curriculum vitae - Max-Planck

curriculum vitae
personal data
Name Anna-Christina Eilers
Date of Birth 04.10.1989 in San Francisco, USA
Email eilers@mpia.de
education
school
1995–1997 Grundschule Emmertsgrund, Heidelberg, Germany.
1997–1999 Erich-Kästner-Schule, Marburg, Germany.
1999–2008 Gymnasium Philippinum, Marburg, Germany.
2005 Northwest High School, Seattle, USA.
2008 Abitur, Majors: Mathematics und Music, Final Grade: A (1.2).
university
2008-2011 Bachelor of Science (Physics), Georg-August-University, Goettingen,
Germany.
Bachelor thesis: Rate-Model of Coherence between Brain Areals during Selective
Attention (Supervisors: Demian Battaglia, Theo Geisel)
2012 Postgraduate Studies (Physics), The University of Adelaide, Australia.
2012-2015 Master of Science (Physics), Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg,
Germany.
Master thesis: Simultaneous Estimation of Quasar Continua and the Lyman-Alpha
Forest Flux PDF using MCMC (Supervisors: Joseph F. Hennawi, Khee-Gan Lee)
since 2015 PhD, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.
Supervisor: Joseph F. Hennawi
publications
2012 J.H.J. de Bruijne, A.-C. Eilers, Radial velocities for the Hipparcos-Gaia
Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Volume 546, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219219.
2014 Khee-Gan Lee et al. (including Anna-Christina Eilers), Lyman-alpha
Forest Tomography from Background Galaxies: The First MegaparsecResolution Large-Scale Structure Map at z> 2, Astrophysical Journal
Letters, arXiv:1409.5632.
conferences and summer schools
2013 Summer Academy of the German National Academic Foundation, topic:
Emergent Phenomena, Krakow, Poland.
2014 Intergalactic Matters Conference, Poster presentation, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany.
2014 Astro Hack Week, Summer School, University of Washington, Seattle,
USA.
2015 Accurate Astrophysics. Correct Cosmology., London, UK.
work experience
Sept.-Dec. Internship at the European Space Research and Technology Centre
2011 (ESTEC), Leiden, Netherlands.
teaching experience
2011 Student assistant, Tutor for physics lab courses, Goettingen, Germany.
2013 Student assistant, Tutor for the physics course for medicine students,
Heidelberg, Germany.
prizes and awards
2008 Heinrich Baehr Prize of the Gymnasium Phillipinum, for exceptional
achievements in Mathematics.
2011 Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Georg-August University
Goettingen.
2012-2015 Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation, (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
qualifications
Languages German, English, Spanish, French
Computer Python, Matlab, Latex, Gnuplot
skills
Observing 3 nights at the Keck-Telescope (LRIS instrument), Hawaii, USA
experience
references
Dr. Joseph F. Hennawi
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Königstuhl 17
D-69117 Heidelberg
joe@mpia.de
Dr. Jos de Bruijne
European Space Research and
Technology Centre (ESTEC)
Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ Noordwijk
Netherlands
jdbruijn@rssd.esa.int
Dr. Demian Battaglia
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Am Faßberg 17
D-37077 Göttingen
demian@nld.ds.mpg.de
Dr. Khee-Gan Lee
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Königstuhl 17
D-69117 Heidelberg
lee@mpia.de