Mihaly Varadi

Educational and Scientific Background: I have a university degree (MC) in astronomy. I got my degree at the university of Szeged in Hungary in 2006. During my undergraduate years I had opportunity to do photometric CCD observations and learn photometric CCD reductions. Later I have improved these skills when I was employed as a technical and research assistant in Konkoly Observatory in Budapest. In this institute I belonged to the Variable Star Group and I was interested and I was involved in relatively short period pulsating stars research.
It is an extraordinary opportunity: to be able to continue my study as ELSA ESR in the same field which I was previously involved, to work on the preparation of Gaia variability processing in Gaia CU7, to learn from people who have huge amount of experiences with former space missions. In CU7 I am responsible for the short period variables and small amplitude periodic variables sub work-packages, which are part of the specialdetection work-package of the Gaia CU7 pipeline. My PhD thesis is also on the research of short period variable stars in large photometric surveys.

Mihaly Varadi

Astronomical Observatory of the Geneva University

51, chemin des Maillettes

CH-1290 Sauverny