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linkPfeil Dr. Emmanouil Angelakis
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Observational Cosmology; Fermi-GST AGN Multi-Wavelength Monitoring Analysis (F-Gamma) Project; CSS, GPS, and HFP Sources; Radio Pulsar Astronomy.


Dr. Kaustuv moni Basu
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Cosmology Galaxy Clusters, Properties of the Intra-Cluster Medium, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect, Bolometer Imaging and Data Analysis.


linkPfeil Dr. Rainer Beck
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Magnetic Fields in Galaxies, Dynamo Amplification of Magnetic Fields, Cosmic-Ray Propagation in Galaxies, Radio Halos around Galaxies, Radio-Infrared Correlation of Galaxies, Image Analysis with Wavelet Functions, Low-Frequency Radio Emission of Galaxies with LOFAR, Prospects of Observing Cosmic Magnetic Fields with the Square Kilometre Array, Faraday Rotation Survey with the Australian SKA Pathfinder.


Prof. Dr. Frank Bertoldi
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Star and Galaxy Formation in the Early Universe, APEX Sunyaev-Zeldovich Cluster Survey, Interstellar Medium, Radio Astronomical Technology and Software.


Dr. Jim Braatz
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA)
Research Fields: Cosmic Masers, Cosmology, AGN, Radio Astronomy, Data Analysis Techniques.


linkPfeil Priv.-Doz. Dr. Silke Britzen
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Active Galactic Nuclei, Super-Massive Black Holes, Intra-Day Variability.


linkPfeil Dr. Andreas Brunthaler
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Astrometry, Local Group, Galactic Structure, Radio Supernovae.


mail Dr. David Champion
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Pulsar Surveys, Pulsar Timing, Gravitational Wave Background, Double Neutron-Star Systems.


Prof. Dr. Andreas Eckart
(1. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln)
Research Fields: Stellar and Gas Dynamics in External Host Galaxies and Astrophysical Disks in General, the Analysis of the Stellar Populations in the Central Regions of Galaxies, as well as their Interaction with the Central Massive Black Hole. Interferometric Methods from the CM- via the MM- to the Mid-Infrared and Near-Infrared Domain are being Employed.


mail Dr. Paulo Freire
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Pulsar Survey, Pulsar Timing, Pulsars in Globular Clusters, Neutron-Star Masses.


mail Dr. Lars Fuhrmann
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and their Jets, Broad Band Variability and Emission Processes of AGN and in Particular, Fermi-GST Gamma-Ray AGN and NLSy1 Galaxies, Single-Dish and VLBI Observations of AGN IntraDay Variability of AGN and the connected Interstellar Medium.


linkPfeil Dr. Christian Henkel
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Molecular Spectroscopy, Star Formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, Physical Constants.


mail Dr. Karl-Heinz Hofmann
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)



mail Prof. Dr. Robert Izzard
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: The Evolution of Single and Binary Stars, Stellar Nucleosynthesis, Chemically peculiar stars, Globular clusters, Chemical evolution of the Galaxy, The progenitors of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Computational astrophysics.


linkPfeil Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Keller
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Electronics Division)


mail Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jürgen Kerp
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Galactic and Extragalactic HI (Project: Effelsberg-Bonn HI Survey), High-Velocity Clouds, Multi-Frequency Astrophysics, Correlation Analyzes of Radio and X-Ray Data.


mail Dr. Makoto Kishimoto
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Supermassive Black Holes, Active Galactic Nuclei, Active Galaxies, Quasars, QSOs, Seyfert Galaxies, Infrared Interferometry.


Prof. Dr. Uli Klein
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Galaxy Structure, Kinematics, Interstellar and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields.


linkPfeil Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: The research group searches for and exploits fast-rotating neutrons stars that are visible as radio pulsars. Their observations allow us to test general relativity and alternative theories of gravity and works towards the detection of a long-wave cosmological gravitational wave background.


linkPfeilDr. Alex Kraus
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Flux Density and Polarization Calibration of Continuum and Spectroscopic Observations, Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei, Properties of Radio Telescopes.


linkPfeil Dr. Thomas P. Krichbaum
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Extragalactic Radio Sources, Active Galactic Nuclei, Structural and Kinematic Variability of AGN, Jet Physics Black Holes, Event Horizon, General Relativity Rapid Flux Density Variability Polarisation and Polarisation Variability of AGN Intraday Variability (IDV) and Interstellar Medium Interferometry, VLBI, mm-VLBI.


Prof. Dr. Pavel Kroupa
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields (theoretical): Stellar Populations (Initial Mass Function, Initial Binary-Star Populations), Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems and of Galaxies, Dark-Matter Content of Galaxies, Origin and Nature of Satellite/Dwarf Galaxies.


Prof. Dr. Norbert Langer
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Research Topics Include the Evolution of Single and Binary Stars, Nucleosynthesis, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Stellar and Circumstellar Hydrodynamics.


linkPfeil Dr. Andrei P. Lobanov
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Physical Applications of VLBI Data, Spectral Properties of Compact Radio Sources, Probing the Conditions in the Broad-Line Region; Physics of Parsec-Scale Jets: Relation between Parsec-Scale Jet Spectra and Kinematics.


linkPfeil Honorarprofessor Dr. Karl M. Menten
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Millimeter & Submillimeter Astronomy, (Sub)Millimeter Wavelength Studies of Asteroids and Comets, Molecular Clouds and Star Formation, Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, Astro-Chemistry, the Galactic Center and its Neighborhood, Dust and Molecules in External Galaxies, the Distant Universe and Cosmology, (Sub)Millimeter Wavelength Instrumentation.


mail Dr. Aris Noutsos
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Pulsar Polarization, Galactic Magnetic Field, Faraday Rotation, Interstellar Medium, LOFAR Commissioning, Pulsar Working Group, Magnetism Key Science Project, Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope; Pulsars.


linkPfeil Dr. Keiichi Ohnaka
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Infrared Interferometry, Radiative Transfer Modeling, Stars in Late Evolutionary Stages, Protoplanetary Disks around Young Stellar Objects.


linkPfeilDr. Bérengère Parise
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Head of the Emmy Noether Research Group "Understand the Emergence, Transfer and Destruction of Molecular Complexity during Star Formation via Deuterium Astrochemistry Studies".


mail Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie)
Large-scale structure of the Universe: Group Head
Research Fields: Cosmology, Galaxy Clustering, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Physics of the Intergalactic Medium, Structure of Dark-Matter Halos and Galaxy Formation.


Dr. Klaus Reif
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Head of the instrumentation group.
Reseasrch Fields: Developments of New Instrumentation for Optical Astronomy and Radio Astronomy. Operation and Maintenance of the "Hoher List Observatory".


Prof. Dr. Thomas Reiprich
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Unversität Bonn)
Research Fields: Clusters of Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, Cosmology, X-Ray Astronomy.


linkPfeil Prof. Dr. Eduardo Ros
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Universitat de València)
Research Fields: Active Galactic Nuclei as Studied with Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and with a Multi-Band Approach; Radio Supernovae; Gravitational Lensing; Phase-Referencing and High-Precision Astrometry; Polarisation VLBI.


linkPfeil Dr. Alan Roy
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Active Galactic Nuclei, Starburst Galaxies, Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry, Spectral-Line Observations of the Interstellar Medium, Radio Astronomical Instrumentation Development.


mail Dr. Tuomas Savolainen
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: VLBI and Multi-Waveband Studies of Relativistic Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei, Origin of the Blazar Gamma-Ray Emission, Intraday Variability, Multi-Frequency VLBI, Polarization VLBI, Interferometric Imaging Techniques.


mail Dr. Dieter Schertl
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)


mail Prof. Dr. Peter Schilke
(1. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln)
Research Fields: Formation of Massive Stars, Astrochemistry, Formation of Molecular Clouds.


mail Prof. Dr. Stephan Schlemmer
(1. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln)
Research Fields: Interstellar Molecules, High Resolution Spectroscopy, Collision Dynamics.


Prof. Dr. Peter Schneider
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Gravitational Lensing, Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy, Wide-Field Imaging.


mail Dr. Konrad Tristram
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)


Dr. Wouter Vlemmings
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Research Fields: Radio, Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelength Polarization Studies of Starforming Regions and Evolved Stars.


linkPfeil Prof. Dr. Gerd Weigelt
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Infrared Interferometry, Young Stellar Objects, Late Stages of Stellar Evolution, Active Galactic Nuclei.


mail Dr. Norbert Wex
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Gravity Tests with Pulsars, General Relativity and Pulsars.


Dr. Olaf Wucknitz
(Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn)
Head of the Emmy Noether Research Group "Radio Lenses".


linkPfeil Dr. Friedrich Wyrowski
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Massive Star Forming Regions, Molecular Clouds in the Galaxy, Diffuse Clouds, Late Type Stars.


linkPfeil Honorarprofessor Dr. J. Anton Zensus
(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)
Research Fields: Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Active Galactic Nuclei, Jets in Galaxies, Observations at Millimeter Wavelengths, Polarization Mapping, Phase-Reference Mapping, Pulsar-VLBI, Space VLBI, Technical Developments (e.g. Imaging Techniques), Intraday Variability.

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