Research group The Galaxy group
At the Department of Astronomy, we use observations from optical to radio wavelengths combined with modelling to understand how galaxies were formed and evolve.
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Group description
Our focus is on kinematics, star formation histories, and interstellar medium of starforming galaxies and blue compact galaxies, as well as the Lyman-alpha emission and Lyman continuum escape from these galaxies. We probe star formation processes at sub-kiloparsec scales, including how they relate to galactic scale physical properties and contribute to regulate the recycling of material necessary to sustain the formation of new stars.
Using supercomputers we model the effects of the first galaxies on the intergalactic medium, the so-called reionization of the universe.
The researchers at the department are collaborating with the physics departments at Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) within the Oskar Klein Centre.
Group members
Group managers
Göran Östlin
Professor
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Members
Angela Adamo
Associate Professor
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Adrianus Bik
Senior Researcher
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Giacomo Bortolini
PhD student
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Nushkia Chamba
Guest researcher
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Suhyeon Choe
PhD student
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Adélaïde Claeyssens Beaupère
Post-doc
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Timmy Ejdetjärn
PhD student
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Jenny Frediani
Doktorand
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Matthew Hayes
Associate Professor
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Per Olof Lindblad
Professor emeritus
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Jens Melinder
Senior Researcher
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Matteo Maria Messa
Guest researcher
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Magnus Näslund
Universitetslektor
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Alex Pedrini
PhD student
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Thøger Emil Juul Rivera-Thorsen
Researcher
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Axel Runnholm
Postdoktor
Alberto Saldana-Lopez
Postdoktor
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Alice Robinson Young
PhD student
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Göran Östlin
Professor
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