Prof. Dr. Karina I. Caputi, University of Groningen
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Prof. Dr. Karina I. Caputi

Nominated by

  • The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
  • AcademiaNet member since 07.03.2017
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • University of Groningen


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Physical sciences



Area of specialisation

Galaxy Evolution at High Redshifts. Infrared Astronomy.



Research interests

  • Galaxy formation and evolution at high redshifts. Stellar mass assembly. Star formation, black-hole activity and their evolution with cosmic time. Infrared-selected galaxies. Multiwavelength follow-up. The physics of the interstellar medium.



Distinctions and Awards

  • ERC Consolidator Grant Laureate, 2015

  • NWO Top Grant C2, 2014

  • NASA/ESA Significant Achievement Award for work in JWST/MIRI Testing Campaign, 2012

  • Rosalind Franklin Fellowship (U. of Groningen), 2011

  • Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, 2009



Interested in

  • Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing


Languages

Dutch, English, French, Spanish



Doctorate

  • 2005: High-z Galaxies




Short CV/Education and training

Education

  • 1998
    Licenciada en Física (Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina)

  • 2005
    PhD in Astronomy (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Positions

  • 2004 – 2006
    Postdoctoral Researcher, IAS Orsay, France

  • 2006 – 2009
    Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2009 – 2011
    Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK

  • 2012 – 2016
    Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, NL

  • Since 2016
    Associate Professor, University of Groningen, NL

Selected publications

Selected projects

  • BUILDUP – ERC Consolidator Grant Project, 2016 – 2021

  • SMUVS – Spitzer Exploration Science Program (PI Caputi; award: ~1800h observing time), since 2015

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • Netherlands representative at the European Southern Observatory's Users Committee (2017-19; Committee Co-chair in 2018 and Chair in 2019).

  • Member ALMA Allegro Steering Committee, since 2017

  • Expert External Reviewer, Starting Grants, European Research Council, 2016

  • Expert External Reviewer, Internal Coordinated Research Projects, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy, 2015

  • Panel Member, Top Grant C2, NWO, NL, 2015

  • Panel Member, European Southern Observatory Observing Programmes Committee (OPC), P92-94, 2013 – 2014

  • External Reviewer, Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2012

Media coverage

  • "The Birth of Monsters" – European Southern Observatory Science Release

    https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1545/

  • with follow ups in The Washington Post, BBC Sky at Night, etc.

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/11/19/nearly-600-ancient-massive-galaxies-emerge-from-hiding/

  • http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/massive-early-galaxies-discovered

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News

  1. A Tale from the Past

    There was a time when there were no planets, no earth, just gas in the universe. And a time when the universe was on the brink of existence. At that time the first galaxies formed. Galaxies so distant that humankind will most likely never be able to see them with the naked eye. This is the time that Professor Karina Caputi researches.

  2. New study reveals ancient galaxies' frenzied starmaking

    AcademiaNet member Prof Karina Caputi and her team have discovered that rapid star development is more widespread in early galaxies than previously thought.

 
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