Markus Kissler-Patig

German astronomer

European Southern Observatory
Gemini Observatory

Markus Kissler-Patig (born 21 August 1970, in Switzerland) is a German astronomer, previously based at the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany. In August 2012, he was appointed director of the Gemini Observatory.^[1] From 2017 to 2019 he was deputy director for science at ESO and since 2019 he has been the head of science operations at ESA.^[2]

He specializes in the study of star clusters and galaxies.

In 1999, he was winner of the Ludwig Biermann Award of the German Astronomical Society in recognition of his work on extragalactic globular cluster systems.^[3]

References

^ "AURA selects Kissler-Patig as new Gemini Observatory Director". 2012-03-23. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
^ "Markus Kissler-Patig ESA bio". Archived from the original on 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
^ "Ludwig Biermann Award Lecture: Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems: A new Perspective on Galaxy Formation and Evolution"