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Kirill Sokolovsky
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Hi, my name is Kirill Sokolovsky, I'm a postdoctoral researcher at
the Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
exploring active galactic nuclei variability with TESS - the research project lead by Yue Shen.
Previously, I've been with
the Physics and Astronomy Department of Michigan State University,
working in the team lead by
Laura Chomiuk and
Jay Strader
on multiwavelength observations of classical novae.
I've been fascinated with novae since I witnessed the discovery of
GeV emission from V407 Cygni and
co-discovered Nova Sagittarii 2012 #1.
I've also co-discovered Nova Cassiopeiae 2020
and contributed to the detection of
simultaneous GeV and optical flares in Nova Carinae 2018.
Active galactic nuclei are my other major topic of interest - they were the subject of
my PhD thesis.
I was involved in
RadioAstron Space-VLBI mission
that imaged active galaxies
BL Lacerate
and 3C 84
at tens-of-μas-scale resolution.
I'm also the lead developer of the VaST code
that identifies variable objects in a series of astronomical images.
- 2022-present - postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 2018-2022 - postdoctoral researcher at the Michigan State University
- 2015-2018 - postdoctoral researcher at the IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens
- 2011-2015 - researcher at the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute
- 2008-2011 - PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn
(2011 PhD in experimental physics from the University of Cologne)
- 2008 - Graduate from the Physics Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University
My full CV is here.
Here are some tools that I've been developing:
You can find me on
Github,
X/Twitter
or drop me a line at
kirx[at]kirx.net
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