Address:

Stefan J. Kautsch, Ph.D.											Phone: +1-(757)-594-7827
Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering											Secr.: +1-(757)-594-7065
Christopher Newport University											FAX: +1-(757)-594-7919
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Newport News, VA 23606-2998, USA											Office: 127

Status:

Visiting Assistant Professor for Physics and Astronomy

Education:

University of Basle, Switzerland, Ph.D. 2006
University of Vienna, Austria, Master's degree 2003

Mission Statement:

My aim is to provide high quality and innovative education for an independent and just society. I will teach students to think freely in preparation for their future careers in a changing and globalized world with a multicultural and interdisciplinary background. My research aims to understand the cosmological mechanisms by which galaxies assemble and evolve in the Universe. In particular, I focus on hotly debated evolutionary challenges of late-type galaxies.

Fields of Interest and Research:

• Formation of structures in galaxies
  
• Morphological evolution of galaxies
  
• Stellar populations and the interstellar medium in galaxies
  
• Influence of the Dark matter on the morphology of galaxies
  
• Distribution of galactic habitable zones in galaxies
  

Current Studies:

Observational Cosmology:

• Morphological Transformations of Galaxies
• Evolution of Disk-Dominated Galaxies
• AGNs in Early-Type Galaxies

Publications