Basic information
Education:
2012 PhD Astronomy, University of Helsinki, Finland
2007 MSc Astronomy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Academic Experience:
2016 - current, Assistant professor, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
2015 - 2016, Postdoctoral researcher, Lowell Observatory, USA
2012 - 2015, Postdoctoral researcher, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
2011 - 2012, Student support astronomer, Nordic Optical Telescope, Spain
2010 - 2011, Predoctoral student, Lowell Observatory, USA
2007 - 2012, PhD student, University of Helsinki, Finland
2006 - 2007, Erasmus student, Umea University, Sweden
2001 - 2007, Undergraduate student, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Science dissimination
Publications:
Full list of my publications can be found here.
Published in:
Astronomy & Astrophysics (IF 4.479),
Icarus (IF 2.840),
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (IF 2.827),
Planetary & Space Science (IF 1.630),
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (IF 2.288),
and others
Invited talks:
2016 "Asteroid taxonomy and magnitude systems", Oszkiewicz et al., Sturdust Final Conference, The Nethrlands
2015 "Differentiated asteroids as a missing link in the history of the Solar System", XXXVII Congress of the Polish Astronomical Society, Poland
2014, "Asteroid taxonomy and the H,G1,G2 magnitude system", Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014, Helsinki, Finland
2013, "Lowell photometric and astrometric databases as precursors to Gaia", EWASS 2013 - Logomo, Turku, Finland
Contributed talks:
2017, "Non-Vestoid candidates in the inner Main Belt", Oszkiewicz et al., ACM2017, Montevideo, Uruguay
2013, "Selecting asteroids for a spectroscopic survey", Oszkiewicz, et al., ASSG2013 : Asteroid Spectroscopy in Support of Gaia, Nice, France
2011"Asteroid physical and dynamical properties from Lowell Observatory photometric database", Oszkiewicz et al., Solar System science before and after Gaia, Pisa, Italy
2011, "Information on asteroid taxonomy contained in phase curves", Oszkiewicz et al., EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, Nantes, France
2011 "Inverse methods for asteroid orbit computation", Oszkiewicz et al., ELSA conference, Gaia: At the frontiers of astrometry, Paris, France
2009 "Asteroid orbits with Gaia using MCMC ranging", Oszkiewicz et al., Geophysics Days, Helsinki
2007 "Flower satellite constellations", E. Wnuk, D. A. Oszkiewicz, Polish national celestial mechanics seminar, Ciechocinek, Poland
Posters:
Number of posters at various international conferences (ACM, DPS, PDC, EPSC, IAU GA, etc.)
Observing and technical skills
Observing experience:
Using data from service/que observations:
10 m South African Large Telescope (South African Astronomical Observatory, Republic of South Africa):
VIS spectroscopy of asteroids (instrument: RSS)
2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, Spain):
VIS spectroscopy of asteroids (instrument: ALFOSC)
Photometry of asteroids (instrument: ALFOSC)
70 cm Poznan Spectroscopic Telescope 2 (Winer Observatory, USA):
Photometry of asteroids
Observing in visiting mode/performing service observations:
4.3 m Discovery Chanel Telescope (Lowell Observatory, USA)
Long-slit spectroscopy of asteroids in visible wavelengths (instrument: DeVeny)
2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope (Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, Spain):
Fiber and long-slit spectroscopy in visible wavelengths (instruments: FIES, ALFOSC)
Observations of fast and slow moving objects (instrument: ALFOSC)
1.9 m (South African Astronomical Observatory, Republic of South Africa):
Photometry of asteroids (instrument: SHOC)
1.8 m Perkins Telescope (Anderson Mesa Station, USA)
Photometry of asteroids (instrument: PRISM)
1.06 m John Hall Telescope (Anderson Mesa Station, USA)
Photometry of asteroids (instrument: NASA42)
59 cm Schmidt telescope - Photometry (Anderson Mesa Station, USA):
Photometry of asteroids
60 cm telescope (Mount Suchora Observatory, Poland):
Photometry of variable stars
40 cm Borowiec photometric telescope (Borowiec Observatory, Poland):
Photometry of asteroids
Contributions to Scientific Software and resources:
Asteroid Phase Function Analyzer (Java) - online open-source java applet for computing asteroid photometric parameters - main author
Database of absolute magnitudes and phase curve parameters for around 420 000 asteroids
OpenOrb (Fortran), an open-source asteroid orbit computation software package. The source contains the Monte-Carlo and Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo statistical orbital ranging. - contributor
OrbitalInversion (Java), package for short-term processing pipeline of the Gaia satellite data. DPAC, CU4, Solar System Objects. - contributor
Orbit (C++, OpenGL) package for simulation and visualization (animation) of flower satellite constellations (for the needs of master thesis). - main author
Miscellaneous:
Programming languages: Python (present), other languages used: Java, Fortran, C, C++
Operating systems: Mac/Linux
Other software: LaTeX, IRAF, Gaia, ds9, etc.
Languages: English, Polish
Driving license: category B
Teaching experience
Lecturing:
Astrodynamics - 2016, 2017
Practical classes:
Computer methods in astronomy - 2016, 2017
Astronomy (observing class) - 2016, 2017
Computer lab - 2016
Astronomy for geoinformatics students - 2016, 2017
Astrodynamics 2017
Solar System dynamics 2017
Student supervision:
Bachelor thesis:
2017, "Analysis of formal uncertanities in determining asteroid rotational periods using Fourier series", Karolina Dziadura
Public outreach
Science popularization
Creator of educational trail in the "Meteorite Morasko" nature reserve (Poznań, Poland)
Supporting telescope viewing during the European Reaserchers Night 2013
Co-organizer of popular science conference "Meteorite Morasko - 100th anniversary of first discovery"
Multiple public talks during various popularisation events
Popular Science publications:
2008 "Finnish Fireball Network", D.Oszkiewicz, Cyrqlarz no. 189 (Polish amateur astronomy magazine)
"Educational Trail in the Meteorite Morasko Nature Reserve", Urania (Polish Astronomical Society magazine)
Grants, awards, memberships, etc.
Awards:
2017, Adam Mickiewicz University Dean's individual award III degree
2015, Scholarship for outstanding young scientists, Ministry of Science and higher education, Poland
2014, Asteroid: (16406) Oszkiewicz, International Astronomical Union
Grants and Fellowships (past and current):
2023-2027 OPUS23 Polish National Science Center (PI: Oszkiewicz) (48 months)
2018-2023 SONATA13 Polish National Science Center (PI: Oszkiewicz) (36 months)
2018-2022 OPUS13 Polish National Science Center Grant (PI: Kryszczyńska) (36 months)
2017-2019 SANORDA (ESA contract), NEO expert (24 months)
2015-2016 National Science Foundation (USA) grant number 73016 - employed in the grant (PI: Grundy) (12 months)
2015-2016 NEOTools, (ESA contract), NEO expert (24 months)
2012-2015 FUGA Polish National Science Center Grant nr 2012/S/ST9/00022 "Differentiated asteroids as a missing link to the Solar System history" (PI: Oszkiewicz) (36 months)
2012 European Science Fundation grant: G3: Exchange Visit supported from the Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training Network - programme supported by the European Commision through its seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie programme under grant agreement 264895 (4 months)
2011-2012 Nordic Optical Telescope scholarship (6 months)
2010-2011 Magnus Ehrnrooth scholarship (12 months)
2007-2010 ELSA fellowship - Marie Curie Research Training Network supported by the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Network contract: MRTN-CT-2006-033481 - employed in grant (Node PI: Muinonen) (36 months)
2006 Scientific scholarship - Adam Mickiewicz University (12 months)
Acted as a referee for:
Icarus - (2020 - 1)
Astronomical Journal (2017 -1)
Geophysica (2016 - 1)
Planetary and Space Science (2014 - 1, 2015 - 1)
The Earth magazine (2015 - 1)
Conference organization:
Member of the local organizing committee for:
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2014, Helsinki, Finland
Meteoroids 2013, Poznań, Poland
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XII, 2010, Helsinki, Finland
Professional memberships:
Polish Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Europlanet Society
European Astronomical Society
American Astronomical Society
Member of the CEN-CENELEC group for NEA standarisation (led by ESA)
Other professional activities:
2012 - 2014: Organizing Journal Club meetings at Poznań Observatory
Visits at other institutions, conferences, workshops, schools and similar
Visits at other institutions
2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NIR data reduction training)
2012 The Institut de mecanique celeste et de calcul des ephemerides (Development of MCMC orbit computation method for binary asteroids)
2009 Paris Meudon Observatory, France (Studies of physical properties of asteroid-comet transition Objects Elst-Pizarro and 2004 HW)
2008 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Astronomy Group, Belgium (Gaia code development)
International conferences attended
2017 ACM, Montevideo, Uruguay
2014 ACM, Helsinki, Finland
2013 3rd IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Flagstaff, USA
2013 Meteoroids, Poznań, Poland
2013 EWASS, Turku, Finland
2011 43rd DPS and EPSC meeting, Nantes, France
2010 42nd DPS meeting, Pasadena, USA
2009 IAU`s XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids, Granada, Spain
2008 ACM, Baltimore, USA
Workshops and schools:
2016 Stardust final conference, ESTEC, ESA, The Netherlands
2016 Missing links from discs to planets, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Social media in science popularisation, EFS, Polish Science Foundation
2014 Negociation skills, EFS, Polish Science Foundation
2013 3rd Workshop on binaries in the Solar System, Hawaii, USA
2013 Asteroid Spectroscopy in Support of Gaia, Nice, France
2010 Solar System science before and after Gaia, Pisa, Italy
2010 Binaries in the Solar System II, Poznań, Poland
2009 ELSA School on the Techniques of Gaia Heidelberg, Germany
2008 ELSA Workshop on Software Engineering and Numerics, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Gaia JAVA Workshop 2008 at ESAC, Madrid, Spain
2008 The Finnish Graduate School in Astronomy and Space Physics, Summer School 2008: Multi-dimensional Data Analysis and Data Mining, Repovesi national park, Finland
2008 Data Base workshops at ESAC, Madrid, Spain
2007 ELSA School on the Science of Gaia, Leiden, The Netherlands
2007 Manned Space Flights, Summer Course, Kiruna Sweden
2007 Space Science and Technology, Summer Course, Kiruna, Sweden
2005 VIRGO-EGO-SIGRAV school on gravitational waves, Cascina, Italy
Other meetings:
2015 Paris, France, Horizont 2020 - grant preparation
2014 Canterbury, UK, Horizont 2020 - grant preparation
2014 PKiM seminar, Warsaw, Poland
2013 XXXVI general Asembly of Polish Astronomical Society, Warsaw, Poland
2009 The International Conference of Young Astronomers (ICYA), Krakow, Poland
2009 DPAC CU4 8th meeting, Dresden Observatory, Germny
2009 DPAC CU4 7th meeting, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy
2009 Geophysics Days 2009, Helsinki, Finland
2009 GREAT Kick off meeting, Cambridge, UK
2008 ELSA Mid-Term Review and follow-up meeting, Brussels, Belgium
2008 A national meeting of the Finnish ESO scientist and students, Tuorla Observatory, Finland
2008 DPAC CU4 5th meeting, Liege, Belgium
2007 DPAC CU4 4th meeting, Paris, France
2007 FinCOSPAR, Espoo, Finland
2005 III Meteorite seminar, Olsztyn, Poland
2005 XXI Comets and Meteors Workshop seminar, Warsaw, Poland
2004 VI Conference of comet observers, PTMA, Cracow, Poland
2004 National seminar of astronomy students, Warsaw, Poland