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Acadenic CV and publications list

Download CV  and Publication list   – updated Nov. 2012

Research Positions/Experience

  • Einstein / Lyman Spitzer fellow at Carnegie Observatories / Caltech and Princeton University (starting fall 2013)
  • Hubble fellow at NASA’s Space Science Telescope Institute and the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (since November 2010 – now)
  • Argelander fellow at Bonn University, Germany  (June 2010- November 2010)
  • Postdoctoral researcher (April-June 2010) and PhD student at Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2006-2010)
  • Intern at the Dutch Open Telescope, La Palma, Spain (October 2004), under supervision of prof. dr. R. Rutten
  • Trainee at Instituto d’Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain (June-September 2004), under supervision of dr. M. Balcells

Education

  • Ph. D.,  Astrophysics, Utrecht University (April 2010, cum laude)
  • MSc. in Astrophysics, Utrecht University (August 2005 cum laude)
  • BSc. in Physics, Utrecht University (August 2005, cum laude)
  • BSc. in Applied Mathematics, Utrecht University (August 2005, cum laude)

Selected Fellowships, Awards

  • 2013: Einstein Fellowship, Lyman Spitzer Prize Fellowship, CITA senior fellowship (declined), Carnegie theory “Nashman” Fellowship (declined),  Gliese Fellowship Heidelberg (declined), ESO fellowship (declined), Excellence Cluster fellowship Munich (declined)
  • 2010: Hubble fellowship, ESO fellowship (declined)

Grants

  • 2012 NWO vrije competitie (Dutch National Science Foundation), as Co-I, PI: O.R. Pols, Formation of multiple stellar populations in star clusters
  • 2012: HST GO12939, as Co-I, PI” E. Sabbi, HTTP: Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project
  • 2012: HST GO13038, a s Co-I, PI: A. Nota, Westerlund 2, top to bottom: how massive star clusters form
  • 2012: HST GO12915, as Co-I, PI: D. Lennon, Proper Motions of Massive Stars near the Galactic Center
  • 2012: HST GO12011, as Co-I, PI: T. Puzia, Searching for prolonged star cluster formation in H alpha
  • 2011: HST GO12499 as Co-I, PI: D. Lennon, Proper Motions of Massive Stars in 30 Doradus
  • 2011 HST GO12472, as Co-I, PI: C. Leitherer, CCC:  The Cosmic Carbon Conundrum
  • 2011: HST AR12642, as Co-I, PI: V. Kozhurina­Platais & A. Dotter, Multiple populations in stellar clusters
  • 2011: HST GO12465, as Co-I, PI: P. Crowther, admin-PI: N. Walborn, A Massive Star Census of the Starburst Cluster R136

Publications

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Invited Talks & Colloquia

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Membership of  Collaborations

Observing time

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Press Releases

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