Research Area 4: 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
Testing galaxy formation in high density environments - the extended stellar haloes of giant elliptical galaxies	Magda Arnaboldi
Hydrodynamical simulations: the role of bars and the fueling of black holes	Eric Emsellem
The high-mass end of the globular cluster mass function	Michael Hilker (Home page)
The internal dynamics of globular clusters and ultra-compact dwarf galaxies	Michael Hilker Home page
Mapping the star-formation history of early-type galaxies	Harald KuntschnerHome page and Tim de Zeeuw
Probing the central regions of galaxies	Harald KuntschnerHome page and Tim de Zeeuw
Disentangling galaxy formation: the evolution of bulges and disks	Jochen Liske Home page
Multi-wavelength studies of blazars	Paolo Padovani Home page
Studying the first galaxy clusters with ALMA	Eelco van Kampen Home page

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

Faculty
Fellows
Students
Postdocs hosted at ESO
ESO ALMA COFUND Fellows hosted in ARC nodes

Faculty

Name	Interests
Magda Arnaboldi	Scientific interests: 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
Andy Biggs	Scientific interests: Starburst galaxies Gravitational lensing
Carlos De Breuck	Scientific interests: High redshift radio galaxies Radio and millimetre interferometry Radio surveys Optical spectropolarimetry Personal home page
Tim de Zeeuw	Scientific interests: Formation, structure and dynamics of galaxies, including the Galaxy Star clusters and OB associations
Eric Emsellem	Scientific interests: Galactic dynamics Early-type galaxies Stellar populations 3D spectroscopy Numerical simulations Data analysis softwares
Robert Fosbury	Scientific interests: AGN High z galaxies Polarimetry
Preben Grosbøl	Scientific interests: Stellar dynamics Spiral galaxies
Evanthia Hatziminaoglou	Scientific interests: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Infrared extragalactic astronomy Extragalactic Surveys Personal home page
Harald Kuntschner	Scientific interests: Galaxy formation and evolution Stellar populations of early-type galaxies Extragalactic globular clusters Integral-field spectroscopy Personal home page
Robert Laing	Scientific interests: 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.
Jochen Liske	Scientific interests: Observational cosmology Galaxy evolution QSO absorption lines Personal home page
Vincenzo Mainieri	Scientific interests: 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
Nadine Neumayer	Scientific interests: Co-evolution of black holes and galaxies Nuclear star clusters Build-up of galaxy centres Galactic dynamics 3D Spectroscopy
Paolo Padovani	Scientific interests: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) BL Lacertae Objects X-ray Spectra of AGN Blazar Surveys Personal home page
Michael Rosa	Scientific interests: HII regions Star formation Nearby galaxies
Lowell Tacconi-Garman	Scientific interests: Active Galactic Nuclei Starburst Galaxies Super Star Clusters Adaptive Optics/NIR Imaging and Spectroscopy
Eelco van Kampen	Scientific interests: The formation and evolution of galaxies High-redshift galaxies and galaxy clusters Cosmological simulations Gravitational lensing Personal home page
Joël Vernet	Scientific interests: High redshift galaxies and AGN Kinematics of distant galaxies Polarimetry Personal home page
Martin Zwaan	Scientific interests: Role of cool gas in galaxy evolution Relation between QSO absorption lines and galaxies Galaxy mass functions, luminosity functions Personal home page

Fellows

Name	Interests
Lodovico Coccato	Scientific interests: Kinematics and stellar population in nearby galaxies Super massive black holes Giant low surface brightness galaxies Personal home page
Luca Cortese	Scientific interests: Nearby Galaxies Environmental Effects Star formation cycle in galaxies Dust extinction Multiwavelength astronomy
Timothy Davis	Scientific interests: Galaxy Formation and Evolution Molecular gas properties/dynamics and star-formation Early-type galaxies
Davor Krajnović	Scientific interests: Early-type galaxies Galaxy dynamics Super-massive black holes 3D spectroscopy Laser guide star adaptive optics
Mirko Krumpe	Scientific interests: Clustering measurements of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) X-ray surveys and multi-wavelength follow-up Search for Compton-thick absorbed AGNs X-ray spectroscopy of AGNs
Eric Lagadec	Scientific interests: Mass-loss from evolved stars Dust in the Local Group High angular resolution Infrared astronomy
Grant Tremblay	Scientific interests: AGN Feedback Cooling Flows in Clusters of Galaxies Radio Galaxies Personal home page
Mark Westmoquette	Scientific interests: Young massive star clusters Starburst galaxies Galactic winds and outflows Hydrodynamic wind-clump interactions Personal home page

Students

Name	Interests
Margherita Bonzini	Scientific interests: Galaxy formation and evolution Active Galactic Nuclei Observational cosmology
Guillaume Drouart	Scientific interests: Stellar and AGN components in high redshift radiogalaxies
Anna Feltre	Scientific interests: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Infrared extragalactic astronomy High energy astrophysics
Pierre-Yves Lablanche	Scientific interests: Galactic Dynamics Early-type galaxies and barred galaxies Numerical Simulations
Joel Sánchez	Scientific interests: Massive stars Galactic Centre science Circum-stellar medium Optical Long Baseline Interferometry Sparse Aperture Masking Interferometry
Dominika Wylezalek	Scientific interests: Observational cosmology Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) High-redshift galaxies