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My Research interests:
My research interests centre mainly on formation and evolution of small
(dwarf) galaxies
from studying their resolved stellar populations. I am interested to
discover what these
small systems tell us about larger galaxies and their internal
processes and also the clues
that small systems may provide to our cosmological understanding of
galaxy formation
and evolution from the beginning. This is often called Local Group
Cosmology, or
Stellar Archaeology.
I lead the DART
a group of people carrying out imaging and spectroscopy of large
samples
of individual stars in nearby dwarf galaxies - using wide field
spectroscopy (FLAMES) and
wide field imaging (WFI), and follow up spectroscopy with UVES (VLT),
HDS (Subaru)
and MIKE (Magellan).
I am also involved in defining the European Extremely Large Telescope
(ELT) science case
for resolved stellar populations.
I started working at the Kapteyn Institute as a KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts
and Science)
funded Fellow in July 2001. This position continued until July 2006
when I was made Associate
Professor at the University of Groningen, and Full Professor as of October 2011.
In 2007 I was awarded a
VICI
grant by NWO from
which I was able to fund a research group for 5 years
working primarily on resolved stellar populations, with an emphasis on
looking to
future developments (for example, E-ELT).
Research Summary
Publications
Current Group:
Stefania Salvadori (NOVA Post-doc)
Ása Skúladóttir (Phd student), co-advised S. Salvadori
Former Group members:
Bertrand Lemasle, Post-doc 2009-2012, currently a postdoc at Univ. Ams.
Thomas
de Boer Phd April 2012
Else
Starkenburg Phd December 2011, co-advised with A. Helmi, currently a CIFAR postdoc at UVic, Canada
Boudewijn Hut, Bachelor student (2010/11) project with M. Vogelaar, now a Masters student
Casper Blokzijl, Bachelor student (2010/11) project with T. de Boer, now a Masters student
Eva Busekool, Masters student (2010/11), currently Phd student with Thijs van der Hulst and Marc Verheijen
Leon Boschman, Bachelor student, project with E. Starkenburg (2010), doing Masters project with S. Cazaux
Giuliana Fiorentino, Post-doc 2007-2010, currently INAF postdoc in Bologna
Atul Deep, postdoc 2008-2010 (half-time), working for ESA
Maarten
Breddels , Masters Feb 2009, co-advised with S. Zaroubi, currently
Phd student with A.
Helmi
Giuseppina Battaglia, Phd September 2007, co-advised with
A. Helmi, currently a Marie-Curie postdoc at INAF, Bologna
Bruno Letarte, Phd
March 2007, co-advised with V. Hill (Paris-Meudon), currently a postdoc
at South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
Emanuele Ripamonti,
postdoc 2004-2007, currently a reseacher at Universita dell'Insubria
Andrew Cole,
NOVA postdoctoral fellow, 2003-2006, currently a lecturer at Univ. of
Tasmania, Australia
Teaching
Galaxy Formation &
Evolution (2011)
Galaxy Formation &
Evolution (2010)
Galaxy Formation &
Evolution (2009)
Astrofysica A (2007)
Astrofysica A (2006)
Actueel Onderzoek
(2002-2005)
external schools:
CPS 7th International School of Planetary Sciences: Theory of Stellar Evolution and Its Applications Kobe, Japan, 10-15 January 2011
Third Chilean Advanced School of Astrophysics,
Concepción, Chile (8-12 January 2007)
NOVA autumn school for AiOs Dwingeloo, the
Netherlands (2005)
Information
Room: 195
Telephone: +31 (0)50 363 8323
email: etolstoy at astro.rug.nl
last updated 17th October 2012