Dr. Lia Aleksandrovic-Sartori

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I am an Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow in the Exoplanets and Habitability Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. My current research focuses on constraining the architecture of nearby planetary systems by combining multiple observing techniques such as high contrast imaging, integral field spectroscopy and radial velocities. I am also developing a statistical framework to quantify the probability of planets to host life.
Before that I was a Ph.D. Student at ETHZ and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC) in Santiago de Chile. My Ph.D. Thesis focuses on investigating active galactic nuclei (AGN) variability on multiple timescales, from days to Gyr. For this I combined multiwavelength observations of single objects, phenomenological models describing the general behaviour of the AGN population, as well as simulations. I also used multiwavelength selection criteria to search for and investigate AGN activity in dwarf galaxies.
Beside research, I am strongly involved in outreach, science communication and science promotion, especially with young people and children.