Guinevere Kauffmann

Kauffmann obtained a B.Sc.(Hons) in applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1988 and an M.Sc. in astronomy in 1990. She obtained her Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 1993, working with Simon White, whom she later married.

She was a member of the Miller Research Fellows program at the University of California, Berkeley, and was then employed as a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, both in Garching, Germany. She became head of a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in 2003. In 2013, she was appointed a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director (currently one of four) at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpg.de/7083518/astrophysik_kauffmann|title=Kauffmann, Guinevere|website=www.mpg.de|language=de|access-date=2019-11-06}}

Her research interests include models of galaxy formation; analysis of observed properties of galaxies, including their atomic and molecular gas; active galactic nuclei; and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and other large spectroscopic surveys of galaxies.{{cite web |url=http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/institute/members/popups/IMdTclb3pp5Ag.html |title=MPA :: Members :: Guinevere Kauffmann |accessdate=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710050042/http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/institute/members/popups/IMdTclb3pp5Ag.html |archivedate=2012-07-10 }}

From 2004 to 2008 Kauffmann coordinated "Multi-wavelength Analysis of Galaxy Populations" (MAGPOP) a Marie Curie Research Training Network of the European Union that brought together researchers from all over Europe for interdisciplinary projects.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/institute/news_archives/news1004_gamk/news1004_gamk-en.html|title=MPA :: Federal Cross of Merit for Guinevere Kauffmann|last=Garching|first=Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik|website=www.mpa-garching.mpg.de|access-date=2018-01-08}}

• In 1997, Guinevere Kauffmann received the Otto Hahn Medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de/content/dr-guinevere-kauffmann.html|title=Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann|website=www.imprs-astro.mpg.de|access-date=2019-03-07}}
• In 2002, she received the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/gefoerderte_projekte/preistraeger/hml-preis/leibnitz_preistraeger_78_19.pdf|title=List of winners of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 1978 - 2019|access-date=2019-03-07|archive-date=2020-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126175653/https://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/gefoerderte_projekte/preistraeger/hml-preis/leibnitz_preistraeger_78_19.pdf|url-status=dead}}
• In 2007, she received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research.
• In 2009, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• In April 2010, she was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, with the Cross of Merit (on ribbon) and the certificate in the name of the German President. The award ceremony was carried out by Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer on 21 April 2010.
• In 2010, she was elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/member/1457/|title=List of Members|website=www.leopoldina.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-07}}
• In 2012, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the US.{{Cite web|url=https://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/mpa/institute/news_archives/news1205_aaa/news1205_aaa-en.html|title=MPA :: Guinevere Kauffmann elected to the US National Academy of Sciences Press Release|website=wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de|access-date=2019-03-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2012_05_01_NAS_Election.html|title=2012 NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected|website=www.nasonline.org|access-date=2019-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504002407/http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2012_05_01_NAS_Election.html|archive-date=2012-05-04|url-status=dead}}

In February 2018, the German news magazine Spiegel Online published an article about abuse of power by senior scientists at the MPI for Astrophysics.{{cite news|title=Machtmissbrauch an Hochschulen: "Ihr Verhalten war unvorhersehbar, und ich hatte Angst und Stress"|periodical=Spiegel Online|url=http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/uni/max-planck-gesellschaft-vorwuerfe-gegen-professoren-a-1186360.html|accessdate=2018-07-15|last=Kristin Haug|date=2018-02-27}}

Several emails obtained by BuzzFeed News Germany revealed in June 2018 that the allegations concerned MPA director Guinevere Kauffmann, who was accused of harassing and bullying students and scientists for years.{{cite web |last1=Germany |first1=BuzzFeed |title=A Star Scientist From The Max Planck Society Allegedly Harassed And Bullied Her Colleagues |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/pascalemueller/guinevere-kauffmann-max-planck |website=BuzzFeed |date=27 June 2018 |accessdate=30 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=Mobbing-Vorwürfe erschüttern Garchinger Vorzeige-Institut |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/belaestigung-mobbing-vorwuerfe-erschuettern-garchinger-vorzeige-institut-1.4049657|website=Süddeutsche.de |date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung}}{{cite news |title=Willkür, Angst, zerstörte Träume |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/hoch-schule/belaestigung-am-arbeitsplatz-willkuer-angst-zerstoerte-traeume-15683036.html |newspaper=faz.net |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine|last1=Thiel |first1=Thomas }} Leaked emails published by BuzzFeed News Germany also include what has been described as racist, sexist and homophobic statements directed at employees and students. Responding to questions by the journal Nature, Kauffmann denied the accusations of racism, sexism and homophobia, claiming that she is merely interested in cultural differences between people and Buzzfeed had made severe errors. She conceded that as a student she was subject to "very high pressure supervision", acknowledging however that such a mentoring style "has now become unacceptable" and claiming to have changed her behavior substantially after complaints were received.{{cite journal | title=Max Planck astrophysicist at centre of bullying allegations speaks up|journal=Nature|volume=559|issue=7713|pages=159–160|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-05634-8|pmid=29991783|year=2018|last1=Abbott|first1=Alison|bibcode=2018Natur.559..159A|doi-access=free}}

This and other cases{{cite web |title=Swiss university dissolves astronomy institute after misconduct allegations |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/swiss-university-dissolves-astronomy-institute-after-misconduct-allegations |website=sciencemag.org |publisher=Science|date=2017-10-25 }} sparked a general debate about the abuse of power in science.{{cite journal |title=No place for bullies in science |journal=Nature |volume=559 |issue=7713 |pages=151 |doi=10.1038/d41586-018-05683-z |pmid=29991794 |year=2018 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |title=Lab heads should learn to talk about racism |journal=Nature |volume=559 |issue=7713 |pages=153 |doi=10.1038/d41586-018-05646-4 |pmid=29980736 |year=2018 |last1=Mehta |first1=Devang |bibcode=2018Natur.559..153M |doi-access=free }}

In August 2018, Science Magazine, as part of a longer article about bullying at a different Max Planck Institute, reported allegations of bullying and sexual harassment at the MPI for Astrophysics noting that Kauffmann had been accused of bullying, was receiving coaching and daily monitoring, and had been given a drastically reduced group to lead. In an interview with the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the president of the Max Planck Society admitted that these scandals had shown deficiencies in and the need for improvement of the Society's procedures for dealing with complaints.{{cite news|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/she-s-world-s-top-empathy-researcher-colleagues-say-she-bullied-and-intimidated-them|title=She's the world's top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them|author=Kai Kupferschmidt|date=8 August 2018|journal=Science}}

• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=G. | last2=White | first2=S. D. M. | last3=Guiderdoni | first3=B. | title=The formation and evolution of galaxies within merging dark matter haloes | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=264 | issue=1 | date=1 September 1993 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1093/mnras/264.1.201 | pages=201–218| doi-access=free | bibcode=1993MNRAS.264..201K }}
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=G. | last2=Nusser | first2=A. | last3=Steinmetz | first3=M. | title=Galaxy formation and large-scale bias | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=286 | issue=4 | date=21 April 1997 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1093/mnras/286.4.795 |arxiv=astro-ph/9512009 | pages=795–811| doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=Guinevere | last2=Charlot | first2=Stéphane | title=Chemical enrichment and the origin of the colour—magnitude relation of elliptical galaxies in a hierarchical merger model | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=294 | issue=4 | year=1998 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-8711.1998.01322.x | arxiv=astro-ph/9704148 | pages=705–717| s2cid=227170653 }}
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=G. | last2=Haehnelt | first2=M. | title=A unified model for the evolution of galaxies and quasars | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=311 | issue=3 | date=21 January 2000 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03077.x | pages=576–588| doi-access=free | arxiv=astro-ph/9906493 | bibcode=2000MNRAS.311..576K | s2cid=17081879 }}.
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=Guinevere | last2=Heckman | first2=Timothy M. | last3=Tremonti | first3=Christy | last4=Brinchmann | first4=Jarle | last5=Charlot | first5=Stéphane | last6=White | first6=Simon D. M. | last7=Ridgway | first7=Susan E. | last8=Brinkmann | first8=Jon | last9=Fukugita | first9=Masataka | last10=Hall | first10=Patrick B. | last11=Ivezić | first11=Željko | last12=Richards | first12=Gordon T. | last13=Schneider | first13=Donald P. | title=The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=346 | issue=4 | year=2003 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2003.07154.x | pages=1055–1077| doi-access=free | arxiv=astro-ph/0304239 | bibcode=2003MNRAS.346.1055K | s2cid=122818863 }}
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=Guinevere | last2=Heckman | first2=Timothy M. | title=Feast and Famine: regulation of black hole growth in low-redshift galaxies | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=397 | issue=1 | date=21 July 2009 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14960.x | pages=135–147| doi-access=free | arxiv=0812.1224 | bibcode=2009MNRAS.397..135K | s2cid=13499035 }}
• {{cite journal | last1=Kauffmann | first1=Guinevere | last2=Li | first2=Cheng | last3=Fu | first3=Jian | last4=Saintonge | first4=Amélie|author4-link=Amélie Saintonge | last5=Catinella | first5=Barbara | last6=Tacconi | first6=Linda J.|author6-link=Linda Tacconi | last7=Kramer | first7=Carsten | last8=Genzel | first8=Reinhard | last9=Moran | first9=Sean | last10=Schiminovich | first10=David | title=COLD GASS, an IRAM legacy survey of molecular gas in massive galaxies - III. Comparison with semi-analytic models of galaxy formation | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=422 | issue=2 | date=9 March 2012 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20672.x | pages=997–1006| doi-access=free | arxiv=1202.2972 | bibcode=2012MNRAS.422..997K | s2cid=119214313 }}
• {{cite journal | last=Kauffmann | first=G. | title=Quantitative constraints on starburst cycles in galaxies with stellar masses in the range 108-1010 M | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=441 | issue=3 | date=26 May 2014 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1093/mnras/stu752 | pages=2717–2724| doi-access=free | arxiv=1401.8091 }}
• {{cite journal | last=Kauffmann | first=Guinevere | title=Physical origin of the large-scale conformity in the specific star formation rates of galaxies | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=454 | issue=2 | date=8 October 2015 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1093/mnras/stv2113 | pages=1840–1847| doi-access=free | arxiv=1508.02400 }}
• {{cite journal | last=Kauffmann | first=Guinevere | title=Properties of AGNs selected by their mid-IR colours: evidence for a physically distinct mode of black hole growth | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=480 | issue=3 | date=30 July 2018 | issn=0035-8711 | doi=10.1093/mnras/sty2029 | pages=3201–3214| doi-access=free | arxiv=1808.03145 }}

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• {{in lang|de}} [https://www.dfg.de/aktuelles_presse/preise/leibniz_preis/2007/kauffmann.html Portrait at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]
• {{in lang|de}} [https://www.dfg.de/download/pdf/gefoerderte_projekte/preistraeger/hml-preis/2002/2002_laudatio_kauffmann.pdf CV]

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