Sergey Koposov

Research interests

Galactic archaeology, Milky Way structure, Hyper-velocity stars, Large surveys, Statistics, Machine Larning

Biography

I graduated from the Physics/Astronomy department of Moscow State University in 2006. After that, I did my PhD at the University of Heidelberg with Prof. Hans-Walter Rix. I defended my thesis on 'Understanding the Milky Way Halo through Large Surveys' in 2009. I then joined the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge as a research associate. In 2016 I received the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to continue working in Cambridge. In 2017 I moved to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA as an assistant professor in the McWilliams Center for Cosmology. I was promoted to associate professor in 2020. In the same year, I moved to the Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh as a Reader in Observational Astronomy. I also hold the title of Affiliated Lecturer in the Insitute of astronomy at the University of Cambridge.

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