Science projects and scientific staff in Garching

Key Research Areas in Garching:

1. Cosmology – high-redshift universe

Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
CMB/cosmological parameters
ISM in high-z galaxies
Cosmological simulations

2. Galaxy evolution/formation

Survey/statistical studies
Clusters/groups of galaxies
Environment

3. Galaxies/AGN

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Active galaxies/ high-energy sources
Galaxy dynamics
Simulations
Massive black holes

4. ISM – star formation

Astrochemistry
Star-forming regions/molecular clouds/HII regions
Cycle of dust

5. Stellar evolution

Stellar populations
Evolved/binary stars
Supernovae, variable stars
Transient objects
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs
Young stars

6. Planets’ formation, exoplanets

Protoplanetary discs
Astrobiology
Exoplanets atmospheres
Planets-disc interaction

7. The Sun and the solar system

Physics of the Sun
Small bodies of the solar system
Solar system planets/atmospheres
Earth atmosphere

See also the PhD Thesis Topics offered by ESO Faculty Members (Garching and Chile) and the ESO Santiago Staff and Research page for scientific staff in Chile.

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Alqubelat, Hala

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Students

Young stars
Protoplanetary discs
Astrochemistry

Personal Homepage

Andersen, Morten

Stellar evolution · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Young stars
Cycle of dust
The Initial Mass Function

Andreani, Paola

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
ISM in high-z galaxies
Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Survey/statistical studies
Active galaxies/high-energy sources

Personal homepage

Arnaboldi, Magda

Faculty

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Galaxy dynamics
Clusters/groups of galaxies

Aru, Mari-Liis

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · Students

Protoplanetary discs
Small bodies of the solar system

Personal homepage

Baade, Dietrich (Astronomer Emeritus)

Stellar evolution · Faculty · Pensioner

Evolved/binary stars
Supernovae, variable stars
Transient objects

Barcons, Xavier

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Galaxies/AGN
Galaxy evolution/formation
Active galaxies/high-energy sources
Massive black holes

Barnes, Ashley

Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Massive star formation - kinematic, chemistry and physical properties
Effects of (pre-supernova) stellar feedback
Central molecular zone and disc of the Milky Way
Studies across nearby (z<<1) galaxies
Submillimeter and centimeter interferometry

Personal homepage

Bayo, Amelia

ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Faculty

Substellar objects (formation from proto-brown dwarfs to isolated planetary mass objects)
Disk evolution (dependence on the mass and multiplicity of the central object)
VO and astroinformatics (federated data problems, variability clasification, anomaly detection, etc)

Personal Homepage

Beccari, Giacomo

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Stellar populations
Galaxy dynamics
Planets-disc interaction

Boehm, Lennart

ISM – star formation · Students

Star-forming regions/molecular clouds
High mass star formation
Astrochemistry

Boffin, Henri

Stellar evolution · Faculty

Stellar populations
Evolved/binary stars
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs

Personal homepage

Bollo, Victoria

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Students

Cosmology – high-redshift universe
Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
ISM in high-z galaxies

Buzzo, Luísa

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · ISM – star formation · Students

Ultra-diffuse galaxies
Globular clusters
Astronomical surveys
Machine/deep learning

Campbell White, Justyn

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Fellows

Young stars
Protoplanetary discs
Planets-disc interaction
Time-resolved observations

Personal Webpage

Chruslinksa, Martyna

Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Fellows

Gravitational wave astrophysics
Chemical evolution of the Universe
Transient objects
Evolved/binary stars

Personal homepage

Cirasuolo, Michele

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

ISM in high-z galaxies
Survey/statistical studies
3D spectroscopy

Coccato, Lodovico

Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Galaxy dynamics
Massive black holes
Stellar populations
Evolved/binary stars

Personal homepage

Comerón, Fernando

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Star-forming regions/molecular clouds/HII regions
Young stars

Concas, Alice

Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · Fellows

Active galaxies/high-energy sources
Galaxy dynamics
Stellar populations
Star-forming regions/molecular clouds/HII regions

Csörnyei, Geza

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Fellows

Supernovae, variable stars
Transient objects
Survey/statistical studies

https://csogeza.github.io/

Curti, Mirko

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · Fellows

ISM in high-z galaxies
Applications of machine learning techniques to astronomy
Optical and near-infrared multi-object and integral-field spectroscopy (LBT, VLT, JWST)

da Silva Ilha, Gabriele

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Fellows

Active galaxies/high-energy sources

Das, Sreejita

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Students

Protoplanetary discs
Planets-disc interaction
Cycle of dust

Personal website

De Breuck, Carlos

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Personal homepage

De Cia, Annalisa

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
Environment

de Isídio, Natanael

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Students

Nearby galaxies
Active galaxies
Galaxy kinematics and dynamics
Clusters/groups of galaxies
Environment
ISM in high-z galaxies
Cosmological simulations

www.natanisidio.com

De Simone, Marta

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Fellows

Exoplanets atmospheres
Astrochemistry

Diaz Trigo, Maria

Stellar evolution · Faculty

Transient objects
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs

D´Odorico, Sandro (Astronomer Emeritus)

Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Faculty · Pensioner

Ehrhardt, Juliana

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Students

Exoplanets
Radial Velocity
Hot Jupiters
Debris Disks and Binary Stars

Emsellem, Eric

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Galaxy dynamics
Stellar populations
Simulations

Fraser-McKelvie, Amelia

Galaxy evolution formation · Fellows

Galaxy dynamics
Galaxy structure
Stellar populations
Stellar kinematics
Integral-field spectroscopyoung stars

Personal Homepage

Freudling, Wolfram

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Gilmozzi, Roberto (Astronomer Emeritus)

Stellar evolution · Faculty · Pensioner

Supernovae, variable stars

Guerra Varas, Nicolás

Galaxies - AGN · Students

Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
Active galaxies
Astrostatistics and astroinformatics

Hainaut, Olivier

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · Faculty

Solar system planets/atmospheres
Exoplanets atmospheres
Protoplanetary discs
Transient objects

Personal homepage

Hatziminaoglou, Evanthia

Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Faculty

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Galaxy dynamics
Survey/statistical studies

Hilker, Michael

Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Galaxy dynamics
Stellar populations

Personal homepage

Hummel, Christian

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Faculty

Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs
Exoplanets atmospheres

Personal Homepage

Immer, Katharina

ISM – star formation · Faculty

High-mass star formation
Masers
Galactic structure
Central Molecular Zone
Astrochemistry

Personal homepage

Ivanov, Valentin

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs
Exoplanets atmospheres

Personal homepage

Ivison, Rob (Astronomer Emeritus)

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

ISM in high-z galaxies

Personal Homepage

Jadlovský, Daniel

Stellar evolution · Students

Evolved stars
Optical interferometry
High resolution spectroscopy

Kammerer, Jens

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Fellows

Exoplanets atmospheres
Planets-disc interaction
Planets' formation and evolution
Habitable exoplanets
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarf

Personal Homepage

Kerber, Florian

Stellar evolution · Scientists

Evolved/binary stars

Kuntschner, Harald

Galaxy evolution formation · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Stellar populations
Integral-field spectroscopy

Personal homepage

Käufl, Hans-Ulrich (Pensioner)

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · Pensioner

Young stars
Exoplanets atmospheres
Evolved/binary stars

Lacour, Sylvestre

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Scientists

Leibundgut, Bruno

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Stellar evolution · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Supernovae, variable stars
Environment

Personal homepage

Lohmann, Felipe

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Students

Clusters/groups of galaxies
Cosmological simulations

Lyubenova, Mariya

Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Galaxy dynamics
Stellar populations
Nuclear Star Clusters
Massive black holes
Integral-field spectroscopy

Personal homepage

Macias, Enrique

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Protoplanetary discs
Planets-disc interaction
Cycle of dust

Mainieri, Vincenzo

Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Environment
Active galaxies/high-energy sources

Personal homepage

Manara, Carlo

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs
Protoplanetary discs
Young stars

Personal homepage

Marini, Ilaria

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Fellows

Cosmology-Cosmological simulations
Galaxy evolution/formation
Clusters/groups of galaxies
Galaxies/AGN-Galaxy dynamics

Mauco, Karina

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Fellows

Young stars
Protoplanetary discs
Planets-disc interaction

Personal homepage

Miotello, Anna

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Protoplanetary discs
Astrochemistry
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs

Personal homepage

Mirabile, Marco

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Students

Clusters/groups of galaxies
Galaxy dynamics
Stellar populations

Moehler, Sabine

Stellar evolution · Scientists

Personal homepage

Mroczkowski, Tony

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

CMB/cosmological parameters
ISM in high-z galaxies
Clusters/groups of galaxies

Personal homepage

Mérand, Antoine

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Faculty

Planets’ formation, exoplanets
Transient objects

Personal homepage

Møller, Palle (Pensioner)

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Pensioner

ISM in high-z galaxies
Environment

Nazari, Pooneh

ISM – star formation · Fellows

Organic chemistry in early phases of star formation
Planet formation
Interstellar molecules
Radiative transfer models
Submillimeter and infrared astronomy

Personal Homepage

Neeser, Mark

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxies - AGN · Scientists

Galaxy dynamics

Neumann, Lukas

Fellows · Galaxies - AGN · ISM – star formation · Galaxy evolution formation

Star-forming regions/molecular clouds/HII regions
Submillimeter and Millimeter observations of the Interstellar Medium
Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Galaxy dynamics

https://lukas-neumann-astro.github.io/

Nogueras Lara, Francisco

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Fellows

Stellar structure and population of the Milky Way’s centre
Dense stellar environments
High angular resolution imaging
Near infrared astronomy
Extinction curve in the infrared
Nuclear stellar discs and clusters
Galaxy nuclei

Personal homepage

O'Beirne, Tamsyn

Students · Galaxies - AGN · ISM – star formation

Circumgalactic medium and multiphase gas
Optically-dim gas-rich galaxies

Olofsson, Johan

ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Faculty

Debris disks and dust dynamics
Dust properties
Planet formation and planet-disk interactions

Personal Homepage

Padovani, Paolo

Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Faculty

Active galaxies/high-energy sources
Neutrino and cosmic-ray astronomy

Personal homepage

Pala, Anna Francesca

Stellar evolution · Faculty

White dwarfs
Binary stars
Accretion physics
Binary evolution

Patat, Ferdinando

Stellar evolution · Faculty

Supernovae, variable stars
Polarimetry and Spectropolarimetry

Personal homepage

Peroux, Celine

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Faculty

Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
Galaxy dynamics

Personal homepage

Petr-Gotzens, Monika

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Young stellar clusters
Young binary stars and protoplanetary disks
High spatial resolution imaging

Phillips, Neil Matthew

Galaxy evolution formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Faculty

Observational techniques, instrumentation and calibration, particularly at radio to sub-mm wavelenghts
Evolved/binary stars
Protoplanetary discs

Piscarreta, Lara

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Students

Star and planet formation and evolution
Stellar populations
Substellar objects (brown dwarfs)
Spectroscopy

Popesso, Paola

Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Galaxy evolution/formation
Galaxies/AGN
Environment

Popping, Gergely

Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Faculty

Cosmological simulations
ISM in high-z galaxies

Personal homepage

Primas, Francesca

Stellar evolution · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
(Extra-)Galactic Chemical evolution
Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Light elements (LiBeB)

Prudil, Zdeněk

Stellar evolution · ISM – star formation · Galaxies - AGN · Fellows

Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Supernovae, variable stars
Galaxy dynamics

Personal homepage

Rajkumar, Anitha Raj

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Students

Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Habitability

Personal Homepage

Ramsay, Suzanne

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Faculty

Planets-disc interaction

Redaelli, Elena

ISM – star formation · Fellows

Star formation
Astrochemistry
Astrobiology

https://www.elenaredaelli.eu/

Rejkuba, Marina

Stellar evolution · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Stellar populations
Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Supernovae, variable stars

Personal homepage

Ricciardi, Giulia

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Students

Protoplanetary disks population proprieties
Effects of stellar multiplicity on the disk proprieties
Formation process and evolution of multiple systems
Astrochemistry
Statistics

Roccetti, Giulia

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · Students

Astrobiology
Exoplanets atmospheres
Earth atmosphere

Rodrigues, Xavier

Galaxies - AGN · Fellows

Active galaxies
Astroparticle theory
Multi-messenger modelling

Romaniello, Martino

Stellar evolution · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

Rubin, Adam

Scientists

Supernovae
Transients
Instrumentation

Rueda Vargas, Silvia

Galaxies - AGN · Students

Active galaxies/AGN
Circumgalatic medium

Rutherford, Tomas

Galaxy evolution formation · Students

Galaxy evolution
Galaxy dynamics
Dynamical modelling of galaxies

Schöller, Markus

Stellar evolution · Faculty

Stellar evolution
Optical Long Baseline Interferometry
Stellar magnetic fields

Sicignano, Teresa

Students · Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe

Variable stars - stellar evolution- nearby galaxies
Photometry spectroscopy cosmology

Siebenmorgen, Ralf

ISM – star formation · Faculty

Star-forming regions/molecular clouds/HII regions

Personal homepage

Spyromilio, Jason

Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Faculty

Supernovae, variable stars
Transient objects
IR spectroscopy
High resolution spectroscopy

Personal homepage

Stacey, Hannah

Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxies - AGN · Faculty

ISM in high-z galaxies
Active galaxies/high-energy sources

Sterzik, Michael

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Astrobiology
Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs

Personal homepage

Sureda, Joaquin

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Students

Simulations
Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
Nuclear Star Clusters

https://jmsureda.github.io

Sánchez Sáez, Paula

Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Faculty

Active galaxies/high-energy sources
Transient objects
Massive black holes
Astrostatistics and astroinformatics (analysis and characterization of large datasets, use of machine learning algorithms to classify and characterize astronomical data)

https://www.pasanchezsaez.org/

Toci, Claudia

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Fellows