Lea Heckmann

“I just love her dry but humorous way of coping with often male-dominated environments.” @HeckmannLea about Elina Lindfors (@UniTurku) on the international day of #WomenInScience. Elina is a Finish astrophysicist and a leading expert in blazars and multiwavelength studies.

“I am inspired by her constant kindness and support and by the seemingly smooth but realistically surely challenging path she is pursuing in astrophysics.” Marine Pihet, Master's student @INFNPadova about @HeckmannLea on the international day of #WomenInScience.

@INFNPadova @HeckmannLea “She is clever, and very professional and responsible, and also very creative and motivated in finding ways of moving projects forward.” David Paneque, spokesperson of #theMAGICtelescopes about @HeckmannLea on the international day of #WomenInScience. David was Lea's PhD advisor

Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation, and that it largely arises with the birth of the first child. #NobelPrize

It's paper day ! 🥳 I am pleased to share that our paper "On the subparsec-scale core composition of FR0 radio galaxies" is now published in ApJ Letters 🌌 You can check it out at: doi.org/10.3847/2041-8… #astrophysics #phdlife

Postdocs in Munich, have you already registered for our #PAWde MPN-Stammtisch next week? Join us on Thursday at 5.30 pm at the @PlasmaphysikIPP! We looking forward to the exciting program organized by MPN board member @TryNathan Register until Sept. 18: paw-germany.de/event/mpnstamm…

Last week a lot of MAGICians gathered in Vienna at the The International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP)! This is a picture they took while enjoying their free time between different scientific sessions. #theMAGICians #theMAGICcollaboration

Finally enjoying @taup2023 gala dinner in the Rathaus! #taup2023 #vienna

Our MAGICian @HeckmannLea 🪄 presented at @taup2023 her work on MAGIC observations of Markarians together with the IXPE observatory. Here she is looking at the SED with so much love❤️@maxplanckphdnet @maxplanckpress #taup2023 #MAGICinconference #astronomy #astrophysics #PhDLife

Want to learn more how clustering could help to improve our understanding of blazars and what my first feasibility study yielded? ➡️Check out my proceeding: pos.sissa.it/444/634/pdf

Had the pleasure to present my new idea @icrc2023 during the last days. It's about a novel technique to identify blazar states using MWL light curves. Just loved the discussions and interest I got! :)

Our @HeckmannLea, leader of the DEI survey team, with the #dei poster presented at @icrc2023! The DEI survey was very useful to identify and face issues. Thanks to the whole DEI task force! 🌈@juliane_vanSch @astrojarred @JStriskovic @marinamanganaro @alessioberti90 @LaPalmaSky

Missed our #DEI poster today @icrc2023? 🌈🌟 But still want to learn more on how to evaluate the situation in your collaboration? Don't worry, you'll get another chance to check it out on Monday! I'll again present it on behalf of @MAGICtelescopes & @juliane_vanSch @ Noyori hall

Make sure to check out our #poster on "A survey to evaluate diversity, equity and inclusion in large collaborations" presented by @HeckmannLea on site @icrc2023 in #Nagoya. #DEI #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #MAGICinconference #ICRC2023

Many MAGICians are attending the @icrc2023 conference! They bring our scientific results to the high-energy #astronomy community👏👏👏 #MAGICinconference #theMAGICcollaboration #research #researchers #ScienceTwitter #science

Our MAGICian @HeckmannLea received a special gift for her #PhD... We can't think of a better place for one of our old mirrors..💜💜💜It detected many high energy particles and now can rest during its retirement! Thank you Lea for taking care of it! #PhDone

Mirror mirror on the wall, which is the prettiest telescopes of them all? Still my favorite #PhD gift: one of the old @MAGICtelescopes mirrors framed by my amazing colleagues 🥰

Happy pi approximation day! Today's date, 22 July, can also be written as the fraction 22/7, which is equal to 3.14285714, an approximation of π, correct to two decimal places.

In June 2022, the IXPE satellite observed a shock passing through the jet of active galaxy Mrk 421. The rotation of the X-ray polarised radiation and the analysis of other emission reveals that the jet contains a helical magnetic field. Di Gesu et al.: nature.com/articles/s4155…

This week we will be posting a lot about something called “Intensity Interferometry”. No idea what that means? By the end of the week you will! Follow us! Artwork: Marine Pihet