Beatriz finished her PhD in astrophysics at Uppsala University (Sweden), and is on her first postdoc at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Her main research lies within Active Galactic Nuclei, especially the AGN Unification Model. She is also an enthusiastic amateur violinist.

Project leader

Master student in Astronomy and Space Physics at Uppsala University and designer of this website (yes, blame him). Right now, he is studying the relationship (if any) between a certain type of supernovae and Active Galactic Nuclei. And he loves to write.

Web designer

Jim is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, UK. He studies the formation of gravitational wave sources, using statistical and machine learning techniques to understand how populations of massive stellar binaries end up as populations of compact object binaries. He is also a keen chess player.

Master student in astronomy with a passion for exoplanets and planetary systems. Loves being outdoor, hiking and skiing.

Statistician & computer scientist, and hobby astronomer. Interested in astrostatistics, public engagement, citizen science, pro-am collaboration. Founder and administrator of astrostatistics.org. 

Dr. Torgny Karlsson got his doctoral degree at Uppsala University and works as a researcher at Uppsala University.

Scientific divulgator, science vlogger, biology and natural science teacher at astronomy clubs and educational projects at Amazonas, Biology student in Universidade Estadual do Amazonas (Brazil, UEA). Amateur astronomer, science lover. 

Outreach director

Assistant professor of astrophysics at Nordita in Stockholm working on various theoretical aspects of cosmic dust. Ph.D. thesis on models of dust-driven outflows from so-called "carbon stars", he began working on the enigmatic origins of cosmic dust at high redshifts. His current research activities include models of dust processing and the effects of turbulence in the interstellar medium. His interest in SETI began with a side project with the aim of estimating when the first civilisations in the Universe could have appeared and how this is related to the origins of cosmic dust.

Postdoc in energy systems research at Uppsala University. Research interests include applied mathematics, solar irradiance and electricity use. Particularly stochastic modeling is of interest. Also, authoring popular science is of interest.

Vice-President for development of the International Astrostatistics Association (IAA) and head of the Cosmostatistics Initiative.  Co-author of the book “Bayesian Models for Astrophysical data”, 418 pages by Cambridge Press. Winner of the 2016 IAA Award for Outstanding Publications in Astrostatistics.

Area of expertise: Astrostatistics, Bayesian Models, Machine learning,  Extragalactic Astrophysics and Cosmology

 Associate Professor in Astronomy, specializing on the study of the first stars and galaxies, but with research interests also spanning astrobiology and SETI. Erik Zackrisson is the leader of Project Hephaistos, a SETI endeavour focusing on astroengineering signatures of extraterrestrial intelligence.