Dr. Bernhard R. Brandl

Associate Professor (Universitair Hoofddocent) of Astronomy

Sterrewacht Leiden (Leiden University)

P.O. Box 9513, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

phone: +31 (0)71 527 5830

fax: +31 (0)71 527 5743

email: brandl@strw.leidenuniv.nl

The contents of this website:

Short CV

Scientific Interests & Current Activities; Starburst_template

Available Jobs & Projects

Teaching

Download directory

Email access

...and the most essential web links:

Google, AstroWeb, NED, SIMBAD, ADS, astro-ph, Wikipedia, STRW people

... and many more useful links

Short CV

2003 - present	Associate Professor	Leiden University, Netherlands
2000 - 2003	Senior Research Associate	Cornell University, USA
1996 - 2000	Research Associate	Cornell University, USA
1996	PhD, Physics	MPE / LMU Munich, Germany
1991	Diploma, Particle physics	DESY (ARGUS) / FAU Erlangen, Germany

Scientific Interests

Scientific research focuses on two main areas: starbursts and instrumentation. The following list includes also links to selected publications.

• The properties of starburst galaxies like the Antennae, NGC 7714, M82, or NGC 5253) and ULIRGs
• The properties and structure of massive HII regions (e.g., R136 or NGC 3603)
• The formation of massive stars (e.g., in the LMC)

• Infrared spectroscopy (ITERA)
• Near- and mid-IR instruments (IRS, MIRI, METIS, PHARO, WIRC)
• Extremely large telescopes (E-ELT, OWL, Euro-50, TMT, GMT) and their instruments
• New instrument concepts (ARTEMIS, SUNSET)
• Adaptive optics (useful links)

Current Activities

• PI of the E-ELT instrument study for METIS [METIS, MIDIR, EU_SmallStudies, ESO internal, ESO_interfaces, Dropbox, sensitivities]
• Member, Spitzer-IRS instrument/science team [IRS internal, IRS papers]
• Deputy Dutch co-PI and instrument scientist of JWST-MIRI [NL internal, MIRI GTO, MIRI Test Team]
• Member, NOVA-ISC (Instrument Steering Committee)
• Member of the O/IR instrumentation lab at Leiden University
• Member of the societies: IAU, AAS, NAC, ARAS, SPIE
• Science projects: KINGFISH, Mergers
• Chair, SOC of meeting on 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes, which resulted in a nice text book published by Springer

Available Jobs and Projects in BRB's Research Group

BRB's research group at Leiden Observatory focuses on starbursts and HII regions, infrared spectroscopy, and astronomical instrumentation.

• Research projects may be available, both science projects and projects on astronomical instrumentation
• Post-doc applications via an EU Marie Curie/FP7 or ESA fellowship are encouraged!

The current group members are:

• Eva Meyer, Postdoc
• Margaret Moerchen, Postdoc
• Juan Rafael Martinez Galarza, PhD student
• Mayuresh Kulkarni, PhD student
• Ainil Abdullah, PhD student

Teaching

Information on Astronomy courses at Leiden and our new Program on Astronomical Instrumentation (info outdated); joint UL/UU/TUD instrumentation seminar

Fall 2012: Astronomische Waarneemtechnieken

Past courses: Modern Research in Astronomy: Exoplanets (2004), Galaxy Formation and Evolution (2005), Stellar Evolution (2006), Detection of Light (2007), Astronomische Waarneemtechnieken (2008), Detection of Light (2009), Astronomische Waarneemtechnieken (2010), Astronomische Waarneemtechnieken (2011)

Teaching related: Teaching astronomy to school kids, Astronomy Picture Of the Day, Ask an Astronomer, AstroNews

Lots of useful links:

Astro-ph submission, IRSA, ESO_archive, ESO_Portal, CASSIS, SPIE-OE, MC_Newsletter, Zenit, ASTRONET, KNAW

WikiSky, Infrared lines, Atomic lines, ITERA, Infrared units, mid-IR resources, PDRs, SB_models, Statistics, Cosmology calculator, Astrophysics_calculator, Wavelength converter, Quantum physics, Open clusters, winmail attachments

Departments: Groningen, Amsterdam, NOVA, ASTRON, MPIA, MPE, ATC, ESO, ESTEC, SSC, Lorentz Center

Meetings, ATP booking, Travel reimbursement, Zaal reserviering

Transport: NS, Mijn_NS, Connexxion, DB, KLM, Lufthansa, USAir, EasyJet, Transavia, CheapTickets

Misc.: Der Spiegel, Dictionary, Translator, Exchange rates, COS Funding, UL library, STRW guide, Job_Rumours, GoudenGids, Plastic bags, Biathlon, Why JWST, El_Rafa

by Bernhard Brandl