Past Visiting Scholars

Visitor Period of stay Research interests
Katrien Kolenberg
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / K.U. Leuven
9 Sep 2014 to 10 Sep 2014 Astroseismology; RR Lyrae stars
Smitha Subramanian
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore)
22 Aug 2014 Stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds
Hannah Zohren
University of Bonn
4 Aug 2014 to 28 Sep 2014 Starburst ring clusters
Ariane Lançon
Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg
18 Jul 2014 to 28 Jul 2014 Stellar populations; spectra of cool stars; infrared spectroscopy
Sijing Shen
UC Santa Cruz
26 May 2014 to 28 May 2014 Galaxy formation and evolution; hydrodynamical simulations; ISM, IGM, gas flows
Zhaohuan Zhu (朱照寰)
Princeton University
16 May 2014 to 27 May 2014 Planet and star formation
Rashid Sunyaev
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
16 May 2014 Cosmology, galaxy clusters, theory of accretion, X-ray astronomy
Jun Zhang (张骏)
Shanghai Jiaotong University
15 May 2014 Cosmology, cosmic shear, weak lensing
Hagai Netzer
Tel Aviv University
8 May 2014 to 9 May 2014 Active and starburst galaxies; Accretion disks; Black holes; Ionized plasma
Ruxandra Cojocaru
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
5 May 2014 to 8 Aug 2014 White dwarfs, Milky Way stellar populations