Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz
FunctionsChairman of the Board Director Research Branch |
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Address Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) An der Sternwarte 16 14482 Potsdam, Germany Phone +49-331-7499-381 Mail msteinmetz@aip.de Office LH/1-15 |
Christiane Rein Phone +49-331-7499-382 Fax +49-331-7499-267 Mail crein@aip.de Office LH/1-14 |
Scientific Coordinator |
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Dr. Gabriele Schönherr Phone +49-331-7499-383 Fax +49-331-7499-267 Mail gschoenherr@aip.de Office LH/1-18 |
Matthias Steinmetz is scientific chairman of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and director of the research area Extragalactic Astrophysics. Topics under investigation in this department extend from the structure, dynamics and chemical evolution of the Milky Way over the structure and evolution of galaxies and their massive black holes to the formation of galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the large scale cosmic web. Furthermore, Reasearchers in this area are participating in the development of the next generation of instruments for 8m-class telescopes like the Large Binocular Telescope and the Very Large Telescope and in the establishment of a E-science infrastructure for astronomy.
Matthias Steinmetz' personal research interests focus on the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular the Milky Way. He has been actively engaged in performing high resolution simulation of the galaxy formation process and is the principle investigator of the RAdial Velocity Experiment RAVE, a large international collaboration to take spectra of a Million stars in the Galaxy.
