Dr. Fabian Schneider

Research Positions

• Junior Group Leader, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany, since Jan 2021
• Gliese Fellow, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Oct 2018 – Dec 2020
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Christ Church College, Oxford, United Kingdom, Jan 2015 – Sep 2018
• Hintze Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Jan 2015 – Sep 2018
• Research Assistant, Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn, Germany, Sep 2011 – Dec 2014

Education

• PhD in Astrophysics (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bonn, Germany, 2015 (summa cum laude)
  “Statistical Analyses of Massive Stars and Stellar Populations“
  Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Norbert Langer and Dr. Robert Izzard
• Master of Science in Astrophysics, University of Bonn, Germany, 2011 (excellent – 1.1)
• Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Bonn, Germany, 2009 (very good – 1.5)

Awards, Prizes, Fellowships and Grants

• Ludwig Biermann Award of the German Astronomical Society, 2021
• ERC Starting Grant, ~1.5 million EUR, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, 2020
• Gliese Fellowship, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, 2018
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Christ Church College, Oxford, 2015-2017
• Hintze Research Fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, 2015-2017
• PhD award for the best PhD thesis in Physics and Astronomy by the Foundation for Physics and Astronomy in Bonn, 2015
• Stipendiary Fellowship of the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (honours branch), 2009-2014
• Stipendiary Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes), 2007-2011
• Book-award of the German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, DPG), 2005

Teaching Experience

• Lecturer, Stars Squared: Evolution of Binary Stars, University of Heidelberg, 2021, 2022
• Lecturer, The stellar cookbook: a practical guide to the theory of stars, University of Heidelberg, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Lecturer, Cosmic Explosions seminar, University of Heidelberg, 2020
• Lecturer, Python: programming for scientists, University of Heidelberg, 2019, 2020
• Tutorial teaching, Theoretical Astrophysics, Oxford Master Course in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Tutorial teaching, Mathematical Methods & Electromagnetism/Electrodynamics for 2nd-year physics students, University of Oxford, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Student supervision, Seminar on Presentation Skills, University of Bonn, Germany, 2012
• Teaching assistant, Stars and Stellar Evolution & Nucleosynthesis, University of Bonn, Germany, 2011-2013
• Teaching assistant, Introduction to Astronomy & Introduction to Extragalactic Astronomy, University of Bonn, Germany, 2010-2011

Publications

You can find my ORCID account here. A list of selected scientific publications can be found below, while NASA’s ADS should have an almost complete list of my publications.

Selected publications:

• Schneider, F. R. N.; Podsiadlowski, Ph.; Müller B., Pre-supernova evolution, compact-object masses, and explosion properties of stripped binary stars, A&A, 645, A5, 2021
• Schneider, F. R. N.; Ohlmann, S. T.; Podsiadlowski, Ph.; Roepke, F. K.; Balbus, S. A.; Pakmor, R.; Springel, V., Stellar mergers as the origin of magnetic massive stars, Nature, 574, 7777, 2019
• Schneider, F. R. N.; Sana, H.; Evans, C. J.; Bestenlehner, J. M.; Castro, N.; Fossati, L.; Gräfener, G.; Langer, N.; Ramírez-Agudelo, O. H.; Sabín-Sanjulián, C.; Simón-Díaz, S.; Tramper, F.; Crowther, P. A.; de Koter, A.; de Mink, S. E.; Dufton, P. L.; Garcia, M.; Gieles, M.; Hénault-Brunet, V.; Herrero, A. Izzard, R. G.; Kalari, V.; Lennon, D. J.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Markova, N.; Najarro, F.; Podsiadlowski, Ph.; Puls, J.; Taylor, W. D.; van Loon, J. Th.; Vink, J. S.; Norman, C., An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst, Science, 359, 6371, 2018
• Schneider, F. R. N.; Castro, N.; Fossati, L.; Langer, N.; de Koter, A., BONNSAI: correlated stellar observables in Bayesian methods, A&A, 598, A60, 2017
• Crowther, Paul A.; Caballero-Nieves, S. M.; Bostroem, K. A.; Maíz Apellániz, J.; Schneider, F. R. N.; Walborn, N. R.; Angus, C. R.; Brott, I.; Bonanos, A.; de Koter, A.; de Mink, S. E.; Evans, C. J.; Gräfener, G.; Herrero, A.; Howarth, I. D.; Langer, N.; Lennon, D. J.; Puls, J.; Sana, H.; Vink, J. S., The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. I. Far-ultraviolet spectroscopic census and the origin of He II λ1640 in young star clusters, MNRAS, 458, 624, 2016
• Schneider, F. R. N., Podsiadlowski, P., Langer, N., Castro, N. and Fossati, L., Rejuvenation of stellar mergers and the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars, MNRAS, 457, 2355, 2016
• Fossati, L., Castro, N., Schöller, M., Hubrig, S., Langer, N., Morel, T., Briquet, M., Herrero, A., Przybilla, N., Sana, H., Schneider, F. R. N., de Koter, A. and BOB Collaboration, B fields in OB stars (BOB): Low-resolution FORS2 spectropolarimetry of the first sample of 50 massive stars, A&A, 582, A45, 2015
• Schneider, F. R. N., Izzard, R. G., Langer, N. and de Mink, S. E., Evolution of Mass Functions of Coeval Stars through Wind Mass Loss and Binary Interactions, ApJ, 805, 1, 2015
• Schneider, F. R. N., Langer, N., de Koter, A., Brott, I., Izzard, R. G. and Lau, H. H. B., Bonnsai: a Bayesian tool for comparing stars with stellar evolution models, A&A, 570, A66, 2014
• de Mink, S. E., Sana, H., Langer, N., Izzard, R. G. and Schneider, F. R. N., The Incidence of Stellar Mergers and Mass Gainers among Massive Stars, ApJ, 782, 1, 2014
• Schneider, F. R. N., Izzard, R. G., de Mink, S. E., Langer, N., Stolte, A., de Koter, A., Gvaramadze, V. V., Hußmann, B., Liermann, A. and Sana, H., Ages of Young Star Clusters, Massive Blue Stragglers, and the Upper Mass Limit of Stars: Analyzing Age-dependent Stellar Mass Functions, ApJ, 780, 2, 2014
• Doran, E. I., Crowther, P. A., de Koter, A., Evans, C. J., McEvoy, C., Walborn, N. R., Bastian, N., Bestenlehner, J. M., Gräfener, G., Herrero, A., Köhler, K., Maíz Apellániz, J., Najarro, F., Puls, J., Sana, H., Schneider, F. R. N., Taylor, W. D., van Loon, J. Th. and Vink, J. S., The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus, A&A, 558, A134, 2013
• Sana, H., de Mink, S. E., de Koter, A., Langer, N., Evans, C. J., Gieles, M., Gosset, E., Izzard, R. G., Le Bouquin, J.-B. and Schneider, F. R. N., Binary Interaction Dominates the Evolution of Massive Stars, Science, 337, 6093, 2012