Amina Helmi

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Amina Helmi
File:Amina Helmi (Bram Saeys) 2019.jpg
Amina Helmi in 2019
Born (1970-09-06) 6 September 1970 (age 55)[3]
Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Alma materLeiden University (PhD)[4]
Known forHelmi stream
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy[2]
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen
University of La Plata
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Utrecht University
ThesisThe formation of the Galactic Halo (2000)
Doctoral advisorsTim de Zeeuw
Simon White

Amina Helmi (6 October 1970) is an Argentine astronomer and professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.[5][2]

Education

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Helmi was educated at Leiden University where she was awarded a PhD in 2000 with a thesis on the formation of the galactic halo, supervised by Tim de Zeeuw and Simon White.[6][4]

Career and research

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Since 2003 Helmi has been faculty member at the University of Groningen, and has been a full professor since 2014. Previously, she held postdoctoral positions at the University of La Plata in Argentina, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, and Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Her research focuses investigates the evolution and dynamics of galaxies, in particular the Milky Way, using locations, velocities, ages, and chemical abundances of stars to understand the formation process of galaxies, known as galactic archaeology.[5][7] She also studies the nature of dark matter. In her research, Helmi uses computer simulations as well as observational data from for example the Gaia space telescope.[8][9]

Awards and honors

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In 2019, Helmi was named one of the four winners of the Spinoza Prize.[10] She was awarded membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.[11]

She was awarded the Christiaan Huygensprize in 2004[12] and the Pastoor Schmeitsprize in 2010.[13]

The Helmi stream is named after her and she was awarded the Suffrage Science award in 2019.

In 2021, Helmi won the Brouwer Award from the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society.

References

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