Karakas博士的大頭照

Amanda Karakas
澳洲蒙納許大學物理與天文學學院副教授

Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University, Australia

Amanda的主要研究領域是類太陽的低質量與中等質量恆星的演化與核合成，以及星系中元素的起源。元素的起源與恆星演化過程密切相關，恆星演化描述了恆星如何因核聚變而隨時間發生變化。 她的研究重點之一是恆星內部重元素（即比鐵更重的元素）生成的奧秘。雖然天文學家已能解釋大多數自然界元素的起源，但產生這些重元素的恆星類型仍存在很大的不確定性，特別是在早期宇宙中。Karakas 教授的研究專注於低質量與中等質量恆星在這一過程中所扮演的角色。

Amanda’s primary area of research interest is in the evolution and nucleosynthesis of sun-like low and intermediate-mass stars and the origin of elements in galaxies. The story of the origin of the elements is intimately tied to the processes of stellar evolution, which describes how stars change with time as a result of nuclear fusion. One focus of her research is the intriguing mystery of the production of heavy elements in stars, that is, elements heavier than iron. While astronomers can explain the origin of most of the elements in nature, the type of the stars that produced the heavy elements is still highly uncertain, especially in the early Universe. Prof. Karakas’ research has been focused on the role that low and intermediate-star stars play in this story.

Karakas博士的畫作 Winter, Westerfolds Park
Winter, Westerfolds Park
Karakas博士的畫作 Sculpture, Adelaide Botanical Gardens
Sculpture, Adelaide Botanical Gardens
Karakas博士的畫作 Ocean views
Ocean views
Amanda是一位居住在墨爾本的藝術家，主要從事油畫與壓克力創作。自 2019 年以來，她在澳洲墨爾本的 Fitzroy Painting 進行油畫培訓。除了身為兼職藝術家，她的全職工作是在蒙納許大學（Monash University）教授與研究天體物理學，並於 2004 年獲得天體物理學博士學位。她的工作讓她得以遊歷世界各地，而這些旅行經歷為她的繪畫創作提供了豐富的靈感。 作為一名以風景畫為主的藝術家，Amanda 從大自然中汲取靈感，藉此喚起內在的情感風景。她的藝術探索風景並非靜態不變，而是如同我們的情緒與心境般不斷變化。她運用色彩與質感來呈現大自然中的情感氛圍，展現風景有時荒涼、沉鬱，有時則充滿希望與美感。
Amanda Karakas is a Melbourne-based artist who works mainly in oil paint and acrylics. Amanda has been painting with oils since 2019, training at Fitzroy Painting, in Melbourne, Australia. She is a part-time artist where her day job is teaching and doing research in astrophysics at Monash University, having completed her PhD in Astrophysics in 2004. Her work takes her to many corners of the world, and these travels provide much of the inspiration for the paintings she creates. Primarily a landscape artist, Amanda takes inspiration from the natural world to evoke an inner emotional landscape. Amanda's art explores the notion that landscapes are not static but shift and change, much like our emotions and mental states. Color and texture are used to reflect the moods found in nature, where landscapes can be at once desolate, brooding places and other times full of hope and beauty.