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How to choose the right PhD advisor?

How to choose the right PhD advisor?

by Liza Sazonova | Oct 14, 2022 | Career Navigation, Guides

Choosing a PhD advisor is one of the most important decisions of our PhDs – yet we have to make it over the course of just a couple of weeks. Here’s a guide for important things to look out for!

Playing hide-and-seek with colliding dying galaxies

Playing hide-and-seek with colliding dying galaxies

by Liza Sazonova | Jul 14, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Smashing with a neighbor can kill a galaxy – but is this how most of them die? Today’s authors look at mergers among the dying galaxies to find out!

[Galaxies sprinting] through the valley

[Galaxies sprinting] through the valley

by Liza Sazonova | Mar 23, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Do galaxies walk, crawl, or run through the green valley? Turns out, depends on the galaxy – but only the fast ones quench!

Choose your own adventure: 3 ways to kill a massive disk galaxy

Choose your own adventure: 3 ways to kill a massive disk galaxy

by Liza Sazonova | Feb 10, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

What kills the most massive disk galaxies in the Universe? Their own bulge, a sneaky bar, or a giant black hole? Let’s find out!

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