Prof. Dr. Thomas Kupfer

Principal Investigator
Address
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
Hamburger Sternwarte
Gojenbergsweg 112
21029 Hamburg
Office
Großes Beamtenwohnhaus
Room: 012
Contact
Tel: +49 40 42838-8594
ORCID: 0000-0002-6540-1484
Academic career
- Since 2023: Professor (W3) for Galactic Astronomy, Universität Hamburg, Germany
- 2020–2023: Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA
- 2018–2020: Postdoctoral Scholar, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
- 2015–2018: Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, USA
- 2011–2015: Doctorate in Astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, supervisors: Paul Groot and Gijs Nelemans
- 2010–2011: Research assistant, Dr. Remeis observatory Bamberg, Germany
- 2009: Research assistant, Dr. Remeis observatory Bamberg, Germany
- 2008: ERASMUS student, Armagh observatory, Northern Ireland
- 2005–2010: Degree in Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Institutional responsibilities
- 2020–2022: Chair of the LISA early career scientists working group
- Since 2018: Member of the NASA Multimessenger Astrophysics Science Analysis Group
- 2017–2019: Communication coordinator for the Zwicky Transient Facility
- Since 2016: Member of the LISA consortium (full member since 2020)
- Member of the LISA early career scientists working group
- Member of the LISA Astrophysics and the MMMB working group
- Member of the LISA publication and presentation policies committee
- Since 2016: Regular reviewer for the Gemini Fast Turnaround program