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Maria Babakhanyan Stone, Doctoral student

NOW! Seeking a suitable postdoctoral research position or fellowship in Astronomy.
Observing now quasar fields at the Nordic Optical Telescope 15-19.9.2023, PI of Proposal 67-022.

University of Turku

Department of Physics and Astronomy

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

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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Volunteering in Armenia

by | December 20, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I come to be by your side, Armenia, at this time, with you to walk however briefly, and help rebuild, strengthen, and revive the hope During the COVID-19 pandemic, unfortunately, yet another even more horrible fate fell on the shoulders of Armenians, as Azerbaijan and...
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Travel Report – Presentation at the International Conference “Active Galaxies and Quasars” dedicated to M. A. Arakelian’s 90th anniversary (2019)

by | September 13, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Maria Babakhanyan Stone This is a conference on the topic of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) which took place in the Byurakan Observatory, Armenia in 2019.  I was thrilled to be accepted to the conference to present my PhD research. Unfortunately, my travels did not...
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Navigating the Sky Above the Clouds

by | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Travel Account of Research Trip by Maria Babakhanyan Stone On August 14th, 2017, when I left the San José/ San Francisco Bay Area / Sacramento region of California to pursue a PhD research program in Astronomy in Turku Finland, studying under...
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Tandem Finnish Language Learning Diary

by | October 14, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

(Language and Culture Tandem) by Maria Babakhanyan Stone 10/14/2017 I met my tandem partner (for privacy, her name is H). She seems nice. We didn't speak Finnish yet. Hopefully next time I will not be shy and we can speak some Finnish :). 10/27/2017 - 2nd Tandem...
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Image Credits: Telescope by Juan Pablo Bravo from the Noun Project

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