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Curriculum Vitae

 

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

- Mark Twain

Career

  • 2016 – present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow under “The Danish Council for Independent Research — Natural Sciences” (DFF-FNU), School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  • 2015 – 2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the “Exploration of Space Data for Innovative Helio and Asteroseismology” (SPACEINN) program, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

 

  • 2015: Research Assistant, Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), Aarhus University, Denmark

 

Profile

  • TASC/TASOC (2015 – present): Co-Chair of Working Group #0 in the “TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium” (TASC), which   deals with running the “TESS Asteroseismic Science Operation Centre” (TASOC), and specifically Basic Photometric Algorithms and Calibration of Time / TASC Data Products.

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  • TASC (2015 – present): Member of the TASC steering committee.
     

  • TASC (2015 – present): Member of the TASC Working Group #1 (Asteroseismology of exoplanet hosts), Working Group #3 (Oscillations in clusters), and Working Group #7 (Oscillations in Red giants), Working Group #2 (Oscillations in solar-type stars).

 

  • PLATO (2014 – present): Member of Work Package #128-210 (Solar-like stars), Work Package #128- 220 (Solar-like stars with planets), Work Package #128-230 (Multiple stars), and Work Package #128-240 (Ensemble fit) in the framework of the PLATO Science Preparation Management (PSPM).
     

  • KASC (2009 – present): Member of Working Groups #1 and #8 in the “Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium” (KASC), which deals with the analysis of “Solar-like Oscillators” and “Red Giant Oscillators” respectively.

 

  • KASOC (2009 – present): Member of the “Kepler Asteroseismic Science Operation Centre” (KASOC) on the asteroseismic analysis of Kepler exoplanet host stars (a deliverable to the Kepler Science Office).

 

  • AS (2014): Elected as substitute to the board of Astronomisk selskab (AS) for the period 2014-2015. AS is a non-profit society which organises yearly lecture series, book releases, and other public outreach arrangements on astronomy.

 

  • Journal referee for ApJ and MNRAS (2014-present).

 

Education

  • Aarhus University, DK | May 2011 - April 2015

       PhD in Astronomy @ Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC)

       Thesis title: Asteroseismology: Rotation and Convection in stars

       Main advisor: Prof. Hans Kjeldsen

       Secondary advisors: Prof. Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard & Dr. Victor Silva Aguirre

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  • University of Birmingham, UK | August 2014 - February 2015

       Visiting graduate student during PhD in Astronomy @ HiROS Group, UoB

       Thesis title: Asteroseismology: Rotation and Convection in stars

       Advisor: Prof. William J. Chaplin

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  • Aarhus University, DK | August 2010 - June 2013

       Master in Astronomy (MSc/Cand.scient.) @ Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC)

       Thesis title: Asteroseismology: Rotation and Convection in stars

       Advisor: Prof. Hans Kjeldsen

 

  • Aarhus University, DK | August 2007 - August 2010

       Bachelor in Physics (BSc) @ Department of Physics and Astronomy

       Thesis title: Asteroseismology of Delta Scuti stars

       Advisor: Prof. Hans Kjeldsen

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Grants, awards, and scholorships

  • 2017 - PI on the NASA proposal for K2 Cycle 5: ”Asteroseismology of solar-type stars with K2 ”.

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  • 2016 - PI on the selected and funded NASA proposal for K2 Cycle 4: ”Asteroseismology of solar-type stars with K2 ”.

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  • 2015 -  Awarded a 2 year “Individual Post-Doc Grant” from The Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences to conduct the project "The internal dynamics of stars: high-precision depth-dependent asteroseismology with SONG" at the University of Birmingham, UK

 

  • 2007 + 2008  - Received “Herning Gymnasiums Jubilæumsstipendiefond” and “Tandlæge Harald Jørgensens Skolelegat”

 

Public outreach

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  • 2014 - Gave a talk at “Astronomidagen 2014” on stellar rotation.

 

  • 2014 - Gave public lectures in Aarhus and Copenhagen on stellar rotation in the lecture series “Stars” — jointly organised by Astronomisk Selskab and Folkeuniversitetet.

 

Organisation

  • 2017 - Member of the LOC for the KASC10-TASC3 conference in Birmingham, UK

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  • 2017 - Co-organiser of the second TASC WG0 workshop on ”TESS Data for Asteroseismology” (T'DA) at Aarhus University, DK.

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  • 2016 - Main organiser of the first TASC WG0 workshop on ”TESS Data for Asteroseismology” (T'DA) at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Teaching

  • 2016 - Invited lecturer on the IVth Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences "Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds", Azores Islands, PT.

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  • 2015-2017 - Teaching assistant in "AstroLab", University of Birmingham, UK.

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  • 2015 + 2016 - Teaching assistant on Observing course, University of Birmingham, UK.

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  • 2012 + 2014 - Teaching assistant on the course “Numerical physics”, Aarhus University, DK.

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  • 2012 + twice in 2013 -  Teaching assistant on the course “Astrophysics”, Aarhus University, DK.

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  • 2011 - Teacher on the Observational Excursion Course (Aarhus University, DK) to Teide Observatory, Tenerife.

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  • 2011 - Teaching assistant on the course “Stars”, Aarhus University, DK..

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Talks and Presentations

  • 2016 - Gave contributed talk at the 22nd Stellar Pulsation Meeting in San Pedro, CL, on asteroseismology with K2

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  • 2016 - Gave presentations at the T'DA1 workshop in Birmingham, UK

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  • 2016 - Gave invitet talk at the TASC2/KASC9 conference on the Azores Islands, PT, on the data analysis of data from TESS for asteroseismology.

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  • 2015 - Gave contributed talk at the TASC1/KASC8 conference in Aarhus, DK, on K2 data analysis.

 

  • 2015 - Gave a talk at the Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting in Helsingør.

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  • 2014 - Gave presentation on the K2 data analysis workshop in Aarhus, DK.

 

  • 2013 - Gave the seminar talk “Information on differential rotation from asteroseismology” at the NORDITA workshop “Differential Rotation and Magnetism across the HR Diagram”.

 

  • Presented posters at the following conferences:

          “1st K2 SciCon” (2015 in Santa Barbara, CA, USA)

          “Towards other Earths II” (2014 in Porto, Portugal).

          “CoRoT 3 - KASC 7” (2014 in Toulouse, France)

          “KASC 6” (2013 in Sydney, Australia)

          “KASC 5” (2012 in Balatonalmádi, Hungary)

          “The Modern Era of Helio- and Asteroseismology” (2012 in Obergurgl, Austria)

          “KASC 4” (2011 in Boulder, Colorado)

“KASC 3” (2010 in Aarhus, DK)

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