The DAWN family comprises both permanent and temporary staff. At any time, some 40 local scientists and student are found at UCPH and DTU. In addition, we have around 10 affiliated scientists at various institutions around the world.
All staff and students are seen below in a random order. Use the filter buttons to look for specific groups, and click images for more details.
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Albert Bjerregård Sneppen
MSc Student
Allan Hornstrup
Associate Professor
Head of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics and ass. prof. at the Cosmic Dawn Center, DTU Space.
Andrew Blumesen
MSc Student
Anton Norup-Sørensen
Researcher
I work with instrument design for astronomy. Development is made in close contact with both astronomers and workshops. Projects include characterisa
Aswin P Vijayan
DAWN Fellow
Simulations of galaxy formation, high-z galaxies, dust, photometry
Birgitta Nordström
Associate Professor Emerita
Star formation, nucleosynthesis, and general chemical and dynamical evolution of the Galactic disk.
Bitten Gullberg
Carlsberg Integration Fellow
Bo Milvang-Jensen
Researcher
I am a researcher based at the Cosmic Dawn Center. I received my master's degree from the University of Copenhagen, having carried out the research fo
Charles Louis Steinhardt
Associate Professor
I work on a variety of topics, some in galaxy formation and evolution and others in machine learning and data science. I also run a summer research pr
Charlotte Mason
Associate Professor
Galaxy formation & evolution, Reionization, and the galaxy-dark matter connection in the early Universe.
Clara Giménez Arteaga
PhD Student
Galaxy evolution, spatially resolved observations, ISM, extinction & attenuation, imaging with HST.
Daniele Bjørn Malesani
Postdoc
Interests: gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts, transients, observations.
Darach Jafar Watson
Associate Professor
I am mainly observationally oriented and have of the course of my career applied a wide range of techniques and wavelengths ranging from X-rays (using
Dave Sanders
Long-Term Guest
My current research is primarily in the area of infrared-submillimeter observations of interacting/merging galaxies, their evolutionary connection wit
David Blánquez Sesé
PhD Student
Quiescent galaxies, Interstellar medium, Galaxy formation and evolution
David Vizgan
Fulbright Fellow
Dazhi Zhou
PhD student
Hi there, this is Dazhi, a PhD student in observational cosmology at Cosmic Dawn Center(DTU side). My interests cover various aspects of galaxy format
Ditlev Reimer-Frickmann
Msc Student
Francesca Rizzo
DAWN/INTERACTIONS Fellow
Galaxy evolution; Galaxy dynamics; Gravitational lensing
Francesco Valentino
Assistant Professor
Galaxy evolution, star formation, and quenching. Carlsberg Fellow.
Gabriel Brammer
Associate Professor
Galaxy evolution with space telescopes.
Gaurav Senthil Kumar
BSc Student
Georgios Magdis
Associate Professor
Galaxy formation and evolution, observational cosmology, ISM
Gonzalo Prieto
PhD Student
Galaxy evolution; Reionization; Early Universe; Lyman Alpha Emitters.
Guarn Elizabeth Nissen
Senior Coordinator
Senior coordinator at the Cosmic Dawn Center
Guozhen Ma
MSc Student
Han Lei
MSc Student
Helena Baungaard-Sørensen
Section Secretary
My main tasks are to provide with administrative assistance to the DAWN team. I enjoy working with passionate people and dedicated scientists and to b
Iary Davidzon
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
SFR vs. stellar mass, U-V vs. V-J, observations vs. simulations, LAL vs. LAC, academia vs. life.
Ioannis Mageiras
MSc Student
Jiaming Yao
MSc Student
Johan Fynbo
Professor
I am a professor at the Cosmic Dawn Center at the Niels Bohr Institute. I work on galaxy formation, quasar surveys, transient astrophysics, and develo
John R. Weaver
PhD Student
Galaxy evolution, assembly, and star-formation cessation. Catalog maker. Citizen science enthusiast.
Joonas Kari Markku Viuho
PhD Student
Instrumentation, e.g. for the NOT Transient Explorer (NTE).
Kasper Elm Heintz
Assistant Professor
I mainly work on the optical counterparts and host galaxies of astronomical transients such as fast radio bursts and gravitational wave events, to bet
Kate Gould
PhD Student
Galaxy evolution, quenching, quiescent and post-starburst galaxies.
Lijie Liu
DAWN Fellow
Specialised in observational radio/(sub)mm astronomy, interstellar medium, star formation and galaxy evolution.
Lise Christensen
Associate Professor
My research topics focus on the nature of gas and stars in and around distant galaxies with observations from the largest telescopes. Specifically, I
Maiken Petersen
BSc Student (DTU)
Malte Brinch
PhD Student
Galaxy Evolution, Starburst Galaxies, Protoclusters of Galaxies, Submillimeter Astronomy, ISM, Dust, AGN.
Marina Koukouvaou
MSc Student (NBI)
Meghana Killi
PhD Student
High z, galaxy evolution, oddities and anomalies, LAE, Lya, compact galaxies, morphology, HST, ALMA
Michael Andersen
Technology Manager
Responsible for the technical implementation of instrument projects, such as the NBI Euclid (NISP) contribution and the NOT Transient Explorer and the
Minju Lee
DAWN Fellow
galaxy formation and evolution -- galactic ecosystem (ISM/CGM/ICM); cluster formation and evolution; AGN feedback
Natalie Allen
PhD Student
Researching the first galaxies, galaxy evolution and reionization with observations from ground breaking telescopes: JWST, Euclid, Subrua, ect...
Nina Bonaventura
Postdoc
JWST/NIRSpec GTO Team member. Algorithms & scientific software dev. Galaxy formation & evolution.
Pascal Oesch
Associate Professor at U. Geneva
First galaxies; galaxy evolution; imaging & spectroscopy with HST, Spitzer, Keck, VLT, ALMA & NOEMA
Peter Jakobsen
Affiliate Professor
My scientific interests include astronomical space instrumentation, applied statistics, and the physics of the early universe with emphasis on quasar
Peter Johannsen
Student Helper
Tasks include: website maintenance and keeping the kitchen clean.
Peter Laursen
Astrophysicist and Science Communicator
Galaxy modeling, Lyman α radiative transfer, outreach, press releases+contact, news stories, webmaster, event coordination, …
Seiji Fujimoto
DAWN/INTERACTIONS Fellow
distant galaxies and quasars; observations with JWST, HST, Subaru, Keck, VLT, ALMA, NOEMA, JVLA
Shuowen Jin
Postdoc
Formation and evolution of distant dusty galaxies and clusters. Infrared, (sub)mm & radio observations.
Sinclare Miguel Manning
Intern
Søren Staal
BSc Student
Steven Gillman
Postdoc
High redshift galaxy evolution, star-forming galaxies, kinematics, morphology, JWST MIRI GTO
Sune Toft
Center director
Professor of Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics and center director of the Cosmic Dawn Center.
Thomas R. Greve
Professor, Center Co-Director
Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, and center co-director.
Ting-Yi Lu
PhD Student
Trity Pourbahrami
Communications Consultant
Vadim Rusakov
PhD Student
Galaxy assembly and quenching, stellar populations, general interest in machine learning tools.
Vasily Kokorev
PhD Student
Victoria Strait
DAWN Fellow
High redshift galaxy properties, Epoch of Reionization