Dr. Maria Babakhanyan Stone

Welcome to my website video

NOW! Seeking a suitable postdoctoral research position or fellowship in Astronomy. Why am I a good candidate? – video

Invite me to a virtual seminar (free) to present my Thesis work (PhD, 2024) by emailing [email protected] .

My thesis is here!  https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-9721-3

University of Turku (Visiting Scientist)

email: [email protected]

Curriculum vitae (CV)

Refereed and Accepted publications (ads)

Relevant publications (ads)

Research interests:

  • Evolution of galaxies
  • Environments around AGN-host galaxies
  • SMBH-host galaxy correlations at different redshifts

Video: Welcome to my Website

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Video: Why am I qualified to be a postdoc?

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My PhD Thesis is Here!

by | November 19, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Here is my PhD Thesis in Astronomy https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/177306 The telescope image (taken by yours truly) is the Nordic Optical Telescope, NOT, in the morning minutes after an observing run. While on mountains, there are no mountain lions and it's pretty...
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Inspiration from Trump’s journey to 2nd presidency to persevere in an extended unemployment

by | November 8, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

As a failed (so far) candidate in postdoc applications, I am challenged for months to keep going. I drew some inspiration from Trump. Just quick few thoughts. Trump kept going even though he is almost 80 years old despite many challenges. So even though I feel like I...
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‘Tis the season (or the rant of an imperfect candidate)

by | November 8, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

It is almost 3AM here in Helsinki, Finland. I am up. Can't sleep. One of my babies finally went to sleep (which is unusual because he is still an all-night nurser) and I have a moment to write a blog article, which is a bit controversial because it is about my failure...
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List of tips to solve research problems

by | October 25, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

So you got a research problem. As years of being a researcher went by, I am more calm when problems arise, as I am familiar a bit more about the process of finding solutions, and am familiar more also with myself. Here are some tips in solving research-related...
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Short description of noticing lack of credit for Emmy Noether’s (a female mathematician) groundbreaking work in a textbook

by | June 19, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

June 19th, 2023, Helsinki Maria Babakhanyan STONE I love reading astronomy books. I love the topic of astronomy, but today as I reached a section in mid-chapter, I had a frown of disappointment. I reported it in the short twitter chain, but repeat this here for future...
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Coding examples

by | May 22, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Preface I grew up in a house parented by programmers. Yes, both my parents went to get Bachelor's degrees in physics and math and in programming (computational sciences) in Tbilisi, Georgia. And I think my father went further ahead with his education, but I still have...
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Looking at galaxies on your computer

by | March 31, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I posted on my Twitter a snapshot of few amazing galaxies, and someone asked about their distances. https://twitter.com/Maria_Science/status/1641418503163981825?s=20 I had the coordinates for these galaxies, so I could use the SDSS Navigate tool to see if the...
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installing the pipeline to reduce FORS2 data

by | February 2, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Follow @Maria_Science I have some FORS2 spectroscopic data and need to get tools to reduce it. From the FORS2 page, https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/fors/overview.html, I navigate to the “Manuals”,...
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Image Credits: Telescope by Juan Pablo Bravo from the Noun Project

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