Hey! I'm Olga, a PhD student in Astronomy at Harvard University

My research interests lie in galaxy evolution. I run hydrodynamical simulations to study the interaction between active galactic nuclei (AGN) jet and interstellar medium (ISM).

PUBLICATIONS

1st author papers

1. Borodina et al., You Shall Not Pass! The propagation of low/moderate powered jets through a turbulent interstellar medium, accepted in ApJ, 2025
2. Borodina et al., On the Tremaine-Weinberg method: how much can we trust gas tracers to measure pattern speeds?, MNRAS, 524, 3437, 2023
3. Borodina et al., Unresolved Multiples and Galactic Clusters’ Mass Estimates, ApJ, 908, 60, 2021
4. Borodina O.I., Kovaleva D.A., Unresolved Binaries in Open Clusters, INASAN SR, 5, 351, 2020
5. Borodina et al., Unresolved Binaries and Galactic Clusters’ Mass Estimates, ApJ, 874, 127, 2019

co-author papers

6. Ishchenko M. ;[and 10 others, including Borodina O. ], Star-by-star dynamical evolution of the physical pair of the Collinder 135 and UBC 7 open clusters, A&A, 686, A225, 2024
7. Shukirgaliyev, B.;[and 14 others, including Borodina O. ], The bound mass of Dehnen models with centrally peaked star formation efficiency, A&A, 654, A53, 2021
8. Polyachenko, E. V.; Shukhman, I. G.; Borodina, O. I., Damped perturbations in stellar systems: Genuine modes and Landau-damped waves, MNRAS, 503, 660, 2021

presentations

1. Breakthroughs in Galaxy Formation (Ringberg castle, Germany), Oct 2024
2. IAU Symposium 394 "All-inclusive AGN" at the 2024 General Assembly (Cape Town, South Africa), talk, Aug 2024
3. Connecting Simulations and Observations in 3D Across Cosmic Time (Barossa Valley, Australia), talk, June 2024
4. The importance of jet-induced feedback on galaxy scales (Lorentz Center, Netherlands), poster & flash talk, Oct 2023
5. ITC luncheon (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), talk, Sep 2023
6. Galaxy Coffee (MPIA, Heidelberg), talk, Aug 2023
7. Galactic Bars (Granada, Spain), poster & flash talk, the poster prize competition winner, July 2023
8. Astroseminar (SPbGU, St. Petersburg, Russia), invited online talk, Sep 2022
9. Galaxy Coffee (MPIA, Heidelberg), talk, July 2022
10. EAS2022 (Valencia, Spain), poster, June 2022
11. Conference "Astronomy and Space Research" (UrFU, Russia), talk & 3rd place award, Jan 2022
12. Astrophysical Seminar (INASAN, Russia), talk, Dec 2021

ABOUT ME

Olga, Olya, Olishna, Olechka, Olen'ka, Os'ka, Ol'ka, Lola, Ol, O

I started my undergraduate studies at the Ural Federal University in Ekaterinburg (Russia), subsequently transferring to the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where I earned my Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. After I moved to Moscow I started doing my research at the Institute of Astronomy, the Russian Academy of Sciences. I studied unresolved binary stars in open clusters utilizing Gaia data and open clusters' survivability using N-body simulations.

During the summer of 2021, I had an internship at Max Planck Insititute for Astronomy (MPIA) working with the PHANGS collaboration. I was testing the Tremaine-Weinberg method to measure galactic pattern speeds using hydrodynamic simulations. Subsequently, I returned to MPIA as a visiting student for six more months in 2022.

In 2022 I started my Ph.D. at Harvard University (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian). Working with Prof. Lars Hernquist, my research centers on the role of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) feedback in the quenching of galaxies. I am studying how low-power AGN jets propagate through turbulent media using hydrodynamic simulations.

you can find more information in my CV or on social media Instagram

CONTACT

I am more than happy to help, answer your questions and just chat about the weather today.

My office: P-301, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
My e-mail: olga.borodina@cfa.harvard.edu
My telegram: @olaboro
My blog (RU): telegram.me