Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia2014
Thesis: "Evolution of planetary nebulae with WR-type central stars"
Supervisor: Prof. Quentin A. Parker

Master of Science, Queen's University Belfast, UK 2009
Project: "Propagation of electron-acoustic waves in a plasma with suprathermal electrons"
Advisers: Dr. Ioannis Kourakis and Prof. Manfred A. Hellberg

Master of Science, University of Rostock, Germany 2007

Professional History

Research Assistant, Observational Astrophysics 2010 - 2014
Research Centre in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrophotonics, Macquarie University, Australia

Graduate Student, Theoretical Plasma Physics 2008 - 2009
Centre for Plasma Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Early-Stage Researcher, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 2007 - 2008
Department of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, University of Craiova, Romania

Grants Record

2011-14: NCI National Facility, CoI, "Photoionization modeling of planetary nebulae", (g33, 350 KSU).

2012-14: Swinburne SwinSTAR HPC, PI, "MQ Galactic planetary nebulae", (p063-astro, 250 KSU).

2011-14: Intersect Orange HPC, CoI, "Kinematic and ionization study of planetary nebulae with close-binary central stars", (g33, 200 KSU).

2013: Gemini 8.1-m Telescope, GMOS-IFU, PI, "Kinematic and ionization study of planetary nebulae with close-binary nuclei" (GS-2013A-Q-88).

2013: AAT 3.9-m Telescope, SPIRAL, CoI, "Kinematical study of Galactic planetary nebulae with binary central stars" (SP019).

2012: Gemini 8.1-m Telescope, GMOS-IFU, PI, "Kinematic study of planetary nebulae with potential double-degenerate nuclei" (GS-2012B-Q-69).

2012: ANU 2.3-m Telescope, WiFeS, PI, "Morphokinematics and abundances analysis of Galactic planetary nebulae with binary central stars" (WiFeS, 3120158).

2012: ANU 2.3-m Telescope, WiFeS, PI, "Kinematic study of planetary nebulae with potential double-degenerate nuclei" (WiFeS, 1120214).

Scholarships Record

2014: Australian Institute of Physics Student Conference Support
2014: International Astronomical Union Grant (IAUS312)
2013: Astronomical Society of Australia Student Travel Assistance
2013: Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR)
2011: International Astronomical Union Grant (IAUS281,282,283)
2011: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Scholarship (ICPDP6)
2010: International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES)
2008: Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) Studentship
2007: Marie Curie Early-Stage Fellowship (MRTN-CT-2004-005104)