Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is a Turkish-American astrophysicist, and Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College.
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil adalah seorang astrofisikawan Turki-Amerika dan asisten profesor di Dartmouth College.
She formerly served as a National Science Foundation (NSF) and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.
Dia sebelumnya menjabat sebagai peneliti pascadoktoral di Yayasan Sains Nasional (NSF) dan Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) di Universitas Chicago.
Her research led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique double-ringed elliptical structure, which is now commonly referred to as Burcin's Galaxy.
Penelitiannya menghasilkan penemuan galaksi yang sangat langka dengan struktur elips bercincin ganda yang unik, yang sekarang biasa disebut sebagai Galaksi Burcin.
She was also a 2018 TED Fellow, and a 2020 TED Senior Fellow.
Dia juga merupakan TED Fellow 2018, dan TED Senior Fellow 2020.
She attended Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School and was the first generation of her family to attend college.
Ia bersekolah di SMA Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian dan merupakan generasi pertama dari keluarganya yang masuk ke perguruan tinggi.
She completed her undergraduate studies in physics at Bilkent University in 2009.
Ia menyelesaikan pendidikan sarjana di bidang fisika di Universitas Bilkent pada 2009.
She moved to Texas Tech University for her graduate studies, gaining a master's degree in physics in 2012.
Dia lalu pindah ke Universitas Texas Tech untuk studi pascasarjana dan memperoleh gelar magister dalam bidang fisika pada 2012.
In 2017 she earned her PhD in astrophysics with the dissertation Testing Supermassive Black Hole Scaling Relations Using Cosmological Simulations and Optical/Near-IR Imaging Data from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Pada 2017, dia memperoleh gelar PhD dalam bidang astrofisika dengan disertasi "Menguji Hubungan Penskalaan Lubang Hitam Supermasif Menggunakan Simulasi Kosmologi dan Data Pencitraan Optik / IR Dekat" dari Universitas Minnesota Twin Cities.
In 2017, Mutlu-Pakdil was appointed a postdoctoral research associate at University of Arizona.
Pada 2017, Mutlu-Pakdil diangkat sebagai peneliti pascadoktoral di Universitas Arizona.
She worked at the Steward Observatory looking at the structure and dynamics of astrophysical objects, including dwarf galaxies, galactic rings and supermassive black holes.
Dia bekerja di Observatorium Steward untuk meneliti struktur dan dinamika objek astrofisika, termasuk galaksi kerdil, cincin galaksi, dan lubang hitam supermasif.
She was an American Astronomical Society ambassador.
Dia juga merupakan duta American Astronomical Society.
During her doctoral studies, Mutlu-Pakdil discovered the galaxy PGC 1000714, which has been nicknamed "Burçin's galaxy".
Selama studi doktoralnya, Mutlu-Pakdil menemukan galaksi PGC 1000714, yang dijuluki “Galaksi Burçin.”
She worked with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to create a series of short scientific films for the general public.
Dia bekerja sama dengan Museum Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Carolina Utara untuk membuat serangkaian film ilmiah pendek untuk masyarakat umum.
In January 2018, Mutlu-Pakdil was announced as a TED Fellow.
Pada Januari 2018, Mutlu-Pakdil diumumkan sebagai TED Fellow.
She gave a lecture at TED Vancouver in April, 2018.
Dia memberikan ceramah di TED Vancouver pada April 2018.
She is a campaigner for the increased representation of Muslim women in science.
Dia juga aktif berkampanye mendorong peningkatan representasi perempuan Muslim dalam sains.
Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil is searching for the most peculiar objects in the Universe.
Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil sedang mencari objek-objek paling aneh di alam semesta.
In her own words, Mutlu-Pakdil uses "both large photometric surveys from ground-based and space telescopes in order to discover and characterize the smallest and faintest galaxies in the universe, and the role of dark matter in their formation.
Dengan kata-katanya sendiri, Mutlu-Pakdil menggunakan “survei fotometrik besar dari teleskop darat dan luar angkasa untuk menemukan dan mengkarakterisasi galaksi terkecil dan