JRG Jochen Weller - Observational Astrophysics

Prof. Dr. Jochen Weller
Boltzmannstr. 2
85748 Garching
Room 213
Tel +49 89 35831-7138
Fax +49 89 3299-4002

Research area(s): E

Research interests:

The Group "Observational Astrophysics" focuses on research issues involved in Dark Energy, Modified Gravity, Galaxy Clusters and the Cosmic Microwave Background.

Current research activities:

• Study of the accelerated expansion of the Universe with different astrophysical tests
• Galaxy clusters as witnesses of the cosmological history
• Structure formation in the Universe

Group members:

• Dr. Marco Baldi (Postdoc, +49 89 35831-7173)
• Dr. Tommaso Giannantonio (Postdoc, +49 89 35831-7153)
• Dr. Martin Kilbinger (Postdoc, +49 89 35831-7147)
• Dr. Michael Kopp (Postdoc, +49 89 35831-7166)
• Analisa Mana (PhD student, +49 89 35831-7133)
• Katarina Markovic (PhD student, +49 89 35831-7158)
• Melanie Haase (Master student, +49 89 35831-7169)
• Bernhard Riedl (Diploma student)
• Ludwig Schrobenhauser (Diploma student)

More information:

Personal website: http://www.usm.uni-muenchen.de/people/jweller/index.html

Article on the group in Cluster Newsletter 3/2009, p. 4.