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Prof. Andreas Efstathiou (EUC)
Prof. Andreas Efstathiou (EUC)

Prof. Andreas Efstathiou (EUC)

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Prof. Andreas Efstathiou (EUC) was educated at Queen Mary, University of London. He held appointments at Queen Mary & Westfield College (1989-1992), University of Hertfordshire (1992-1995) and Imperial College London (1995-2001) before joining Cyprus College which evolved into European University Cyprus (EUC). 

 

He published about 80 well-cited papers (h-index 42) in refereed journals and 30 papers in conference proceedings. His research interests lie in the area of infrared astronomy and observational cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, star formation and active galactic nuclei. He has done pioneering work on radiative transfer modelling of the spectral energy distributions of galaxies and has developed models for the emission of almost every type of galaxy over their complete spectrum. His models have also been used for the interpretation of galaxies discovered in a number of extragalactic surveys (IRAS, ELAIS, FIRBACK, SWIRE, AKARI, SCUBA, SHADES, HerMES, Planck, WISE, ALMA). 

 

He also participated in extragalactic surveys with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), the Spitzer Space Telescope and the submillimetre camera SCUBA. He is currently involved in surveys with the Herschel Space Observatory and a survey that searches for highly extinguished supernovae in luminous infrared galaxies using adaptive optics on 10-meter class telescopes.

 

He also continues his work on radiative transfer modelling of galaxies. In the period 2005-2008 he was chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and in the period 2011-2014 Deputy Dean of the School of Sciences at EUC. He is currently Rector of European University Cyprus. He is the head of the Astrophysics and High Performance Computing research group and currently supervises two Research Associates and a PhD student.

 

Education:

  • PhD – 1990 – Queen Mary, University of London, UK
  • BSc(Eng) – 1986 – Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Publications:

  • Lonsdale, C.J., et al., ‘Radio Jet Feedback and Star Formation in Heavily Obscured Quasars at Redshifts ~0.3-3, I: ALMA Observations’, 2015, ApJ, in press
  • Siebenmorgen, R., Heymann, F., Efstathiou, A., ‘Self-consistent 2-phase AGN torus models: SED library for observers’, 2015, AA, in press
  • Lo Faro, B., Silva, L., Franceschini, A., Miller, N., Efstathiou, A., ‘Combining physical galaxy models with radio observations to constrain the SFRs of high-z dusty star-forming galaxies’, 2015, MNRAS, 447, 3442.
  • Herrero-Illana, R.P. et al., ‘A Multi-wavelength View of the Central Kiloparsec Region in the Luminous Infrared Galaxy NGC 1614’, 2014, ApJ, 786, 156.
  • Huang, J.-S., et al., ‘HerMES: Spectral Energy Distributions of Submillimeter Galaxies at z > 4’, 2014, ApJ, 784, 52.
  • Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Herschel observations and a model for IRAS 08572+3915: a candidate for the most luminous infrared galaxy in the local (z < 0.2) Universe’, 2014, MNRAS, 437, L16.
  • Spoon, H., et al., ‘Diagnostics of AGN-Driven Molecular Outflows in ULIRGs from Herschel-PACS Observations of OH at 119mm’, 2013, ApJ, 775, 127.
  • Farrah, D., et al., ‘Far-infrared Fine-Structure Line Diagnostics of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies‘, 2013, ApJ, 776, 38.
  • Efstathiou, A., Christopher, N., Verma, A., Siebenmorgen, R., ‘Active galactic nucleus torus models and the puzzling infrared spectrum of IRAS F10214+4724’, 2013, MNRAS, 436, 1873.
  • Mattila, S., et al., ‘Core-collapse supernovae missed by optical surveys’, 2012, ApJ, 756, 111.
  • Romero-Canizales, C., et al., ‘e-MERLIN and VLBI observations of the luminous infrared galaxy IC883: a nuclear starburst and an AGN candidate revealed, 2012, AA, 543, 72.
  • Hurley, P., et al., ‘Principal Component Analysis and Radiative Transfer modelling of Spitzer IRS Spectra of Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies’, 2012, MNRAS, 424, 2069.
  • Farrah, D., et al., ‘Direct evidence for termination of obscured star formation by radiatively driven outflows in redenned QSOs’, 2012, ApJ, 745, 178.
  • Kankare, E., et al., ‘Discovery of two supernovae in the nuclear regions of the luminous infrared galaxy IC 883’, 2011, ApJL, 744, L19.
  • Vaisanen, P., Kotilainen, J.K., Juvela, M., Mattila, K., Efstathiou, A., Kahanpaa, J., ‘A far-infrared survey at the North Galactic Pole I: Nearby star-forming galaxies and the effect of confused sources on source counts’, 2010, MNRAS, 401, 1587.
  • Negrello, M., Serjeant, S., Pearson, C., Takagi, T., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Photometric redshift accuracy in AKARI deep surveys’, 2009, MNRAS, 394, 375.
  • Efstathiou, A., Siebenmorgen, R., ‘Starburst and cirrus models for submillimeter galaxies’, 2009, AA, 502, 541.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., Efstathiou, A., ‘Modeling the Spoon IRS diagnostic diagram’, 2009, MNRAS, 399, 615.
  • Vaisanen, P., et al., ‘Adaptive optics imaging and optical spectroscopy of a multiple merger in a luminous infrared galaxy’, 2008, MNRAS, 384, 886.
  • Kankare, E., et al., ‘Discovery of a Very Highly Extinguished Supernova in a Luminous Infrared Galaxy’, 2008, ApJL, 689, L97.
  • Mattila, S., et al. ‘Adaptive Optics Discovery of Supernova 2004ip in the Nuclear Regions of the Luminous Infrared Galaxy IRAS 18293-3413’, 2007, ApJL, 659, 9.
  • Livanou, E. et al.,’Star-burst regions in the LMC’, 2006, AA, 451, 431.
  • Polletta, M., ‘Chandra and Spitzer Unveil Heavily Obscured Quasars in the Chandra/SWIRE Survey’, 2006, ApJ, 642, 673.
  • Efstathiou, A., ‘A model for the infrared emission of FSC 10214+4724’, 2006, MNRAS, 371, L70.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., et al.,’ Spectral Energy Distributions and Luminosities of Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei in the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) Legacy Survey’, 2005, AJ, 129, 1183.
  • Taylor, E.L., Mann, R.G., Efstathiou, A., et al.‘Properties of FIRBACK-ELAIS 175-mm sources in the ELAIS N2 region’, 2005, MNRAS, 361, 1352.
  • Efstathiou, A., & Siebenmorgen, R., ‘ISO observations and models of galaxies with hidden broad line regions’, 2005, AA, 439, 85.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., et al., The European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS): the final band-merged catalogue, 2004, MNRAS, 351, 1290.
  • Heraudeau, Ph., et al.,’The European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) VIII. 90mm final analysis and source counts’, 2004, MNRAS, 354, 924.
  • Serjeant, S., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO Survey – IX. The 90-mm luminosity function from the Final Analysis sample’, 2004, MNRAS, 355, 813.
  • Alonso-Herrero, A., Quillen, A.C., Rieke, G.H., Ivanov, V.D. Efstathiou, A., ‘Spectral Energy distributions of Seyfert nuclei, 2003, AJ, 126, 81.
  • Efstathiou, A., & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Cirrus models for local and high-z SCUBA galaxies’, 2003, MNRAS, 343, 322.
  • Farrah, D., Afonso, J., Efstathiou, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Fox, M., Clements, D., ‘Starburst and AGN activity in ultraluminous infrared Galaxies’, 2003, MNRAS, 343, 585.
  • Serjeant, S., et al., ‘Submillimetre observations of the Hubble Deep Field and flanking fields’, 2003, MNRAS, 344, 887.
  • Mann, R.G., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field South with the Infrared Space Observatory – II: Associations and star formation rates, 2002, MNRAS, 332, 549.
  • Aitken, D., Efstathiou, A., A.McCall, A., Hough, J.H., ‘ Magnetic fields in disks: what can infrared and mm polarimetry tell us?’, 2002, MNRAS, 329, 647.
  • Oliver, S., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field South with the Infrared Space Observatory – I: Observations data reduction and mid-infrared source counts, 2002, MNRAS, 332, 536.
  • Scott, S., et al., ‘The SCUBA 8mJy survey – I: Submillimeter maps, sources and number counts’, 2002, MNRAS, 331, 817.
  • Fox, M.J., et al., ‘The SCUBA 8mJy survey – II: Multiwavelength analysis of bright SCUBA sources, 2002, MNRAS, 331, 839.
  • Morel, T., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey VI: Discovery of a hyperluminous infared galaxy at z=1.1 in the ELAIS survey’, 2001, MNRAS, 327, 1187.
  • Basilakos, S., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey – VII: ROSAT observations of ELAIS sources, 2002, MNRAS, 331, 417.
  • Farrah, D., Serjeant, S., Efstathiou, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Verma, A., ‘Submillimetre observations of hyperluminous infrared galaxies’, 2002, MNRAS, 335, 1163.
  • Verma, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., McMahon, R., Efstathiou, A., ‘Observations of hyperluminous infrared galaxies with the Infrared Space Observatory: implications for the origin of their extreme luminosities’, 2002, MNRAS, 335, 574.
  • Lutz, D., et al., ‘The extended counterpart of submm source Lockman 850.1’, 2001, AA, 378, L10.
  • Siebenmorgen , R., & Efstathiou, A., ‘Mid-infrared polarization of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies’, 2001, 376, L35.
  • Serjeant, S., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey IV: The preliminary 90μm luminosity function’, 2001, MNRAS, 322, 262.
  • Gunn, K.F., et al., ‘Starburst activity in a ROSAT Narrow Emission-Line Galaxy’, 2001, MNRAS, 324, 305.
  • Alexander, D., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey V: BeppoSAX hard X-ray observations of ISO sources’, 2001, ApJ, 554, 18.
  • Alonso-Herrero, A., Quillen, A.C., Efstathiou, A., Simpson, C., & Ward, ‘The non-stellar infrared contnuum of Seyfert galaxies’, 2001, AJ, 121, 1369.
  • Ruiz, M., Efstathiou, A., Alexander, D.M., & Hough, J., 2001, ‘Constraints on the nuclear emission of the Circinus galaxy: the torus’, MNRAS, 325, 995.
  • Efstathiou, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Siebenmorgen, R., ‘Massive star formation in galaxies: Radiative transfer models of the UV to mm emission of starburst galaxies’, 2000, MNRAS, 313, 734.
  • Oliver, S., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey I: Goals, Definition and Observations’, 2000, MNRAS, 316, 749.
  • Serjeant, S., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey II: mid-infrared extragalactic source counts’, 2000, MNRAS, 316, 768.
  • Stickel, M., Lemke, D., Klaas, U., Beichman, C.A., Rowan Robinson, M., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The ISOPHOT 170μm Serendipity survey I: Compact sources with Galaxy Associations’, 2000, AA, 359, 865.
  • Peacock, J.A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Blain, A., Dunlop, J., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Starburst galaxies and structure in the submillimetre background towards the Hubble Deep Field’, 2000, MNRAS, 318, 535.
  • Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO survey III: 90μm extragalactic source counts’, 2000, MNRAS, 319, 1176.
  • Alexander, D., Efstathiou, A., Hough, J.H., Aitken, D., Lutz, D., Roche, P., Sturm., E., ‘A model for the infrared continuum of Centaurus A’, 1999, MNRAS, 310, 78.
  • Hughes, D.H., Serjeant, S, Dunlop, J., Rowan-Robinson, M., Blain, A., Mann, R.G., Ivison, R., Peacock, J., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey’, 1998, Nature, 394, 241.
  • Stickel, M., et al., ‘The ISOPHOT far-infrared serendipity north ecliptic pole minisurvey’, 1998, AA, 336, 116.
  • Efstathiou, A., McCall, A., & Hough, JH., ‘Polarization due to dichroic absorption and emission by aligned grains in dusty discs’, 1997, MNRAS, 285, 102.
  • Serjeant, S., Eaton, N., Oliver, S., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with ISO I: Data Reduction, maps and sky coverage’, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 457.
  • Goldscmidt, P., Oliver, S., Serjeant, S., Baker, A., Eaton, N., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with ISO II: Source detection and photometry’, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 465.
  • Oliver, S., Goldschmidt, P., Franceschini, A., Serjeant, S., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with ISO III: Source counts and P(D) Analysis’, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 471.
  • Mann, R., Oliver, S., Serjeant, S., Rowan-Robinson, M., Baker, A., Eaton, N., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with ISO IV: Association of sources with Hubble Deep Field galaxies’, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 482.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., Mann, R., Oliver, S., Efstathiou, A., et al., ’Observations of the Hubble Deep Field with ISO V: Spectral Energy distributions and star formation history’, 1997, MNRAS, 289, 490.
  • Young, S., Hough, J.H., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Scattered optical broad lines in the polarized flux spectrum of the FR II galaxy 3C 321’, 1996, MNRAS, 279, L72.
  • Young, S., Hough, J., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Polarimetry and modeling of type II Active Galaxies’, 1996, MNRAS, 281, 1206.
  • Young, S., Packham, C., Hough, J., & Efstathiou, A., ‘The nuclear torus in NGC1068’, 1996, MNRAS, 283, L1.
  • Efstathiou, A., & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Dusty discs in Active Galactic Nuclei’, 1995, MNRAS, 273, 649.
  • Efstathiou, A., Hough, J.H., & Young, S., ‘A model for the infrared continuum spectrum of NGC1068’, 1995, MNRAS, 277, 1134.
  • Efstathiou, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Multigrain dust cloud models of compact HII regions’, 1994, MNRAS, 266, 212.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., & Efstathiou, A., ‘Multigrain dust cloud models of starburst and Seyfert galaxies’, 1993, MNRAS, 263, 675.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., Efstathiou, A., Lawrence, A., et al., ‘The ultraviolet to radio continuum of the ultraluminous galaxy IRASF10214+4724’, 1993, MNRAS, 261, 513.
  • Efstathiou, A., & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Radiative transfer in axisymmetric dust clouds II: Models of Rotating Protostars’, 1991, MNRAS, 252, 528.
  • Lawrence, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘Millimetre measurements of hard X-ray selected Active galaxies: implications for the nature of the continuous spectrum’, 1991, MNRAS, 248,91.
  • Efstathiou, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Radiative transfer in axisymmetric dust clouds’, 1990, MNRAS, 245, 275.

Publications in Conference proceedings:

  • Efstathiou, A., & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Axially symmetric radiative transfer models of low-mass protostars’, 1990, in Dusty Objects in the Universe, eds. E. Bussoletti and A.A. Vittone (Dordrecht: Kluwer), p.247.
  • Efstathiou, A., ‘Radiative transfer in Dusty Discs: models of bipolar flow sources’, 1992, in 9th RAL workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics: Dusty Discs, eds. P.M.Gondhalekar (RAL-92-084), p.141.
  • Efstathiou, A., Hough, J, & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Models of dusty discs in Active Galactic Nuclei’, 1994, in The first Stromlo Symposium: The Physics of Active Galaxies, eds. G.V. Bicknell, M.A. Dopita and P.J. Quinn (A.S.P. Vol.54), p.261.
  • Efstathiou, A., Hough, J., McCall, A., & Young, S., ‘A Model for the infrared polarization of NGC1068’, 1995, in Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, eds. W. Roberge, & D. Whittet, ASP vol. 97, p.602.
  • Efstathiou A. and Siebenmorgen R., ‘Models of dusty disks including transiently heated particles, 1996, in The role of dust in the formation of stars, eds. H.U. Kaufl and R. Siebenmorgen, Springer Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, p.343
  • Efstathiou, A., ‘Dusty discs in AGN’, 1996, VA, 40, 117.
  • Hough, J.H., Young, S., & Efstathiou, A., ‘Polarimetry and the torus in AGN’, 1996, VA, 40, 139.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., et al., ‘The ISO Survey of the Hubble Deep Field’, 1997, in Extragalactic astronomy in the infrared, eds G. A. Mamon, Trinh Xuan Thuan, and J. Tran Thanh Van. p.495.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., et al., ‘The ISO Survey of the Hubble Deep Field’, 1998, in The Hubble Deep Field : Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium,eds. Mario Livio, S. Michael Fall, and Piero Madau. p.68.
  • Gledhill, T., Chrysostomou, A., Yates, J., Efstathiou, A., Menard, F. & Chikami, K. ‘Imaging Polarimetry of Circumstellar Dust Envelopes: The Detached Shell around IRAS 19114+0002’, 1997, IAU Symposia 191, p.535.
  • Stickel, M., et al. ‘ISOPHOT far-infrared serendipity sky survey’, 1998, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3349, p.115.
  • Rowan-Robinson M., Oliver S., Efstathiou A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO Survey: ELAIS’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO eds. P. Cox & M.F. Kessler, p.1011.
  • Alexander, D.M., Efstathiou, A., Hough, J.H., Aitken, D., Lutz, D., Roche, P., Sturm, E., ‘Modelling the Infrared continuum of Centaurus A’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO eds. P.Cox & M.F.Kessler, p.853.
  • Hotzel, S., et al. ‘Cold Spots in the Chameleon Dark Clouds’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO ed P.Cox & M.F. Kessler, p.675.
  • Toth, L.V., et al., ‘Interstellar clouds as seen in the ISOPHOT Serendipity survey’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO ed P. Cox & M.F. Kessler, p.771.
  • Stickel, M., et al., ‘The ISOPHOT serendipity Far-Infrared sky survey: ‘A status report’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO ed P.Cox & M.F.Kessler, p.839.
  • Alexander, D.M., Efstathiou, A., Hough, J.H., Aitken, D., Lutz, D., Roche, P., Sturm, E., ‘Modelling the Infrared continuum of Centaurus A’, 1999, in The Universe as seen by ISO eds. P.Cox & M.F.Kessler, p.853.
  • Yates, J. Richards, A. M. S. Efstathiou, A., ‘Imaging and Modelling the Dusty Winds of Evolved Stars’, 2000, in ‘Darwin and astronomy – the infrared space interferometer‘, p. 71.
  • Efstathiou, A., Siebenmorgen R., & Rowan-Robinson, M., ‘Models for the infrared emission from starburst galaxies’, 2000, in ISO surveys of a dusty Universe, eds. D. Lemke, M. Stickel, & K. Wilke, Springer Verlag, p.147.
  • Oliver, S., Serjeant, S., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS): Latest results’, 2000, in ISO surveys of a dusty Universe, eds. D. Lemke, M. Stickel, & K. Wilke, Springer Verlag, p.29.
  • Surace, C., Efstathiou, A., et al., ‘The European Large Area ISO Survey: ISOPHOT Final Analysis – Number Counts’, 2000, in ISO surveys of a dusty Universe, eds. D. Lemke, M. Stickel, & K. Wilke, Springer Verlag, p.37.
  • Stickel, M., et al., ‘ISOPHOT 170μm Serendipity Sky Survey: The First Galaxy Catalogue’, 2000, in ISO surveys of a dusty Universe, eds. D. Lemke, M.Stickel, & K.Wilke, Springer Verlag, p.257.
  • Stickel, M. Lemke, D. Klaas, U. Beichman, C. A. Rowan-Robinson, M. Efstathiou, A. Bogun, S. Kessler, M. F. Richter, G., ‘The ISOPHOT 170 Micron Serendipity Sky Survey: A Plea to FIRST’, 2001, in The Promise of the Herschel Space Observatory, eds. G.L. Pilbratt, J. Cernicharo, A.M. Heras, T. Prusti, & R. Harris. p.109.
  • Márquez, I, et al., ‘Mid-FIR Properties of ELAIS Sources’, 2001, in The Promise of the Herschel Space Observatory, eds. G.L. Pilbratt, J. Cernicharo, A.M. Heras, T. Prusti, & R. Harris. p.147.
  • Cabrera-Guerra, F., ‘Spectroscopic Properties of New IR Galaxies Detected in the European Large Area ISO Survey’, 2001, in The Promise of the Herschel Space Observatory, eds. G.L. Pilbratt, J. Cernicharo, A.M. Heras, T. Prusti, & R. Harris. p.349.
  • Verma, A., Rowan-Robinson, M., McMahon, R., Efstathiou, A., 2003, ‘ISO Photometry of Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxies: Implications for the origin of their extreme luminosities’, in Exploiting the ISO Data Archive. Infrared Astronomy in the Internet Age, C. Gry, S. Peschke, J. Matagne, P. Garcia-Lario, R. Lorente, & A. Salama. P.301.
  • Héraudeau, P., et al., ‘The European Large Area Iso Survey: 90micron number counts’, 2003, in Exploiting the ISO Data Archive. Infrared Astronomy in the Internet Age, eds. C. Gry, S. Peschke, J. Matagne, P. Garcia-Lario, R. Lorente, & A. Salama. p.325.
  • Rowan-Robinson, M., et al., ‘Understanding Infrared Galaxy Populations: the SWIRE Legacy Survey’, 2005, in ‘Spitzer IR Diagnostics Conference’
  • Siebenmorgen, R., Efstathiou, A., ‘SED models of AGN’, 2005, in ‘The spectral energy distributions of gas-rich galaxies’, p.245.
  • Livanou, E., et al., ‘Starburst regions in the LMC’, 2006, in ‘Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble time‘, p.235.
  • Farrah, D., et al., ‘Direct evidence for termination of obscured star formation by radiatively driven outflows in FeLoBAL QSOs’, 2012, ASP conference series, 460, 149.
  • Efstathiou, A., Christopher, N., Verma, A., Siebenmorgen, R., ‘A new model for the infrared emission of IRAS F10214+4724’, 2012, in IAUS ‘The spectral energy distribution of galaxies’, 284, 205.
  • Herrero-Illana, R., et al.,’ The circumnuclear ring of NGC1614 from multiwavelength observations’, 2014, in ‘Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society’, p. 373.