Dr. Andreas Koch STFC Fellow	Research Interests Chemical evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies Kinematics and dynamics of dwarf spheroidals Chemical evolution of globular clusters Halo formation: the cases of M31 and the Milky Way	Note the new address: University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy University Road Leicester, LE1 7RH UK Phone: +44 116 252 3558 Fax    : +44 116 252 1283 email: ak326 AT astro DOT le DOT ac DOT uk
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As a postdoc at UCLA I worked with Dr. R. Michael Rich on stellar abundances, stellar populations and thence galactic evolution. We aim at accomplishing this, e.g., via spectroscopy in the Andromeda galaxy, M31. Metallicity and chemical abundance studies will help us in elucidating this galaxy's evolutionary history. Further projects comprise high-resolution chemical abundance studies in Galactic dwarf spheroidals and the Galactic bulge as well as investigating their stellar kinematics.
In 2006 I obtained my Ph.D. from the Astronomical Institute in Basel (Switzerland), where I studied the chemical and kinematical properties of nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies together with Eva Grebel.