Rix has been working on the evolution of galaxies. His doctoral thesis was titled Disk Components in Early Type Galaxies and he has, as of 2011, published 290 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has made important contributions to the structure and dynamics of galaxies, to the evolution of galaxies since the early epochs of the Universe, and the formation of our own Milky Way and its satellites.
hans, walter, german, astronomer, director, planck, institute, astronomy, heidelberg, linguist, helmut, 2009, photo, born, 1964, january, 1964, erlangen, germanynationalitygermanscientific, careerfieldsphysics, astronomyinstitutionsmax, planck, institute, astr. Hans Walter Rix is a German astronomer and director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg He is the son of the linguist Helmut Rix Hans Walter RixHans Walter Rix 2009 photo Born 1964 01 16 January 16 1964 age 60 Erlangen GermanyNationalityGermanScientific careerFieldsPhysics AstronomyInstitutionsMax Planck Institute for AstronomyDoctoral advisorSimon White Contents 1 Career 2 Awards and honors 3 References 4 External linksCareer editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Hans Walter Rix news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message He was educated at the University of Freiburg the University of Munich and the University of Arizona Tucson where he received his Ph D in Astronomy in 1991 He was Hubble Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton 1991 1994 then returned to the University of Arizona and has been director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg since 1999 Rix has been working on the evolution of galaxies His doctoral thesis was titled Disk Components in Early Type Galaxies and he has as of 2011 published 290 papers in peer reviewed journals He has made important contributions to the structure and dynamics of galaxies to the evolution of galaxies since the early epochs of the Universe and the formation of our own Milky Way and its satellites Awards and honors editAsteroid 200750 Rix discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2001 was named in recognition for his contributions on the dynamics and evolution of galaxies 1 The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 17 November 2013 M P C 85914 2 References edit 200750 Rix 2001 VB128 Minor Planet Center Retrieved 24 August 2019 MPC MPO MPS Archive Minor Planet Center Retrieved 24 August 2019 External links edit nbsp Scholia has a profile for Hans Walter Rix Q109227 Biography and publications Hans Walter Rix describes his research on 3D maps of dust video nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a German astronomer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hans Walter Rix amp oldid 1139762658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
