIGE/LAM 560€/month

2021-22 Bourses pour les etudes-Ministere de l’enseignement superieur, de la recherche et de l’innovation 1724.00€

Spring 2021 IphU Stagiaire 560€ /month

2019-2022 2019-3-EL02-KA105-005242-KA1 Erasmus Plus actions, 29350€

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TRAINING

• April 2023 28th Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics-Invited Speaker
• April 2023 Hackathon Vaskna: writing of a paper.
• June 2022 Centuri-Turing Center for Living Systems Hackathon: 1st Place-Project CORIMA
• May 2022 Tartu-Tuorla cosmology seminar ”Galaxy dynamics and beyond”(Speech Presentation:) Tests of Hierarchical Formation in the Virgo Cluster, Estonia
• March 2022 Open Readings 2022-65th International Conference for Students of Physics and Natural Sciences,Vilnius(Poster Presentation:) Tests of Hierarchical Formation in the Virgo Cluster
• February 2022 Lessons, observations and data reduction and analysis at OHP, Contacting of observational plan with T120(followed by photometry-data reudctions, interferometry with T80
• July 2021 ISM of galaxies-International Summer School on the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies, France
• June 2021 ESCAPE SUMMER SCHOOL – Data Science for Astronomers, Astroparticle and Particle Physics, Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules, Annecy, France
• April 2021 27th Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics-Invited Speaker, Kiuv, Ukraine
• April 2021 27th Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics-Invited Speaker
• July 2020 Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena in the Multi-Messenger Era, NRAO
• April 2020 Webinar in online teaching: Challenges and solutions in Higher Education, April/May 2020
• June 2019 59th Cracow School of Theoretical Physics: Probing the Violent Universe with multimessenger eyes, Jagiellonian University
• April 2017 Participant at the International Physicist Tournament 2017 at the National Level(Second place of Greek Teams)
• April 2016 Participant at the International Physicist Tournament 2016 at International Level (Ranked 8th worldwide)

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OUTREACH & VOLUNTEERING

AOFPK Students’ Astronomy Group (2013-2021)

1. Group Logistics, Public Observations, Organising Events, Lectures, Workshops
2. Co-organizer of 1st Geometry Workshop in Anogeia,
3. (2015) Researcher’s Night researcher
4. (2016, 2017, 2019) Scientific Content Writer, ”the sky of Greece”, monthly newsletter of Institute of Astrophysics (Forth)/AOFPK
5. Public Relations
6. Amateur Telescope Operator (8 inches diameter Dobsonian Telescope /9.8 inches diameter Schmidt–Cassegrain Telescope /12 inches -Meade LX200 IA/Forth/unimag)

(2019- )

1. Mathesis Moodle: A voyage to the universe, first stop: our solar system
2. Scientific advisor of videos ”the sky of Greece”
3. Scientific Content Writer, ”the sky of Greece”, monthly newsletter of Institute of Astrophysics (Forth)/AOFPK
4. Content writer at Uni-Mag website

wEUnite
Austria NGO (2023-)
Vice-president, Erasmus+ Coordinator since 2022

OLOMITES AMKE (2023-)
Assistant project coordinator, communication manager, Erasmus+ content writer

Youthtopia (2018-2023)
Founder, Erasmus+ Project Coordinator, Events Organiser for STEM, KA1 Erasmus+ actions.

Science Behind (2018-2021)
Content writer for science outreach
STEM events and experiments in Heraklion