University of Heidelberg

Curriculum Vitae

 Prof. Dr. Eva K. Grebel
 Director

 Address

 Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
 Zentrum für Astronomie
    der Universität  Heidelberg
 Mönchhofstraße 12-14
 D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

 Phone:  +49 6221 54 1810
 Fax:      +49 6221 54 1802
 Secr.:    +49 6221 54 1801

My Research in Brief

My work focuses on understanding how galaxies form and evolve. I use resolved stellar populations as fossils of the past evolution, conducting galactic archaeology with these witnesses of former epochs. Together with my students and postdocs, I seek to uncover the assembly history of galaxies like our own Milky Way, to understand how chemical enrichment and star formation proceded as a function of time, and what triggered and governed these processes. Large sky surveys such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey or the Radial Velocity Experiment play an important role in this research, as do observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based telescopes. Apart from permitting us to explore galaxy evolution over cosmological time scales, these studies also provide clues about the role and nature of the enigmatic dark matter. Our work has resulted in more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed astronomical journals and has been cited more than 17,000 times.

My Vita in Brief

After my diploma in physics (M.Sc.) at the University of Bonn, I spent half a year as a summer student at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. I then began my PhD at the University of Bonn, spending two years in Chile at the European Southern Observatory as an ESO student fellow. After graduating I was a postdoc at the Universities of Illinois, Würzburg, and Santa Cruz. Then I went to the University of Washington on a Hubble Fellowship. In 1999 I was offered a "C3" faculty position at MPIA, Heidelberg, which I assumed in 2000. (A C3 position (now called a W2 position) is the equivalent of an associate professorship.) In 2002, I was granted tenure at MPIA. In 2003, I succeeded Prof. Tammann at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel and took over as director in 2004. In 2006, I received offers for chairs in astronomy at the Universities of Bonn, Göttingen, and Heidelberg. I accepted the Heidelberg offer. In 2007, I became the only female full professor for astronomy in Germany at that time, as well as director at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI). The ARI is one of the three institutes of the Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH). With eight full professors for astronomy, the ZAH is the largest center for astronomy at a German university.


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         Education
Positions Held
Honors and Fellowships
Research Interests
Students Advised
Teaching
Current/Former Postdocs
Invited Talks and Reviews
Seminars and Colloquia
Scientific Organizing Committees
Other Committees and Professional Service
Professional Societies
Publications

Education

1995:
1991:
   PhD in astronomy, Bonn University
  M.Sc. in physics, Bonn University
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Positions held

Since 2007:

2004 - 2007:
2003 - 2007:
2000 - 2003:
1998 - 2000:
1997 - 1998:
1996 - 1997:
1995 - 1996:
1994 - 1995:
1992 - 1994:
1991:
   Professor for Astronomy, ZAH, University of Heidelberg
  Director at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, ZAH
  Director, Astronomical Institute, University of Basel
  Professor for Astronomy, University of Basel
  Head of research group (C3), MPIA, Heidelberg
  Hubble Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle
  Postdoc, University of California, Santa Cruz
  Postdoc, University of Würzburg
  Postdoc, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Research Assistant, University of Bonn
  ESO Student Fellow, La Silla
  STScI Summer Student, Baltimore
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Honors & Fellowships

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1994 - 1995:
1992 - 1994:
1986 - 1989:

   Full member, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
  Jahrespreis der Universität Heidelberg
  Lautenschläger-Forschungspreis
  Caroline Herschel Distinguished Visitorship, STScI
  Johann Wempe Award, AIP
  Henri Chrétien International Research Grant Award, AAS
  Hubble Fellowship, University of Washington
  Ludwig Biermann Award, Astronomische Gesellschaft
  Heinrich Hörlein Award, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences,
  Bonn University
  German Research Foundation Fellowship, Bonn University
  Student Fellowship, European Southern Observatory, Chile
  German National Merit Foundation Scholarship
  (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
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Research Interests

Galaxy Evolution and Near-field Cosmology:

Participation in large international survey projects

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Students Advised

Projektarbeiten and Bachelor Theses:

  1. Jens Rößler, Heidelberg University (2010)
  2. Jan Neumann, Heidelberg University (2011)
  3. Tobias Schmidt, Heidelberg University (2011)
  4. Aaron Sievers, Heidelberg University (2011)
  5. Steffen Säubert, Heidelberg University (2011)
  6. Paul Heimel, Heidelberg University (2011)
  7. Elisabeth Guerin, Heidelberg University (ongoing)

Master or Diploma Theses:

  1. Marc Zimer, Heidelberg University (2002)
  2. Andreas Koch, Heidelberg University (2003)
  3. Katrin Jordi, Basel University (2005)
  4. Katharina Glatt, Basel University (2005)
  5. Mischa Vodicka, Basel University (2006)
  6. Matthias Frank, Heidelberg University (2008)
  7. Raoul Haschke, Heidelberg University (2009)
  8. Johannes Ludwig, Heidelberg University (2009)
  9. Benjamin Röck, Heidelberg University (2012)
  10. André Herling, Heidelberg University (ongoing)
  11. Christina Hennig, Heidelberg University (ongoing)

Ph.D. Theses:

  1. Daniel Harbeck, University of Heidelberg (2003)
    (subsequently received the Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society,
    became a McKinney Fellow at the University of Wisconsin,
    and a Charles Townes Fellow at the University of California in Berkeley)
  2. Andrea Stolte, University of Heidelberg (2003)
    (subsequently received an Emmy Noether Fellowship at the Universities
    of Cologne and Bonn)
  3. Andreas Koch, University of Basel (2006)
    (Marie Curie Visiting Fellowship at the IoA, Cambridge (2005).
    Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award of the University of Basel (2006).
    Ludwig Biermann Award of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (2008),
    Emmy Noether Fellowship at the University of Heidelberg (2010))
  4. Stefan Kautsch, University of Basel (2006)
    (Subsequently was appointed assistant professor at Christopher Newport
    University, Newport News, USA)
  5. Thorsten Lisker, University of Basel (2007)
    (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award of the University of Basel (2007),
    obtained a position as Junior Research Group Leader in the framework
    of the German "Excellence Initiative" (2007),
    the General Physics Award of the Swiss Physical Society (2008),
    the Karl-Freudenberg Award of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (2009),
    the Klaus-Georg und Sigrid Hengstberger Award (2009),
    and the Ludwig-Biermann Award of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (2011).)
  6. Andrea Kayser, University of Basel (2008)
  7. Katharina Glatt, University of Basel (2009)
  8. Katrin Jordi, University of Basel (2009)
  9. Denija Crnojević, University of Heidelberg (2010)
    (IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow).
    (Subsequently received a "postdoctoral fellowship in extragalactic astronomy
    and cosmology" at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK.)
  10. Sophia Lianou, University of Heidelberg (2011)
    (HGSFP/IMPRS Student Fellow)
  11. Shuang Gao, University of Heidelberg (2011)
    (Fellow of the China Scholarship Council)
  12. Raoul Haschke, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow)
  13. Xiaoying Pang, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (LGFG/IMPRS/HGSFP Graduate Student Fellow)
  14. Matthias Frank, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (Student Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, Garching)
  15. Johannes Ludwig, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow)
  16. Frederik Schönebeck, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow)
  17. John Vickers, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (GREAT/IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow)
  18. Mohamad Abbas, University of Heidelberg (ongoing)
    (IMPRS/HGSFP Student Fellow)

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