by astro-admin | Jan 31, 2026 | Career conundrums, PhD tips, Quasar research
Dear Student, Thank you for your interest in Astronomy studies and research in Finland. I am asked the question about such opportunities a lot from people around the world. While I am not an expert, here are a few notes and resources that I started compiling to point...
by astro-admin | Jan 14, 2026 | Career conundrums
first parts written while listening to music in Frascati, roof apartment, Rome, Italy at dawn, still dark outside, kids sleeping I am not slow, I am thorough. I don’t incorporate black boxes into my calculation or analysis in general, I first investigate and...
by astro-admin | Nov 6, 2025 | Career conundrums, PhD tips, Quasar research
Nonlinear career path to astronomy (a smoothie of passion for astronomy, failures, and achievements) Astronomy books and Astronomy Club activities inspired me growing up. My interest in astronomy begins from my childhood (cliché?), inspired from reading books about...
by astro-admin | Nov 4, 2025 | Career conundrums, Quasar research
Today I am thrilled to celebrate a small achievement which I discovered unexpectedly. I found out through happenstance that my PhD Thesis in Astronomy has been downloaded impactfully more times than others in the topic of astronomy from the University of Turku,...
by astro-admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Books and writing, Career conundrums, Outreach, community service, humanitarian work, Quasar research
It is a dream come true to work with celestial coordinates. All images are from Pixabay with Pixabay Content Licence, this globe with coordinates is by artist GDJ . My first postdoc research work at the Institute of Astrophysics and Planetology (*planetology means...
by astro-admin | Sep 17, 2025 | Career conundrums
Here I just jot down thoughts about my move and transition as an early career researcher with a family (2 young kids), so maybe if I have time later I can put it into a blog article, but for now, at least I share this info in bits. Financials 1. I had to pay 80 euros...
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