Ciska Kemper is an ICREA research professor at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near Barcelona. She is an expert on infrared and (sub-)millimeter studies of dust and gas in interstellar and circumstellar environments. She makes use of state-of-the-art facilities like JWST and ALMA. Previously, she was the European ALMA Programme Scientist at ESO. Prior to joining ICE-CSIC, she held faculty positions at the Academia Sinica; the University of Manchester; and the University of Virginia. Her career started with a Spitzer fellowship at UCLA after obtaining her PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 2002.
In 2017, Ciska Kemper and her long-term collaborator Suzanne Madden jointly won the Grand Prix Scientifique de la Fondation Franco-Taiwanaise for their work on the interstellar medium of the Magellanic Clouds.
Experience
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2022–presentDistinguished Researcher, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
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2022–presentPrincipal Investigator, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
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2022–presentProfessor of Astrophysics , Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE, CSIC)
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2018–2022European ALMA Programme Scientist, European Southern Observatory
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2010–2022Research Fellow , Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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2006–2011Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
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2005–2007Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia
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2002–2005Spitzer postdoctoral fellow in astrophysics, UCLA
Education
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2002University of Amsterdam, Astrophysics (Ph.D.)
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1997Leiden University, Astrophysics (M.Sc.)
Honours
Grand Prix Scientifique de la Fondation Franco-Taiwanaise (2017); Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators (2014)
