Regular biography
Michaela Hirschmann is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of PHY at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She is affiliated with the Laboratory for Galaxy Evolution and Spectral Modelling and the Laboratory of Astrophysics. Her research interests include galaxy formation and evolution, as well as thermodynamics and statistical physics. She teaches courses such as Astrophysics III: Galaxy Formation and Evolution and General Physics: Thermodynamics. Her contact information is michaela.hirschmann@epfl.ch, and her profile page can be accessed at https://people.epfl.ch/michaela.hirschmann?lang=en.
Scholar-generated biography
Michaela Hirschmann is an Assistant Professor at EPFL, specializing in galaxy formation and evolution, black holes and AGN, numerical simulations, and spectral evolution models. Her research leverages advanced observational data and simulations to explore early galaxy formation, AGN properties, and cosmic evolution. She has contributed significantly to studies using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), particularly in the CEERS and COSMOS-Web surveys, focusing on high-redshift galaxies and AGN identification. Her work addresses the formation of supermassive black holes, the role of AGN feedback, and the evolution of galaxy properties in the early universe.