Dr Marie Korsaga

Dr Marie Korsaga is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso, where she is also affiliated with the Laboratoire de Physique et de Chimie de l'Environnement. Currently, she is a visiting fellow at the Sub-department of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, at the University of Oxford, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Visiting Fellowship programme, under the mentorship of Professor Martin Bureau.

Dr Korsaga’s research focuses on galaxy formation and dark matter, utilizing multi-wavelength observations and hydro-dynamical simulations. With a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from Aix-Marseille Université in France and the University of Cape Town, she has advanced our understanding of dark matter distribution in galaxies through extensive work with rotation curves and stellar mass studies. Her contributions have been recognized with awards, including the African Women in Astronomy early career award. Dr Korsaga is also a founding member and editor of the first francophone astronomy magazine "L’Astronomie Afrique," dedicated to advancing African voices in space sciences.

During her fellowship at Oxford, Dr Korsaga’s project, "Mass Distributions of Spiral Galaxies with MeerKAT and ALMA Surveys," will explore dark matter dynamics by studying mass scaling relations across galaxies using MeerKAT and ALMA telescope data. This work aims to deepen understanding of dark matter's role in galaxy structure, potentially influencing future research in galaxy evolution and contributing to the African astronomy community's growth.

• M. Korsaga et al.: Disk Galaxies Are Self-similar: The Universality of the HI-to-Halo Mass Ratio for Isolated Disks. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023, 952 L41.
• M. Korsaga et al.: GHASP: an H kinematical survey of spiral galaxies - XIII. Distribution of luminous and dark matter in spiral and irregular nearby galaxies using H and Hi rotation curves and WISE photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 490,2977-3024.
• M. Korsaga et al.,: GHASP: an H kinematical survey of spiral galaxies - XII. Distribution of luminous and dark matter in spiral and irregular nearby galaxies using Rc band photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 482, 154-174.
• M. Korsaga et al.: GHASP: an H kinematical survey of spiral galaxies - XI. Distribution of luminous and dark matter in spiral and irregular nearby galaxies using WISE photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018, 478, 50-68.