Karolina Dziadura, PhD

Astrophysicist at Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Poznan, Poland
In collaboration with the Minor Planet Center, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA

I am an astrophysicist working on asteroid orbits, celestial mechanics, and astrometric data analysis. My work includes using Gaia data and ground-based observations to investigate the Yarkovsky effect, orbit refinement, and photocenter offsets. Currently, I am focusing on a statistical analysis of observatory performance in order to develop a complex weighting scheme for automated and improved orbit determination.

Email: karolinadziadura36@gmail.com

Karolina Dziadura

Research

My main research interests involve:

  • Statystical analysis or astrometry residuals
  • Yarkovsky effect detection and modeling
  • Photocenter-barycenter offset analysis
  • Asteroid orbit precision and long-arc astrometry

Selected Publications:

Selected Conferences:

  • NASA SBAG Meeting (2025)
  • Asteroids, Comets, Meteors – Flagstaff 2023
  • Europlanet Science Congress – 2022
  • DPS AAS Meeting – 2021

Media / Outreach

I run the popular-science podcast Good Night Podcast and I co-create the outreach collective Good Night Collective. You can listen every Saturday at 13:00 on Radio Afera.

I also create the podcast Karolina Asks the Universe, where I explore astronomy and science topics in an accessible way. You can listen on YouTube and Spotify.

Curriculum Vitae

You can download my full CV below: