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Christoph Pfrommer

Curriculum vitae


Current Position


Employment


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Education


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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

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