Els Peeters

My research

I study the inter -and circumstellar medium and star formation in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies. My primary focus is on large carbonaceous molecules (such as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAHs, and fullerenes), carbon nano-particles, and dust. Most of my research involves infrared spectroscopy and imaging.

Together with Emilie Habart and Olivier Berné, I am leading the JWST Early Release Science Program "PDRs4All: Radiative feedback from massive stars". For more information on this program, see the program's website and the STScI website on this program.

Current group members:

• Ryan Chown: Postdoc (2021 - ...)
• Ameek Kaur Sidhu: Postdoc (2021 - ...)
• Bethany Shefter: Ph.D. student (2022 - ...)
• Sofia Pasquini: M.Sc. student (2021 - ...)
• Nicholas Clark: M.Sc. student (2022 - ...)
• Baria Khan: M.Sc. student (2022 - ...)
• Vipul Baghel: undergraduate student (2021 - ...)
• Charlotte Smith-Perez: undergraduate student (2020 - ...)

Former group members:

• Postdocs:
• Collin Knight
• Alexandros Maragkoudakis
• Elisabetta Micelotta
• Matt Shannon
• Dave Stock
• Graduate students:
• Amy Fare
• Dimuthu Hemachandra
• Nina Ivkovich
• Collin Knight
• Jacqueline Otaguro
• Rajib Saha
• Ruma Samadder
• Matt Shannon
• Ameek Kaur Sidhu
• Luis Giuliano Victorero Moya
• Undergraduate students:
• Josh Bazeley
• Dong Yup Choi
• Patrick Cookson
• Dhruvil Doshi
• Ian Fare
• Raphaela Kestler
• Khaledi Ramzi
• Asad Khan
• Danial Khan
• Heather McIsaac
• Colin Metrow
• Holly Raynor
• Saied Sorkhou
• Jason Sung
• Ronak Toprani
• Roy Zang
• Research Assistants:
• Laila Ladhani
• Dimuthu Hemachandra
• Roy Zang
• Visiting students:
• Pernille Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)