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Meet the team

EMPOWER brings together a diverse and international collaboration of about 90 members.
Our members come from institutions across Europe, Australia, Chile, USA, UK, and Africa, bringing together complementary expertise in spectroscopy, galaxy evolution, simulations, data analysis, and survey design.
 

The team includes scientists at all career stages, from senior researchers to postdocs and PhD students, and we are committed to maintaining an inclusive and supportive working environment. ​

Steering Committee

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Paola Popesso (PI)

Permanent Member
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Cristóbal Sifón

Permanent Member
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Claudia Lagos

Permanent/rotating member
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Jeyhan Kartaltepe

Rotating Member
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Marcella Brusa

Permanent Member
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Klaus Dolag

Permanent Member
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Victoria Toptun

Rotating Member
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Rhea Silvia Remus

Rotating Member

Consortium

Consortium members are listed below by institutional affiliation.

 

  • GERMANY
    European Southern Observatory (ESO): P. Popesso - N. de Isídio - I. Marini - V. Toptun -
    D. T. Mazengo - B. Häußler - E. Sani - J. Corral-Santana - A. De Cia 
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE): N. Malavasi
    Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU)/University Observatory Munich (USM):
    L. Valenzuela - K. Dolag - R. S. Remus - S. Vladutescu-Zopp
    Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AIfA) - University of Bonn: M. Thorp
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA): D. Wylezalek
    Hamburg University: J. Liske
    German Aerospace Center (DLR): G. Calistro-Rivera
     

  • ITALY
    National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF): B. Vulcani - G. De Lucia - M.Magliocchetti -
    M. Longhetti - L. Pozzetti - V. Strazzullo - R. Gilli - O. Cucciati - B. Poggianti - M. Pannella -
    M. Bolzonella - M. Polletta - A. Biviano - P. Tozzi - A. Bongiorno - F. Ditrani
    University of Bologna: M. Talia - M. Brusa
    University of Trieste: P. Rosati
    University of Salerno: A. Mercurio
     

  • UK
    University of Nottingham : Y. Bahé - N. Hatch 
    University of Southamtpon: A. Puglisi
    Portsmouth University: C. Maraston - D. Thomas
    Durham University: K. Harborne
    Newcastle University: T. Costa
    University of Birmingham: S. McGee
     

  • FRANCE
    Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) Paris-Saclay: E. Daddi - M. Lepore
    Institut d'astrophyique de Paris (IAP) : C. Gouin - C. Laigle
    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) & Aix-Marseille University: C. Schimd
    University of Strasbourg: K. Kraljic
     

  • USA
    Rochester Institute of Technology: J. Kartaltepe
    University of California (UC) Davis: B. Forrest
    Arizona State University: A. Noble
    Gemini-North Observatory/National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab): B. C. Lemaux - M. Dickinson
    Rutgers University: J. Hughes
    Michigan University: M. Donahue
    Minnesota University: C. Scarlata
     

  • AUSTRALIA
    International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR): C. Lagos - L. Cortese -
    B. Catinella - L. Davies - S. Bellstadt - S. Driver - A. Robotham
     

  • CANADA
    McMaster University: M. Bravo 
     

  • CHILE
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV): C. Sifón -
    P. Aucan Verdejo Cortez - Y. Jaffe
     

  • SWITZERLAND
    École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL): M. Sargent
     

  • JAPAN
    Kavli-Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU): D. Galárraga-Espinosa
     

  • SOUTH AFRICA
    Wits Centre for Astrophysics: M. Hilton
     

  • SPAIN
    Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB): M. Annunziatella
     

  • ETHIOPIA
    Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI): M. Povic

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