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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2017 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Amina Helmi is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with specific focus areas that include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Oceanography, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their scholarly work covers a variety of scientific topics, such as:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation

Recent publications by Helmi reflect their engagement with prominent research collaborations and journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Euclid Spectroscopic Image Simulations and Reconstruction, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Streams, Substructures, and the Early History of the Milky Way, 2020, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gaia Data Release 3, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Gaia Early Data Release 3, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Helmi include:

  • E. Balbinot
  • Helmer H. Koppelman
  • Tadafumi Matsuno
  • Emma Dodd
  • T. Ruiz-Lara

Helmi's publications appear predominantly in journals and repositories such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their work in Astronomy and Astrophysics accounts for a significant portion of their research output, indicating sustained contributions to developments in galactic and stellar studies as well as astronomical instrumentation and computational methods.

Amina Helmi has been recognized with scientific awards including the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2019 and election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • The Gaia mission

    T. Prusti;J. H. J. de Bruijne;A. G. A. Brown

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • The Aquarius Project: the subhalos of galactic halos

    Volker Springel;Jie Wang;Mark Vogelsberger;Aaron Ludlow

  • Gaia Data Release 1 Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

    A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

  • The Aquarius Project: the subhaloes of galactic haloes

    Volker Springel;Jie Wang;Mark Vogelsberger;Aaron Ludlow

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): First data release

    M Steinmetz;A Siebert;H Enke;C Boeche

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

    C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

  • The Diversity and Similarity of Simulated Cold Dark Matter Halos

    Julio F. Navarro;Aaron Ludlow;Volker Springel;Jie Wang

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • The diversity and similarity of simulated cold dark matter haloes

    Julio F. Navarro;Julio F. Navarro;Aaron Ludlow;Volker Springel;Jie Wang

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fourth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaž Zwitter

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Catalogue validation

    F. Arenou;X. Luri;C. Babusiaux;C. Fabricius

  • Gaia Early Data Release 3. Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

    X. Luri;L. Chemin;G. Clementini

  • The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): Fifth Data Release

    Andrea Kunder;Georges Kordopatis;Matthias Steinmetz;Tomaz Zwitter

  • The RAVE survey: constraining the local Galactic escape speed

    Martin C. Smith;Gregory R. Ruchti;Amina Helmi;Rosemary F G Wyse

  • Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities

    D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

  • Gaia Data Release 2. Properties and validation of the radial velocities

    D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio F. Navarro
Julio F. Navarro University of Victoria
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Quentin A. Parker
Quentin A. Parker University of Hong Kong
Kenneth C. Freeman
Kenneth C. Freeman Australian National University
Matthias Steinmetz
Matthias Steinmetz Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
Brad K. Gibson
Brad K. Gibson University of Hull
Joss Bland-Hawthorn
Joss Bland-Hawthorn University of Sydney
James Binney
James Binney University of Oxford
Ulisse Munari
Ulisse Munari National Institute for Astrophysics
Gerard Gilmore
Gerard Gilmore University of Cambridge

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