Address: Dr. Konrad Tristram Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Auf dem Hügel 69 53121 Bonn Germany Telephone: +49 228 / 525 - 285 Fax: +49 228 / 525 - 437 Email: Here my GPG Public Key

I am a research astronomer in the group of Prof. Dr. Gerd Weigelt at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radio­astronomie in Bonn, Germany.

My research is focussed on the investi­gation of active galactic nuclei using obser­vations with high angular resolution in the infrared. Active galactic nuclei are the very luminous centres of galaxies which are powered by the accretion of matter onto a super­massive black hole. I am in particular interested in the properties and the physics of the warm dust and gas which surround the central engine of the active nucleus, that is, the super­massive black hole and its accretion disk. This dust and gas is the reservoir for fuelling the black hole and, depending on its distribution, it may obscure the central engine. For my investigations I mainly use the MIDI instrument at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, which is part of the Paranal Observatory in Chile. For more details, take a look at my research page.