João Alves, Univ.-Prof.

Univ.-Prof.

Vize-Dekan*in, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, 2014/15–2015/16

Dekan*in, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, 2016/17–2017/18

Vize-Dekan*in, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, 2018/19–2019/20

Vize-Dekan*in, Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie, 2020/21–2021/22

Curriculum vitae

1992 BA in Physics, University of Lisbon, Portugal

1995 Master in Astrophysics, Portugal

1999 PhD in Astrophysics "Seeing the Light Through the Dark: The Structure of Dark Molecular Clouds", University of Lisbon - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA

1999-2001 Post-Doctoral Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany

2001-2003 European Southern Observatory Staff Astronomer, Munich, Germany

2003-2006 Head of Department, European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany

2006-2010 Director of the Calar Alto Observatory, Almería, Spain

since 2006 Adjunct Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal

since February 2010, Professor of Stellar Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Vienna

Research areas

* The structure of the Interstellar Medium

* The origins of stars and planets

* Near-infrared instrumentation

* Life in the universe

Siehe auch

> Medienportal der Universität Wien: Curriculum Vitae (2010) (accessed on 17/10/2025)

> Medienportal der Universität Wien: João Alves: The birth of stars and other mysteries (2011) (accessed on 17/10/2025)