About me
I am a PhD student in the joint research group of the
Extragalactic
Astronomy group at the University Observatory Munich
(Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) and
the OPINAS group at the Max
Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
Furthermore, I am an on-site observer at the
LMU's Wendelstein
Observatory operating the 2.1m Fraunhofer Wendelstein
Telescope and a 43cm telescope.
My primary research focus revolves around ultra-diffuse galaxies and
the broader study of dwarf galaxy populations within clusters. Here, I
am studying the structural parameter relations and luminosity
functions of dwarf galaxies in nearby galaxy clusters, selecting the
cluster members based on their u'-g'-r' band colors. To conduct my
investigations, I primarily employ multi-color photometric data obtained using the Wendelstein-Wide-Field-Imager (WWFI) at the 2.1m
Fraunhofer Wendelstein Telescope. Moreover, I am a member of the Euclid
consortium, working in the Local Universe Science Working Group. Here,
I am involved in the Euclid Early Release Observations project,
focussing on the dwarf galaxy population of the Perseus
cluster. Prior to this, I contributed to the Euclid preparation Complete
Calibration of the Color–Redshift Relation survey, measuring
spectroscopic redshifts of galaxies using near-infrared data obtained
with the LUCI instruments at the Large Binocular Telescope. Apart from
my main research focus, I am also involved in multiple projects that
are conducted at the Wendelstein observatory, e.g. time delay
cosmography, exoplanet detections, and transient follow-ups.
In addition to my research pursuits, I also possess a keen interest in
the field of photometric data reduction to reach the precision
required for low surface brightness photometry, continuously improving
the WWFI datareduction pipeline.
