Contact

Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)
Quantum, Vesilinnantie 5
FI-20014 University of Turku
Finland
Tel:  +358 29 450 4516​
email:  finca@utu.fi

Personnel

Petri Väisänen PhD, Director

Research interests:

galaxy evolution, interacting galaxies, starbursts & AGN, young massive stellar clusters, observational optical and infrared astronomy
Kari Nilsson PhD, Docent, Vice director

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Research interests:

AGN/QSO host galaxies, AGN monitoring, time series analysis, image processing, polarimetry
Roberto De Propris PhD, University Research Fellow

Research interests:

galaxy evolution, milky way structure and formation, galaxy mergers, globular clusters
Grigori Fedorets PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests:
small Solar System bodies, in particular VIS-NIR observations of close-approaching NEAs
Pasi Hakala PhD, docent, University Research Fellow

Research interests:

artificial intelligence applications to astronomy, compact binaries, optical variability surveys
Johanna Hartke PhD, Collegium Researcher

Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution, Galaxy dynamics, Planetary nebulae, Integral-field spectroscopy, Adaptive optics
Talvikki Hovatta PhD, Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

blazars, radio astronomy, multiwavelength-observations
Britton Jeter Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD

Research interests: High Frequency Radio Astronomy, VLBI, Bayesian Imaging, Relativistic Jets, Supermassive Black Holes
Tuomas Kangas PhD, docent, Academy Research Fellow

Research interests: supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, progenitor stars and host galaxies of transients
Dora Kusanović Trainee

Research interests: observational astronomy, galaxy formation and evolution, globular clusters, optical systems
Georgios Paraschos Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD

Research interests: Blazars, Radio Astronomy, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Multimessenger Observations, Supermassive Black Holes
Stefan Schuldt Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD

Research interests: strong lensing, time-delay cosmography, machine-learning
Mikael Turkki MSc, Doctoral Researcher

Reseach interests :

Active galactic nuclei, polarization, millimeter waveband, observational astronomy

FINCA-affiliated researchers and students

Jani Achrén M.Sc, Optical systems designer at Incident Angle Oy.

Activities: Optical systems design, STOP analysis and optimization, proprietary and open-source modelling, optical MLM datasets.
Jenni Jormanainen M.Sc., doctoral candidate

blazars, multiwavelength observations, optical polarization, very high energy gamma-ray astronomy
Elina Lindfors PhD, docent

Research interests:

very high energy gamma ray observations, AGN:s
Kelly Kelder MSc student

Research interests :

Large Scale Structure, galaxy clusters, brightest cluster galaxies, galaxy evolution and stellar populations.

 
Pouya M. Kouch M.Sc., doctoral candidate

Research interests:
AGN, multiwavelength observations, resonances in galaxies, time series analysis
Karri Koljonen PhD, visiting researcher

Research interests:

X-ray binaries, TDEs, accretion and outflows, multiwavelength observations, polarimetry, distance measurements, data analysis methods
Venkatessh Ramakrishnan

Radio astronomy, EHT observations, near-horizon AGN science, theoretical simulations and modelling of images and spectra.
Suman Sahu Doctoral Researcher
Research Interest:
galaxy evolution, starburst, AGN, feedback, Young Massive Clusters (YMCs), supernovae, host galaxies, integral field spectroscopy, multiwavelength astronomy
Quentin Salomé Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests:
AGN and outflows, AGN host galaxies, star formation in nearby galaxies, radio astronomy
Maria Babakhanyan Stone PhD Candidate

Research Interests:
galaxy formation and evolution, AGN, quasars, observational astronomy, programming, space exploration, citizen science, interdisciplinarity, teaching
Mauri Valtonen PhD, emeritus professor

Research interests:

quasars, three-body problem, cosmology