Prof of Astrophysics/Astroparticle Physics @ U of Amsterdam All things black hole, Multi-WL/MM. Space, sci-fi, cats, valve amps, other unabashed geekery.
Joined September 2018
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Science is for everyone, so it's really important that it is accessible. HT to @kimberlykowal and the NASA visualisation/sonification team for making 3D printable tactile images, and soundscapes, of #OurBlackHole! You can find them at: chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sg…
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This was hands down the funnest 🧪science🔭 panel I've ever done, getting to nerd out about the science of my fav sci-fi show @ExpanseOnPrime with one of its main actors (who should totally have a "nice off" with Keanu)!! Thx also to @TheExpanseGeeks for the cool swag! 🚀🙏
10 Oct 2024
That’ll be the @ProfSeraMarkoff — a member of the @ehtelescope team that produced the first image of a black hole — getting Steven Strait to sign her Rocinante.
We approve!
For more from the @esa ESTEC Open Day hit our link in the bio! #EHT #beltalowda #TheExpanse #spacerocks
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waarvoor u staat, is het een gemiste kans deze aan te vliegen met een line-up die in vele opzichten niet divers is. Dit moet en kan beter. Het @LNVH_NL is altijd bereid mee te denken over de samenstelling van dit soort delegaties. Een lijst met namen ligt klaar. (2/2)
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Beste @kimputters,
In Nederland hebben we een groot aantal vrouwelijke hoogleraren en wetenschappers in alle takken van de Bestuurskunde en andere vakgebieden die voor dit formatieproces van belang zijn. Met het oog op de belangrijke opgave (1/2)
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As if there wasn't enough to celebrate with the new @ehtelescope results today, I just saw that my @GRAPPAinstitute and @uva_api colleague @samayanissanke has just been awarded the @AAS_HEAD Mid-Career prize for her work on multi-messenger astrophysics!! 🎉🎉🎉
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As the ring turns: our first @ehtelescope 2018 results are out and check it out: the ring has shifted around the black hole! We're not entirely sure what it means but we have a few ideas, stay tuned for the Theory & Interpretation paper coming soon!
18 Jan 2024
Helderheidspiek van ring rond zwart gat M87* is in jaar tijd 30 graden tegen de klok in verschoven. astronomie.nl/nieuws/m87-een…
📡 Beeld: EHT Collaboration (@ehtelescope)
ALT Het zwarte gat van M87. Links in 2017. Rechts in 2018. Een heldere oranje gele ring omringt een donkere centrale schaduw. Het helderste deel van de ring is in 2018 ongeveer 30 graden tegen de klok in verschoven ten opzichte van 2017: van ongeveer 7 uur naar ongeveer 5 uur. Credit: EHT Collaboration
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I’m teaching a MSc course “Extreme Astrophysics” and a luminary of our field (Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of pulsars, for which her advisor got a Nobel…) gave a talk my students attended. Not only could they understand it, they also got this magnificent selfie with her!!
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Looking for a postdoc position modelling (astrophysical) black holes in Amsterdam? Look no more! Please pass on to anyone you know who might be interested!
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It's always a joy to meet a brilliant scientist, in this case a very special one who helped pave the way for the rest of us!
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Another research group blog post, by recently started MSc student Ruby Duncan, with some personal reflections on research and some tips for citizen-scientists who want to get involved!
Reflections on Research, for scientists and non-scientists alike: seramarkoff.com/2023/12/refl…
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This is a tardy reposting of a new PhD student in my group's first research blog post, Subhrat Praharaj! In this post he talks about sonification, where we 'convert' light into sound for eg. vision-impaired people to understand:
seramarkoff.com/2023/11/unde…
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New research group blog by PhD student León S. Salas, that has some nice links to both science outreach about black holes using music as well as scientific visualisations!
Visualizing Black Holes seramarkoff.com/2023/10/visu…
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It's probably too late for most people but after a summer hiatus we are back with research group blog posts, this time by PhD student @LSosapanta, who points out some interesting non-nuclear bomb work of Oppenheimer:
Read this before watching Oppenheimer seramarkoff.com/2023/08/read…
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Sera Markoff (@profsera.bsky.social) retweeted
4 Aug 2023
Our August editorial: Introducing the Nature Reviews Physics Advisory Board.
We welcome Prabeer Barpanda, @LindaCremonesi, Yonit Hochberg, @ProfSeraMarkoff, @MMoralesMasis, Juan Perilla, @tiwarylab, Jianwei Wang & Xiaofei Yang
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I've basically been out of here awhile, off to the blue skies for now. If you are looking for an invite to the other place, particularly if you are a PoC or other URM, lmk! I've got a few...
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Sera Markoff (@profsera.bsky.social) retweeted
18 Jul 2023
Inspirational weekend at #SciFoo where I met astrophysicist @ProfSeraMarkoff (1st black hole pic-LOVE her dress : ) and reproductive justice anthropologist/author of Period: @KateClancy, and many more! Gave lightning talk on HG and session Pregnancy, Periods, Perimenopause!
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Check out the new research group blog post by PhD student @WangaMMulaudzi! Hot off the trail from two exciting international trips to Asia:
Science Enables Globetrotting! seramarkoff.com/2023/07/scie…
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This was one of the nicest public events I've done, mixing science with incredible music by @arthurjeffes and mindblowing visuals by @JuliusHorsthuis! A great way to celebrate @GRAPPAinstitute at 10 years!
3 Jul 2023
Wonderful @GRAPPAinstitute outreach event tonight at the @Artis_nl planetarium. Brilliant talks by @DD_Baumann, @ProfSeraMarkoff, @decowski, and @C_Weniger, moderated by @sterrenkunde
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There's a really nice science event for the public in a few weeks at the lovely ARTIS, I'll be speaking along with several of my colleagues to celebrate our institute's 10th bday! Please join us!
12 Jun 2023
If you are in Amsterdam in early July, please consider attending the public event at the wonderful ARTIS planetarium, as part of the GRAPPA10 conference (Mon 3rd July, 19:30). You can get your tickets here: artis.nl/en/what-do/agenda-a…
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For the latest edition of our research group blog, postdoc Dr. Sheridan Lloyd tests whether ChatGPT is poised to replace him as an astrophysicist!
Rise of the Machines... seramarkoff.com/2023/06/rise…
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Just got sent the ad for @AstroVivi's textbook on Machine Learning in Physics & Astronomy today from Princeton University Press!! 💕📖
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