My name is Charalambia Varnava and I am a passionate researcher, leveraging computational and applied mathematics to address challenges across astrophysics, data-driven sciences and beyond. My work has been published in prestigious journals and has received international recognition through global media coverage.
About me
I hold a PhD in Computing/Computer Science from European University Cyprus, with a thesis titled “A Bayesian method for fitting spectral energy distributions of galaxies with radiative transfer models”. Prior to my doctorate, I was recognized as the top MSc student in the 2015 Applied Mathematics cohort at the University of Cyprus. My MSc thesis is titled “Robust exponential convergence in a balanced norm for an hp finite element method applied to fourth order singularly perturbed problems”. I also hold a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Cyprus.
I have been honored with several awards and scholarships, including a full academic scholarship for the PhD program in Computing/Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering jointly with the Aristarchus Research Center of European University Cyprus. Additionally, I received two awards for achieving the highest average grade during my Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics: one from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Cyprus, and the Sievert Larsson/Ancoria Excellence Award from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the same university.
My research interests span multiple disciplines within computational and applied sciences, including:
- Computational mathematics
- Data science
- Scientific computing
- MCMC methods
- Bayesian inference
- Spectral energy distribution fitting with radiative transfer models