Research projects

ANDES (formerly called HIRES) is the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT.

Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument for the LBT, high-resolution polarimetric spectrograph

The PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey is a key science project of the PEPSI spectrograph and investigates the atmospheres of exoplanets, from super-Earths to Hot Jupiters.

A high-resolution survey of TESS target stars near the northern ecliptic pole.

4-meter Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Monitoring of exoplanet host stars with STELLA in order to characterize their starspots and improve the measurements of exoplanet atmospheres.

PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillation of stars) is a satellite mission that will continuously observe a 100 000 stars in a field-of-view of ~2250 sq.deg. using a suite of 24 telescopes.

3D radiation (magneto-) hydrodynamics code designed for the numerical simulation of stellar convection

Stellar Tomography - Zeeman-Doppler-Imaging code for the reconstruction and extrapolation of stellar magnetic fields and temperature distributions.

Robotic telescopes for stellar activity. Instruments are an Echelle spectrograph and a wide-field imaging photometer.