Practical experience
IXth NEON Summer Observing School, Moletai, Lithuania
In the summer of 2011, I participated in the NEON (Network of European Observatoris in the North) Summer School in Lithuania organised by Opticon and ESO and meant for Phd students to develop their observational skills.
We conducted a small research project in a group of four about with the topic: Chemical and phyisical parameters of red giants in the open cluster IC4756. We performed photometry study of the cluster using the 1.65 m local telescope and high-resolution spectroscopy using the FIES spectrograph on the Nordic Optical Telescope 2.5 m (La Palma) in remote control. The data was then reduced and analysed using IRAF and Mydas. Finally, the results of the project were presented to the lecturers, organisers and the other participants.
Summer internship, University of Heraklion, Crete
In August-September 2011 I participated in a summer internship in the Department of Physics, University of Heraklion, Crete where I studied X-ray/Be binaries. I spend 2 weeks at Skinakas Observatory where I took spectra and images of this type of stars using the 1.3 m local telescope.