Student Visitors in 2008

  • Sarah Ann BIRD (DGDF Student)
    • Dates of stay: May 2 - July 20, 2008
    • Institution: University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Supervisor: M. West
    • Scientific interests: Star clusters
  • Virginia CORLESS
    • Dates of stay: November 30, 2007 - January 31, 2008
    • Institution: Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, U.K.
    • Supervisor: Chris Lidman
    • Topic of research: Gravitational Lensing; Dark Matter and Structure Formation
  • Matteo CORRENTI
    • Dates of stay: May 13 - August 12, 2008
    • Institution: Bologna University, Italy
    • Supervisor: I. Saviane and L. Monaco
    • Scientific interests: Stellar populations; Dwarf galaxies; Galactic structures and stream
  • Francesca DEMEO
    • Dates of stay: April 7- June 30, 2008
    • Institution: Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
    • Supervisor: C. Dumas
    • Topic of research: Planetary Sciences: spectroscopy of Pluto and Charon
  • Pedro FIGUEIRA
    • Dates of stay: March 1 - April 30, 2008
    • Institution: Astronomical Observatory, University of Geneva
    • Supervisor: C. Melo
    • Topic of research: Radial velocity searches; Infrared spectroscopy; Spectra disentanglement
  • Iraklis KONSTANTOPOULOS
    • Dates of stay: October 1 - December 29, 2008
    • Institution: University College London, UK
    • ESO Supervisor: M. Gieles
    • Working on: Young massive clusters; Clustered star formation; Extragalactic star formation
  • Adriane LIERMANN
    • Dates of stay: October 1 - December 10, 2008
    • Institution: Potsdam University, Germany
    • ESO Supervisor: D. Nuernberger
  • Christian MONI BIDIN
    • Dates of stay: June 1 - August 31, 2008
    • Institution: Padova University and Universidad de Chile
    • Supervisor: H. Sana
    • Topic of research: Extreme horizontal branch stars in globular clusters; Chemistry and kinematics of galactic disk
  • Christina THÖNE
    • Dates of stay: July 29 - August 10, 2008
    • Institution: Dark Cosmology Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ESO Inviting party: L. Christensen
    • Scientific interests: GRB host galaxies and Environment of GRBs and Supernovae