Current state-of-the-art imaging surveys deliver images with limiting surface brightness of 26.5 mag/arcsec^2. This depth is around 100 times fainter than the...
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TalkEntering uncharted territory: the extremely low surface brightness Universe
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TalkEnvironmental processing in and around clusters
Galaxy clusters are the most massive gravitationally bound structures in the Universe. They are the sites where exceptional morphological transformations of...
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TalkEvidence for secular evolution of disc structural parameters in barred galaxies
I will address the effects of bar-driven secular evolution in discs by comparing their properties in a sample of nearly 700 barred and unbarred massive galaxies...
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TalkEvidence of a Distinct Stellar Population in the Counterrotating Core of NGC 1700
We find a distinct stellar population in the counterrotating and kinematically decoupled core of the isolated massive elliptical galaxy NGC 1700. Coinciding...
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TalkEvolutionary paths of the most massive galaxies since z ~ 2
Observations have shown that massive galaxies at high redshift have much smaller sizes than galaxies of similar mass today. The mean stellar density of such...
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TalkExploring the assembly history of galaxies
Understanding the connection between mass assembly and star-formation rate is a key question in galaxy formation. It is now well-established that a significant...
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TalkExploring the early Universe with the largest emission-line surveys, ALMA, HST and the VLT
I will present new results regarding the first ~2 Gyrs of cosmic time using very wide-field Lyman-alpha (Lya) narrow-band surveys, including a large, matched...
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TalkExploring the local universe with massive stars
Massive stars dominate the light output of entire galaxies, with luminosities in excess of 105 L⊙. This makes them powerful probes with which to study a range...
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TalkExtragalactic background light and its implications for galaxy evolution and gamma-ray astronomy
The extragalactic background light (EBL) is of fundamental importance both for understanding the entire process of galaxy evolution and for gamma-ray astronomy...