Research group The Galaxy group
At the Department of Astronomy, we use observations from optical to radio wavelengths combined with modelling to understand how galaxies were formed and evolve.
Group description
Our focus is on kinematics, star formation histories, and interstellar medium of starforming galaxies and blue compact galaxies, as well as the Lyman-alpha emission and Lyman continuum escape from these galaxies. We probe star formation processes at sub-kiloparsec scales, including how they relate to galactic scale physical properties and contribute to regulate the recycling of material necessary to sustain the formation of new stars.
Using supercomputers we model the effects of the first galaxies on the intergalactic medium, the so-called reionization of the universe.
The researchers at the department are collaborating with the physics departments at Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) within the Oskar Klein Centre.
Group members
Group managers
Göran Östlin
Professor
Members
Angela Adamo
Assistant Professor
Adrianus Bik
Senior Researcher
Giacomo Bortolini
PhD student
Nushkia Chamba
Guest researcher
Suhyeon Choe
PhD student
Timmy Ejdetjärn
PhD student
Jenny Frediani
PhD student
Matthew Hayes
Assistant Professor
Per Olof Lindblad
Professor emeritus
Jens Melinder
Senior Researcher
Matteo Maria Messa
Guest researcher
Magnus Näslund
Assistant Professor
Alex Pedrini
PhD student
Thøger Emil Juul Rivera-Thorsen
Researcher
Axel Runnholm
Postdoc
Alberto Saldana-Lopez
Postdoc
Helena Faustino Vieira
Postdoc
Alice Robinson Young
PhD student
Göran Östlin
Professor