![Group members Group members](/3878239/header_image-1458654200.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6ODQ4LCJmaWxlX2V4dGVuc2lvbiI6ImpwZyIsIm9ial9pZCI6Mzg3ODIzOX0%3D--9cedef32bf4b55a457b24409d90f4aa6e4892a3e)
Group members
![Nadine Neumayer](/4492416/original-1592293616.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDE2fQ%3D%3D--ced9b52259d2e2077018c4a3e51de09cf5d27b0d)
Nadine Neumayer
Group LeaderResearch interest: Galaxy dynamics, Build-up of galactic nuclei, Census of black holes in low-mass galaxies, Integral-field-spectroscopy, Adaptive optics observations
![Antoine Dumont](/5934919/original-1688648632.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1OTM0OTE5fQ%3D%3D--2e5aba4656148a6713b75b35baeffb292644a087)
Antoine Dumont
Research interest: Center of nearby galaxies, Dynamics and emissions of central massive black holes and their relation with galactic properties, Stripped galaxy nuclei, Massive globular cluster
![Callie Clontz](/5880291/original-1678097366.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1ODgwMjkxfQ%3D%3D--ba1d820c071438b7c88782eb968c60c5741ed2eb)
Callie Clontz
Research interests: Globular clusters, Nuclear star clusters, Stellar populations
![Maximilian Häberle](/5498394/original-1688648632.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1NDk4Mzk0fQ%3D%3D--c86e2582af467f70321638b2afe5bed781eea8c9)
Maximilian Häberle
Research interests: Astrometric observations, Dynamical models of globular clusters, Astronomical instrumentation
![Nils Hoyer](/4884367/original-1686134886.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0ODg0MzY3fQ%3D%3D--f744a96a25932bf389b39d969af6e5c9dfcd68cf)
Nils Hoyer
Research interests: Nuclear star cluster formation, evolution and demographics, Rivalry between nuclear star clusters and supermassive black holes, Semi-analytical galaxy formation models
![Maria Selina Nitschai](/4496593/original-1719260659.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDk2NTkzfQ%3D%3D--1c81e4526be687c02c00e4e7b686f34e196e2ceb)
Maria Selina Nitschai
Research interests: IFU spectroscopy, Gas dynamics, Galactic centre, Dynamical modelling of the Milky Way
![Ishaan Kothiyal](/6177652/original-1719260477.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTc3NjUyfQ%3D%3D--e7d800788ddde361d674bfa2fc95067091531adc)
Ishaan Kothiyal
Research Interests: Globular clusters, nuclear star clusters, stellar populations, IFU spectroscopy observational astronomy
![Franziska Bruckmann](/6177568/original-1719260659.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTc3NTY4fQ%3D%3D--026d601c5e321f142db11e6031dc2472f06b07f4)
Franziska Bruckmann
Research interests: Nuclear star clusters, Galactic Centre, Stellar populations, Observational astronomy
![Simran Joharle](/5854415/original-1719261535.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1ODU0NDE1fQ%3D%3D--61bad2aad66cf7eee458af43f1e6632b9e92902f)
Simran Joharle
Research interests: Galactic Center, Stellar Populations, Observational Astronomy, NIR Photometry and IFU Spectroscopy, Galaxy Evolution
![Albrecht Kamlah](/5771408/original-1688479814.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1NzcxNDA4fQ%3D%3D--4e450e04450efa2cd06e68f832cf9ce99a690d2e)
Albrecht Kamlah
Research interests: Stellar dynamics, Stellar evolution of single and binary stars across the full stellar lifetime, Stellar populations and the first stars in the universe, Direct N-body, Monte-Carlo and stellar population synthesis methods for star cluster simulation, High performance and massively parallel scientific computing
![Anja Feldmeier-Krause](/4492461/original-1605704787.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDYxfQ%3D%3D--c91ec81d88b937011fcab743be318aaa7982fdab)
Anja Feldmeier-Krause
Research interests: K-band spectroscopy, IFU and longslit spectroscopy, Longslit drift scan observations, Stellar kinematics, Dynamical modelling, Stellar populations
![Marcelina Kinyumu](/6033276/original-1683707559.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MDMzMjc2fQ%3D%3D--d94db8dfd699d831c1623bd14f8dad2862893c72)
Marcelina Kinyumu
Research interests: Extragalactic, Formation and evolution of galaxies, Statistical data analysis
![Yiming Xu](/6048418/original-1688648448.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MDQ4NDE4fQ%3D%3D--95f37cd8283bf85b8082bf1c62f493e863c6947b)
Yiming Xu
Research interests: Planetary disks and exoplanets, galactic nuclei, cosmology, observational astronomy
![Simona Di Stefano](/5989944/original-1678097611.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1OTg5OTQ0fQ%3D%3D--0975a79be00f3f3f317a4992c071c9fbfe8aa1a9)
Simona Di Stefano
Research interests: Stellar populations, Globular clusters, Spectroscopic analysis
![Natascha Sattler](/5697041/original-1688648560.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1Njk3MDQxfQ%3D%3D--c98873c955e158c1be46210857ebb0055825bada)
Natascha Sattler
Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution, Integral field spectroscopy, Stellar kinematics and stellar populations, Thick and thin disks
![Samantha Adams](/6008968/original-1678097931.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MDA4OTY4fQ%3D%3D--7f96b4addd7a2c9576a6b2b6f50e6aaf185163be)
Samantha Adams
Research interests: Active galactic nuclei, Galaxy structure, formation and evolution
![Francesca Pinna](/4986399/original-1678097340.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0OTg2Mzk5fQ%3D%3D--ee82e1615eaa9e8d7d028276f2772058c4d08f6e)
Francesca Pinna
Research interests: Integral field spectroscopy, Stellar populations, Nuclear star clusters, Thick disks, Built up of galactic structures and their evolution
![Manuel Bayer](/4498000/original-1678097707.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDk4MDAwfQ%3D%3D--dd319af0c5b34453f2309937a06da14c9d2c43af)
Manuel Bayer
Research interests: Galaxy formation and evolution, Globular cluster systems, Globular clusters
![Alina Böcker](/4792022/original-1660647051.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NzkyMDIyfQ%3D%3D--af71dd1b68e97806feae4cff159f16253d4f8774)
Alina Böcker
Research interests: Build-up of galactic nuclei, Accretion histories of galaxies, Stellar Populations, Chemical evolution, Integral-field-spectroscopy, N-body simulations
![Mayte Alfaro Cuello](/4492476/original-1579179944.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDc2fQ%3D%3D--ae0941ca3bad7a1cf05cf45c1923d8f3974fe79b)
Mayte Alfaro Cuello
Research interests: Nuclear star clusters in nearby galaxies, Globular clusters, IFU spectroscopy
![Iskren Georgiev](/4492431/original-1628660000.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDMxfQ%3D%3D--34dae5dc0959f2d9607cae3247f5f9b963c13f45)
Iskren Georgiev
Research interests: Nuclear star clusters, Globular clusters, Ultra compact dwarf galaxies, Imaging and spectroscopic stellar population analysis
![Celine Greis](/5771338/original-1678097761.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1NzcxMzM4fQ%3D%3D--247121264cbb2a515042b139869d57ac0138d836)
Celine Greis
Research interests: Galaxy evolution, Stellar kinematics and stellar populations, Thick discs, Integral field spectroscopy
![Robin Herlan](/4809442/original-1551447560.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0ODA5NDQyfQ%3D%3D--f78f17f08caeae168be3018414bda7be6a7e92fa)
Robin Herlan
Research interests: Nuclear Star Cluster as probes of Dark Matter halos, Globular Cluster Dynamics
![Nikolay Kacharov](/4492446/original-1518438497.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDQ2fQ%3D%3D--4da7a7951e7058638a690c63213247b16b10fdba)
Nikolay Kacharov
Research interests: Globular clusters, Nuclear star clusters, Dwarf galaxies chemical evolution, Stellar kinematics, Stellar chemical abundances, Spectroscopic observations
![Katrin Lehle](/4566615/original-1678097796.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NTY2NjE1fQ%3D%3D--9a42e63ad2dd91415d578cf1e1b4a2d125eeac40)
Katrin Lehle
Research interests: Dynamical modelling and stellar kinematics in galactic nuclei, Active galactic nuclei, Integral-field spectroscopy
![Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti](/4492491/original-1579179945.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNDkxfQ%3D%3D--b88c845f49eb13ec98a1e848a524e363df47fa97)
Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti
Now a postdoctoral fellow at Lund UniversityResearch interests: Globular clusters, Nuclear star clusters, Formation and evolution of dense stellar systems, N-body simulations, Stellar dynamics
![Francisco Nogueras-Lara](/5016684/original-1678097806.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1MDE2Njg0fQ%3D%3D--211e2e107bc824f600e5fe589541b80b01ff9bd7)
Francisco Nogueras-Lara
Research interests: Stellar structure and population of the nuclear bulge of the Milky Way, High angular resolution imaging, Near infrared astronomy, Extinction curve in the infrared, Nuclear stellar discs
![Arianna Picotti](/4492506/original-1678097264.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDkyNTA2fQ%3D%3D--3eee1a24e2e552a6ec1662ed629b33823add9dfa)
Arianna Picotti
Now at the University of MilanResearch interests: Nuclear star clusters in nearby galaxies, Dynamical modelling of galactic nuclei, K-band spectroscopy, IFU and longslit spectroscopy
![Sofía Rojas](/4815987/original-1678097236.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0ODE1OTg3fQ%3D%3D--28544cbf6a1fd9ed123536c9e6bda2b754a28098)
Sofía Rojas
Research interests: Galaxy formation from epoch of reionization until today, Active galactic nuclei, Stellar abundances in nuclear star clusters
![Rebekka Schupp](/4496578/original-1678097192.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo0NDk2NTc4fQ%3D%3D--21670539e33a2b744c426180860065d5ceffdca2)
Rebekka Schupp
Research interests: Nuclear star clusters, Black holes, Dynamical modelling
![Soumya Shreeram](/5500854/original-1678097158.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6MzUwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjQ1MCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo1NTAwODU0fQ%3D%3D--250e0d4982f7f9f30f43672f777da2c93494f179)
Soumya Shreeram
Research interest: Galactic centre, Accretion histories of galaxies, Slitless spectroscopy, Active galactic nuclei, Stellar structure and population near the Galactic centre