New faces - Page 2

Chandrashekhar Kalogodu from India chose RoCS - Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, University of Oslo, to be part of one of the leading groups in solar research.

Following up his Master thesis project this summer, Daniel Jakobsson is back at RoCS working at the SolarAlma project. His work stay is made possible by the Rosseland Visitor Program.

A month before the national lockdown in March, Atul Mohan started working at the EMISSA project at RoCS, UiO, as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

Originally from Stavanger, laureate in Bergen, Thore Espedal Moe is the new PhD student at the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physic, UiO. 

"I hope my contributions will help increase our understanding of the relationship between the Solar magnetic field and atmospheric heating" - Rebecca Robinson.

"I was at an early age determined to learn more within astronomy" - Øystein Håvard Færder.

"Stars are the driving force to the life as we know it, so to understand the origins of life, understanding stars is crucial." - Sneha Pandit

Since April 2019, Carlos Quintero Noda is a new postdoc of the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS). His aim? To become a better researcher expanding his knowledge of numerical simulations, while learning how to enjoy the Norwegian winter.

Helle Bakke joined the shining group of PhD students at RoCS on September 1st 2018.

"I wanted to know how it is living in one of the cities with the highest life quality in the world"

"By the time I was in upper secondary school I knew exactly how I wanted to proceed in the following years"

"I am fascinated with the nature here, and the mountains so close to Oslo. That is something you cannot find in Denmark!"

"ITA offers an ideal environment to learn and a unique opportunity to collaborate with members of the solar group whose research topics are akin to mine."

“Norway itself is welcoming - since my arrival the weather was ideal.“

“I’m hoping to embrace the Norwegian culture as much as possible and make the most out of the beautiful Scandinavian nature“, Petra Kohutova

Benedikte Evensen is starting as Centre Coordinator for RoCS from the 1st of February 2018.