Prof. Dr. Eva Grebel

Astronomis­ches Rechen-Insti­tut, Univer­sity of Heidelberg

Eva Grebel is Profes­sor of Astron­omy and Direc­tor of the “Astronomis­ches Rechen-Insti­tut” at the Univer­sity of Heidel­berg. There she heads a Research Unit of the German Research Founda­tion (DFG) on the explo­ration of the Milky Way.

Eva Grebel is one of the leading researchers in the field of galaxy evolu­tion and belongs to the most cited scien­tists in astron­omy. As a pioneer in the new research field "galac­tic archae­ol­ogy" she uses age, movements and compo­si­tion of stars as fossil witnesses of the evolu­tion of near-field galax­ies and the Milky Way. She inves­ti­gates star forma­tion and heavy-element enrich­ments as well as the role of fusion processes with smaller galaxies.

Eva Grebel has been awarded, inter alia, the Ludwig Biermann Prize, the Lauten­schläger Research Prize, and the Johann Wempe Prize, and is a member of the Heidel­berg Academy of Sciences and Human­i­ties and the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopold­ina).  From 2013 to 2019 she was a member of the DFG Senate.