ESO - Research Area: EVOLUTION OF <b style="color:black;background-color:#66ffff">GALAXIES</b> AND THE ISM

Research Area: EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES AND THE ISM

Topics covered in this research area

Subject in this research area aim at understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies from low to high redshift, their mass assembly and enrichment histories, as well as the connection to active galactic nuclei.

Evolution of the interstellar medium in galaxies
Evolution of galaxy structure and dynamics
High-redshift galaxies and galaxy clusters
Co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

Thesis topics offered on Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM

*Thesis topic*	*Thesis supervisor(s)*
Studying the first galaxy clusters with ALMA	Eelco van Kampen (Home page)
Fuelling and growth of galaxy nuclei	Eric Emsellem
How much can a supermassive black hole consume?	Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
The interplay of massive stars, gas and dust in very nearby starbursts	Jeremy Walsh (Home page)
Properties of kinematically decoupled structures in Early-Type Galaxies	Dr. Lodovico Coccato
Testing the non-universality of the low-mass end of the Initial Mass Function in massive Early-Type Galaxies	Dr. Lodovico Coccato
Testing galaxy formation in high density environments - the extended stellar haloes of giant elliptical galaxies	Magda Arnaboldi
Next generation Fornax Cluster surveys	Michael Hilker
Dynamical models of multiple globular cluster populations around massive galaxies	Michael Hilker and Adriano Agnello
Black hole accretion versus star burst episodes: what is the engine of powerful active galaxies?	Paola Andreani
The physics of a nearby galaxy sample (HRS): gas, dust and stellar population and their relationship	Paola Andreani
Multi-wavelength studies of blazars	Paolo Padovani (Home page)
The physics of AGN outflows: are they able to shape their own galaxy?	Vincenzo Mainieri and (Home page) Paolo Padovani (Home page)
ALMACAL: the evolution of the molecular gas in galaxies using ALMA calibrator observations	Martin Zwaan

Scientific Staff in Garching working on Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM

Arnaboldi, Magda

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Diffuse stellar population in galaxy clusters & intracluster planetary nebulae
Galaxy and galaxy cluster formation and evolution
Dynamics of early-type galaxies, mass content of galaxies, polarrings, properties of dark matter haloes

Biggs, Andy

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Starburst galaxies
Gravitational lensing

Coccato, Lodovico

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Stellar Populations · Faculty

Galactic kinematics and dynamics
Stellar galaxy halos
Intracluster light
Stellar populations
Kinematic decoupling in galaxies
Extragalactic Planetary Nebulae
3D spectroscopy
Supermassive black holes

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De Breuck, Carlos

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

High redshift radio galaxies
Radio and millimetre interferometry
Radio surveys
Optical spectropolarimetry

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de Zeeuw, Tim

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Formation, structure and dynamics of galaxies, including the Galaxy
Star clusters and OB associations

Emsellem, Eric

Stellar Populations · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Galactic dynamics
Early-type galaxies
Stellar populations
3D spectroscopy
Numerical simulations
Data analysis softwares

Hartke, Johanna

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Students

Dynamics of Galaxies
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies

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Hilker, Michael

Stellar Populations · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Dwarf galaxies in galaxy clusters
Extragalactic globular clusters
Stellar populations
Element abundances of galactic globular clusters

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Ivison, Rob

Planets and Star Formation · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Evolution of the ISM in galaxies
Formation of galaxies in the distant Universe
Dust formation
Masers
Proto-Planetary disks
Exoplanets

Laing, Robert

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Active galaxies, relativistic jets in extragalactic and galactic sources, synchrotron and inverse Compton emission, polarization and extragalactic magnetic fields, Faraday rotation, radio surveys.
Optical/IR telescopes; telescope control; aperture synthesis at cm, mm and sub-mm wavelengths.

Mainieri, Vincenzo

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Multiwavelength properties of AGN and their SED (X-ray, optical, near-IR, sub-mm, radio)
Highly obscured (Compton thick) AGN
AGN properties as a function of the environment: field, groups, clusters of galaxies
high-redshift X-ray clusters of galaxies: their metallicities and AGN content

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Padovani, Paolo

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), X-ray, gamma-ray emission
BL Lacertae Objects
Blazar Surveys
Deep radio surveys
AGN - starburst connection
Neutrino astronomy

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Tacconi-Garman, Lowell

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Active Galactic Nuclei
Starburst Galaxies
Super Star Clusters
Adaptive Optics/NIR Imaging and Spectroscopy

van Kampen, Eelco

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Cosmology and the Early Universe · Faculty

The formation and evolution of galaxies
High-redshift galaxies and galaxy clusters
Cosmological simulations
Gravitational lensing

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Vernet, Jo��l

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

High redshift galaxies and AGN
Kinematics of distant galaxies
Polarimetry

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Zwaan, Martin

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Faculty

Cool gas in galaxies
Relation between QSO absorption lines and galaxies
Radio and millimetre surveys

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B��thermin, Matthieu

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Cosmology and the Early Universe · Fellows

Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Cosmic infrared background
Evolution of infrared and sub-millimeter galaxy populations
Connexion between large-scale structures and galaxies
Deep far-infrared and (sub-)millimeter surveys

Gonzalez Fernandez, Ariadna

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Cosmology and the Early Universe · Students

High-redshift galaxies and galaxy clusters
Gravitational lensing

Ginsburg, Adam

Planets and Star Formation · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Fellows

High mass star and cluster formation
Turbulence in molecular clouds
Millimeter and centimeter observations, in particular large-area & Galactic Plane surveys
Data analysis tools & python, especially astropy

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Husemann, Bernd

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Fellows

AGN and their host galaxies
ISM of galaxies
3D spectroscopy
Data analysis softwares

Oteo G��mez, Iv��n

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Fellows

Multi-wavelength extragalactic surveys
Galaxy formation and evolution
Evolution of the ISM in galaxies

Popping, Gergely

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Cosmology and the Early Universe · Fellows

Simulations of galaxy formation and evolution
Modelling the ISM in galaxies
Modelling sub-mm emission from galaxies

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Sybilska (formerly Rys), Agnieszka

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Fellows

Formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies in cluster and field environments
Dynamical modelling of galaxies
Galaxy scaling laws
Integral field spectroscopy

Man, Allison (Wing Shan)

Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Cosmology and the Early Universe · Stellar Populations · Fellows

The quenching of star formation in massive galaxies
Quiescent galaxies at high-redshift: formation & evolution; stellar populations & ISM; structures & dynamics
Galaxy mergers: observations & simulations
Strong gravitational lensing

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Karabal, Emin

Stellar Populations · Evolution of Galaxies and the ISM · Students