Monika Pikhartová


Monika Pikhartová

Monika currently studies stars and compact remnants in galactic nuclei as sources of deterministic variability phenomena but is fascinated by space science of all kinds. She studied acceleration of solar energetic particles in shocks during her Master's and variability of protoplanetary disks during her Bachelor's.

Outside of research, Monika loves sports. She spent about 15years competitively swimming and recently started playing volleyball and beachvolleyball. When she's not studying, working or playing sports, she's probably lost in a good book, especially one that contains fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, romance or their combination.

EDUCATION:
 
 
since 9/2024 PhD in Astrophysics: "Stars and compact remnants in galactic nuclei as sources of deterministic variability phenomena” at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Advisor: Michal Zajaček
 
2018-2020 MSc in Physics and Astronomy: “Particle Acceleration in CME-driven Shocks; Study of Solar Energetic Particle Events as a Function of Shock Mach Number” at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Advisor: Jacco Vink
 
2015-2018 BSc in Physics and Astronomy: “Modeling of the inner-regions of HD 163296” at University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Advisor: Michael Sitko
 
 

POSITIONS:
 
 
since 9/2024  Researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
 
9/2019-3/2020  Teaching Assistant at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
5/2015-5/2018  Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Physics Department at University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Selected Publications

Gas Dynamics in the Herbig Ae Star HD 163296 in 2024 (ResearchGate).
M.L. Sitko, R.W. Russell, M. Pikhartova, and W. Danchi, 2024, RNAAS.

Variability of Disk Emission in Pre-main Sequence and Related Stars. V. Occultation Events from the Innermost Disk Region of the Herbig Ae Star HD 163296 (arXiv).
M. Pikhartova, Z.C. Long, K.D. Assani, R.B. Fernandes, A. Bayyari, M.L. Sitko, C.A. Grady, J.P. Wisniewski, E.A. Rich, A.A. Henden, W.C. Danchi, 2021, ApJ.

Multi-epoch Direct Imaging and Time-variable Scattered Light Morphology of the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk (arXiv).
E.A. Rich, J.P. Wisniewski, T. Currie, M. Fukagawa, C.A. Grady, M.L. Sitko, M. Pikhartova, 2019, ApJ.

Variability of Disk Emission in Pre-main-sequence and Related Stars. IV. Investigating the Structural Changes in the Inner Disk Region of MWC 480 (arXiv).
R.B. Fernandes, Z.C. Long, M. Pikhartova, M.L. Sitko, C.A. Grady, R.W. Russell, D.M. Luria, D.B. Tyler, A. Bayyari, W. Danchi, J.P. Wisniewski, 2018, ApJ.


For a complete list of publications see here.

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