CURRICULUM VITAE

Cristina C. Popescu




PRESENT POSITION


Senior Lecturer, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire


EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT


M.Sc. in physics, University of Bucharest

Researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest

Ph.D. student at Max Planck Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Heidelberg

Postdoctoral position at Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg

Research Associate at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Otto Hahn Fellow of the MPIA

Staff member at the Max Planck Institute für Kernphysik, Heidelberg


AWARDS


  • the Otto-Hahn Prize of the Max-Planck Society, 1996
  • the Livesey award of the University of Central Lancashire, 2007
  • the Centenary Jubilium medal of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, 2008



    • INVITED TALKS


  • The evolution of galaxies: an infrared perspective,
    ``Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of galaxy Formation'', 19-23 October 2009, Malta

  • Dust in galaxies,
    ``Exploring the Solar System and the Universe'', 8-12 April 2008, Bucharest, Romania

  • The dependence of PAH and dust emission SEDs of spiral galaxies on the intrinsic colour of emitted stellar light and disk opacity,
    European Science Foundation Exploratory Workshop on "Tracing Dust in Spiral Galaxies: radiative transfer studies in the dawn of a new generation of observing facilities", May 14-16, 2007, Ghent, Belgium

  • Modelling the SEDs of galaxies,
    Les Houche Winter School on "Astronomy in the submillimeter and far infrared domains with the Herschel Space Observatory", 23 April - 04 May, 2007, Les Houche, France

  • The key role of far-infrared astronomy in determining the physical properties of galaxies through cosmic time,
    International Conference ``Fifty Years of Romanian Astrophysics'', September 27-30, 2006, Bucharest, Romania

  • The effect of dust on the appearance of the outer disks of spiral galaxies,
    workshop on ``Outer edges of disk galaxies: A truncated perspective'', from 4 - 7 Oct 2005, Leiden, The Netherlands

  • Modelling far-infrared emission from dust in gas-rich galaxies,
    given at the 79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the German Astronomical Society "The many facets of the universe - Revelations by New Instruments", 26 September - 1 October 2005, Köln, Germany

  • Modelling the ultraviolet/submillimeter spectral energy distributions of normal galaxies,
    international workshop on "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data", 4-8 October 2004, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Modelling the spectral energy distribution of galaxies ,
    JENAM 2001 of the German Astronomical Society and the European Astronomical Society on ``Five Days of Creation: Astronomy with Large Telescopes from Ground and Space'', 10-15 September 2001, München, Germany

  • Modelling the spectral energy distribution of galaxies,
    5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference, 20-22 September 2001, Crete, Greece

  • Modelling the spectral energy distribution of the edge-on galaxy NGC 891,
    38th Graduiertenkolleg Meeting, 6-7 July 2000, Bonn

  • Search for emission line galaxies in nearby voids,
    20th Graduiertenkolleg Meeting, 21-23 May 1997, Bad Honnef, Germany
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    SEMINARS AND COLLOQUIA


  • Anglo-Australian Observatory/ The Australian Telescope National Facility, Sydney, Australia

  • Astronomisches Institut Basel, Switzerland

  • Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy, Romania

  • Astronomical Institute of the University of Vienna, Austria

  • Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany

  • ESO, Germany

  • IPAC, JPL, Pasadena, USA

  • Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, Netherlands

  • Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France

  • Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia

  • Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK

  • The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena, USA

  • Sternwarte Hamburg, Germany

  • Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, Germany

  • Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia

  • University of Bucharest, Romania

  • University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

  • Universitätssternwarte München, Germany


    PROFESSIONAL SERVICE


  • Referee for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

  • Conference organisation:

    co-chair of the SOC of the international conference ``Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation'',     19-23 October 2009, Malta

    co-chair of the SOC of the international workshop ``The Spectral Energy Distribution of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data'',
    4-8 October 2004, Heidelberg


    • PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES


    Member of the following professional societies:

  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)

  • European Astronomical Society

  • German Astronomical Society (AG)

  • American Astronomical Society (AAS)

  • Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

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