Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
Physical sciences
Chemical evolution of galaxies, stellar populations
Formation and evolution of the Milky Way
Stellar nucleosynthesis
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
First stars chemical enrichment
Planetary nebulae
Chemical evolution of galaxies
Awarded a Prof. Boursier by the Swiss National Foundation (CHF 1Million – PI) (Declined after accepting permanent position offer at AIP), 2011
Short-listed for a W2 position at Bonn University, Germany, 2009
Short-listed for Chair in Stellar Evolution at University of Vienna, Austria, 2009
Short-listed for Chair in Galaxy Formation at University of Vienna, Austria, 2009
In the final short list for a W2 position at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, 2008
Awarded Tombaugh Fellowship (NMSU/USA) and Gemini Fellowship (Steward Obs./USA) (Declined upon acceptance of permanent position at OAT/INAF), 2000
PhD prize awarded by the Brazilian Astronomical Society (in Brazil), 2000
PhD prize awarded by the Latinoamerican IAU/Unesco (in Mexico), 1999
English, French, Italian, Portuguese
Chiappini, C., Frischknecht, U., Meynet, G. et al. 2011, Nature 472, 545: Imprints of fast rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge
Chiappini, C., Gorny, S.K., Stasinska, G., Barbuy, B. 2009, A&A 494, 591: Abundances in the Galactic bulge: results from planetary nebulae and giant stars
Chiappini, C., Ekstroem, S., Meynet, G. et al. 2008, A&A Letters 479, L9: A new imprint of fast rotators – low 12C/13C ratios in extremely metal-poor halo stars
Chiappini, C., Hirschi, R., Meynet G. et al. 2006, A&A Letters 449, L27: A strong case for fast stellar rotation at low metallicities
Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Ballero, S. 2005, A&A 437, 429: The origin of Nitrogen: implications of recent measurements of N/O in Galactic metal-poor halo stars
Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Meynet, G. 2003, A&A 410, 257: Stellar yields with rotation and their effect in chemical evolution models
Chiappini, C., Romano, D., Matteucci, F. 2003, MNRAS 339, 63: Oxygen, Carbon and Nitrogen evolution in galaxies
Chiappini, C., Renda, A., Matteucci, F. 2002, A&A 395, 789: Evolution of Deuterium, 3He and 4He in the Galaxy
Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F. Romano, D. 2001, ApJ 554, 1044: Abundance Gradients and the Formation of the Milky Way
Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F., Padoan, P. 2000, ApJ 528, 711: The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy with a variable IMF
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE, sky survey)
4m Multi Object Spectrograph Telescope – 4MOST (Conceptual study for ESO)
Panel Member of the ESO OPC, 2012
Project Scientist for 4MOST, since 2011
Chair/Organizer of the Workshop “Large Area Optical Spectroscopic Surveys: Science with 4MOST “, 2012
Chair of the “4MOST Science Kick Off Meeting”, 2011
Chair of the workshop Galactic Archaeology with SEGUE, held in Potsdam, 2011
Member of the CoRoT red giant working group, 2010
Invited to join SDSS-III via the Brazilian Participation Group, 2009 (member since November 2009)
Member of GREAT , 2009
Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the IAU Symposium 268 Light Elements in the Universe, held in Geneva and one of the editors of the proceedings, 2009
Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the IAU Symposium 265: Chemical Abundances in the Universe, held in Rio de Janeiro, 2009
Member of the ESA/ESO working group on Galactic Science (outcome document 177 pp), 2008
Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Symposium Series Nuclei in the Cosmos , 2007
Referee for Nature, ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, AJ, PASA, Review of Modern Physics, since 2000
Member of the Brazilian Astronomical Society
Member of the German Astronomical Society
Referee for Swiss National Fundation
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