Work by Seok-Jun Chang featured on the MPA webpage
Seok-Jun Chang's work on hydrogen line formation in Little Red Dots was highlighted on the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics website.
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Fernando Hidalgo Pineda receives UMass-BW scholarship
Fernando Hidalgo Pineda has been awarded a Baden-Wurttemberg-UMass scholarship for a research stay at UMass Amherst in fall 2026.
Numerical/Theoretical Journal Club started!
We have started a weekly Numerical/Theoretical Journal Club, organized by Caitlin Doughty and Fernando Hidalgo-Pineda. The club meets every Monday, 14:00–14:30 in the library lounge of ARI. Sessions are informal; everyone is welcome.
Ritali Ghosh Successfully Defends Her PhD Thesis
Congratulations to Ritali Ghosh on defending her PhD thesis at IISc.
Postdoc Position Open
A postdoctoral position is open (see AAS Job Register listing).
Work by Hitesh Featured on the MPA Webpage
Hitesh Kishore Das' recent work was highlighted on the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics website.
Website is online (work in progress)
The website is now online — content and layout are still under construction.
We hosted some renowned guests
Seok-Jun Chang, Sumnyon Chon, Alankar Dutta and Hitesh Kishore Das visited the group — photos inside.
Hitesh Kishore Das Defends His PhD Thesis
Hitesh Kishore Das successfully defended his PhD thesis — congratulations!
Silvia Almada Monter wins Kippenhahn Prize
The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) awarded the Rudolf-Kippenhahn-Prize for the best scientific paper by a student to Silvia Almada Monter.
