Curriculum Vitae |
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| Personal information name date of birth place of birth citizenship |
Paul Peter van der Werf March 8, 1961 Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Dutch | Present address telephone fax www |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Main research interests | Starburst galaxies Ultraluminous infrared galaxies Galaxy evolution Interstellar medium of nearby galaxies Galactic centre Galactic interstellar medium Infrared instrumentation |
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| Publications refereed journals invited reviews other conference contributions conference proceedings |
135 16 101 1 |
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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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Instrumental interests and expertise |
Infrared imaging and spectroscopy Integral field spectroscopy Adaptive optics Submillimetre imaging and spectroscopy Submillimetre and radio aperture synthesis |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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