Prof. Dr. Conny Aerts
Physical sciences, Asteroseismology
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
- 1998Licenciada en Física (Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina)
- 2005PhD in Astronomy (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Positions
- 2004 – 2006Postdoctoral Researcher, IAS Orsay, France
- 2006 – 2009Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2009 – 2011Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 – 2016Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, NL
- Since 2016Associate 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
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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.
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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.