ESA Science at STScI

A group of almost 30 ESA Faculty researchers work at the ESA Office of the world-class Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the home of Hubble and Webb.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS OF ESA at STSCI

Astrophysics

Substellar objects Exoplanets Elena Manjavacas
Brown dwarfs Elena Manjavacas
Stellar astronomy Star formation Nick Indriolo; Sarah Kendrew; Marco Sirianni; Paule Sonnentrucker
Compact objects Black holes Nora Lützgendorf
Galactic astronomy Galactic centre Andrew Fox; Nick Indriolo; Nora Lützgendorf
Interstellar medium and dust Andrew Fox; Nick Indriolo; ​​​​​​​Sarah Kendrew; Paule Sonnentrucker
Star clusters and nebulae Mattia Libralato; Nora Lützgendorf; Antonella Nota; Laura Watkins; Peter Zeidler
Stellar kinematics Mattia Libralato; ​​​​​​​Nora Lützgendorf; Laura Watkins; Peter Zeidler
Galactic halo Andrew Fox; Laura Watkins
Magellanic clouds Peter Zeidler
Satellite systems Laura Watkins
Dwarf galaxies Laura Watkins
Nearby galaxies Super star clusters Svea Hernandez; Linda Smith
Star formation Kate Rowlands
Interstellar medium and dust Svea Hernandez; ​​​​​​​Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands
Chemical abundances Svea Hernandez
Circumgalactic medium Andrew Fox
Stellar feedback Linda Smith
Galactic nuclei Torsten Böker
Extragalactic astronomy Galaxy clusters and protoclusters Tim Rawle
High redshift galaxies Nick Indriolo; Sarah Kendrew; Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands
Gravitational lensing Tim Rawle

 

Techniques

Instrument development CCD and CMOS detector technology Marco Sirianni
Deformable mirrors Sarah Kendrew
Analysis techniques Astrometry Mattia Libralato
Photometry Mattia Libralato; Antonella Nota; Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Linda Smith; Peter Zeidler
Spectroscopy Andrew Fox; Svea Hernandez;​​​​​​​ Nick Indriolo; Sarah Kendrew; Nora Lützgendorf; Antonella Nota; Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Linda Smith; Paule Sonnentrucker; Peter Zeidler
Integral field (3D) spectroscopy Nora Lützgendorf; Tim Rawle; Peter Zeidler
Spatial analysis Sarah Kendrew; Kate Rowlands
Dynamical modelling Laura Watkins
Large-scale kinematics Tim Rawle
Wavelength regimes Radio Nick Indriolo; ​​​​​​​Kate Rowlands; Paule Sonnentrucker
Infrared Svea Hernandez; Nick Indriolo; ​​​​​​​Sarah Kendrew; Mattia Libralato; Nora Lützgendorf; Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Paule Sonnentrucker; Peter Zeidler
Optical Svea Hernandez; ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Mattia Libralato; ​​​​​​​Nora Lützgendorf; Antonella Nota; Tim Rawle; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Linda Smith; Paule Sonnentrucker; Peter Zeidler
Ultraviolet Andrew Fox; Svea Hernandez; ​​​​​​​Mattia Libralato; Antonella Nota; Kate Rowlands; Linda Smith; Paule Sonnentrucker; Peter Zeidler
Data science Machine learning Sarah Kendrew
Citizen science Sarah Kendrew