About

Background

I am an astronomer at LMU Munich, interested in how galaxies evolve across cosmic time. My research combines observations and computational methods to uncover rare and short-lived phases of supermassive black hole accretion.

My background spans both academia and industry. I studied astronomy in Indonesia before working as a data scientist in fintech and e-commerce. I later returned to astrophysics for my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and Ghent University, followed by postdoctoral research at TU Munich.

Over the years, I have studied high-redshift quasars, searched for strong gravitational lenses, and developed machine learning methods to extract physical information from multimodal data. These projects gradually expanded my focus from individual rare objects to their role in the broader population of accreting black holes. Today, I contribute to the Euclid mission at LMU, building software and scalable analysis tools for its large datasets.

The stars within our grasp. Image credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi.

Education

A brief history of my education can be found below.

PhD in Astronomy (2018–2022)

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany, and Ghent University, Belgium.

Thesis: The Hunt for Lensed Quasars and Weak-Line Active Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn — link.

Advised by Dr. Knud Jahnke and Prof. Arjen van der Wel.

MSc in Astronomy (2016–2017)

Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.

Thesis: Study of Double-Peaked Lines Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) as Binary AGN Candidate — link.

Advised by Dr. M. Ikbal Arifyanto.

BSc in Astronomy (2012–2016)

Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.

Thesis: On the Nature of Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei: Emission Properties and Correlations — link.

Advised by Dr. M. Ikbal Arifyanto and Prof. Wolfram Kollatschny.