Gruber Scholarship 2011 for Jaime Forero-Romero from AIP
Dr Jaime Forero-Romero.
Credit: AIPDr. Jaime Forero-Romero of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) has been selected by the International Astronomical Union as a 2011 Fellow for the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation (PPGF) Fellowship. In conjunction with this award, the 29-year-old astrophysicist will conduct research at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States for two years beginning in October 2011.
The PPGF Fellowship is awarded once a year in an international call for applications to a very promising young scientist in the field of theoretical, observational or experimental astrophysics and includes financial support of $50,000 US per year for a research stay at a host institution chosen by the applicant.
Colombian-born Jaime Forero-Romero is currently conducting research in the cosmology group at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. The focus of his research is galaxy formation in a cosmological context: using extensive numerical simulations, the cosmologist studies the evolution of galaxies in the context of the history and evolution of our cosmos.
"At Berkeley, I will use this scientific approach to explore the observed properties of young galaxy populations in the epoch of reionization," Forero-Romero says. Even before his research stay in Berkeley, he is organizing an international workshop on this topic in Potsdam in September.
Dr Jaime Forero-Romero.
Credit: AIPDr. Jaime Forero-Romero of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP) has been selected by the International Astronomical Union as a 2011 Fellow for the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation (PPGF) Fellowship. In conjunction with this award, the 29-year-old astrophysicist will conduct research at the University of California, Berkeley in the United States for two years beginning in October 2011.
The PPGF Fellowship is awarded once a year in an international call for applications to a very promising young scientist in the field of theoretical, observational or experimental astrophysics and includes financial support of $50,000 US per year for a research stay at a host institution chosen by the applicant.
Colombian-born Jaime Forero-Romero is currently conducting research in the cosmology group at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. The focus of his research is galaxy formation in a cosmological context: using extensive numerical simulations, the cosmologist studies the evolution of galaxies in the context of the history and evolution of our cosmos.
"At Berkeley, I will use this scientific approach to explore the observed properties of young galaxy populations in the epoch of reionization," Forero-Romero says. Even before his research stay in Berkeley, he is organizing an international workshop on this topic in Potsdam in September.
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Dr Jaime Forero-Romero.
