Professor of Infrared Astronomy
E-mail: brandl@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Telephone: +31 71 527 5830
LinkedIn: Bernhard Brandl
Office number: HL 1106
Bernhard Brandl leads the infrared instrumentation group at Leiden Observatory. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of METIS, a first generation instrument for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope, and the Dutch deputy co-PI of MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) for the James Webb Space Telescope. He has also been a member of NASA’s Spitzer-IRS (Infrared Spectrograph) team.
His areas of work range from the development of novel cryogenic components (e.g., chopping mirrors, immersed gratings) via challenging technologies like adaptive optics and infrared spectroscopy to conceptual system design and project management.
His scientific interests focus on starburst galaxies and young massive stellar clusters. He has published more than 250 papers which received more than 10,000 citations.
Selected publications
- Brandl B. R. et al. 2018, Status of the mid-IR ELT imager and spectrograph (METIS), Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10702
- Keller C.U., Navarro R., Brandl B.R. 2015. Field Guide to Astronomical Instrumentation. SPIE Press (Book)
- Wells, M., Pel, J.-W., Glasse, A., Wright, G. S., Aitink-Kroes, G., Azzollini, R., Beard, S., Brandl, B. R. 2015, The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VI: The Medium Resolution Spectrometer, PASP 127
- Snellen, I. A. G., Brandl, B. R., de Kok, R. J., Brogi, M., Birkby, J., Schwarz, H. 2014, Fast spin of the young extrasolar planet β Pictoris b, Nature 509
- Brandl, B. R. et al. 2006, The Mid-Infrared Properties of Starburst Galaxies from Spitzer-IRS Spectroscopy, ApJ 653
- Werner, M. W., Roellig, T. L., Low, F. J., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M., Hoffmann, W. F., Young, E., Houck, J. R., Brandl, B., Fazio, G. G. et al. 2004, The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission, ApJS 154