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Curriculum Vitae - Bram Venemans (PDF)

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

NameBram Pieter VenemansAddressMax-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Date of birth20th of June 1977 Königstuhl 17
NationalityDutch 69117 Heidelberg
Email addressvenemans AT mpia.de Germany
Telephone+49 6221 528247Fax+49 6221 528247
Home pagehttp://www.mpia.de/homes/venemans/

EDUCATION

2000-2005Ph.D., Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
1999-2000M.Phil., Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
1995-1999M.Sc., Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
1989-1995High School "Spinoza Lyceum", Amsterdam, The Netherlands

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Nov 2012 - Research Staff Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Oct 2011 - Oct 2012Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
Oct 2008 - Sep 2011ESO Fellow at ESO headquarters, Garching bei München, Germany
Oct 2005 - Sep 2008Research Associate at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Jul 2005 - Sep 2005Research Associate at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Oct 2000 - Apr 2005Ph.D. in astronomy at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Title: Protoclusters associated with distant radio galaxies
Promotor: Prof. Dr. G. K. Miley
Oct 1999 - Jul 2000M.Phil. in astronomy at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Title: The visibility of short-lived luminous events in dusty environments
Supervisor: Dr. A. W. Blain
Mar 1998 - Aug 1999M.Sc. in astronomy at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Title: A cluster of galaxies around a high redshift radio galaxy?
Supervisor: Dr. H. J. A. Röttgering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  •  The most distant quasars and the evolution of massive black holes in the early Universe
  •  The end of the Dark Ages and the Epoch of Reionisation
  •  Star formation and the Interstellar Medium in quasar host galaxies
  •  Galaxy environment of distant active galactic nuclei
  •  Wide field optical and infrared surveys

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2008 - 2011  ESO Fellowship
1999A "Scholarship for Talents" of fl. 36000,- (USD 22000), given by the Minister of Education of the
Netherlands to talented undergraduate students in a national, university wide competition.

RESEARCH SKILLS

Extensive background in observational cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and formation of large scale structure. Very experienced in reducing, analysing and interpreting large sets of optical and infrared imaging and multi-object spectroscopy data. Thorough knowledge of large survey databases (SDSS, UKIDSS, VISTA, Pan-Starrs1). Experienced with mm interferometry data from the Plateau de Bure Interferometer (PdBI) and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). Extensive expertise in IDL, IRAF, SQL and Latex.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014-Supervisor of Ph.D. student C. Mazzucchelli at MPIA in Heidelberg
2011-2015Supervisor of Ph.D. student E. Bañados at MPIA in Heidelberg
2007-2011Supervisor of Ph.D. student K. Bayliss at the IoA in Cambridge
2001-2005Supervision of six student research projects at Leiden Observatory:
"Lyα emission line halos at z ~ 2", R. Berkhout
"Subaru wide field imaging of the protocluster 1338-1942 at z = 4.1", H. Intema
"An Integral Field Unit search for Lyα emitters", C. van Breukelen
"Multi wavelength observations of a protocluster at z = 2.1", N. ter Haar
"Characterization of objects near bright stars", C. van Breukelen
"A search for Lyα halos at z = 3", S. von Benda-Beckman
2002-2003Teacher of the practical of the astronomy course "Stars" at Leiden Observatory
2001-2002Assistent of the first year practical source "Astronomy lab 1" at Leiden Observatory

OBSERVING EXPERIENCE

2017Magellan, Las Campanas, Chile
2011 & 2014ESO NTT, Chile
2008Isaac Newton Telescope 2.5m, La Palma
2006-20083 observing runs (including buit-up, commissioning and science verification) with the
visitor instrument DAzLE on the ESO VLT, Chile (30 nights in total)
2006-20082 observing runs on the ESO VLT, Chile and ESO NTT, Chile
2004 & 20062 observing runs on the Isaac Newton Telescope 2.5m, La Palma
2001-20039 observing runs on the ESO VLT, Chile and the Keck telescope, Hawaii
1998ESO NTT, Chile

Miscellaneous

  •  70 refereed papers (2706 citations, 15 first author, h-index 30)
  •  Referee for Nature, ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, MNRAS Letters and PASJ
  •  Lead of the VISTA Kilo-Degree Infrared Galaxy survey (VIKING) High Redshift Quasars working group
  •  Co-lead of the Pan-STARRS1 key project 10 "High redshift quasars"
  •  CoI of the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS) and the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Survey (VIDEO)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2001-2004Several public lectures for high school students, undergraduate students and
amateur astronomers throughout The Netherlands

 

 

 

 

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