Dr. Ivan Minchev
Milky Way and the Local Volume
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
iminchev [at] aip.de
Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP), Potsdam, Germany 2010 - Present
L’Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 2008 - 2010
Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, USA 2008
Research interests:
Galactic Archaeology, Milky Way formation and evolution, Bar and spiral structure dynamics, Chemo-dynamical modeling, Signatures of stellar radial migration, Moving groups in spatially localized volumes (the u-v plane), Signatures of minor merger events, Large Galactic surveys targeting and mock catalogues.
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