Education
Kauffmann obtained a Bachelor of Science(Honours) in applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1988 and a Master of Science in astronomy in 1990.
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Guinevere Kauffmann
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She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1993, working with Simon White. She became head of a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in 2003. As of 2013, she is one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.
Her areas of research interest include models of galaxy formation, analysis of observed properties of galaxies including their atomic and molecular gas, active galactic nuclei, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Doctor Kauffmann has coordinated a Marie Curie Research Training Network of the European Union that brought together researchers from all over Europe for interdisciplinary projects.
Achievements
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In 2007, Doctor Kauffmann received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2009, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In April 2010, she was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Cross of Merit (on ribbon) and the certificate in the name of the German President. The award ceremony was carried out by Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer on 21 April 2010. In 2010, she was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2012, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Membership
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. National Academy of Sciences]
She was a member of the Miller Research Fellows program at the University of California, Berkeley and was then employed as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.
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Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize; Cross of Merit; Arts and Sciences In 2007, Dr Kauffmann received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2009, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In April 2010, she was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Cross of Merit (on ribbon) and the certificate in the name of the German President. The award ceremony was carried out by Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer on 21 April 2010. In 2010, she was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2012, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize or in short the Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the German Research Foundation every year since 1985 to exceptional scientists and academics working in Germany for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize; Cross of Merit; Arts and Sciences In 2007, Dr Kauffmann received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. In 2009, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In April 2010, she was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Cross of Merit (on ribbon) and the certificate in the name of the German President. The award ceremony was carried out by Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer on 21 April 2010. In 2010, she was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2012, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize or in short the Leibniz Prize is a research prize awarded by the German Research Foundation every year since 1985 to exceptional scientists and academics working in Germany for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.