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Christoph Pfrommer

Current Position

since Apr 2017: Group leader of the Cosmology and Large-scale Structure group at the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and University Professor at the University of Potsdam.

Employment

2016 to 2017: ERC Group Leader of the group High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Germany.

2010 to 2016: Senior Research Associate at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Germany

2008 to 2010: Senior Research Associate at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada

2005 to 2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada

Visiting Fellowships

Apr to May 2014: Invited Participant of the program Gravitys Loyal Opposition: The Physics of Star Formation Feedback at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA

Feb to Apr 2011: Invited Participant of the program Galaxy Clusters: the Crossroads of Astrophysics and Cosmology at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA

Aug to Sep 2009: Invited Participant of the program Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA

Nov 2007: Visiting Fellow at Stanford University and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, USA

Oct 2007: Visiting Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany

Education

Privatdozent (Venia Legendi in Physics)
Jan 2014, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany,
Thesis: “Interfacing High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmological Structure Formation”


Dr. rer. nat.
Dec 2005, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany,
Thesis: “On the role of cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies”
Advisors: T. A. Enßlin, M. Bartelmann, S. D. M. White, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany


Diploma in Physics (comparable to M.Sc.)
Jul 2002, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Thesis: “ Cosmological weak lensing of the cosmic microwave background by large scale structures”
Advisors: M. Bartelmann, S. D. M. White, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany


Special Graduate Student in Physics
1999 - 2000, at Harvard University,
Graduate School of Arts and Science, Cambridge, MA, USA


Pre-Diploma in Physics (comparable to B.Sc.)
Jul 1999, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

Awards

2016 - 2021: European Research Counsil (ERC) Consolidator Grant 2014

2010: 5yr Kavli Fellowship (declined) at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge, UK

2005 - 2008: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada

1999 - 2000: Special Scholarship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst for studies at Harvard University

1996 - 2002: Scholarship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst

Teaching Experience

PhD Thesis Supervision


1. Georg Winner (Heidelberg University, Germany) 2016 - 2019
   PhD thesis on Evolution and observational signatures of relativistic leptons in galaxies.
   
   
2. Matteo Pais (Heidelberg University, Germany) 2016 - 2019
   PhD thesis on Magnetic field growth in galaxies.
   
   
3. Anders Pinzke (Stockholm University, Sweden) 2006 - 2010
   PhD thesis on Gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters - dark matter and cosmic rays, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Bergström.
   
   
4. Nicholas Battaglia (University of Toronto, Canada) 2006 - 2011
   PhD thesis on The impact of non-thermal processes in the intracluster medium on cosmological cluster observables, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Bond.
   
   
5. Fabio Zandanel (Universidad de Granada, Spain) 2009 - 2012
   PhD thesis on High-energy phenomena in clusters of galaxies, co-supervision with Dr. Prada.
   
   


Master Thesis Supervision


1. Kristian Ehlert (Heidelberg University, Germany) 2016 - 2017
   Master thesis on Simulating cosmic ray feedback by active galactic nuclei.
   
   
2. Svenja Jacob (Heidelberg University, Germany) 2014 - 2015
   Master thesis on Streaming cosmic rays in cool core clusters.
   
   
3. Maximilian Uhlig (Technische Universität München, Germany) 2011 - 2012
   Diploma thesis on Cosmic ray driven winds in galaxies, co-supervision with Dr. Enßlin.


Teaching Courses


1. Cosmology, (13 x 3 hours, master & PhD level)
   lectures at Heidelberg University (Germany), 2014/15 and 2013/14.
   
   
2. The Physics of Galaxy Clusters, (13 x 2 hours, master & PhD level)
   lectures at Heidelberg University (Germany), 2015/16 and 2012/13.
   
   
3. Experimental Physics 2, (13 x 2 hours, bachelor level)
   tutoring exercise classes at Heidelberg University (Germany), 2013.
   
   
4. High Energy Astrophysics - Selected Topics (8 x 2 hours, master & PhD level),
   lectures jointly taught with Dr. Yan at University of Toronto (Canada), 2008.
   
   
5. Introductory Course for Mathematics (10 x 2 hours, bachelor level)
   tutoring exercise classes at Jena University (Germany), 2000/01.


Teaching at Summer Schools


1. Non-thermal processes in galaxy clusters, [ lecture 1 | lecture 2 ]
   Aug 2008, invited lectures at the summer school Cosmology with the CMB and LSS, Pune, India
   
   
2. Simulating galaxy clusters - A review of thermal and non-thermal processes
   July 2007, invited lecture at the Santa Fe 2007 Cosmology Summer Workshop, Santa Fe, USA

Academic Service

Organizing conferences:


1. International Conference at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, USA on
   High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, 2016
   
2. International Workshop at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada on
   Feedback over 44 orders of magnitude: from gamma-rays to the Universe, 2016
3. International Lorentz Center workshop, Leiden, Netherlands, on
   Groups and clusters of galaxies: confronting Theory with Observations, 2011
   
4. Workshop at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik (MPA), Garching, Germany on
   Simulations with GADGET, 2005

Referee for


1. Physical Review Letters
2. Physical Review D
3. The Astrophysical Journal
4. The Astrophysical Journal Letters
5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
6. Astronomy & Astrophysics
7. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
8. New Astronomy
9. Astrophysics and Space Science
10. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
11. Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (German Science Foundation)
    
12. Science & Technology Facilities Council (UK)
    
13. New Zealand Marsden Fund
    
    

2006 to 2010: Responsible for press releases and web related public outreach at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, member of the computer committee

2003 - 2005: Student representative at the MPA and member of the Scientific Institute's Council