Associate Professor
Eichhorn, Astrid
Short CV
-
- 2008-2011: PhD in Physics University of Jena, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dr. H. Gies
- 2008: Diploma in physics University of Heidelberg, Germany
-
- 2019 - present: Associate Professor CP³, SDU
- 2016 - present: Junior Research Group leader University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 2014-2016: Junior Research Fellow Imperial College, London, UK
- 2011-2014: (Senior) postdoctoral researcher Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
-
- 2020: Villum Young Investigator grant
- 2020: APS Outstanding Referee Award
- 2019: DFF Sapere Aude Grant
- 2018: Hengstberger prize for young scientists at the University of Heidelberg
- 2018: Elected as member of the “Junge Akademie”, Germany
- 2018: Teaching prize of the faculty for physics and astronomy, University of Heidelberg
- 2017: Visiting Fellowship at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 2016: Emmy Noether Research Group Fellowship of the DFG
- 2014: Imperial College Junior Research Fellowship
-
- Member of the Nordita committee on gravitation and cosmology
- Editorial Board Member of "Universe"
-
Research Interests
- Quantum gravity (asymptotically safe quantum gravity, causal set quantum gravity, tensor models for discrete gravity)
- Interplay of quantum gravity with matter
- Ultraviolet completion of the Standard Model
- Higgs sector in and beyond the Standard Model
-
Dark matter
-
Black-hole spacetimes