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Profile
| Academic position | Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader |
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| Research fields | Astronomy,Software Engineering and Programming Languages |
| Keywords | Theoretische Astr, Zirkumstellare Materie, 3-D-Rekonstruktion, Computergraphische Visualisierung |
| Honours and awards | 2011: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel-Preis |
Current contact address
| Country | Mexico |
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| City | Ensenada |
| Institution | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) |
| Institute | Instituto de Astronomia |
| Homepage | http://www.astrosen.unam.mx/~wsteffen |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus A. Magnor | Institut für Computergraphik, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/07/2011 |
Programme(s)
| 2011 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Steffen is internationally recognized for his pioneering research into how to build accurate digital models of astrophysics phenomena from observational data. His interdisciplinary approach between astrophysics and computer science has led to the versatile software tool "Shape" which enables astrophysicists around the world to analyze and better understand a wide variety of different classes of astronomical objects. In Germany, he is visiting the Computer Graphics Lab at TU Braunschweig to learn about the latest graphics algorithms and hardware and to incorporate that knowledge into his research. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2013 | W. Steffen, N. Koning, A. Esquivel, G. Garcia-Segura, Ma. T. Garcia-Diaz, J.A. Lopez, M. Magnor : A wind-shell interaction model for multipolar planetary nebulae . In: Monthly Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 2013, 1-9 |
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