| since February 2010 |
researcher (SNSB-funded):
Gaia
|
| June 2008 |
docentkompetens i astronomi
|
| Feb. 2006 - Jan. 2010 |
research fellow (VR-funded) in Bengt Gustafsson's group at UAO (Uppsala Astronomical Observatory):
ultra-metal-poor stars, chemical abundances beyond classical models, Gaia; teaching
|
| August 03 - January 06 |
Leopoldina fellow in Bengt Gustafsson's group:
a bit of everything I have done so far (hot stars, cool stars) plus new aspects like diffusion in old metal-poor stars
| |
| July 02 - June 03 |
scientist in Ralf Bender's group at MPE (Max-Planck Institiute for Extraterrestrial Physics) in Garching:
modelling Lick/IDS indices with different metallicities and element mixtures for stellar populations studies
|
| Jan. 99 - July 02 |
PhD
Cool-Star Gravities
calibrating non-LTE gravities of cool (metal-poor) stars
with the aim of getting a grip on their absolute age
(and thereby the age of It All)
as a scholar of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
(supervised by Thomas Gehren at Universitätssternwarte München) |
| spring 2001 |
scientific stay at the Landesternwarte Königstuhl:
Pristine CNO Abundances of Magellanic Cloud B Dwarfs,
in collaboration with S. Keller, A. Kaufer, N. Langer, N. Przybilla, O. Stahl and B. Wolf
|
| October 1998 |
Diploma
thesis: NLTE Abundances from B Stars in the Magellanic
Clouds
(supervised by Bernhard Wolf, Landesternwarte Königstuhl) |
| 1995 - 96 |
Master of Science in
Astrophysics at Queen Mary &
Westfield College, London
as a scholar of
BAYER Industries
thesis: The Light Elements (supervised by John A. Edgington) |
| 1993 - 98 |
maths, physics & astronomy at Heidelberg University |
| autumn/winter 92 |
study of maths and physics at Marburg University
|
| June 92 |
Abitur at the Gymnasium Philippinum in Marburg |
| 1989 - '90 |
AFS exchange student in Chicago,
Illinois
as a junior ambassador of the Parliamentary Partnership Program (PPP) |
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| July 5th 1972 |
born as the third and youngest son of
Dr. phil. H.-E. Korn and Dr. med. G. Korn-Heydt |
