Dr Joanna Sakowska

University of Surrey

I am an Astrophysics PhD graduate from the University of Surrey.

I am strongly passionate about making Physics accessible for everyone. I have years of experience in designing and delivering outreach workshops to a wide range of audience. Please feel free to contact me for more information.

Interests

Stellar populations
The Magellanic Clouds
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
Low surface brightness regime

Education

PhD in Astrophysics, 2020 - 2024

University of Surrey
MPhys Physics with Astronomy, 2016 - 2020

University of Surrey

Research Projects

Automatised search for low surface brightness galaxies

During my 2 month stay at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, I developed a pipeline to automatically search for and measure low surface brightness galaxies in the Stripe82 SDSS survey images.

Satellite galaxies of the Magellanic Clouds with DELVE

I am leading an automatised search for stellar overdensities within the DELVE-MC catalogue, which covers the entire Magellanic Clouds and their peripheries. This could result in the discovery of new ultra-faint dwarf galaxies or star clusters.

Star Formation History of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy

I am working on the star formation history of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy using photometric data from the SMASH survey (Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History).

Publication highlights

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P. Massana, Dr Joanna Sakowska (2022). The synchronized dance of the magellanic clouds' star formation history. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 513, Issue 1, pp.L40-L45.

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