Alexei Kniazev


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HII-galaxies
LSBGs
Galactic Structure
PNe

My Thesis

My Thesis Title (Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science, October 1997) is:
THE ELABORATION OF METHODICS TO SEARCH FOR BLUE COMPACT GALAXIES AND DETAILED STUDIES OF SOME SELECTED BCGS.
Whole thesis in html (in Russian) is availible here and PS-version here

My Present Position

Currently I'm Paid Associated at the ESO.

In this position I am working as supporting astronomer for the Service Mode Phase2 of the WFI (Wide-Field Imager) and FEROS (Fibre-fed, Extended Range, Echelle Spectrograph) are now permanently mounted at the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla. My duties are to work with accepted proposals and ESO software to check Phase2 submitted materials and to communicate with WFI/FEROS users in the event of any problems.

Some part of my time is devoted to research. I am involved in a number of projects connected with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data, since with my previous position at MPIA (Max-Plank-Institute for Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany) and I was a member of the SDSS Group at MPIA and MPIA is an associate partner in the SDSS collaboration. These projects are:
(a). The creation of a complete sample of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies from SDSS images;
(b). The creation of a catalog of Strong Emission Line Galaxies (ELGs) from SDSS spectra;
(c). A search for new extremely low-metallicity galaxies from SDSS;
(d). Planetary Nebulae in Nearby Galaxies from SDSS data;
(e). A search for tidal tails around known Local Group members;
(f). M31 Halo Project.


My Research Interests:

1. Galaxies with intense current bursts of star formation (HII galaxies): surveys, selection/creation of new samples of HII galaxies, calculation of chemical element abundances, search for local young galaxies, studies of the starburst phenomenon and the environment of HIIs, chemical evolution.


2. Properties and evolution of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies (LSBGs): surveys, selection/creation of new samples, spatial distribution, chemical evolution.


3. Galactic Structure: measurement of the structural parameters of globular clusters and nearby Milky Way companions and search for signs of tidal disruption with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Search for new Local Group galaxies.

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