Welcome to my home page!
Astronomical Research
Who am I, and why is this page here? I'm a postdoctoral researcher at
the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial
Physics, involved in both observational and theoretical studies of nearby
galaxies, with an eye towards finding, characterizing, and understanding their
structure and dynamics. Particular interests include galactic bars (both
single-bar and double-bar systems); the structure and extent of stellar disks;
bulges and pseudobulges; central supermassive black holes, nuclear star
clusters, and the relation of both to their host galaxies. And I've recently
become involved in galaxy evolution studies as well, particularly trying to
figure out how galaxy environment affects galaxy morphology.
For more information, see my Research
Page.
Pretty Pictures: Images of two galaxies (originally presented at the
June, 1996, meeting of the American Astronomical Society), are available
for viewing here: NGC 2273 and NGC 2655.
Code: Open-source software
projects (astronomy-related) can be found here: Software.
Useful and Interesting Links
- Astronomy
Astronomical resources and sites,
including search methods (with forms)
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erwin AT mpe DOT mpg DOT de
Last updated 9 December 2011.