Matthias Steinmetz elected President of the German Astronomical Society
Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz
Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, scientific chairman of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is the new President of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG). On their annual fall meeting the AG elected Steinmetz also chair of the Council of German Observatories (Rat Deutscher Sternwarten, RDS).
Matthias Steinmetz studied mathematics and physics in Saarbrücken and at the Technical University Munich. He received his doctorate in physics in Munich in 1993 and initially worked at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. In 1996, aged 30, Matthias Steinmetz accepted a faculty position at the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 2002, he was appointed director of the AIP and professor at the University of Potsdam. Steinmetz was also visiting researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Berkeley. His area of expertise is computational astrophysics and cosmology. Matthias Steinmetz has successfully engaged in particle hydrodynamics simulations of cosmological environments as well as in simulations of dark matter in the Galactic halo. Large surveys of the Milky Way, which are associated with his name, enabled new findings regarding the field of the galactic dynamics and the properties of kinematical groups of stars. He is also German speaker of the International Astronomical Union and advisor and member of several committees within the scientific community.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganß, Director of the Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, has been elected vice president.
The German Astronomical Society, founded in 1863, is a modern astronomical society with more than 800 members dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and astrophysics and the networking between astronomers. It represents German astronomers, organises scientific meetings, publishes journals, offers grants, recognises outstanding work through awards and places a high priority on the support of talented young scientists, public outreach and astronomy education in schools.
(Press release of the German Astronomical Society)
Media Contact AG: Dr. Klaus Jäger, +49 6221 – 528 379, jaeger@mpia.de
Media Contact AIP: Kerstin Mork, +49 331 7499 469, presse@aip.de
Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz
Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, scientific chairman of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is the new President of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG). On their annual fall meeting the AG elected Steinmetz also chair of the Council of German Observatories (Rat Deutscher Sternwarten, RDS).
Matthias Steinmetz studied mathematics and physics in Saarbrücken and at the Technical University Munich. He received his doctorate in physics in Munich in 1993 and initially worked at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. In 1996, aged 30, Matthias Steinmetz accepted a faculty position at the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 2002, he was appointed director of the AIP and professor at the University of Potsdam. Steinmetz was also visiting researcher at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Berkeley. His area of expertise is computational astrophysics and cosmology. Matthias Steinmetz has successfully engaged in particle hydrodynamics simulations of cosmological environments as well as in simulations of dark matter in the Galactic halo. Large surveys of the Milky Way, which are associated with his name, enabled new findings regarding the field of the galactic dynamics and the properties of kinematical groups of stars. He is also German speaker of the International Astronomical Union and advisor and member of several committees within the scientific community.
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganß, Director of the Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, has been elected vice president.
The German Astronomical Society, founded in 1863, is a modern astronomical society with more than 800 members dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and astrophysics and the networking between astronomers. It represents German astronomers, organises scientific meetings, publishes journals, offers grants, recognises outstanding work through awards and places a high priority on the support of talented young scientists, public outreach and astronomy education in schools.
(Press release of the German Astronomical Society)
Media Contact AG: Dr. Klaus Jäger, +49 6221 – 528 379, jaeger@mpia.de
Media Contact AIP: Kerstin Mork, +49 331 7499 469, presse@aip.de
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