Talks

This page lists conferences I have attended and formal presentations I have delivered over the years.

Invited Talks and Contributions

• Aug 2026 – Euclid Strong Lensing SWG Meeting
  • Munich, Germany
  • Self-Supervised Learning for Scalable Lensed Quasar Discovery
• Mar 2026 – Euclid Photometry Forum
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Photometric Calibration and Characterization with Gaia Spectrophotometry
• Sep 2024 – Euclid High-redshift Quasars Hack Days
  • Heidelberg, Germany
  • Lensed Quasar Detection Using Image-Based Deep Learning
• Sep 2024 – Euclid Strong Lensing SWG Face-to-Face Meeting
  • Heraklion, Greece
  • Accelerating Lensed Quasar Discovery and Modeling with Physics-Informed VAEs
• Aug 2024 – Observing and Simulating Galaxy Evolution in the Era of JWST
  • Ascona, Switzerland
  • A Panchromatic Search for Faint Quasars at z > 6 with COSMOS-Web and Other Surveys
• Mar 2024 – ITB Galaxy Cruise Workshop
  • Bandung, Indonesia
  • Cosmic Cartography with SDSS SkyServer and Other Public Surveys
• Jan 2024 – TUM Gravitational Lensing Seminar
  • Garching, Germany
  • Tracing the Rise of Supermassive Black Holes with COSMOS-Web and Other Surveys
• Jun 2023 – Strong Gravitational Lensing in the Era of Big Data (IAUS 381)
  • Otranto, Italy
  • Spectral Modeling and Ensemble Learning for Discovering Gravitationally Lensed Systems
• Dec 2022 – MPA Institute Seminar
  • Garching, Germany
  • The Hunt for Lensed Quasars and Weak-Line Active Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn
• Nov 2022 – ITB Guest Lecture Series
  • Bandung, Indonesia (online)
  • Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei
• Oct 2022 – TUM Gravitational Lensing Seminar
  • Garching, Germany
  • EfficientNet and Transfer Learning: A Strategy to Win the Lens Finding Challenge
• Sep 2022 – ITB Astronomical Colloquium
  • Bandung, Indonesia
  • The Hunt for Quasars at Cosmic Dawn
• Jun to Jul 2022 – European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting
  • Valencia, Spain
  • Insights into the Nature of Redshift > 6 Young Weak-Line Quasars
• Jul 2021 – International School on the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies
  • Paris, France (online)
  • Uncovering the Clouds of Active Galactic Nuclei with CLOUDY
• Sep 2019 – NEON Observing School and Hot Topics in Astrophysics Conference
  • Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Optical Intranight Variability of Gamma-ray Blazars
• 2019 to 2023 – Euclid Consortium Meetings
  • As part of the Primeval Universe and Strong Lensing Science Working Groups, I reported on strategies for detecting high-redshift lensed quasars.
• Nov 2016 – International Conference on Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • Bandung, Indonesia
  • Star Formation Rates in Type 1 AGN Host Galaxies
• Jun 2016 – International Symposium on Sun, Earth, and Life
  • Bandung, Indonesia
  • Cosmic Evolution of Nearby Radio Active Galactic Nuclei
• Feb 2015 – East Asian Young Astronomers Meeting
  • Taipei, Taiwan
  • The BIMA Project: Analysis of O-C Diagram on AO Vel

Schools with Mini-Projects

• Sep 2022 – The European Radio Interferometry School
  • Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
  • A school on radio astronomy data acquisition, reduction, and analysis. My project is about detecting the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect in galaxy clusters with ALMA.
• Jul 2020 – ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy
  • Melbourne, Australia (online)
  • The school involves two days of invited lectures and discussions centering around astronomical themes. The atmosphere is informal and emphasizes contact between students from all over Australia.
• Jun to Jul 2020 – International Advanced Euclid School: The Science of Future Cosmological Surveys
  • Les Houches, France
  • The school introduced scientists involved in Euclid to issues underlying major cosmological surveys.
• Mar 2020 – Black Holes and Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe
  • Kreuth, Germany
  • Focus-group discussions to prepare JWST observational proposals. My project focused on observing weak-emission-line and young quasars.
• Jan 2020 – Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Asiago
  • Asiago, Italy
  • The school covered multimessenger astrophysics, including the detection of gravitational waves and photons associated with a 300 TeV neutrino from an active galaxy.
• Sep 2019 – IMPRS-HD: Instrumentation for Optical & Infrared Astronomy
  • Heidelberg, Germany
  • This summer school covered instrumentation for ground-based astronomy at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. My project focused on defining an effective, low-cost large telescope.
• Jul to Aug 2019 – The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on First Light
  • São Paulo, Brazil
  • Intensive school on theoretical and observational developments in the astrophysics of stars, galaxies, and black holes during the epoch of reionization. My project focused on finding the first quasars.
• Nov 2016 – The NARIT Computational Astrophysics and Cosmology Workshop
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • A workshop on N-body and hydrodynamic simulations of galaxies and large-scale structures.
• Jun 2016 – The NARIT Advanced Analytical Methods in Cosmology and High-Energy Physics Workshop
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • A workshop discussing the theoretical and observational aspects of high-energy physics in astronomy.