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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 am a
member of the ESO ELT
Science
Working Group, and
also of the Instrument
Science Teams for MICADO
(a high-resolution imager),
HARMONI
(an IFU spectrograph) and OPTIMOS/EVE
(a wide-field visual MOS).
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.
In 2007 I was awarded a
VICI
grant by NWO and
so I have been able to fund a research group
working primarily on resolved stellar populations, with an emphasis on
looking to
future developments (for example, E-ELT).
Research Summary
Publications
VICI funded Group:
Giuliana Fiorentino (Post-doc)
Else
Starkenburg (Phd student), co-advised with A. Helmi
Thomas
de Boer (Phd student)
Bertrand Lemasle (Post-doc)
Atul Deep (post-doc, 50%, based in Leiden)
Eva Busekool (Masters student)
Former Group members:
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 postdoc at ESO
Bruno Letarte, Phd
March 2007, co-advised with V. Hill (Paris-Meudon), currently a postdoc
at Caltech
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 (2009)
Astrofysica A (2007)
Astrofysica A (2006)
Actueel Onderzoek
(2002-2005)
external schools:
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 14th August 2009,