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Daniel Asmus is a scientist with PhD in physics, working in the field of extragalactic Astronomy. He is an expert observer with focus on high angular resolution infrared observations of nearby active galactic nuclei. He has published more than 50 articles in this field and given several invited talks at international conferences. He is (co-)supervising PhD students, giving lectures about observation and data analysis tools in astronomy. Finally, he is an experienced programmer with his python code and astronomical data being available online.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniel Asmus

Citation names

  • Asmus, Daniel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E812-06BD-870D
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0220-2063

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+44) 7380406841 (Personal)

Addresses

  • 9 Brookvale Court, Winn Road, SO17 1WA, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/01/01 - 2012/05/08
Concluded
 Physics (Doktor (PhD))
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Theoretische Physik, Germany
"Mid-infrared properties of local active galactic nuclei" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Magna cum laude
2003/10/01 - 2008/12/31
Concluded
 physics (Master)
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Theoretische Physik, Germany
"The Inner Region of Accretion Disks around Black Holes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/01 - 2020/09/30 Principal Investigator (Research) University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
2018/07/01 - 2018/09/30 Postdoc (Research) University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
2017/01/07 - 2018/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) European Southern Observatory, Chile
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
2014/07/01 - 2017/06/30 Postdoc (Research) European Southern Observatory, Chile
European Southern Observatory, Chile
2012/11/01 - 2014/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany
2012/05/01 - 2012/08/30 Research Assistant (Research) European Southern Observatory, Chile
European Southern Observatory, Chile
2011/01/01 - 2012/04/30 Research Trainee (Research) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Germany
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2020/09/30 The Dust Devils in Galaxy Centres
793499
Principal investigator
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
 European Commission
Ongoing
2012/05/01 - 2012/08/30 An Atlas of OH lines at R~100000
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Invited Scientist Fellow
European Southern Observatory, Chile
 European Southern Observatory
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Stern, Daniel; Boorman, Peter; Annuar, Ady; Gandhi, Poshak; Alexander, D. M.; Lansbury, George B.; Asmus, Daniel; et al. "NGC1448 and IC 3639: Two Concealed Black Holes Lurking in our Cosmic Backyard Unveiled by NuSTAR". 2017.
  2. Bonitz, Michael; Asmus, Daniel; Golubnichiy, Volodymir; Baumgartner, Henning; Ludwig, Patrick. "Structural transitions in spherical 3D screened Coulomb crystals". 2007.
Conference paper
  1. Leftley, J.; Tristram, K.; Hönig, S.; Kishimoto, M.; Asmus, D.; Gandhi, P.. "The Warm Polar Dust in the NLS1 ESO 323-G77". 2018.
  2. Asmus, Daniel; Hönig, Sebastian; Gandhi, Poshak. "The predominance of dust in the polar region of AGN". 2016.
    10.5281/zenodo.60359
  3. Kerber, Florian; Käufl, Hans Ulrich; Tristram, Konrad; Asmus, Daniel; Baksai, Pedro; Di Lieto, Nicola; Dobrzycka, Danuta; et al. "VISIR upgrade overview: all's well that ends well". 2016.
    10.1117/12.2232441
  4. van den Ancker, Mario E.; Asmus, Daniel; Hummel, Christian; Käufl, Hans-Ulrich; Kerber, Florian; Smette, Alain; Taylor, Julian; et al. "Investigating the effect of atmospheric turbulence on mid-IR data quality with VISIR". 2016.
    10.1117/12.2233701
  5. Asmus, D.. "Do low-luminosity AGN differ? -- The mid-infrared perspective". 2015.
  6. Gandhi, P.; Annuar, A.; Alexander, D. M.; Asmus, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Lansbury, G. B.; Takahashi, T.; et al. "The census and properties of bona fide Compton-thick active galactic nuclei from hard X-ray and infrared observations". 2014.
  7. Annuar, A.; Gandhi, P.; Alexander, D.; Asmus, D.; Goulding, A.; Harrison, C.; Lansbury, G.. "Towards A Complete Census of Compton-thick AGN and N_H Distribution in the Local Universe". 2014.
  8. Asmus, Daniel; Hönig, Sebastian F.; Gandhi, Poshak; Smette, Alain; Duschl, Wolfgang J.. "The sharpest view of the local AGN population at mid-infrared wavelengths". 2014.
    10.1017/S1743921314003834
  9. Asmus, Daniel; Gandhi, Poshak; Honig, Sebastian F.; Smette, Alain. "The largest mid-infrared atlas of active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsecond spatial scales". 2012.
  10. Gandhi, Poshak; Asmus, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Smette, A.; Duschl, W. J.; Matsuta, K.; Ichikawa, K.; et al. "The high angular resolution view of local X-ray selected AGN in the mid-infrared". 2012.
  11. Asmus, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Gandhi, P.; Smette, A.; Duschl, W. J.. "Nuclear mid-infrared properties of nearby low-luminosity AGN". 2012.
    10.1088/1742-6596/372/1/012034
  12. Asmus, D.; Gandhi, P.. "Mid-infrared properties of local active galactic nuclei at high angular resolution". 2012.
  13. Gandhi, Poshak; Asmus, Daniel; Hoenig, Sebastian; Smette, Alain. "Resolved mid-IR emission as an isotropic probe in AGN at high & low powers". 2011.
  14. Asmus, D.; Duschl, W. J.. "Where do Accretion Disks Around Black Holes End?". 2010.
Journal article
  1. Asmus, Daniel. "Parsec-scale Dusty Winds in Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for Radiation Pressure Driving". The Astrophysical Journal (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a0b.
    10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a0b
  2. Asmus, Daniel. "New evidence for the ubiquity of prominent polar dust emission in AGN on tens of parsec scales". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2289.
    10.1093/mnras/stz2289
  3. Asmus, Daniel. "Mid-infrared evolution of ¿ Carinae from 1968 to 2018". Astronomy & Astrophysics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936277.
    10.1051/0004-6361/201936277
  4. Asmus, Daniel. "A compact jet at the infrared heart of the prototypical low-luminosity AGN in NGC 1052". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz716.
    10.1093/mnras/stz716
  5. Asmus, Daniel. "High-resolution Thermal Infrared Imaging of 3200 Phaethon". The Astronomical Journal (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab13a9.
    10.3847/1538-3881/ab13a9
  6. Asmus, Daniel. "Dissecting the active galactic nucleus in Circinus – II. A thin dusty disc and a polar outflow on parsec scales". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz220.
    10.1093/mnras/stz220
  7. Stalevski, M.; Asmus, D.; Tristram, K. R. W.. "Peculiar mid-infrared morphology of active galactic nucleus in Circinus". Publications de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Beograd (2018):
  8. Leftley, James H.; Tristram, Konrad R. W.; Hönig, Sebastian F.; Kishimoto, Makoto; Asmus, Daniel; Gandhi, Poshak. "New Evidence for the Dusty Wind Model: Polar Dust and a Hot Core in the Type-1 Seyfert ESO 323-G77". The Astrophysical Journal (2018):
    10.3847/1538-4357/aac8e5
  9. Alonso-Herrero, A.; Pereira-Santaella, M.; García-Burillo, S.; Davies, R. I.; Combes, F.; Asmus, D.; Bunker, A.; et al. "Resolving the Nuclear Obscuring Disk in the Compton-thick Seyfert Galaxy NGC 5643 with ALMA". The Astrophysical Journal (2018):
    10.3847/1538-4357/aabe30
  10. Russell, David M.; Baglio, M. Cristina; Bright, Joe; Fender, Rob; Al Qaissieh, Thabet; Palado, Alejandro; Gabuya, Aldrin; et al. "A bright mid-infrared excess in MAXI J1820+070". The Astronomer's Telegram (2018):
  11. Ricci, C.; Trakhtenbrot, B.; Koss, M. J.; Ueda, Y.; Del Vecchio, I.; Treister, E.; Schawinski, K.; et al. "BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2017):
    10.3847/1538-4365/aa96ad
  12. Mehner, A.; Baade, D.; Groh, J. H.; Rivinius, T.; Hambsch, F. -J.; Bartlett, E. S.; Asmus, D.; et al. "Spectroscopic and photometric oscillatory envelope variability during the S Doradus outburst of the luminous blue variable R71". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2017):
    10.1051/0004-6361/201731829
  13. Stalevski, Marko; Asmus, Daniel; Tristram, Konrad R. W.. "Dissecting the active galactic nucleus in Circinus - I. Peculiar mid-IR morphology explained by a dusty hollow cone". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2017):
    10.1093/mnras/stx2227
  14. Jensen, J. J.; Hönig, S. F.; Rakshit, S.; Alonso-Herrero, A.; Asmus, D.; Gandhi, P.; Kishimoto, M.; Smette, A.; Tristram, K. R. W.. "PAH features within few hundred parsecs of active galactic nuclei". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2017):
    10.1093/mnras/stx1447
  15. López-Gonzaga, N.; Asmus, D.; Bauer, F. E.; Tristram, K. R. W.; Burtscher, L.; Marinucci, A.; Matt, G.; Harrison, F. A.. "NGC 1068: No change in the mid-infrared torus structure despite X-ray variability". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2017):
    10.1051/0004-6361/201629600
  16. Annuar, A.; Alexander, D. M.; Gandhi, P.; Lansbury, G. B.; Asmus, D.; Ballantyne, D. R.; Bauer, F. E.; et al. "A New Compton-thick AGN in our Cosmic Backyard: Unveiling the Buried Nucleus in NGC 1448 with NuSTAR". The Astrophysical Journal (2017):
    10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/165
  17. Ricci, C.; Assef, R. J.; Stern, D.; Nikutta, R.; Alexander, D. M.; Asmus, D.; Ballantyne, D. R.; et al. "NuSTAR Observations of WISE J1036+0449, a Galaxy at z~1 Obscured by Hot Dust". The Astrophysical Journal (2017):
    10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/105
  18. Visser, R.; Watson, L.; Asmus, D.. "Fellows at ESO". The Messenger (2016):
  19. Asmus, D.; van den Ancker, M.; Ivanov, V.; Käufl, H. -U.; Kerber, F.; Leibundgut, B.; Mehner, A.; et al. "Science Verification for the VISIR Upgrade". The Messenger (2016):
  20. Asmus, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Gandhi, P.. "The Subarcsecond Mid-infrared View of Local Active Galactic Nuclei. III. Polar Dust Emission". The Astrophysical Journal (2016):
    10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/109
  21. Asmus, D.; Gandhi, P.; Hönig, S. F.; Smette, A.; Duschl, W. J.. "The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei - II. The mid-infrared-X-ray correlation". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015):
    10.1093/mnras/stv1950
  22. Gandhi, P.; Yamada, S.; Ricci, C.; Asmus, D.; Mushotzky, R. F.; Ueda, Y.; Terashima, Y.; La Parola, V.. "A Compton-thick AGN in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4785". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015):
    10.1093/mnras/stv344
  23. Käufl, H. U.; Kerber, F.; Asmus, D.; Baksai, P.; Di Lieto, N.; Duhoux, P.; Heikamp, S.; et al. "The Return of the Mid-infrared to the VLT: News from the VISIR Upgrade". The Messenger (2015):
  24. Asmus, D.; Hönig, S. F.; Gandhi, P.; Smette, A.; Duschl, W. J.. "The subarcsecond mid-infrared view of local active galactic nuclei - I. The N- and Q-band imaging atlas". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2014):
    10.1093/mnras/stu041
  25. Hönig, S. F.; Gandhi, P.; Asmus, D.; Mushotzky, R. F.; Antonucci, R.; Ueda, Y.; Ichikawa, K.. "What obscures low-X-ray-scattering active galactic nuclei". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2014):
    10.1093/mnras/stt2234
  26. Hönig, S. F.; Kishimoto, M.; Tristram, K. R. W.; Prieto, M. A.; Gandhi, P.; Asmus, D.; Antonucci, R.; et al. "Dust in the Polar Region as a Major Contributor to the Infrared Emission of Active Galactic Nuclei". The Astrophysical Journal (2013):
    10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/87
  27. Palau, Aina; de Gregorio-Monsalvo, I.; Morata, Ò.; Stamatellos, D.; Huélamo, N.; Eiroa, C.; Bayo, A.; et al. "A search for pre-substellar cores and proto-brown dwarf candidates in Taurus: multiwavelength analysis in the B213-L1495 clouds". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2012):
    10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21390.x
  28. Asmus, D.; Gandhi, P.; Smette, A.; Hönig, S. F.; Duschl, W. J.. "Mid-infrared properties of nearby low-luminosity AGN at high angular resolution". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2011):
    10.1051/0004-6361/201116693
  29. Hönig, S. F.; Kishimoto, M.; Gandhi, P.; Smette, A.; Asmus, D.; Duschl, W.; Polletta, M.; Weigelt, G.. "The dusty heart of nearby active galaxies. I. High-spatial resolution mid-IR spectro-photometry of Seyfert galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2010):
    10.1051/0004-6361/200913742
  30. Baumgartner, H.; Asmus, D.; Golubnychiy, V.; Ludwig, P.; Kählert, H.; Bonitz, M.. "Ground states of finite spherical Yukawa crystals". New Journal of Physics (2008):
    10.1088/1367-2630/10/9/093019
Working paper
  1. Leftley, James H.; Hönig, Sebastian F.; Asmus, Daniel; Tristram, Konrad R. W.; Gandhi, Poshak; Kishimoto, Makoto; Venanzi, Marta; Williamson, David J.. 2019. "Parsec-scale Dusty Winds in Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for Radiation Pressure Driving".
  2. Mehner, A.; de Wit, W. -J.; Asmus, D.; Morris, P. W.; Agliozzo, C.; Barlow, M. J.; Gull, T. R.; Hillier, D. J.; Weigelt, G.. 2019. "Mid-infrared evolution of eta Car from 1968 to 2018".
  3. Muna, Demitri; Alexander, Michael; Allen, Alice; Ashley, Richard; Asmus, Daniel; Azzollini, Ruyman; Bannister, Michele; et al. 2016. "The Astropy Problem".

Other

Dataset
  1. Asmus, Daniel. VizieR Online Data Catalog: PAH features of AGN (Jensen+, 2017).
  2. Asmus, Daniel. VizieR Online Data Catalog: MIR view of polar dust emission in local AGNs (Asmus+, 2016).
  3. Asmus, Daniel. VizieR Online Data Catalog: Mid-infrared-X-ray correlation for local AGNs (Asmus+, 2015).
  4. Asmus, Daniel. BAT AGN spectroscopic survey. V. X-ray properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN catalog..
  5. Asmus, Daniel. VizieR Online Data Catalog: NGC1068 interferometric mid-IR measurements (Lopez-Gonzaga+, 2017).
  6. Asmus, Daniel. VizieR Online Data Catalog: Subarcsecond mid-infrared atlas of local AGN (Asmus+, 2014).
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020 Resolving the dust structure of AGN Ground-based thermal infrared astronomy – past, present and future
European Southern Observatory (Garching, Germany)
2018 VISIR - VLT Imager and Spectrometer for the mid-infrared Lorentz Center Workshop: “The next Generation of Thermal-IR Astronomy
Lorentz Center (Leiden, Netherlands)
2017 The predominance of infrared emission from the polar region of accreting supermassive black holes Bilateral Workshop on AGN & Galaxies
Kavli Institute (Beijing, China)
2015 Do low-luminosity AGN differ? The mid-infrared perspective TORUS 2015
University of Winchester (Winchester, United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 A complete census of local AGN in the infrared and X-rays
Co-supervisor
 Astrophysics (PhD)
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
2016/10/01 - 2020/03/30 Active Galactic Nuclei at high angular resolution: an interferometric study into the dusty hearts of AGN
Co-supervisor
 Astrophysics (PhD)
University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2014 - 2017 AGN Research Group Santiago (2014)
Meeting
 European Southern Observatory, Chile
2013 - 2014 Colloquium Co-organizer (2013)
Seminar
 Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/11/01 - Current Subaru Observatory Time AllocationCommittee
Member
 Subaru Telescope, United States

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019 - 2020 Ground-based thermal infrared astronomy – past, present and future European Southern Observatory
2017 - 2018 Cosmic dust: origin, applications and implications University of Copenhagen

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - 2018/09/30 Astronomical databases & the Virtual Observatory and its tools, TOPCAT and Aladin (Doktor (PhD)) University of Southampton School of Physics and Astronomy, United Kingdom
2018/09/01 - 2018/09/05 Writing observing proposals for big telescopes (Doktor (PhD)) Univerzitet u Beogradu Fizicki fakultet, Serbia

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2016 - 2016 Reviewer for ALMA CONICYT grant applications
Evaluator
 Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Chile Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017/01/01 - Current The Astrophysical Journal (1538-4357) American Astronomical Society
2016 - Current Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (1365-8711) Oxford University Press

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2019/06/01 - 2019/08/01 Galaxy Recognition with Machine Learning Teachniques Georgios Kakaris
Distinctions

Award

2018 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
European Commission, Belgium
2014 ESO Fellowship
European Southern Observatory, Chile