Curriculum Vitae

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Ralf S. Klessen

Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg

Universitätsprofessor

Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik

Dr. rer. nat.

Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Tel: +49-6221/54-8978

Fax: +49-6221/54-4221

E-Mail: klessen@uni-heidelberg.de

Homepage: http://www.ita.uni-heidelberg.de/∼ralf

Personal Data:

German, born 18th February 1968, married, four children

Education and Working Experience:

9/12

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8/14

Dean of Study in the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Heidelberg University

11/11

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Member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing

8/07

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12/13

Deputy Director of the Center of Astronomy at Heidelberg University

11/07

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10/12

Managing Director of the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

4/06

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Professor (W3) of Theoretical Astrophysics at Heidelberg University

4/04

Appointment as Privatdozent at Potsdam University

3/03

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1/04

Habilitation at Potsdam University

1/02

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3/06

Head of the Emmy Noether Research Group in “Theory of Star Formation” at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

10/00

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12/01

Otto Hahn Fellow at Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, sponsored by the Max Planck Society

9/00

Research visit at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching

9/98

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8/00

Postdoctoral position at Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

11/94

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6/98

Dissertation at the University of Heidelberg with thesis research at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg.

8/93

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8/94

Diploma thesis at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching.

8/90

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9/91

Exchange student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

11/87

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9/94

Study of General Physics at the Technical University of Munich (diploma in general physics)

Awards, Fellowships, Invitations:

9/14

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6/15

Sabbatical Stay at UC Santa Cruz and KIPAC at Stanford University

10/13

ERC Advanced Grant STARLIGHT: Formation of the First Stars

1/10

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8/10

Sabbatical Stay at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University

5/09

Professeur Invite at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris

9/02

Ludwig Biermann Award of the German Astronomical Society

11/01

Emmy Noether Fellowship of the German Science Foundation to build up a research group in theoretical star formation

5/00

Fellowship of the Ernst Rudolf Schloeßmann Foundation

6/99

Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society

8/90

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9/91

Fulbright Fellowship

Research Interests:

∙   Primordial Star Formation

∙   Formation of Stars and Stellar Clusters in the Milky Way

∙   Interstellar Turbulence

∙   Structure of Molecular Clouds

∙   Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium

∙   Numerical Methods in Astrophysics (Fluiddynamics, Special-Purpose Computing)

Publications:

∙   1 book (“Sternentstehung: Vom Urknall bis zur Geburt der Sterne” – Elsevier)

∙   1 editor (“Protostars and Planets VI” – University of Arizona Press)

∙   5 review articles (Saas Fee Lecture Course, Reviews of Modern Physics, Reviews of Modern Astronomy, Protostars and Planets V, Advanced Science Letters)

∙   3 theses (habilitation, dissertation, diploma)

∙   200 refereed publications with more than 10,700 citations

∙   60+ conference papers

∙   30+ abstracts

∙   10 contributions to popular scientific magazines

More information:

∙   Please see extended CV in PDF format.