CV
Curiculum Vitea
Danuta Paraficz
Polish citizen, b. 1982 in Poznan, POLAND
Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL)
2017 June Data Scientist at DufEnergy Tranding SA, Switzrland
2013 - 2017 June Post-Doc at the l'ASTRO, EPFL, SWITZERLAND
2010 - 2013 - Post-Doc at the Laboratoire Astrophysique de Marseille, FRANCE
29 January 2010- PhD graduation
2006 - 2009 - PhD position at the DARK Cosmology Centre, DENMARK
2005 - 2007 - Scientific Studentship at Nordic Optical Telescope
2004 - 2005 - Average grade at the Copenhagen University: 10.9 / 11.0
2004 - 2005 - Socrates program scholarship
2001 - 2005 - Scientific scholarship at Adam Mickiewicz University
2001 - 2004 - Average grade at the Adam Mickiewicz University: 4.8 / 5.0
Publications
1. The PCA Lens Finder: application to CFHTLS.
D. Paraficz, JF. Courbin, R. Joseph et al.
2. ASTErIsM - Application of topometric clustering algorithms in automatic galaxy detection and classification.
A. Tramacere, D. Paraficz, et al
3. Hubble constant and dark energy inferred from free-form determined time delay distances.
M. Serano, D. Paraficz
4. The Bullet Cluster revisited: New results from new constraints and improved strong lensing modeling technique.
D. Paraficz, J-P. Kneib, J.Richard et al
5. Gravitational lenses as cosmic rulers: m, from time delays and
velocity dispersions
D. Para.cz and J. Hjorth
6. The Hubble constant inferred from 18 time delay lenses
D. Paraficz and J. Hjorth
7. Results of optical monitoring of 5 SDSS double QSOs with the
Nordic Optical Telescope
D. Paraficz, J. Hjorth and A. Elasdottir
8. Microlensing variability in time-delay quasars
D. Para.cz, J. Hjorth, I. Burud, P. Jakobsson and .A. El..asd.ottir
9. Resolving the Discrepancy Between Lensing and X-Ray Mass Esti-
mates of the Complex Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689
S. Riemer-Sorensen, D. Paraficz, D. D. M Ferreira, K. Pedersen, M. Limousin
and H. Dahle
10. Where is the matter in the Merging Cluster Abell 2218?
A. Elasdottir, M. Limousin, J. Richard, J. Hjorth, J., P. Kneib, P. Natarajan,
K. Pedersen, E. Jullo and D. Paraficz
2007, arXiv, 0710, 5636
11. Extinction Curves of Lensing Galaxies out to z = 1.
A. Eliasdottir, J. Hjorth, S. Toft, I. Burud and D. Paraficz
2006, ApJS, 166, 443
12. GRB 070612A: NOT observations.
D. Malesani, J. Hjorth, J. P. U. Fynbo, J. Sollerman, G. Olofsson, D. Paraficz
and M. Durant
2007, GCN, 6555 ,1
13. GRB 070306: NOT observations.
D. Malesani, A. O. Jaunsen, C. C. Thoene, J. Hjorth, D. Paraficz, E. Leitet
and B. Caldwell
2007, GCN, 6178, 1
14. GRB 050922C: re.ned redshift.
P. Jakobsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Paraficz, J. Telting, B. L. Jensen, J. Hjorth,
J. M. Castro Cern,
2005, GCN, 4029, 1
15. GRB 050922C: absorption redshift from the nordic optical tele-
scope.
P. Jakobsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Paraficz, J. Telting, B. L. Jensen, J. Hjorth,
J. M. Castro Cern,
2005, GCN, 4017, 1
16. GRB 050922C: NOT optical observations.
P. Jakobsson, J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Paraficz, J. Telting, B. L. Jensen, J. Hjorth,
J. M. Castro Cern,
2005, GCN, 4015, 1
TALKS GIVEN
Nordic Meeting in Physics Copenhagen June 2009 talk
Invited talk Zurich May 2009 talk
Invited talk Marseille April 2009 talk
JENAM England March 2009 poster
44th Rencontres de Moriond La Thuile February 2009 poster
Invited talk La Palma July 2008 talk
Danish Physical Society Meeting Nyborg June 2008 talk
Nordforsk Meeting Copenhagen April 2008 talk
43th Rencontres de Moriond La Thuile March 2008 poster
Invited talk Copenhagen April 2007 talk
ANGLES meeting Copenhagen November 2006 talk
Danish Physical Society Meeting Nyborg June 2006 talk
SKILLS
Computing Shell scripting and pipelines
Astronomical software: IRAF, DAOphot, Gaia, CASA
Advanced programming in C, C++, Python and IDL
Machine Learning, statistics, data processing, data mining
Good knowledge of HTML and LATEX
Unix, Linux, and Windows
Observations 2 years work as a support astronomer at the NOT
Observations with ALMA and VLT X-shooter as visiting astronomer
Imaging with optical and infrared cameras
Spectroscopy with optical and infrared cameras
Polarimetry
Operating telescope and supporting observations
EDUCATION
2006 - 2009 PhD position at DARK Cosmology Centre, Denmark
2006 - 2007 Support Astronomer Scienti.c Studentshipat Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), Spain
2005 - 2006 Master Student of Astronomy at the Copenhagen University, Denmark
master thesis in gravitational lensing
under supervision of professor Jens Hjorth
2004 - 2005 Guest Student of Astronomy at the Copenhagen University, Denmark
2003 - 2004 Student of Computer Science at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
2001 - 2004 Student of Astronomy at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
1997 - 2001 Secondary school no. IX, Poznan, Poland
LANGUAGES
Polish mother tongue
English advanced
German advanced
Spanish intermediate
Greek intermediate
French beginner
Danish beginner