Curriculum Vitae – Bram Venemans

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Personal information:
Curriculum Vitae – Bram Venemans
Name Bram Pieter Venemans Address Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Date of birth 20th of June 1977 Königstuhl 17
Nationality Dutch 69117 Heidelberg
E-mail address venemans@mpia.de Germany
Telephone +49 6221 728417 Fax +49 6221 528246
Home page: http://www.mpia.de/homes/venemans/
Education
2000 – 2005 Ph.D., Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
1999 – 2000 M.Phil., Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
1995 – 1999 M.Sc., Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
1989 – 1995 High school “Spinoza Lyceum”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Research experience
Oct 2011 – Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Oct 2008 – Sep 2011 ESO Fellow at ESO headquarters, Garching bei München, Germany
Oct 2005 – Sep 2008 Research Associate at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Jul 2005 – Sep 2005 Research Associate at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Oct 2000 – Apr 2005 Ph.D. project in Astronomy at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University,
The Netherlands
Title: Protoclusters associated with distant radio galaxies
Promotor: Prof. Dr. G. K. Miley
Oct 1999 – Jul 2000 Masters project in Astronomy at the Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory,
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Title: The visibility of short-lived luminous events in dusty environments
Supervisor: Dr. A. W. Blain
Mar 1998 – Aug 1999 Masters project in Astronomy at the Leiden Observatory, Leiden University,
The Netherlands
Title: A cluster of galaxies around a high redshift radio galaxy?
Supervisor: Dr. H. J. A. Röttgering
Research skills
Extensive background in observational cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and formation of large
scale structure. Very experienced in reducing, analysing and interpreting large sets of optical and infrared imaging
and multi-object spectroscopy data. Able to work with large survey databases (SDSS, UKIDSS, VISTA,
PanStarrs). Experience with testing and commissioning of new instruments. Thorough knowledge of the technical
and scientific aspects of the E-ELT. Extensive expertise in IDL, IRAF, SQL, Latex and the X-Shooter
pipeline.
Awards & Fellowships
2008–2011 ESO Fellowship
1999 A “Scholarship for Talents” of fl. 36 000.- (USD 22 000), given by the Minister of Education of
the Netherlands to talented undergraduate students in a national, university wide competition.

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Teaching experience
2007–2011 Supervisor of PhD student K. Bayliss at the IoA in Cambridge
2005–2008 Supervisor of PhD student M. Hawthorn at the IoA in Cambridge
2001–2005 Supervision of six student research projects at Leiden Observatory:
“Lyα emission line halos at z ∼ 2”, R. Berkhout
“Subaru wide field imaging of the protocluster 1338–1942 at z = 4.1”, H. Intema
“An Integral Field Unit search for Lyα emitters”, C. van Breukelen
“Multi wavelength observations of a protocluster at z = 2.1”, N. ter Haar
“Characterization of objects near bright stars”, C. van Breukelen
“A search for Lyα halos at z = 3”, S. von Benda-Beckman
2002–2003 Teacher of practical of the course “Stars”
2001–2002 Assistant of first year practical course “Astronomy lab 1”
Observing experience
2011 ESO NTT, Chile
2008 Isaac Newton Telescope 2.5m, La Palma
2006 – 2008 3 observing runs (including build-up, commissioning and science verification) with the
visitor instrument DAZLE on the ESO VLT, Chile (30 nights in total)
2006 – 2008 3 observing runs on the ESO VLT, Chile, ESO NTT, Chile and INT, La Palma
2004 Isaac Newton Telescope 2.5m, La Palma
2001 – 2003 9 observing runs on the ESO VLT, Chile and the Keck telescope, Hawaii
1998 ESO NTT, Chile
Miscellaneous
• 41 refereed papers (1153 citations, 7 first author, h-index 20)
• Referee for ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, MNRAS Letters and PASJ
• Head of the VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey (VIKING) High Redshift Quasars working group
• CoI of the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS) and the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Survey (VIDEO)
• Member of the E-ELT Science Office. Provided detailed simulations of the observability of galaxies at the
highest redshifts with the E-ELT, as part of the Design Refence Mission. Responsible for the very high redshift
science case in the construction proposal for the E-ELT
• Member of the ESO Fellows and Students Selection Committee
Outreach activities
2001–2004 Several public lectures for high school students, undergraduate students and amateur
astronomers throughout The Netherlands.
Conferences, meetings (selection)
2010, Jan 13–15 UK E-ELT Science Workshop III - ”Towards first light”, London, UK
Talk: E-ELT DRM science case: First light – the highest redshift galaxies
2009, Jul 6–10 IAP conference: ”The Lyman Alpha Universe”, Paris, France
Talk: Galaxies at z=7.7: results from the DAzLE lensing cluster survey
2008, Oct 6-10 Conference ”Understanding Lyman alpha Emitters”, Heidelberg, Germany
Talk: A detailed study of Lyman alpha emission in z∼3 galaxies
2007, Dec 17–19 UKIDSS ESO Garching workshop “Science from UKIDSS”, Garching, Germany
Talk: “The highest redshift quasars in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey”
2007, Oct 15–17 EARA Lyman-alpha Workshop: lessons from local to high-z galaxies, Paris, France
Talk: “Lyman-alpha emitters in high redshift protoclusters”
2007, Oct 8–12 ESO Workshop “Science with the VLT in the ELT era”, Garching, Germany
Talk: “Narrow band surveys and the epoch of reionisation”

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2006, Jul 31–Aug 4 Conference “Cosmic Frontiers”, Durham, United Kingdom
Talk: “Redshift z > 6 QSOs in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey”
2005, Apr 18–20 Workshop “High Redshift Radio Galaxies”, Granada, Spain
Invited talk: “Protoclusters associated with distant radio galaxies”
2004, May 26–29 Dutch Astronomical Conference, Vlieland, The Netherlands
2003, Oct 13–16 ESO/USM/MPE Workshop “Multi-wavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and
Evolution”, Venice, Italy
Talk: “A study of distant Lyα emitters in overdense regions”
2002, Nov 11–15 International workshop “Radio Galaxies: Past, present and future”, Leiden,
The Netherlands
Talk: “Large scale structures around high redshift radio galaxies”
2002, Oct 28–31 Conference “Structure Evolution and Cosmology”, Santiago, Chile
Talk: “The most distant structure of galaxies known: a protocluster at z = 4.1”