Guinevere Kauffmann
| Guinevere Kauffmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 California |
| Residence |
 Germany |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions |
MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics, MPI for Astrophysics |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Notable awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2007) |
| Spouse | Simon White |
Dr Guinevere Alice Mei-Ing Kauffmann is an American astrophysicist.
Kauffmann obtained a BSc(Hons) in applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1988 and a MSc in astronomy in 1990. She obtained her Ph.D in astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1993, working with Simon White.
She was a member of the Miller Research Fellows program at the University of California, Berkeley and was then employed as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. She became head of a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in 2003. As of 2013, she is one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.
Her areas of research interest include models of galaxy formation, analysis of observed properties of galaxies including their atomic and molecular gas, active galactic nuclei, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Dr. Kauffmann has coordinated a Marie Curie Research Training Network of the European Union that brought together researchers from all over Europe for interdisciplinary projects.
In 2007, Dr Kauffmann received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research.
In 2009, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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