Sune Toft is a professor of Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute.[1][2] His research focuses on understanding the cosmic origin and evolution of galaxies.[3]

Sune Toft
NationalityDanish
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Known forCosmology, Galaxy Evolution
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, Cosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen
Cosmic Dawn Center
Doctoral advisorJens Hjorth

Early education

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Sune Toft was educated through the Danish education system, earning his bachelor's degree in physics in 1998 at the University of Copenhagen, and his master's degree in 2000, and his PhD with a thesis titled High Redshift Clusters of Galaxies in 2003,[4] both from the Niels Bohr Institute, under the supervision of Jens Hjorth.

Scientific career

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Toft is currently the Director of the Cosmic Dawn Center.[5] He was previously at Yale University as a postdoctoral research associate with Pieter van Dokkum from 2004 to 2006,[6] and an independent ESO fellow at the European Southern Observatory headquarters in Garching, Germany from 2007 to 2009.[5][7][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Sune Toft". KU. Retrieved 25 Feb 2020.
  2. ^ "Sune Toft Professorship Inaugural Lecture". Niels Bohr Institute. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Sune Toft". Niels Bohr Institute. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "News Story on Lundbeck Grant to Sune Toft". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "DNRF article on the inauguration of DAWN", Danish National Research Foundation, retrieved 14 March 2020
  6. ^ "Pieter Van Dokkum CV" (PDF).
  7. ^ "COSMOS Scientific Steering Committee". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Euclid newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ^ "CALET page on people involved". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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