Biermann Award goes to Ivan Minchev
Ivan Minchev.
Credit: AIPIvan Minchev, Astronomer at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is awarded the Ludwig Biermann Award of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG). The award ceremony takes place in Kiel on September 15, 2015.
Minchev completed his PhD at the University of Rochester in the US, followed by a postdoc at Strasbourg Observatory in France. Since 2010 Minchev works in the research group “Milky Way and the Local Volume“ at the AIP. His research is focused on the formation and evolution of galaxies and chemo-dynamic models. The AG honors Minchev for his outstanding research on galactic dynamics.
The Ludwig Biermann Award was established in 1989 by the Astronomische Gesellschaft to be awarded in recognition of outstanding young astronomers. The award consists of financing a scientific stay at an institution of the recipient's choice. It is named after the astronomer Ludwig Biermann (1907-1986).
The German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) aims to promote astrophysical research. Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, Chairman of the AIP Executive Board, is also President of the AG and Chair of the Council of German Observatories (Rat Deutscher Sternwarten, RDS).
More details on www.astronomische-gesellschaft.org.
Science contact: Dr. Ivan Minchev, iminchev@aip.de
Media contact: Kerstin Mork, presse@aip.de, +49 331 7499-803
Ivan Minchev.
Credit: AIPIvan Minchev, Astronomer at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), is awarded the Ludwig Biermann Award of the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG). The award ceremony takes place in Kiel on September 15, 2015.
Minchev completed his PhD at the University of Rochester in the US, followed by a postdoc at Strasbourg Observatory in France. Since 2010 Minchev works in the research group “Milky Way and the Local Volume“ at the AIP. His research is focused on the formation and evolution of galaxies and chemo-dynamic models. The AG honors Minchev for his outstanding research on galactic dynamics.
The Ludwig Biermann Award was established in 1989 by the Astronomische Gesellschaft to be awarded in recognition of outstanding young astronomers. The award consists of financing a scientific stay at an institution of the recipient's choice. It is named after the astronomer Ludwig Biermann (1907-1986).
The German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) aims to promote astrophysical research. Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, Chairman of the AIP Executive Board, is also President of the AG and Chair of the Council of German Observatories (Rat Deutscher Sternwarten, RDS).
More details on www.astronomische-gesellschaft.org.
Science contact: Dr. Ivan Minchev, iminchev@aip.de
Media contact: Kerstin Mork, presse@aip.de, +49 331 7499-803
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Ivan Minchev.
