Curriculum Vitae

     
Personal information
name
date of birth
place of birth
citizenship
   
Paul Peter van der Werf
March 8, 1961
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Dutch
Present address



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    Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University
P.O. Box 9513
NL - 2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
+31 - 71 - 5275883
+31 - 71 - 5275819

http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~pvdwerf
Degrees
    Batchelor's Degree in Astronomy (Cum laude)
University of Groningen, The Netherlands, October 1982

Master's Degree in Astronomy (Cum laude)
University of Groningen, The Netherlands, December 1984

Ph.D. Degree in Astronomy
University of Groningen, The Netherlands, September 1989
Ph.D. Thesis
date
promotores
    An HI study of HII regions and dark clouds
September 9, 1989
Prof. Dr. W.M. Goss
Prof. Dr. R. Sancisi
Main research interests     Starburst galaxies
Ultraluminous infrared galaxies
Galaxy evolution
Interstellar medium of nearby galaxies
Galactic centre
Galactic interstellar medium
Infrared instrumentation
Publications
refereed journals
invited reviews
other conference contributions
conference proceedings
   
135
16
101
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Positions held

January 2003 - present


July 1997 - December 2002


July 1994 - June 1997


May 1993 - June 1994


1990 - April 1993



1985 - 1989

   

Associate professor (Universitair hoofddocent)
Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Assistant professor (Universitair docent)
Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

ESO fellow
European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Munchen, Germany

MPG fellow
Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik
Garching bei Munchen, Germany

NWO Research associate
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Selected memberships of scientific committees and consortia     Associate investigator, ISO Short Wavelength Spectrometer (1990 - 1997)

Member, ESO Advisory group on (sub)mm Astronomy (1995)

Member, ESO Observing Programmes Committee, Interstellar Medium panel (2nd semester 1995)

Member, Time Allocation Panel ING/JCMT/WSRT (1996 - 1999, 2008)

Member, Scientific organizing committee of several international conferences

Member, EU TMR Network ELAIS: "Surveys with the Infrared Space Observatory" (1996 - 2000)

Team leader, EU RT Network POE: "Probing the origin of the extragalactic background radiation" (2000 - 2004)

Member, European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) consortium (1996 - 2000)

Member, EU RT Network Euro3D: "Promoting 3D spectroscopy in Europe" (2002 - 2005)

Member, NWO Research grant allocation panel (1997 - 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006)

Member, ESA NGST Payload Study team (1998-1999)

Member, ESA NGST IFMOS consortium (1998 - 1999)

Member, ESA NGST near-IR spectrograph study team (2000 - 2005)

Member, VISIR Science team (1998 - 2005)

Member, DIDaC (Dedicated ISO Data Centre) Steering committee (1998 - 2002)

Member, ESO User's committee (1998 - 2001)

Member, ESO contact committee (1998 - 2004)

Member, JCMT Technical Advisory Panel (1998 - 2002)

Co-investigator, HIFI (Heterodyne Instrument For the Infrared) (since 1997)

Principal investigator, NOVA components of SINFONI (1997 - 2007)

Member, PPARC Astronomy Advisory Panel (2001 - 2003)

Member, NOVA instrumentation advisory Committee (2002 - 2003)

Member, JCMT Board (since 2003)

Member, European JWST-MIRI Science team (since 2003)

Member, JCMT Survey Steering Group (2004 - 2005)

Member, JCMT Survey Oversight Committee (2005 - 2007)

Chairman, JCMT Survey Oversight Committee (since 2007)

Principal investigator, JCMT SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (since 2005)

Principal investigator, Herschel Open Time Key Program HerCULES (since 2007)

Member, Extragalactic Herschel Open Time (ExtraHOT) Consortium (since 2004)

Member, ELT mid-IR instrument study science team (since 2005)

Member, SAFARI study team (since 2005)

Member, Millimetron consortium (since 2007)

Member, FIRI (ESA next-generation Far-Infrared Mission) study team (since 2005)

Member, STFC Herschel Oversight Committee (since 2008)
Membership of professional organizations     American Astronomical Society

International Astronomical Union

Society of Fellows of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Nederlandse Astronomen Club
Organizational and administrative responsibilities     Member, Board of astronomy department, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands (1988 - 1989)

Organizer of colloquium series, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (1995 - 2000)

Member, Graduate Student Supervision Committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (1997 - 2001)

Member, computer committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (1997 - 2001)

Chairman, computer committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (2001 - 2005)

Member, examination committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (since 1998)

Member, education committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (2000 - 2001)

Chairman, education committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (since 2006)

Member, joint astronomy & physics education committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (2001 - 2005)

Member, research committee, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (since 2001)

Study coordinator for B.Sc. students, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands (2000 - 2004)

Member, computing council, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands (2004 - 2005)
Instrumental interests and expertise     Infrared imaging and spectroscopy
Integral field spectroscopy
Adaptive optics
Submillimetre imaging and spectroscopy
Submillimetre and radio aperture synthesis
Instrument development expertise     Development, testing and implementation of control interfaces, observing modes and calibration procedures for near-infrared array cameras and near-infrared Fabry-Perot etalons (1990 - 1993)

Commissioning, IRAC1 mid-infrared camera on the ESO/MPI 2.2m telescope at La Silla, Chile (1994)

Member, Conceptional Design Review panel, ESO Multiple Application Concept for Adaptive Optics (MACAO) system for VLTI (2000)

Member, Preliminary Design Review panel, ESO adaptive optics unit for SINFONI (2000)

Principal investigator, NOVA components of SINFONI at the ESO VLT (since 1999)

Member, ESA NGST Payload Study team (1998-1999)

Member, ESA NGST IFMOS consortium (1998-1999)

Member, ESA NGST near-IR spectrograph study team (since 2000)

Member, MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) consortium (since 2001)

Member, Final Design Review Board, SINFONI spectrograph (2001)

Member, Preliminary Design Review Board, SINFONI 2K camera (2002)
Teaching experience     Astronomical Observing Techniques (3rd yr course): 1997 - 2001
Starburst galaxies (NOVA Fall School): 2000
Introductory astrophysics (1st year course): 2001 - 2003
Starburst galaxies (Interacademic Lectures): 2002
Planets and exoplanets (in The living universe lecture series): 2002
The early universe (Interacademic Lectures): 2003
Bachelor's Research Projects (3rd year research projects): 2005
Sterrenkunde Practicum 1 (1st year astronomy lab): 2006
Undergraduate students supervised

Roel van Bree
(M.Sc December 1997)

Martin Storm
(M.Sc February 1998)

Martijn Kamerbeek
(M.Sc August 2000)

Glenn van de Ven
(M.Sc. September 2001)

Lottie van Starkenburg
(M.Sc. August 2002)

Mariska Kriek
(M.Sc. August 2003)

Leonie Snijders
(M.Sc. September 2003)

Karín Menéndez-Delmestre
(Fulbright fellow)

Guido Kosters
(M.Sc. May 2006)

Susanne Brown
(M.Sc. 2008)

Pascal Baars
(M.Sc. 2008)

Marten Hamelink
(M.Sc. 2008)

Liviu Stirbat
(M.Sc. expected 2008)

Charlotte de Valk
(M.Sc. expected 2009)

Tijl Kindt
(M.Sc. expected 2009)

Alireza Rahmati
(M.Sc. expected 2009)

   


H2 emission from the circumnuclear ring in the centre of the Milky Way


Near-infrared spectroscopy of the central regions of active and starburst galaxies - modeling the star formation

The evolution of dusty galaxies


The superstarclusters in the Antennae galaxies:
constraints on the intial mass function

Photometric redshifts


A near-infrared spectroscopic study of the dusty disk in Centaurus A


Obscured star formation in the Antennae


Near-infrared imaging of star formation in Cen A's dustlane


H2 emission from the central region of the merger galaxy NGC6240


L-band observation of the starburst galaxy NGC253


The starburst galaxy He 2-10


NGC7552: the circumnuclear starburst


SINFONI observations of the starburst galaxy NGC5253: the hottest stars


Dust emission from superstarclusters in the Antennae


CO 3-2 emission from M51


A model for the dusty galaxy population
Graduate students supervised

Eleni Chatzichristou
(referent; promotor G.K. Miley; Ph.D. June 15, 1999)

Laura Pentericci
(referent; promotor G.K. Miley; Ph.D. October 28, 1999)

Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen
(copromotor; promotor Prof. M. Franx; Ph.D. October 6, 2004)

Inti Pelupessy
(copromotor; promotor Prof. V. Icke, Ph.D. March 16, 2005)

Leonie Snijders
(copromotor; promotor Prof. M. Franx, Ph.D. November 28, 2007)

Lottie van Starkenburg
(Ph.D. December 4, 2008)

Liesbeth Vermaas
(Ph.D. expected 2010)

   


Imaging and bidimensional spectroscopy of active and interacting galaxies



The most distant radio galaxies: probes of massive galaxy formation



Deep submillimetre observations of faint dusty galaxies




Numerical studies of the interstellar medium on galactic scales



Extreme starformation in starburst galaxies




Near-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift galaxies


Starburst galaxies and ultraluminous infrared galaxies
Postdoctoral researchers appointed

Padeli Papadopoulos
(1998 - 2001)

Sabine Mengel
(2000 - 2002)

Anthony Brown
(2001 - 2004)

Tracy Webb
(2002 - 2005)

Juha Reunanen
(2005 - 2007)

Catherine Vlahakis
(2007 - 2010)

   


Gas and dust in distant galaxies


Superstarclusters


Adaptive optics with laser guide stars


Submillimetre cosmology


Near-infrared integral field spectroscopy, active galactic nuclei


The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey
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