Marcus G.F. Kirsch

ESA XMM-Newton


Vita:
- 1972: born in St. Ingbert, Saarland/Germany
- 1999: Staatsexamen in Physics and Mathematics, University of
        Tuebingen
  Specialities: Linear Operators in Hilbert Spaces, Numerical
  Mathematics, X-ray astronomy
  Thesis: Ground calibration for the satellites XMM-Newton and
  ABRIXAS
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/publications/diplom/kirsch-zula/
- 2003: Dr. rer. nat. In orbit calibration of the XMM-Newton
  EPIC-pn  camera in high time resolution modes and pulse phase
  spectroscopy of the Crab pulsar. University of Tuebingen & MPE 
  Garching
http://astro.uni-tuebingen.de/publications/kirsch-diss.shtml

Jobs:
- since '02: XMM-Newton EPIC Calibration Scientist, ESA, ESAC
- since '04: Coordinator for student training at ESAC
- since '06: Member of the International Advisory Committee for
  the Young Scientists Conference, Kiev, Ukraine
- since '06: Member of the International Astronomical Consortium
  for High Energy Calibration http://www.iachec.org

Science interests:
- Observational studies of pulsars and accreting binaries
- High energy instrumentation for for astronomical observatories
- Calibration of X-ray detectors with high time resolution

Publications:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&author=kirsch,m

Private:
http://www.cherry-management.com/mk.htm
http://www.schwoof-kapelle.de/