Science projects and scientific staff in Garching
Key Research Areas in Garching:
1. Cosmology – high-redshift universe
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5. Stellar evolution
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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.
FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets
- IGM/CGM, ISM in high-z galaxies
- Statistical studies, environment
- Young Stellar Objects
Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · FACULTY
- Solar system planets/atmospheres
- Exoplanets atmospheres
- Protoplanetary discs
- Transient objects
Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
- Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
- Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarfs
- Exoplanets atmospheres
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Käufl, Hans-Ulrich (Pensioner)
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system · PENSIONER
Galaxy evolution formation · Stellar evolution · FACULTY
Leibundgut, Bruno (Astronomer Emeritus)
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Stellar evolution · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY

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

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

Stellar evolution · FACULTY

- White dwarfs
- Binary stars
- Accretion physics
- Binary evolution
Stellar evolution · FACULTY

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

- Young stellar clusters
- Young binary stars and protoplanetary disks
- High spatial resolution imaging
Stellar evolution · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
- Stellar populations
- Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
- Supernovae, variable stars
Stellar evolution · FACULTY
ISM – star formation · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · FACULTY
- Supernovae, variable stars
- Transient objects
- IR spectroscopy
- High resolution spectroscopy
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · PENSIONER
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
- Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
- ISM in high-z galaxies
- Survey/statistical studies
Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY

- ISM in high-z galaxies
- Survey/statistical studies
- 3D spectroscopy
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
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · FACULTY

Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution · FACULTY

D´Odorico, Sandro (Astronomer Emeritus)
Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · FACULTY · PENSIONER
Planets’ formation, exoplanets
- Exoplanets
- Planet formation
- Young planets/stars
- Planetary atmospheres
- Planetary evolution
Galaxies - AGN · ISM – star formation

- Circumgalactic medium and multiphase gas
- Optically-dim gas-rich galaxies
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · FACULTY

Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · FACULTY
Galaxy evolution formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY

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

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

- Protoplanetary discs
- Planets-disc interaction
- Cycle of dust
ISM – star formation

- Star-forming regions/molecular clouds
- High mass star formation
- Astrochemistry
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/
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
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
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)
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Planets’ formation, exoplanets
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · The Sun and the solar system
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · ISM – star formation · FACULTY
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation
Stellar evolution · ISM – star formation · Galaxies - AGN
- Nearby galaxies/Milky Way and the local group
- Supernovae, variable stars
- Galaxy dynamics
Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Stellar evolution

- Clusters/groups of galaxies
- Galaxy dynamics
- Stellar populations
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation

- 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)
COS · GAL · OBS · SIM · DATA · AI · Galaxies - AGN
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
Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe

- Cosmology-Cosmological simulations
- Galaxy evolution/formation
- Clusters/groups of galaxies
- Galaxies/AGN-Galaxy dynamics
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
ISM – star formation · FACULTY
- High-mass star formation
- Masers
- Galactic structure
- Central Molecular Zone
- Astrochemistry
Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation

- Active galaxies
- X-ray astronomy
- Wide-field surveys
- Black holes
Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation

- Clusters/groups of galaxies
- Cosmological simulations
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Star and planet formation and evolution
- Stellar populations
- Substellar objects (brown dwarfs)
- Spectroscopy
Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution

- Exoplanets atmospheres
- Planets-disc interaction
- Planets' formation and evolution
- Habitable exoplanets
- Extreme objects/Brown/white dwarf
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY
Stellar evolution

- Evolved stars
- Optical interferometry
- High resolution spectroscopy
ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · FACULTY

- Debris disks and dust dynamics
- Dust properties
- Planet formation and planet-disk interactions
ISM – star formation · Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Star and planet formation
- Stellar accretion
- Protoplanetary discs
- Stellar populations
- Machine learning and large surveys
Planets’ formation, exoplanets

Ivison, Rob (Astronomer Emeritus)
Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · Galaxies - AGN · FACULTY

Planets’ formation, exoplanets · Stellar evolution

- Protoplanetary disks population proprieties
- Effects of stellar multiplicity on the disk proprieties
- Formation process and evolution of multiple systems
- Astrochemistry
- Statistics
Galaxies - AGN · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation · FACULTY
Stellar evolution · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · FACULTY

- Supernovae and other explosive transients
- Numerical radiative transfer
- Spectroscopic analysis algorithms
Stellar evolution · ISM – star formation · FACULTY

- Young stars
- Cycle of dust
- The Initial Mass Function
Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe · Galaxy evolution formation

- Gravitational wave astrophysics
- Chemical evolution of the Universe
- Transient objects
- Evolved/binary stars
ISM – star formation

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

- Galaxy dynamics
- Galaxy structure
- Stellar populations
- Stellar kinematics
- Integral-field spectroscopyoung stars
Cosmology – high-redshift universe

- Supernovae, variable stars
- Transient objects
- Survey/statistical studies
Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Exoplanets
- Radial Velocity
- Hot Jupiters
- Debris Disks and Binary Stars
Galaxies - AGN · Galaxy evolution formation · Cosmology – high-redshift universe

- Nearby galaxies
- Active galaxies
- Galaxy kinematics and dynamics
- Clusters/groups of galaxies
- Environment
- ISM in high-z galaxies
- Cosmological simulations
Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Planetary habitability
- Exoplanet surveys
- Statistical hypothesis testing
- Planet formation
ISM – star formation

- Star formation
- Astrochemistry
- Astrobiology
ISM – star formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Astrochemistry
- Protoplanetary disks
- Star forming Regions/Molecular clouds
- ISM kinematics
Galaxies - AGN

- Intergalactic/circumgalactic medium
- Active galaxies
- Astrostatistics and astroinformatics
Stellar evolution · Cosmology – high-redshift universe

- Variable stars - stellar evolution- nearby galaxies
- Photometry spectroscopy cosmology
ISM · PLAN · OBS · SIM · DATA · ISM – star formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Planet formation and planet-disc interactions
- Protoplanetary discs
- Debris discs
- Exoplanet atmospheres
Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation

- Galaxy formation/evolution
- ISM in high z galaxies
Galaxies - AGN · MW · GAL · OBS · INS · DATA

- Kinematics of globular clusters
- Search for intermediate mass black holes
- High-precision astrometry
- Development of new astronomical instrumentation
GAL · ISM · Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · OBS · DATA · AI · FACULTY

- Galaxy evolution
- Star formation
- Feedback processes
- Machine learning
PLAN · EXO · LIFE · Planets’ formation, exoplanets

- Exoplanet atmospheres
- High-resolution spectroscopy
- Linking atmospheres and formation
- Gas giant exoplanets
EXO · LIFE · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · AI · DATA · OBS

- Exoplanets
- High-contrast imaging
- Machine Learning
- Adaptive Optics
COS · STAR · HIGH · Cosmology – high-redshift universe
- Supernovae
- Cosmology
- Data Analysis
- Physics
COS · LSS · Cosmology – high-redshift universe
- Cosmology
- Computational Physics
- Supernovae
HIGH · INS

- Silicon detectors
- Detector simulations
- Collider Physics
- Astroparticle physics
GAL · OBS · Galaxy evolution formation

- Circumgalactic Medium
- Baryon Cycle
- Galaxy Formation and Evolution
- Machine Learning
ISM · PLAN · STAR · ISM – star formation · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · OBS · DATA · FELLOW

- Young Stellar Objects
- Protostellar Outflows (Jets and Winds)
- Outflow-disc interactions
GAL · HIGH · Galaxies - AGN · OBS · STUDENT

- Black holes
- X-ray binaries
- Winds and outflows
- AGN
EXO · PLAN · OBS · SIM · Planets’ formation, exoplanets · STUDENT

- Planetary systems across the HR diagram
- Circumstellar debris disks
- White dwarf planets and disks
- Exoplanets and transits
GAL · ISM · OBS · AI · Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · STUDENT
- ISM
- Galaxy evolution
- Star formation
- Machine learning
COS · GAL · ISM · OBS · SIM · Galaxy evolution formation · ISM – star formation · STUDENT
- High-redshift galaxies
- (Ionised) ISM
- Galaxy evolution
- Photoionisation models
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