ESA Science at STScI - Space Science Faculty
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 (Baltimore, USA), the home of Hubble and Webb.
RESEARCH INTERESTS OF ESA at STSCI
Astrophysics
| Substellar objects | Exoplanets | Elena Manjavacas; Emily Rickman |
| Brown dwarfs | Elena Manjavacas; Emily Rickman | |
| 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 |
| Supermassive black holes and AGN | Marco Chiaberge | |
| 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; Emily Rickman |
| Photometry | Mattia Libralato; Antonella Nota; Tim Rawle; Emily Rickman; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Linda Smith; Peter Zeidler | |
| Spectroscopy | Andrew Fox; Svea Hernandez; Nick Indriolo; Sarah Kendrew; Nora Lützgendorf; Antonella Nota; Tim Rawle; Emily Rickman; Kate Rowlands; Marco Sirianni; Linda Smith; Paule Sonnentrucker; Peter Zeidler | |
| Integral field (3D) spectroscopy | Nora Lützgendorf; Tim Rawle; Emily Rickman; 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; Emily Rickman; 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 |