This is a list of the scientific interests of the staff (including ALMA COFUND Fellows and postdocs) associated with the European ARC.
Science at the European ARC
| Name | location | email address | Science or technical interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Alves | German ARC-node |  |
(collapsing) molecular clouds and low-mass protostars; magnetic fields in star formation processes; multi-wavelength polarimetry |
| Paola Andreani | ESO |  |
Cosmic microwave background, SZ clusters, protoclusters |
| Adam Avison | JBCA |  |
Massive star formation, masers and interferometry |
| Miroslav Barta | Czech ARC-node |  |
Solar MHD: flares and prominences, Solar radio physics, High-performance (parallel) computing |
| Kaustuv Basu | German ARC-node | kbasu @ astro.uni-bonn.de | Multi-wavelength observation of galaxy clusters; physics of the inter-cluster medium; cluster radio galaxies; Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect |
| George Bendo | JBCA | george.bendo @ manchester.ac.uk | Dust and gas-to-dust ratios in nearby galaxies (elliptical, spiral, irregular) |
| Frank Bertoldi | German ARC-node |  |
High-z galaxies and quasars, sub-millimeter observations, SZ observations of galaxy clusters, PDRs and shocks |
| Rob Beswick | JBCA |  |
Extragalactic star-formation (low and high redshift systems), neutral and molecular gas in galaxies, Interferometry techniques |
| Andy Biggs | ESO |  |
High-redshift star formation, (Strong) gravitational lensing |
| Jeremie Boissier | Italian ARC-node |  |
Physics and chemistry of cometary atmospheres and nuclei, circumstellar disks and star formation |
| Jan Brand | Italian ARC-node |  |
Physics and chemistry of the galactic ISM; properties of star-forming regions across the Galaxy; circumstellar envelopes; masers, monitoring |
| Sandra Burkutean | German ARC-node | sburk @ astro.uni-bonn.de | Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in galaxy clusters; shocks in the intra-cluster medium; combination of interferometric and bolometric data |
| Viviana Casasola | Italian ARC-node |  |
Molecular gas in normal galaxies, AGN fueling mechanisms, star formation in galaxies, H2-CO conversion factor |
| Arancha Castro-Carrizo | IRAM |  |
Evolved stars, disk and outflows, physics and chemistry of planetary nebulae. Mm-interferometry techniques and data reduction. |
| Luca Cortese | ESO |  |
The star formation cycle and environmental effects in nearby galaxies |
| Bartosz Dabrowski | Czech ARC-node |  |
Solar radio physics, Solar flares |
| Maria Diaz Trigo | ESO |  |
X-ray binaries, equatorial winds and jets, accretion, black holes and neutron stars, ULXs |
| Gaelle Dumas | IRAM |  |
Star formation process. ISM properties and nuclear activity in nearby galaxies |
| Christian Endres | German ARC-node | endres @ ph1.uni-koeln.de | High-resolution laboratory spectroscopy (THz); rotational spectroscopy; internal rotation in complex molecules; CDMS, VAMDC |
| Gary Fuller | JBCA |  |
Star formation, Molecular clouds, Astrochemistry |
| Loretta Gregorini | Italian ARC-node |  |
Properties of star formation in the Galaxy and in external galaxies; physical conditions of ISM in external galaxies |
| Frédéric Gueth | IRAM |  |
Star formation, embedded sources, molecular jets and outflows, physics and chemistry of shocks. |
| Evanthia Hatziminaoglou | ESO | ehatzimi @ eso.org | Dust in AGN, star formation in AGN, AGN evolution |
| Michiel Hogergheijde | Allegro |  |
star formation, protoplanetary disks, comets, radiative transfer |
| Anthony Holloway | JBCA |  |
Active galaxies and High Performance Computing |
| Liz Humphreys | ESO |  |
Evolved stars, high mass star formation, central parsecs of Galaxies, masers |
| Marian Karlicky | Czech ARC-node |  |
Solar research, solar chromosphere, solar flares |
| Eelco van Kampen | ESO |  |
Galaxy formation and evolution (at high- and low-redshifts), proto-clusters, galaxy clustering |
| Tim van Kempen | Allegro (currently Chile) |  |
Star formation in the nearby Milky Way, star formation theory over all masses, protoplanetary disk formation in the embedded stages, astrochemistry, the role of water, oxygen and carbon chemistry in the Milky Way |
| Pamela Klaassen | Allegro | klaassen @ strw.leidenuniv.nl | High mass Star formation, outflows, ionized and molecular gas dynamics |
| Melanie Krips | IRAM |  |
Properties of the molecular gas in nearby and high-z active galaxies (kinematics, excitation conditions, chemistry); evolution of activity in galaxies; gravitational lensing effect; interferometric techniques and calibration methods |
| Devaky Kunneriath | Czech ARC-node | devaky @ astro.cas.cz | Galactic centre science, radio astronomy |
| Steven Longmore | ESO |  |
High mass star formation, variable accretion in low-mass star formation, Galactic-plane surveys, sub-mm galaxies |
| Karl-Heinz Mack | Italian ARC-node |  |
Radio galaxies, AGN, polarimetry |
| Marcella Massardi | Italian ARC-node |  |
Extragalactic radio sources, high-z galaxies & galaxy formation, galaxy clusters and SZ effect, multi-wavelength surveys, instrumental calibration |
| Matthias Maercker | German ARC-node |  |
Evolution of AGB stars; mass-loss; chemistry of circumstellar envelopes, detached shells around carbon stars |
| Arturo Mignano | Italian ARC-node |  |
Multi-wavelength surveys, Physics and evolution of low luminosity AGN, Physical Constants Variation |
| Thomas Moeller | German ARC-node | moeller @ ph1.uni-koeln.de | Modeling of observing data; development of MAGIX (modeling and error estimates for various codes) |
| Stefanie Muehle | German ARC-node | muehle @ astro.uni-bonn.de | Molecular gas in extreme environments; starburst galaxies and AGN; the ISM in the Galactic Centre; masers |
| Sebastien Muller | Nordic ARC | mullers @ chalmers.se.png | Molecular gas and dust in nearby galaxies; molecular absorption; circumstellar envelopes around evolved stars |
| Tom Muxlow | JBCA |  |
Extragalactic star-formation - from high redshift systems to SNR evolution in nearby galaxies, Interferometry techniques |
| Rosita Paladino | Italian ARC-node |  |
Star formation in nearby galaxies, magnetic fields and cosmic rays in the ISM, environmental effects on star formation processes |
| Dirk Petry | ESO |  |
Blazars, Microquasars, Multi-wavelength campaigns, GRBs, cosmic rays, solar system objects, CASA |
| Vincent Piétu | IRAM |  |
Star formation, physics and chemistry of protoplanetary discs, debris discs |
| Jaime Pineda | JBCA, COFUND fellow | Star formation, astrochemistry and gas kinematics, synthetic observations of simulations. | |
| Isabella Prandoni | Italian ARC-node |  |
Physics and evolution of SF galaxies and AGN, Radio surveys and deep fields, Molecular gas properties in high-z galaxies, AGN fuelling and feedback (gas inflows and outflows) |
| Sofia Ramstedt | German ARC-node | sofia @ astro.uni-bonn.de | Mass loss, circumstellar chemistry of AGB stars; formation of planetary nebulae; binaries and circumstellar shaping during the AGB to PN transition |
| Suzanna Randall | ESO |  |
asteroseismology, late stages of stellar evolution, Extreme Horizontal Branch stars |
| Anita Richards | JBCA |  |
Masers, mass loss from evolved stars, star and planet formation, interferometry |
| Alessandra Rossetti | Italian ARC-node |  |
Extragalactic radio sources, physics and evolution of compact steep-spectrum radio sources, polarimetry |
| Anthony Rushton | Nordic ARC-node |  |
Black Holes, accretion, jets, Galactic Centre and X-ray binaries |
| Reinhold Schaaf | German ARC-node |  |
Software development for ARTIST (model library, python interface) and other telescopes (APEX, NANTEN2, CCAT) |
| Peter Schilke | German ARC-node |  |
Formation of massive stars; formation of molecular clouds; astrochemistry; modeling of observation data |
| Markus Schmalzl | Allegro | schmalzl @ strw.leidenuniv.nl> | Early stages of low-mass star formation |
| Vernesa Smolcic | German ARC-node |  |
Galaxy evolution; radio AGN; star formation (SMGs); galaxy clusters; survey science; multi-wavelength follow-up |
| Thomas Stanke | ESO |  |
Star formation: low-mass protostars, protostellar outflows, high-mass star formation |
| Felix Stoehr | ESO |  |
Galaxy formation, dark matter distribution, dark matter annihilation, data reduction pipelines, archive |
| Floris van der Tak | Groningen (SRON) |  |
physics of the interstellar medium, formation of high-mass stars, molecular spectroscopy and radiative transfer, astrochemistry |
| Wouter Vlemmings | Nordic ARC |  |
Evolved stars, high mass star formation, masers, pulsars, magnetic fields, polarization |
| Alessandra Zanichelli | Italian ARC-node |  |
Extragalactic radio sources, Multi-wavelength surveys, Astronomical software |
| Martin Zwaan | ESO |  |
Gas in galaxies at low and high redshifts, intervening absorption lines |