{"id":43178,"date":"2020-08-18T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h-its.org\/de\/?post_type=hits-people&p=43178"},"modified":"2023-10-10T17:14:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:14:20","slug":"prof-dr-saskia-hekker","status":"publish","type":"hits-people","link":"https:\/\/www.h-its.org\/de\/people\/prof-dr-saskia-hekker\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. ir. Saskia Hekker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saskia Hekker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group Leader, Theory and Observations of Stars (TOS) at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at Heidelberg University, Center for Astronomy (ZAH)\/Landessternwarte K\u00f6nigstuhl (LSW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal structures of stars, stellar evolution, asteroseismology, solar-like oscillators<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum Vitae<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2021 – September 2026<\/td>ERC Consolidator Grant \u201cDipolarSound\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
since September 2020    <\/td>Group leader at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Germany<\/td><\/tr>
since September 2020<\/td>Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany<\/td><\/tr>
October 2014 – August 2020<\/td>Independent research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/td><\/tr>
since June 2014<\/td>Head of International node of Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Denmark<\/td><\/tr>
September 2013 – September 2014<\/td>Lead scientist (ERC starting grant), Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, G\u00f6ttingen, Germany<\/td><\/tr>
January 2011 – August 2013<\/td>Veni fellow, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/td><\/tr>
April 2009 – December 2010<\/td>Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom<\/td><\/tr>
November 2007 – March 2009  <\/td>Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2018<\/td>MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) summer school graduate<\/td><\/tr>
September 2007<\/td>PhD in Physics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Netherlands Thesis: \u2018Radial velocity variations in Red Giants: pulsations, spots and planets\u2019<\/td><\/tr>
April 2003<\/td>MSc in Applied Physics (Cum Laude), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Thesis: \u2018Temperature measurements in Rayleigh-Benard convection using suspended liquid crystals\u2019<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prizes\/Grants<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020<\/td>ERC Consolidator Grant<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/td>Merac grant<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td>Merac prize for observational astrophysics<\/td><\/tr>
2014 – 2019<\/td>Elisabeth-Schiemann-Kolleg fellow<\/td><\/tr>
2014<\/td>Max Planck independent Research Group<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>ERC starting Grant<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/td>Women in Faculty best publication prize, University of Amsterdam<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/td>Finalist of FYSICA 2011 Young Speakers Contest<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>Veni fellowship, Dutch National Funding Agency (NWO)<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Kaiser prize: Prize for my contribution to the popularization of astronomy, Leiden<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Poster prize: Cool stars XIV, Pasadena CA, USA<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>Poster prize: Dutch Astronomy meeting, Blankenberghe, Belgium<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>Poster prize: Applied Physics meeting TU Delft, The Netherlands<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>Master degree cum Laude (< 10% success rate)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see my publications on ADS.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Press<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwingende Sterne und innere Geheimnisse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Podcast (in German) about asteroseismology and its history, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mysterious oscillations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article in the research journal of Heidelberg University, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview Campus Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short interview (German), 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starquake observations near their teenage years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aps Physics article, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astronomers Investigate Stellar Interiors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sky & Telscope article, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old at Heart: Solution to Red Giants\u2018 Age Paradox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forscherinnen l\u00f6sen R\u00e4tsel um Rote Riesensterne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aGerman article in the G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aStellar Ages and Galactic evolution: what have we learned from Asteroseismology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aTalk at the Cambridge Workshop of Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun (Boston \/ Cambridge, USA – 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aPodcast: Asteroseismologie – Welt der Physik<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Podcast (in German) about how to measure oscillations and what they can tell us about stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aPress release MPG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aListening to stellar cores<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aArticle in Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, June 2017, issue 23, page 75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aThe power of asteroseismology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aEbook for Open Access Government, July 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aAsteroseismology: It’s written in the stars<\/strong><\/a>\u202a\u202a\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aArticle in Open Access Government, issue 14 May 2017 \u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aAsteroseismology of binaries<\/strong><\/a>\u202a\u202a\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aArticle in Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, December 2016, issue 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aAsteroseismology meets computer science<\/strong><\/a>\u202a\u202a\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aArticle in Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, June 2016, issue 19\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aStellar Ages in seconds<\/strong><\/a>\u202a\u202a\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aGerman article in the G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aVisions in science – Breaking the enigma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aTalk by Saskia Hekker at the Visions 2016 conference at Harnack House, Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202aNeue Methode zur Berechnung von Gravitation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202a\u202aGerman article in the G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt about a new method to measure the surface gravity of distant stars, which was published in Science Advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aBlick ins Innere der Sterne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aGerman article in the G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt about the public lecture „Einblicke in das Innere der Sterne: Die Anatomie roter Riesen“ in the framework of a series of lectures\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aEWASS 2015 Interview on YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202aEuropean week of Astronomy and Space Science 2015\u2028\u2028Interview with Saskia Hekker who won the MERAC Prize in Observational Astrophysics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sterne mit beschleunigter chemischer Uhr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release, April 2015 (in German)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Early Career Prize for Saskia Hekker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release, March 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kepler-444 has ancient planetary system<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release: The discovery of five exoplanets orbiting a star in the constellation of Cygnus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u00f6ttinger finden Milliarden Jahre altes Sonnensystem<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article from NDR.de – Interview with Dr. Saskia Hekker (in German)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altersforschung im All<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article in the G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt announcing the project (in German)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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