The Faculty of Physics

Sofiia I. Denyshchenko

    Lecturer of Astronomy and Space Informatics Department

    V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody 4, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine.

    Tel: (+38) 050 844-84-59.

    E-mail: sofiia.denyshchenko@gmail.com


Personal data
Date of Birth: August 9, 1996
Place of Birth: Nikopol, Ukraine;
Citizenship: Ukrainian
Current position:
Lecturer of Astronomy and Space Informatics Department of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
II. Academic degrees
- Ph. D., Physics and Astronomy Sci. Title: " Structural features of the Milky Way galaxy based on the results of kinematic analysis " February 2024, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Scientific adviser: Fedorov P.N.
- M. Sci., Astronomer, diploma with honors, January 20019, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

III. Professional Experience
Department of Astronomy and Space Informatics, Kharkiv National University (Assistant in 2019-2023, Lecturer 2023 - present).

  • Institute of Astronomy of Kharkiv National University (Junior scientific researcher in 2023-- 2024).
  • PhD student, Kharkiv National University, 2019-2023.
  • Student of the Physical Department (Astronomy) of Kharkiv National University, 2013-2019.

IV. Teaching activities
Lecture courses for students:
«Stellar astronomy», since 2019; « Astronomical image processing », since 2024; «Practice in Astrometry», since 2023

V. Field of research
The kinematic parameters of the galaxy, kinematic analyses of the Galaxy, determining the parameters of the spiral arms of the Galaxy, structure of the Galaxy, the problems and statistics of the solar neighborhood, stellar astronomy.

Conferences (Oral talks and Publications)

1. Zakhozhay V.A., Akhmetov V.S., Velichko A.B., Denyshchenko S.I. Gaia data release 2: the problems of the solar neighborhood // Proceedings of the 18th Gamow ConferenceSchool in Odessa: « Astronomy and beyond: Astrophysics, Cosmology, Сosmomicrophysics, Astroparticle Physics, Radioastronomy and Astrobiology» (Ukraine, Odessa, Chernomorka, 12–18 August, 2018): сб. матер. конф. – Одесса, Украина, 2018. – С. 32

2. V.Akhmetov, P.Fedorov, A.Velichko, A.Dmytrenko, S.Denyshchenko / Mapping the kinematic parameters of the galaxy from the GAIA EDR3 data // XXII Gamow International Astronomical Conference-School in Odessa: “Astronomy and beyond: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, High Energy, Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Radioastronomy and Astrobiology”, 22-26 August, 2022, Odesa, Ukraine

3. S.I.Denyshchenko, P.N.Fedorov, V.S.Akhmetov, A.B.Velichko / Detection of spiral structures of the milky way galaxy using kinematic analysis // XXII Gamow International Astronomical Conference-School in Odessa: “Astronomy and beyond: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, High Energy, Physics, Astroparticle Physics, Radioastronomy and Astrobiology”, 22-26 August, 2022, Odesa, Ukraine

4. V. Akhmetov, P.Fedorov, A.Velichko, A.Dmytrenko, S.Denyshchenko / Analysis of Modern Astrometric Catalogues in the Gaia Era // International Conference “Actual Questions of Ground-based Observational Astronomy” Devoted to 200th anniversary of Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory MAO-200, September 27-30, 2021, Mykolaiv, Ukraine

5. Denyshchenko S. V. Akhmetov, P.Fedorov / Kinematic Analysis of the Milky Way by Gaia EDR3 Data // International Conference “Actual Questions of Ground-based Observational Astronomy” Devoted to 200th anniversary of Mykolaiv Astronomical Observatory MAO-200, September 27-30, 2021, Mykolaiv, Ukraine

List of Main Publications

1. Sophia Denyschenko, Volodymyr Akhmetov, Victoria Serdiuk / Distribution of objects located closer than 10 pc according to the 2nd release of the Gaia catalogue// Матеріали конференції (IX Ukrainian Scientific Conference): “Academic and Scientific Challenges of Diverse Fields of Knowledge in the 21st century”, Видавництво ХНУ імені В.Н. Каразіна, 2020

2. Fedorov, P. N., Akhmetov, V. S., Velichko, A. B., Dmytrenko, A. M., Denyshchenko, S. I. Kinematics of the Milky Way from the Gaia EDR3 red giants and subgiants// Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 508, Issue 2, December 2021, Pages 3055–3067, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2821 , Scopus

3. Fedorov, P. N., Akhmetov, V. S., Velichko, A. B., Dmytrenko, A. M., Denyshchenko, S. I. Mapping the kinematic parameters of the Galaxy from the Gaia EDR3 red giants and sub-giants// Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 518, Issue 2, January 2023, Pages 2761–2774
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3218 , Scopus

4. Dmytrenko, A. M, Fedorov, P. N., Akhmetov, V. S., Velichko, A. B. Denyshchenko, S. I. / The vertex coordinates of the Galaxy’s stellar systems according to the Gaia DR3 catalogue // Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2023 V. 521, Issue 3. P. 4247–4256,
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad823ISSN00358711, Scopus

5. Denyshchenko, S. I, Fedorov, P. N., Akhmetov, V. S., Velichko, A. B., Dmytrenko, A. M. / Determining the parameters of the spiral arms of the Galaxy from kinematic tracers based on Gaia DR3 data // Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2024. V. 527, Issue 1. P. 1472–1480
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3350 ISSN 00358711, Scopus

6. A. M. Dmytrenko, P. N. Fedorov, V. S. Akhmetov, A. B. Velichko, S. I. Denyshchenko, V. P. Khramtsov, I. B. Vavilova, D. V. Dobrycheva, O. M. Sergijenko, A. A. Vasylenko and O.V. Kompaniiets / Spatial orientation and shape of the velocity ellipsoids of the Gaia DR3 giants and subgiants in the Galactic plane // (arXiv:2412.18333v1 [astro-ph.GA] for this version)