Dr Joachim Bestenlehner

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

University Teaching Associate

Joachim Bestenlehner
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j.m.bestenlehner@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Joachim Bestenlehner
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Research interests

My research is centred on the massive star population of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, which are a pair of interacting galaxies on its first encounter with the Milky Way. The aim is to study the physical, evolutionary and stellar wind properties of massive stars, because they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the chemical enrichment of the Universe which are the building blocks of planets and life as we know it today. With their strong outflows and high ionising fluxes they dominate the evolution of star-forming galaxies and are thought to have played a crucial role in providing ionizing radiation, mechanical and chemical feedback in galaxies in the early the Universe.

Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

  • Martins F, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hamann WR, Najarro F, Nieva MF, Przybilla N, Freimanis J, Hou W & Kaper L (2012) SpS5 - II. Stellar and wind parameters. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 10(H16) (pp 420-428) RIS download Bibtex download
  • de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos A, Bressert E, Brott I, Cantiello M , Carraro G et al (2011) The O stars in the VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 328 (pp 012022-012022) RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

Teaching activities

Digital and Computing Skills