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Date Submitted: Last Modified: Current job: Employment Term: Relocation: Date available: Industry: Keywords2005 - 2008 PhD in Astrophysics; Expected Graduation March 2009 Armagh Observatory, Queens University Belfast, UK
Thesis: “ Software for Photometric and Astrometric reduction of Video Meteors ”
The PhD consists of three major parts, writing astronomical software to analyze video meteors (shooting stars) , coordinating observations of meteor showers and finally analyzing different aspect of meteor showers.
2002 - 2005 B.Sc. in Geosciences and Astrophysics International University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
1999 – 2002 GCSE Cambridge Ordinary & Advanced Level (O&A Level) Budhanilkantha School - Kathmandu, Nepal
Work/Training Experience
Jun - Aug 2004 Research Assistant for Astrophysics Max Planck Institute of Extra-Terrestrial Physics, Germany Analyzed and improved the background data reduction method of gamma ray instrument 'COMPTEL'.
Jul – Aug 2004 Research/Lab Assistant for Physics Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany Worked in a particle accelerator lab to help set-up an experiment and research on particle transport in interstellar medium
24 – 28 Feb ' 04 Student Assistant in Department of Physical Oceanography NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), Texel, Netherland. Responsible for analyzing raw data on ocean currents from Lisboa Canyon.
Sep/2002- 2003 Teaching Assistant for Mathematics International University Bremen, Germany. Graded student assignments and help students during examination periods at the Maths support centre.
Sep ' 03 – Jan ' 04 Research Assistant for Physics lab (optical lithography)
Physics Department, International University Bremen, Germany.
Responsible for conducting lithography experiments.
May ' 03 Student Assistant for Physics lab, May 2003
Physics Department, International University Bremen, Germany.
Help set-up a new optical research laboratory.
Extracurricular Activities
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Member of the international team (13 member) for developing “ A virtual observatory for Meteoroid “. First meeting to be held on 24-28 Nov. 2008. Task includes analysing which informations to be stored on the virtual Meteoroid database.
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Assisted in the University of Helsinki’s Student Union (ESN) Buddy Project on 29th September 2007 . Project consisted of organizing a total of 130 foreign university students in groups, and having them compete in fun games.
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Co-organized a “UNICEF Christmas” show on Dec 2004 at International University, Germany to raise funds to promote women education in Nepal. Tasks involved selecting and organizing the performances for the show, arranging details with UNICEF Bremen, contacting light and music crew, advertising and sending invitations, and coordinating the event successfully on the day.
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Co-organized a fund-raising campaign for the South-East Asia Tsunami victims on Jan 2005 at International University, Germany.
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Treasurer of Environment Club, Year 2001, Budhanilkantha School, Nepal
Responsible for finance of the club, including fund-raising
IT & Language Skills
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Windows, Linux, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, FrontPage, LaTeX , SPSS
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Programming languages – IDL, FORTRAN, C (basic), Perl (Basic)
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Nepali (Native), English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent)
Personal Achievements
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Will complete PhD at the age of 23 years and be “youngest person to complete PhD ” from Nepal.
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Was “Invited” to give a talk at a conference in NASA Ames, California, USA on May 2008.
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Full Scholarship plus monthly stipend awarded by Armagh Observatory for PhD (3 years) in UK (worth ~ £14 K / year ).
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Full Scholarship awarded by International Uni. Bremen for BSc studies (3 years) in Germany (worth €15 K / year).
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Completed two competent internships simultaneously (mentioned in work experience above) in different fields during July/Aug 2004 in Munich, Germany.
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Was offered Teaching Assistant position for Mathematics starting from the first semester in University.
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Travelled to 19 countries (for work and leisure) in Asia, Europe and North America; and Worked/Trained in 5 different countries .
* References , recommendations and other information will be provided on request
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