Eva Grebel

Eva K. Grebel is a German astronomer. Since 2007 she has been co-director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Eva Grebel is an expert in the study of stellar populations and galaxy formation.

Eva Katharina Grebel
Eva Grebel in 2014
Born1966 (age 54–55)
Dierdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
NationalityGermany
EducationUniversity of Bonn (Diplom 1991, Ph.D. 1995)
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Known forStudies of stellar populations and galaxy formation
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Institutions
ThesisStellar population studies in nearby galaxies (1995)

Research

Grebel's research is focused on the stars of the Milky Way galaxy and other members of the local group of galaxies, including the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds as well as nearby dwarf galaxies. Grebel's studies concern the chemical evolution and structure of galaxies, star formation and the properties of the various stellar populations, with the aim of reconstructing the origin and evolution of the Milky Way and other galaxies.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Grebel studied physics and astronomy at the University of Bonn, obtaining her Diplom degree in physics in 1991. For part of the same year, she was a summer student at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

She took up graduate studies at the University of Bonn, spending two years in 1992–1994 as a student fellow at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. She obtained her PhD in 1995 with distinction. Her dissertation topic was "Stellar population studies in nearby galaxies".[5][6][7]

Subsequently, Grebel took at postdoc positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995–1996), at Würzburg University (1996–1997) and at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1997–1998). She won a Hubble Fellowship in 1998, joining the University of Washington in Seattle as a Hubble fellow 1998–2000.[5][6]

In 2000, Grebel returned to Germany as a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. In 2003, she accepted an appointment to the chair of observational astronomy at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel, as the successor of Gustav Tammann. From 2004–2007, she served as the institute's director.[5][6]

In 2007, Grebel was appointed a Full Professor of Astronomy at Heidelberg University, where she also became one of two directors of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut.[5][6] At that time, Grebel was the only female full professor for astronomy in Germany.[8]

Grebel is the chair of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 881 "The Milky Way System" at the University of Heidelberg[9] and president of commission H1 "The Local Universe" of the International Astronomical Union.[2]

Awards and Prizes
  • 2015 Hector Science Award[10] and Member of the Hector Fellow Academy[11]
  • 2006 Johann Wempe Award, AIP
  • 1999 Henri Chrétien International Research Grant Award, AAS
  • 1996 Ludwig Biermann Award, Astronomische Gesellschaft

References
  1. "Seite zum Johann-Wempe-Preis 2006 auf den AIP-Webseiten". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. "IAU member page for Eva K. Grebel". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  3. "Pressemitteilung der Universität Heidelberg zur Berufung von Eva Grebel". 2006-11-30. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  4. "Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Star Formation Histories of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies"
  5. "CV auf den Webseiten von Eva Grebel am ARI". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  6. "Biographische Daten zu Eva Grebel auf AcademiaNet". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  7. "Catalogue entry at the University and State Library, Bonn". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  8. "Web pages of Heidelberg University". 2016-02-21.
  9. "Management-Informationen auf den Webseiten des SFB 881". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  10. [email protected], Hector Fellow Academy / www.hector-fellow-academy.de /. "Startseite: Hector Fellow Academy". www.hector-fellow-academy.de.
  11. [email protected], Hector Fellow Academy / www.hector-fellow-academy.de /. "Startseite: Hector Fellow Academy". www.hector-fellow-academy.de.
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