Amina Helmi

Amina Helmi (6 October 1970) is an Argentine astronomer and professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.[4]

Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi in 2019
Born (1970-09-06) September 6, 1970[1]
Bahía Blanca
NationalityArgentine[1]
Alma materLeiden University (PhD)[2]
Known forHelmi stream
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy[4]
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen
University of La Plata
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Utrecht University
ThesisThe formation of the Galactic Halo (2000)
Doctoral advisorsTim de Zeeuw
Simon White
Websitewww.astro.rug.nl/~ahelmi/

Education

Helmi was eduated at Leiden University where she was awarded a PhD in 2000 with a thesis on the formation of the galactic halo, supervised by Tim de Zeeuw and Simon White.[5][2]

Career and research

Since 2003 Helmi has been faculty member at the University of Groningen, and has been a full professor since 2014. Previously, she held postdoctoral positions at the University of La Plata in Argentina, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, and Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Her research focuses investigates the evolution and dynamics of galaxies, in particular the Milky Way, using locations, velocities, ages, and chemical abundances of stars to understand the formation process of galaxies, known as stellar archaeology. She also studies the nature of dark matter. In her research, Helmi uses computer simulations as well as observational data from for example the Gaia space telescope.[6][7]

Awards and honors

In 2019, Helmi was named one of the four winners of the Spinoza Prize.[8] She was awarded membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.[9]

She was awarded the Christiaan Huygensprize in 2004[10] and the Pastoor Schmeitsprize in 2010.[11]

The Helmi stream is named after her and she was awarded the Suffrage Science award in 2019.

References
  1. "De Jonge Akademie – Amina Helmi". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. "Gaia people – Amina Helmi". esa.int. European Space Agency. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. van Hal, George (21 June 2019). "'Archeoloog van de sterren' Amina Helmi krijgt de Spinozapremie, de hoogste wetenschappelijke eer van Nederland". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. Amina Helmi publications indexed by Google Scholar
  5. Helmi, Amina (2000). The formation of the Galactic Halo (PDF). rug.nl (PhD thesis). Leiden University. OCLC 495524256.
  6. Brown, A. G. A.; Vallenari, A.; Prusti, T.; de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Babusiaux, C.; Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.; Biermann, M.; Evans, D. W.; Eyer, L.; Jansen, F.; Jordi, C.; et al. (2018). "Gaia Data Release 2". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 49211658.
  7. "Prof. dr. Amina Helmi". University of Groningen. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. "NWO Spinoza Prize 2019". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
  9. Amina Helmi, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, retrieved 2019-01-05
  10. "Laureaten Christiaan Huygens Wetenschapsprijs" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. "Amina Helmi and Joop Schaye win Pastoor Schmeits Prize for astronomy". University of Groningen. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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