Star Formation

Star Formation - potential PhD supervisors of IMPRS Heidelberg

Colleagues with *) will depart/retire soon.

Dr. Bertram Bitsch (MPIA)
( bitsch @ mpia.de )
Planet formation, exoplanets, computational fluid dynamics, accretion discs
PD Coryn Bailer-Jones (MPIA)
( calj @ mpia.de )
Galactic structure, open clusters, brown dwarfs, Gaia satellite, machine learning, Bayesian inference, mass extinctions
Prof. Henrik Beuther (MPIA)
( beuther @ mpia-hd.mpg.de )
Massive star formation, IMF, astrochemistry, (sub) mm interferometry
Dr. Wolfgang Brandner (MPIA)
( brandner @ mpia.de )
Circumstellar disks, brown dwarfs & exoplanets, starburst clusters, adaptive optics
Dr. Mélanie Chevance (ITA)
( chevance@uni-heidelberg.de )
ISM physics, star formation and feedback, galaxy formation and evolution.
Prof. Norbert Christlieb (LSW)
( n.christlieb @ lsw.uni-heidelberg.de )
Galactic Archaeology
Dr. Markus Feldt (MPIA)
( feldt @ mpia.de )
Adaptive optics, star formation
Prof. Christian Fendt (MPIA)
( fendt @ mpia.de )
Jets, AGN, star formation, MHD, computational astrophysics
Dr. Mario Flock (MPIA)
( flock @ mpia.de )
Planet and star formation, protoplanetary disks, radiation transfer modelling, MHD, computational physics
Prof. Eva Grebel (ARI)
( grebel @ ari.uni-heidelberg.de )
Galaxy evolution, near-field cosmology, dwarf galaxies, stellar populations
Prof. Thomas Henning (MPIA)
( henning @ mpia.de )
Star formation, exoplanets, interstellar medium, laboratory astrophysics
Dr. Tom Herbst (MPIA)
( herbst @ mpia.de )
Star formation, dark matter, brown dwarfs, galaxy halos, instrumentation
Prof. Stefan Jordan (ARI)
( jordan @ ari.uni-heidelberg.de )
Astrometry, GAIA, white dwarfs
Prof. Hubert Klahr (MPIA)
( klahr @ mpia.de )
Star & planet formation, computational fluid dynamics, accretion disks, supercomputing
Prof. Ralf Klessen (ITA)
( klessen @ uni-heidelberg.de )
Star formation theory, interstellar turbulence, galactic structure, computational astrophysics
Dr. Kathryn Kreckel  (ARI)
( kathryn.kreckel @ uni-heidelberg.de )
ISM physics, galaxy formation and evolution
Dr. Ralf Launhardt (MPIA)
( rl @ mpia.de )
Low-mass star formation (observations), binary protostars, exoplanet searches, interferometry
Dr. Nadine Neumayer (MPIA)
( neumayer @ mpia.de )
Co-evolution of black holes & galaxies, nuclear star clusters, build-up of galaxy centres, Galactic dynamics, 3D spectroscopy
Dr. Genevieve Parmentier (ARI)
( gparm @ ari.uni-heidelberg.de )
Formation and evolution of star clusters
Dr. Anna Pasquali  (ARI)
( pasquali @ ari.uni-heidelberg.de )
Galaxy star formation history
Dr. Fabian Schneider  (HITS)
( fabian.schneider @ uni-heidelberg.de )
Theoretical stellar astrophysics, single and binary star evolution, stellar mergers, magnetic massive stars, supernova explosions, stellar remnants, stellar populations, massive star formation, IMF, Bayesian statistics
Dr. Roy van Boekel (MPIA)
( boekel @ mpia.de )
Star formation, disk observations & modeling, IR, dust
PD Fabian Walter (MPIA)
( walter @ mpia.de )
Highest redshift galaxies, star formation in nearby galaxies