Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner
W3 Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics (BCGS)
President of the German Astronomical Society
AFFILITATION
- I.Physics Institute, Department of Physics, University of Cologne
- Cologne Center for Data and Simulation Science, University of Cologne
Contact
- email: walch [at] ph1.uni-koeln.de
- phone: +49 (0) 221 470 3497
- fax: +49 (0) 221 470 6727
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Formation and evolution of stars, formation and evolution of disks (protostellar and protoplanetary), stellar multiplicity, planet formation, stellar feedback, ionization, winds and outflows, radiation transport,
High-Performance Computing, AMR and SPH simulations, special purpose hardware for numerical applications.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
10/2011 - 10/2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany
2008 - 2011
Research Associate, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
EDUCATION
10/2008
Dr. rer. nat. in physics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
IMPRS student
06/2004
Diploma in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Diploma Thesis at the Max-Planck Institut for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany
2000
Vordiplom in Physics, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany
1998
Girls High School Kloster Seligenthal, Landshut, Germany