Shaila Ahktar (University of NSW).
Shaila Akhter was our guest speaker in May 2014. Sadly, I don't recall much of it because I didn't realise that I was ill at the time. The next day I was admitted urgently to hospital to receive three days of non-stop intraveinous antibiotic treatment for a rather serious infection. I couldn't understand why I was not able to follow the lecture properly!
Shortly after this presentation, Shaila graduated for her Master of Philosophy (i.e. MPhil) degree in Astrophysics. She is in her second year of Doctorate degree now and hopefully in the next 2 to 2.5 years, if everything goes alright, she will complete her PhD.
I think Shaila will have a great future in astrophysics!
Shaila Akhter at Macarthur Astronomy Forum. (c) R.P.
Shaila Akhter (c) R.P.
RR Lyrae Stars in the Milky Way Stellar Halo (c) R.P.
Shaila Akhter (c) R.P.
Dinner at Thai Centric before the meeting. (c) R.P.