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1 Curriculum Vitae: Tobias Beuchert Personal Data Education Tobias Beuchert University of Amsterdam Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam Netherlands Phone: + 31 (0) (office) + 49 (0) (mobile) t.beuchert@uva.nl Homepage: Born: March 4th, 1986 in Erlangen, Germany Marital status: unmarried Citizenship: German / Hungarian 03/2013 MSc, Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dr. Remeis Observatory & ECAP, Germany: Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet AGN Single Dish Radio Polarimetry and X-ray Variability Study of Polar Scattered Seyfert 1 Galaxies 05/2006 Graduation high school Professional Career 11/2017-present Postdoctoral Researcher (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) on compact astrophysical and their feedback; collaborations with and funded by all sub-divisions of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) 12/ /2017 Doctoral Researcher, Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, Dr. Remeis Observatory & ECAP: Multiwavelength Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei from the Radio to the Hard X-rays 2006 Siemens AG, Industries and Services (HR), Erlangen, Germany Knowledge and Experience Languages Computer German (native), English (fluent), Hungarian (colloquial), Dutch (basics) Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, Mac OS Programming: C, C++, S-Lang, Python, Fortran, Bash, HTML Applications (office): Microsoft Office, Libreoffice

2 Research Experience General Specific International research projects (leading, coordinating, and contributing roles); Extraction, analysis, and interpretation of complex and extensive datasets; Basic insights in space-observatory planning and operation; Grant proposal writing: Germany (Feodor-Lynen, Humboldt Stiftung); Netherlands (Veni Fellowship, rating A/A+) Compact astrophysical objects (black holes, neutron stars) and their close (mass-attracting) and distant (radiation/mass-ejection) environments; Experience with multiwavelength data: radio and sub-mm observations (individual antennas, polarimetry, interferometry); optical photometry and spectroscopy (ground-based, space-borne); UV, X-ray, and gamma-ray spectroscopy (space-borne); Acquiring astronomical data from proposed and archival observations across the electromagnetic spectrum; X-ray satellite design studies (detector simulations and telemetry study); Shifter for the ANTARES neutrino detector Outreach and Communication See for more information and media links Invited outreach talks and Science Slams : several locations in Germany and the Netherlands 10/2018 Invited public-outreach talk at the Astronomisches Seminar (Univ. Münster) on timescales and orders of magnitude in cosmology, geophysics, and Earth climate Managing and delivering guided tours (Dr. Remeis Observatory, Bamberg) 11/2017 Interview to the online blog of the Univ. of Erlangen-Nürnberg (meinefau) on my outreach activities 10/2017 Social-media outreach project (Dr. Remeis Observatory Bamberg / ECAP / Univ. Würzburg) 06/2017 ZDFinfo slam (German online TV) 06/2017 Outreach project with the faculty of design (Univ. of Würzburg) 02/2016 Outreach project with the school of design (Munich) 10/2015 Science-Slam talk at the opening of the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften (Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen) Astrophysical project implemented for the department of physics at the open day for scholars (Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg) Teaching Experience Advisor for Master and PhD students 2

3 06/2018 Jury member for the final Master presentations at the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, Amsterdam Supervision of the Auger Astroparticle Masterclass at high schools as part of Netzwerk Teilchenwelt Supervisor for the astronomy lab course of the Dr. Remeis Observatory & ECAP 2016 Master-Thesis co-supervision (measurement of black-hole spins using X- ray spectroscopy) 2015 Selection and supervision of two international students with the RISE programme (measurement of black-hole spins) 2014 Teaching assistant for Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Masters level 2011 Teaching assistant for Experimentalphysik II - Elektrodynamik und magnetische Felder, Bachelors level Departmentmental Duties since 11/2018 Planning phase for faculty-wide seminars addressing graduate students, PhD students, and postdocs 10/ /2017 PhD representative in the assemblies of the department of physics, Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg Organization of Meetings and Conferences since 12/2018 Managing regular postdoc meetings 06/2015, 07/2014 Regional astrophysics workshop of the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Würzburg (scientific and local organizing committee) 09/2014 PhD career event co-organizer for the annual meeting of the German Astronomical Society Further Training and Seminars 11/2018 Time-management training, Univ. Amsterdam 10/2018 Workshop Networking for Career Orientation, Univ. Amsterdam 06-07/2018 Lecture on Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change, Earth Science Department, Univ. Amsterdam 06/2018 Career Training of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA): Personal Qualities, elevator pitch training, (grant) proposal writing 03/2018 Personal Career Training, Univ. Amsterdam 05/2014 Online Lecture (edx) on Embedded Systems with hands-on sessions (software and hardware), University of Texas at Austin 3

4 04/2011 Training Didaktik und Präsentation für TutorInnen Member of the Innovation Think Tank, Siemens Health Care 03/2009 Seminar Leaders for Tomorrow, Siemens AG, on Open Innovation - The World is our Lab 2004 Talent Academy, SiemensForum, Erlangen, on Fundamental Polymers More Activities and Interests Private Activities Communication Memberships Climbing and Mountaineering; Renaturalization projects via the Bergwaldprojekt e.v. ; Curator of my mother s heritage (paintings, sculptures, art projections); Light design and art projections (father s business) Science communication to the public (general astrophysics, cosmology, Earth and atmospheric sciences, climatology, social aspects) DPG: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft; IAU: International Astronomical Union; Bergwaldprojekt e.v. Amsterdam, January 13,

5 Scientific Attachment Research Stays 07/2013, 04/2015 Univ. of California San Diego (UCSD), USA 04/ /2013 Multiple stays at the Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, German 09/ /2011 European Space Agency s Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Madrid, Spain International Collaborations TANAMI: Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Australian-South-African Milliarcsecond Interferometry Invited Colloquium and Seminar Talks 05/2018 ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands 04/2017 API, Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 04/2015 CASS, Univ. of California San Diego, California, USA 04/2015 Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA Selected Conferences: Talks 03/2018 ISM 2018, Bamberg, Germany: Self-consistent study of feedback in Ultraluminous X-ray sources 07/2017 Tautenburg Seminar, Tautenburg, Germany: X-raying the obscuring environment of Active Galactic Nuclei 06/2017 Polarized Emission from Astrophysical Jets, Ierapetra, Greece: VLBA polarimetry monitoring of 3C 111: jet physics on parsec scales 06/2017 The X-ray Universe, Rome, Italy: A Suzaku, NuSTAR, and XMM-Newton view on variable absorption and relativistic reflection in NGC /2014 ESAC Trainee Meeting, ESAC, Madrid, Spain: A variable-density absorption event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift 09/2014 Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Bamberg, Germany: A variable-density absorption event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift 06/ th INTEGRAL/BART Workshop, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic: X-ray Variability Study of Polar Scattered Seyfert I Galaxies

6 Selected Conferences: Other Contributions 06/2016 Blazars Through Sharp Multi-Wavelength Eyes, Malaga, Spain 05/2016 High-resolution X-ray spectroscopic software and tools, Madrid, Spain 05/2016 XMM-Newton: The Next Decade, Madrid, Spain 09/2015 Torus 2015, Winchester, England 06/2015 XMM-Newton Science Workshop, Madrid, Spain 06/2014 The X-ray Universe, Dublin, Ireland 06/2013 The innermost regions of relativistic jets and their magnetic fields, Granada, Spain Successful Principal Investigator Proposals 2018 XMM-Newton, Detecting wind-outflows in the young Active Galaxy PKS /17/18 XMM-Newton, Probing correlated X-ray and radio absorption variability in the young Active Galactic Core of PKS Swift, Follow-up observations of the Active Galaxy NGC XMM-Newton, Correlated X-ray and radio absorption variability in PKS XMM-Newton, Occultation event in the Active Galactic Core of NGC

7 Publication list: Tobias Beuchert 26 publications (9 as first author; 4 as leading author); 256 Citations; h-index: 8 A) Peer-reviewed publications 1. Garcia, J. A., Kara, E., Walton, D., Beuchert, T., et al. 2018, arxiv: : The Soft-Excess in Mrk 509: Warm Corona or Relativistic Reflection? 2. Beuchert, T., Rodríguez-Ardila, A., Moss, V. A., et al. 2018, A&A, 612, L4: Extended X-ray emission in PKS Beuchert, T., Großberger, C., Schulz, R., et al. 2018, A&A, 610, A32: VLBA polarimetry monitoring of 3C Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A. G., Dauser, T., et al. 2017, A&A, 603, 50: A Suzaku, NuSTAR and XMM- Newton view on variable absorption and relativistic reflection in NGC Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A.,.. Beuchert, T... et al. 2017, A&A, 603, A25: First Multiwavelength Campaign on the Gamma-ray-loud Active Galaxy IC Kadler, M., Krauß, F., Mannheim,.. Beuchert, T... et al. 2016: Coincidence of a high-fluence blazar outburst with a PeV-energy neutrino event, Nature Physics, 12, Krauß, F., Wilms, J., Kadler.. Beuchert, T... et al. 2016: The TANAMI Multiwavelength Program: Dynamic spectral energy distributions of southern blazars, A&A, 591, A Fürst, F., Müller, C., Madsen, K. K... Beuchert, T... et al. 2016: NuSTAR and XMM-Newton Observations of the Hard X-Ray Spectrum of Centaurus A, ApJ, 819, Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A. G., Krauß, F., et al. 2015: A variable-density absorption event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift, A&A, 584, A Svoboda, J., Beuchert, T., Guainazzi, M., et al. 2015: An X-ray variable absorber within the broad line region in Fairall 51, A&A, 578, A ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Albert, A... Beuchert, T... et al. 2015: ANTARES constrains a blazar origin of two IceCube PeV neutrino events, A&A, 576, L8 12. Müller, C., Krauß, F., Dauser, T., Kreikenbohm, A., Beuchert, T., et al. 2015: Redshifted Fe Kα line from the unusual -ray source PMN J , A&A, 574, A Krauß, F., Kadler, M., Mannheim, K... Beuchert, T... et al. 2014: TANAMI blazars in the IceCube PeV-neutrino fields, A&A, 566, L7 14. Miniutti, G., Sanfrutos, M., Beuchert, T., et al. 2014: The properties of the clumpy torus and BLR in the polar-scattered Seyfert 1 galaxy ESO 323-G77 through X-ray absorption variability, MNRAS, 437, 1776 B) Conference proceedings and posters (reviewed: Acta Polytechnica, European Physics Journal Web of Conferences, SPIE ) 1. Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A. G., Dauser, T., et al. 2016: The symbiosis of variable absorption and blurred reflection in the X-ray-absorbed Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151, In: Active Galactic Nuclei: What s in a Name?, Fink, M., Dauser, T., Beuchert, T., et al. 2016: Relativistic Iron Line Fits, In: Active Galactic Nuclei: What s in a Name?, Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A., Dauser, T., et al. 2016: The symbiosis of variable absorption and blurred reflection in the X-ray-absorbed Seyfert 1.5 galaxy NGC 4151, In: XMM-Newton: The Next Decade, 78 1

8 4. Krauss, F., Wilms, J., Kadler, M... Beuchert, T... et al. 2016: VizieR Online Data Catalog: Dynamic SEDs of southern blazars - DSSB (Krauss+, 2016), VizieR Online Data Catalog, Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A. G., Krauß, F., et al. 2015: A Variable-Density Absorption Event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift, In: Gandhi, P. and Hoenig, S. F. (eds.), TORUS 2015, Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A., Longinotti, A., et al. 2015: A Variable-Density Absorption Event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift, In: Strassmeier K. G., Brandenburg, A., Kudritzki, R. P., Neuhäuser, R. (eds.), The Extremes of Black Hole Accretion, Wilms, J., Brand, T., Barret, D., Beuchert, T., et al. 2014: ATHENA end-to-end simulations, Proc. SPIE, Kuehnel, M., Ballhausen, R., Krauss, F., Beuchert, T., et al. 2014: Swift-XRT spectrum of the first detected double-peaked outburst of GRO J , The Astronomer s Telegram, Beuchert, T., Markowitz, A., Dauser, T., et al. 2014: A Variable-Density Absorption Event in NGC 3227 mapped with Suzaku and Swift, In: Ness, J. U. (ed.), The X-ray Universe 2014, Beuchert, T., Wilms, J., Kadler, M., et al. 2014, In: Adlerová, I. (ed.), IBWS 2013, Acta Polytechnica, 54, Beuchert, T., Kadler, M., Wilms, J., et al. 2013: Single-Dish Radio Polarimetry in the F-GAMMA Program with the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, In: Gómez, J. L. (ed.), European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, Grossberger, C., Kadler, M., Wilms, J., Müller, C., Beuchert, T. et al. 2012, In: Acta Polytechnica, 52, 18 2

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