1/5 Ulrike Heiter Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden +46 18 471 5982 (phone), +46 18 471 5999 (fax) ulrike.heiter@ physics.uu.se (e-mail), http://www.astro.uu.se/~ulrike (web page) Degrees and education Docent in Astronomy Uppsala University, Sweden Teacher Training Course Uppsala University, Sweden PhD in Astronomy University of Vienna, Austria Summer Session Program International Space University, Cleveland, OH MSc in Astronomy University of Vienna, Austria 2006 2005 2000 1998 1996 Academic positions Researcher (Forskare) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 2008 - present Project "Stellar atmosphere models for Gaia", funded by the Swedish National Space Board Representative of Gaia DPAC Coordination Unit 8 in the "Ground based observations for Gaia" working group Observing and analyzing high-resolution spectra of low-mass stars Testing stellar atmosphere models and synthetic spectra Organizing department seminars Research Associate (Forskarassistent) 2003-2007 Department of Astronomy and Space Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Observing and analyzing high-resolution spectra of low-mass stars Testing stellar atmosphere models and synthetic spectra Teaching undergraduate courses ("Interstellar medium" and "Stellar evolution") Organizing department seminars Organizing weekly science meetings of the stellar atmospheres group
2/5 Research Associate (Postdoctoral researcher) 2001-2003 Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Observed and analyzed high-resolution spectra of planetary host stars and related stars Organized the Astronomy Journal Club Observed line profile variations of delta Sct and beta Cep stars Research Assistant 1996-2001 Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria Calculated grids of stellar model atmospheres and assessed the influence of convection treatment on model structure and on observable quantities Observed and analyzed high-resolution spectra of lambda Boo stars Observed EVRIS target star fields and determined photometrical properties of background stars Teaching Assistant 1996-2000 Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria Developed exercises for reduction and analysis of stellar spectra and guided students through their completion Graded exams for the course "Astronomical Instruments" Projects and research grants Main applicant for the 3-year project Stellar atmosphere models for Gaia funded by the Swedish National Space Board (2.5 MSEK) 2008-2010 Research grant from Uppsala University (Filéns legat, 50 ksek) 2007 Co-applicant for the 3-year project Gaia calibrations - from Solar-system to stellar physics funded by the Swedish National Space Board Research grant from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (37 ksek) Co-applicant for the 3-year project The stars, stellar environments and the history of chemical elements funded by the Swedish Research Council 2007-2010 2006-2007 2005-2007
3/5 Memberships and appointments Member, national coordination committee for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 LOC member, Nobel Symposium 135 "Physics of Planetary Systems", Stockholm, Sweden Member, examination committee (betygsnämnd) for PhD thesis in Space Physics, Uppsala University 2007 - present 2007 2007 Book proposal reviewer for John Wiley & Sons 2007 Member of the "Data Processing and Analysis Consortium" (DPAC) for the ESA space mission Gaia Coordinator of the VALD team Member of the International Astronomical Union Member of the "Photometry Working Group" for the ESA space mission Gaia Referee for Astronomy & Astrophysics and The Astrophysical Journal 2004-2005 2004 - present List of talks Public event "Forskarfredag", Uppsala, Sweden (public talk in Swedish) Conference JENAM 2008 - "New challenges to European astronomy" Sino-German Summer School on Cool Stars, Weihai, Shandong Province, China (Lecture and Tutorial) Sep 2008 Sep 2008 July 2008 Gaia DPAC CU8 Meeting 05, Padova, Italy May 2008 Meeting of Gaia-SAM working group, Nice, France May 2008 3rd meeting on "Ground Based Observations for Gaia", Bordeaux, France Workshop "Vägar och visioner", Uppsala, Sweden (public talk in Swedish) Feb 2008 Feb 2008 Workshop "Gaia for All", Lund, Sweden Feb 2008 Seminar at Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany Jan 2008 VALD development workshops, Vienna, Austria 2008, 2007 Gaia DPAC CU8 Meeting 04, Athens, Greece 2007 Seminar at Stockholm Observatory, Sweden 2007 1st and 2nd meetings on "Ground Based Observations for Gaia", Paris, France 2007, 2006 Seminar at Lund Observatory, Sweden 2006 Seminar at Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Lecture series "University Meets Public", Vienna, Austria (public talk in German) 2002 2001
4/5 Other presentations Conference "Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun 15", St Andrews, Scotland, UK IAU Symposium 254 "The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context", Copenhagen, Denmark Splinter session talk, Poster 2008 Poster 2008 Astronomdagarna, Kiruna, Sweden Poster 2007 "The 9th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas", Lund, Sweden IAU Symposium 239 "Convection in Astrophysics", Prague, Czech Republic Poster 2007 Poster 2006 Conference "The Metal-Rich Universe", La Palma, Spain Poster 2006 Ångström Laboratory Open House, Uppsala, Sweden Conference "Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun 13", Hamburg, Germany Exhibition booth 2004 Poster 2004 AAS Meeting 201, Seattle, WA Poster 2003 IAU Symposium 210 "Modelling of Stellar Atmospheres", Uppsala, Sweden Poster 2002 Observing experience "Metallicities of M dwarfs: with and without planets", ESO, VLT + CRIRES "Revealing Magnetic Fields in Low-mass Stars", ESO, VLT + CRIRES "Benchmark stars for critical tests of stellar atmosphere models", ESO, 3.6m + HARPS and Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, 3.6m + SARG "High accuracy angular diameters of giant stars as critical tests for stellar atmosphere models", ESO, VLTI + AMBER "An improved temperature scale for the lower main sequence: abundance analysis of M dwarfs", ESO, VLT + UVES McDonald Observatory (Fort Davis, Texas), 2.1m Telescope + Sandiford Echelle Spectrometer Kitt Peak National Observatory (Tucson, Arizona), 4m Telescope + Echelle Spectrograph [runs]/[nights or hours] 1/31h 2008 1/23h 2007 2/15h 2007 2/29h 2007 1/8h 2005 9/76n 2001-2003 1/3n 2002 ESO (Garching, Germany), CAT + CES (remote mode) 1/4n 1997 Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Asiago, Italy), 182cm Telescope + Echelle Spectrograph 2/6n 1995, 1997 ESO (La Silla, Chile), Danish 1.54m Telescope + DFOSC 1/6n 1995
5/5 Computer skills Operating systems used: Unix, Mac OS X, Windows Scientific software: IRAF, IDL, LaTeX, Gnuplot Programming languages: Fortran, Perl, HTML, Javascript, Java (basics) Other software: MS Office Interests Languages: German (native language); English (fluent); Swedish (fluent); French (basic) Aikido; Bicycling; Hiking; Musical instruments (Clarinet, Piano)