Prof. Dr. Ralf Klessen
Group leader
I am professor for theoretical astrophysics at Heidelberg University. My research activities focus on the formation of stars at present days and in the early universe, on the dynamics of ...
Dr. Philipp Girichidis
Postdoc
I am a postdoctoral researcher in computational astrophysics at the University of Heidelberg. My field of research primarily focuses on the processes in the interstellar medium and galaxies. My specialty ...
Dr. Victor Ksoll
Postdoc
I am a postdoc researcher at the University of Heidelberg. My research revolves primarily around the development and application of machine learning techniques in astronomy with a particular focus on ...
Dr. Stefan Reißl
Postdoc
I am a postdoctoral researcher in theoretical astrophysics at Heidelberg University. In my research, I am investigating questions related to radiative transfer algorithms in the magnetized interstellar medium, synthetic observations ...
PD Dr. Felix Spanier
Postdoc
I am a lecturer at Heidelberg University. My field of research covers kinetic turbulence, particle transport and particle acceleration. I am mainly using numerical simulations of astrophysical plasmas as research ...
Jorge Bastidas
PhD student
I am an IMPRS-HD PhD student at the University of Heidelberg. My research focuses on applying machine learning and deep learning methods to model astrophysical systems across different scales. In ...
Nils Candebat
PhD student
Hi, I'm Nils, a PhD student at the University of Heidelberg. My research focuses on applying Machine Learning to stellar clusters in nearby galaxies using PHANGS data. I have a ...
Karin Kjellgren
PhD student
I am a PhD student at the University of Heidelberg. My research interests lie mainly in the dynamical impact of cosmic rays in Milky Way-like galaxies, and how this can ...
Aron Kordt
PhD student
I am a PhD student at Heidelberg University. My research interest lay in the area of the first stars and the history of cosmic metal enrichment. I am using detailed ...
Veronika Lipatova
PhD student
My name is Nika, and I'm from Ukraine. My work is devoted to modeling the formation of the first and second generations of stars in the Universe with a semi-analytical ...
Shuyu Tan
PhD student
I am an IMPRS PhD fellow at the University of Heidelberg, specializing in high-resolution numerical simulations of the Local Bubble.
Jia Wei Teh
PhD student
I am a IMPRS-HD PhD student in Ralf’s group. My research focuses on understanding star cluster feedbacks within molecular clouds through precise 1D numerical modelling. I am interested in how ...
Daniel Walter
PhD student
I am a PhD student at the University of Heidelberg. My research focuses on applications of machine learning and computational inference methods to astronomical problems. In particular I am interested ...
Former Group Members
- Dr. Noé Brucy (former postdoc)
- Dr. Brooke Polak (former PhD student)
- Dr. Junia Göller (former PhD student)