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Maayane Soumagnac
Maayane Soumagnac in Jerusalem, March 2024
Born13 March 1987
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay

École normale supérieure de Lyon

University College London
Scientific career
InstitutionsBar-Ilan University

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Weizmann Institute of Science
ThesisTipping scales in galaxy surveys: Star/Galaxy separation and scale-depende bias
Doctoral advisorOfer Lahav
Websitehttps://maayanesoumagnac.com

Maayane Tamar Soumagnac (born 13 March 1987) is a French-Israeli Astrophysicist and social activist, senior lecturer (the Israeli equivalent of "Assistant Professor"[1]) in the Physics department at the Bar-Ilan University.

Early life and education[edit]

After obtaining her Bacclaureat in the Lycée Henri IV, Soumagnac studied Physics at the Ecole Normale Superieure Cachan[2] and the Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon,[3] graduating in 2009.[4] She completed her PhD at the University College London in 2015.[5] Her thesis, "Tipping scales in galaxy surveys: Star/Galaxy separation and scale-depende bias",[6][7] used machine learning and data mining techniques[8] applied to the Dark Energy Survey data[9] and the BOSS survey data.[10] Her doctoral advisor was Ofer Lahav.[11][12]

Research and career[edit]

Soumagnac’s research explores the interface between big data and Astrophysics.[13]

After completing her PhD, Soumagnac joined the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she was a postdoctoral fellow of the Ilan Ramon foundation, worked on time-domain astronomy[14][15][16][17] using the Zwicky Transient Facility[18] and served as the assistant project scientist of the ULTRASAT UV satellite.[19][20][21][22][23]

In 2019, she joined the Computational research division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,[24] focusing on X-ray Astronomy[25] and the synergy between transient surveys and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration, where she served as the chair of the transients working group. In 2021, while remaining an Affiliate at the Berkeley National Lab, Soumagnac joined the physics department at Bar-Ilan University,[26][27][28] becoming the third woman to hold a faculty position in Astrophysics in Israel.[29][30]

Soumagnac is involved in projects aimed at bringing astronomy to the public,[31] and has given outreach talks at various venues, including the Neve Tirtza Women’s prison.[32] She has been involved in several initiatives to inspire children[33] and encourage women to pursue space-related careers.[34]

Soumagnac is an alumna of the International Space University[35] and has served as a lecturer for the ISU Executive Space Program.[36]

Social and political Activism[edit]

Soumagnac became active in the "Hitorerut in Jerusalem" political movement in 2015. She led several projects to foster dialogue between communities in Jerusalem and promote pluralism in the public sphere, gaining local media coverage.[37][38] She ran for the Jerusalem city council in the 2024 elections, securing the tenth position on the list.[39]

Soumagnac is among the founders of the Independent minyan "Shabbat Baboker", located in the Rehavia neighbourhood of Jerusalem.[40]

Personal life[edit]

Soumagnac's maternal grandmother is the actress Henia Suchar [fr]. Her Paternal grand aunt is the musicologist and the chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Myriam Soumagnac.

She is mentionned in the 2018 book “Israel, Island of success” by Noga Kainan and Adam Reuters.

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  4. ^ "Request Rejected".
  5. ^ "TESTDE People | UCL Astrophysics Group - UCL – University College London". 12 July 2018.
  6. ^ Soumagnac, Maayane (5 March 2024). "Tipping Scales in Galaxy Surveys: Star/galaxy Separation and Scale-dependent ... - Maayane Soumagnac - Google ספרים".
  7. ^ "discovery.ucl.ac.uk" (PDF).
  8. ^ "www.ucl.ac.uk" (PDF).
  9. ^ "academic.oup.com".
  10. ^ Soumagnac, M. T.; Barkana, R.; Sabiu, C. G.; Loeb, A.; Ross, A. J.; Abdalla, F. B.; Balan, S. T.; Lahav, O. (2016). "Large-Scale Distribution of Total Mass versus Luminous Matter from Baryon Acoustic Oscillations: First Search in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 10 - NASA/ADS". Physical Review Letters. 116 (20): 201302. arXiv:1602.01839. Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116t1302S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.201302. PMID 27258862.
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  12. ^ "Professor Ofer Lahav | UCL Astrophysics Group - UCL – University College London". 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ "catsHTM: A Tool for Fast Accessing and Cross-matching Large Astronomical Catalogs".
  14. ^ "Going Out with a Bang - Space & Physics | Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries". 12 January 2022.
  15. ^ "catalogue of over 10 million variable source candidates in ZTF Data Release 1 | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | Oxford Academic".
  16. ^ "Radware Bot Manager Captcha". doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aafe84. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  17. ^ "Radware Bot Manager Captcha". doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abef05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  18. ^ Graham, Matthew J.; et al. (22 May 2019). "Radware Bot Manager Captcha". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 131 (1001). arXiv:1902.01945. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab006c.
  19. ^ "המועדון האסטרונומי: הלווין ULTRASAT - לצפות בשמיים המשתנים בתחום העל-סגול - YouTube". YouTube.
  20. ^ "ULTRASAT | Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite". 11 July 2023.
  21. ^ Shvartzvald, Y.; et al. (2023). "[2304.14482] ULTRASAT: A wide-field time-domain UV space telescope". arXiv:2304.14482 [astro-ph.IM].
  22. ^ "www.weizmann.ac.il" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Working Groups | ULTRASAT".
  24. ^ "Maayane Soumagnac | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Academia.edu".
  25. ^ "Chandra Data Science - August 17th, 2021 - Session 2 (reupload) - YouTube". YouTube.
  26. ^ "Request Rejected" (PDF).
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  29. ^ "N12 - "המעבדה שלנו היא היקום כולו!": שיחה עם אשת החלל של..." 6 April 2022.
  30. ^ "294 Nasim Digital".
  31. ^ "Exploring space and natural phenomena - YouTube". YouTube.
  32. ^ וינרב, גלי (5 July 2019). ""אומרים שאנחנו עשויים מאבק של כוכבים. זה נכון" - גלובס". Globes.
  33. ^ Aviv, Ronen (27 January 2021). ""Young Galileo Magazine"". גליליאו צעיר.
  34. ^ "Wispace Program".
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  36. ^ "ISU Executive Space Course Program".
  37. ^ "י-ם: הרבנים נגד פרויקט תרבות בשישי בערב". 4 December 2016.
  38. ^ "‎⁨The Jerusalem Post⁩ | 2 December 2016 | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel".
  39. ^ "Jerusalem municipality list of candidates 2024" (PDF).
  40. ^ "Alyah Story #18 – Maayan Soumagnac-Mor - YouTube". YouTube.
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