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Curriculum Vitae, Prof. Stefan Kraus

I joined the University of Exeter in 2013. Before that, I held appointments as NASA Sagan Fellow at the University of Michigan and as SMA Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Bonn and my M.Sc. from the University of Massachusetts.

My research focuses on high-angular resolution studies related to star- / planet formation. Using interferometers such as VLTI, CHARA, and ALMA, I investigate the inner regions of protoplanetary disks and the processes that shape the architecture of planetary systems. Using observations I constrain the structure and physical conditions in the sub-AU inner disk regions and investigate where planets are forming in the disk and how they interact with the disk material.

Education and Employment

  • 2021 -          Personal Chair / Full Professor, University of Exeter
  • 2015 - 2021 Associate Professor, University of Exeter
  • 2013 - 2015 STFC Rutherford Fellow, University of Exeter
  • 2013 - 2015 Proleptic Lecturer, University of Exeter
  • 2012 - 2013 SMA Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
  • 2009 - 2012 NASA Carl Sagan Fellow, University of Michigan, USA
  • 2007 - 2009 PostDoc, Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Germany
  • 2004 - 2007 PhD Astronomy, University of Bonn, Germany
  • 2002 - 2003 MSc Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, USA
  • 1999 - 2002 Vordiplom, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Facilities Usage

Facilities time for which I am the Principal Investigator:

  • ALMA, Cycle 2+3+4+5+6+8
  • VLTI/UTs, GRAVITY, MATISSE, AMBER, and MIDI, 302 hours
  • VLTI/ATs, GRAVITY, MATISSE, AMBER, MIDI, and PIONIER, 532 hours
  • CHARA, MIRC-X, CLIMB, and VEGA, 30 nights
  • VLT/UTs, CRIRES, ISAAC, SINFONI, SPHERE, 108 hours
  • Keck Interferometer and Keck-II, 8 nights
  • ATCA+SMA Interferometry, 13 nights
  • Magellan, Gemini South, 7 nights

Invited Presentations

  • "Spatially resolved observations of inner disc structure", ESO, Garching/Germany, 2018
  • "Disk structure around low- and high-mass YSOs resolved with interferometry", University of Leicester/UK, 2017
  • "Protoplanetary disk structure & planet formation signatures resolved with interferometry", University of Cardiff/UK, 2016
  • "Opportunities with the Planet Formation Imager for Extragalactic Science", University of Southampton/UK, 2015
  • "Protoplanetary Disc Structure and planet formation signatures resolved with interferometry", University of Oxford/UK, 2015
  • "Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation", University of Michigan/USA, 2014
  • "The Planet Formation Imager Project", European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC), Cascais/Portugal, 2014
  • "Infrared interferometric View of Herbig Ae/Be disks", ESO workshop, Santiago/Chile, 2014
  • "Imaging planet-formation signatures with ground-based interferometry & overview of EII activities", FISICA workshop, Rome/Italy, 2014
  • "Protoplanetary disc structure & planet formation signatures resolved with interferometry", DAMTP, Cambridge/UK, 2014
  • "Exploring the Signatures of Planet Formation with Multi-wavelength Interferometry", EWASS 2013, Turku/Finland, 2013
  • "Combining Optical Spectroscopy and Interferometry", 10th Potsdam Thinkshop, AIP, Potsdam/Germany, 2013
  • "Resolving the Gapped Structure in Pre-transitional Disks with Multi-wavelength Interferometry”, Sagan Symposium, Caltech/USA, 2012
  • "New opportunities with spectro-interferometry & spectro-astrometry", SPIE 2012, Amsterdam/Netherlands, 2012
  • "Infrared spectro-interferometry of Be and B[e] stars", University of Toledo, 2012
  • "Zooming in on low- and high-mass YSOs with infrared spectro-interferometry", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/USA, 2010
  • "First results from VLTI near-infrared interferometry on young high-mass stars", SPIE 2010, San Diego/USA, 2010
  • "Studying the formation of sun-like stars with infrared interferometry", ESO workshop "The Origin and Fate of the Sun", Garching/Germany, 2010
  • "Young stellar disks", ESO workshop "The interferometric view of hot stars", Santiago/Chile, 2009
  • "Star formation physics with VLTI: present and future, GTO", VLTI workshop, Granada/Spain, 2008

Contributions to the Community

  • Project Scientist for the Planet Formation Imager project (since February 2014)
  • President of the Science Council of the European Interferometry Initiative (2013-2017)
  • Scientific Referee for the journals A&A, A&A letters, ApJ, ApJ letter, AJ, MNRAS, Nature, Nature Astronomy, ... (since 2007)
  • Panel Member of ESO's observing programme committee and reviewer for NASA's Origins of the Solar System programme

Outreach

  • Scientific results featured in various press releases from ESO, JPL, NASA, MPIfR, MPG, A&A, SPIE, LAOG, University of Michigan, and University of Exeter
  • Public talks, e.g. in the Bad Effelsberg public talk series

Memberships

I am a member of the International Astronomical Union and the Royal Astronomical Society.

Prizes

  • Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2013
  • STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, 2013-2018
  • NASA Carl Sagan Fellowship, 2009-2012
  • Best PhD in Interferometry Prize, SPIE, 2008
  • Otto-Hahn Medal, Max-Planck Society, 2008

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