ABOUT ME

I am Gülay Gürkan, an astrophysicist/astronomer. My primary research goals are directed towards understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies. Within this topic, my focus has been on accretion modes in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN), the relation between AGN and their host galaxies, and their effects on the evolution of galaxies. Additionally, I am interested in star formation in normal galaxies using radio observations, the properties of quasars through sensitive and high-resolution radio observations, faint source populations, and binary/dual AGN systems.

I am currently working as a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Astrophysics Research (CAR) and the Centre of Data Innovation Research (CoDIR) at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

SERVICE

I serve as co-lead of EMU RLAGN SWG, at large executive member of POSSUM.

I also serve as a referee for several publications including MNRAS and time assessment committees of many telescopes.

I served as the chair of the MWA-Galactic and Extragalactic Science group.

DIVERSITY

I am particularly interested in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Astronomy, and in science.

I served as the representative of the CASS-Perth Diversity Committee and the Equity Contact Officer (for which I have been trained) at CASS-Perth during my fellowship.

I was also a member of the EDI group in European Astronomy (IDEEA).

AWARDS

CSIRO Research fellowship 2016-2019

PhD Studentship, University of Hertfordshire, UK 2012-2016

Royal Astronomical Society award for studies, UK, 2015

MSc by research degree scholarship (held at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Manchester), Turkish Scientific Council 2009-2010

Best poster prize at the Southern Cross Conference, Port Douglas, Australia, 2015

EDUCATION

University of Hertfordshire, UK

PhD in Astrophysics

University of Manchester, UK

MSc by research in Astrophysics

University of Ankara, Turkey

BSc in Astronomy and Space Science