Paul Van Der Werf
professor
Extragalactic astrophysics
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Paul van der Werf obtained his PhD at the University of Groningen. After that he had several associate-/fellowships at the University of Groningen, The Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics, the European Southern Observatory and the Leiden Observatory. Since 2012, Van der Werf is a Full Professor at the Leiden Observatory. Van der Werf’s research interests lie within (Ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, the galactic and extragalactic interstellar medium, infrared and submillimetre galaxies, galaxy evolution and Infrared and submillimetre instrumentation and techniques.
Research Interest
Van der Werf’s research interests lie within (Ultra)luminous infrared galaxies, the galactic and extragalactic interstellar medium, infrared and submillimetre galaxies, galaxy evolution and Infrared and submillimetre instrumentation and techniques.
Publications
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Pereira-Santaella M., Spinoglio L., Werf P.P. van der & Piqueras López J. (2014), Warm molecular gas temperature distribution in six local infrared bright Seyfert galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics 566: A49.
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Hodge J.A., Swinbank A.M., Simpson J.M, Smail I., Walter F., Alexander D.M., Bertoldi F., Biggs A.D., Brandt W.N., Chapman S.C., Chen C.C., Coppin K.E.K., Cox P., Dannerbauer H., Edge A.C., Greve T.R., Ivison R.J., Karim A., Knudsen K.K., Menten K.M., Rix H.-W., Schinnerer E., Wardlow J.L, Weiss A. & Werf P.P. van der (2016), Kiloparsec-scale Dust Disks in High-redshift Luminous Submillimeter Galaxies, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 833(1): 103.
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Brandl B. R., Snijders L., den Brok M., Whelan D. G., Groves B., Werf P. van der, Charmandaris V., Smith J.., Armus L., Kennicutt R. C. & Houck J. R. (2009), Spitzer-IRS Study of the Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/39, The Astrophysical Journal 699: 1982-2001.
