Bestenlehner, Joachim, Dr

Dr Joachim Bestenlehner

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

University Teaching Associate

j.m.bestenlehner@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Joachim Bestenlehner
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
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Currently, I am a Teaching Associate and Digital Skills Lead in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering. My research interests are related to the study of the birth, life and death of the most massive stars in the universe. Massive stars are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the chemical enrichment of the Universe which are the building blocks of planets and life as we know it today. With their strong outflows and high ionising fluxes they dominate the evolution of galaxies and are thought to have played a crucial role in providing ionizing radiation, mechanical and chemical feedback in galaxies in the early the Universe.

Career history:

PDRA in the astrophysics group of Prof. Dr. Paul Crowther at the University of ��«Ӱҵ (2017-2024).
PDRA in the stellar spectroscopy and populations group of Dr. Maria Bergemann at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (2015-2017).
PDRA in the stellar physics group of Prof. Dr. Norbert Langer at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy (2014-2015).

Education:

PhD in Astrophysics from the Queen's University Belfast with Prof. Dr. Jorick Vink at the Armagh Observatory.
Graduate Physicist at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg with Diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy under the supervision of Dr. Dimitrios Gouliermis.

Research interests: My research is centred on the massive star population of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, which are a pair of interacting galaxies on its first encounter with the Milky Way. The aim is to study the physical, evolutionary and stellar wind properties of massive stars, because they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the chemical enrichment of the Universe which are the building blocks of planets and life as we know it today. With their strong outflows and high ionising fluxes they dominate the evolution of star-forming galaxies and are thought to have played a crucial role in providing ionizing radiation, mechanical and chemical feedback in galaxies in the early the Universe.

Publications

Journal articles

Backs F, Brands SA, de Koter A, Kaper L, Vink JS, Puls J, Sundqvist J, Tramper F, Sana H, Bernini-Peron M , Bestenlehner JM et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 692, A88-A88.
Shenar T, Bodensteiner J, Sana H, Crowther PA, Lennon DJ, Abdul-Masih M, Almeida LA, Backs F, Berlanas SR, Bernini-Peron M , Bestenlehner JM et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690.
Sander AAC, Bouret J-C, Bernini-Peron M, Puls J, Backs F, Berlanas SR, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, Herrero A, Martins F , Maryeva O et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689.
Hawcroft C, Sana H, Mahy L, Sundqvist JO, de Koter A, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, David-Uraz A, Decin L , Erba C et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688.
Sana H, Tramper F, Abdul-Masih M, Blomme R, Dsilva K, Maravelias G, Martins L, Mehner A, Wofford A, Banyard G , Barbosa CL et al (2024) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688.
(2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(2), 916-916.
Bestenlehner JM, Enßlin T, Bergemann M, Crowther PA, Greiner M & Selig M (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(4), 6735-6750.
Crowther PA, Barlow MJ, Royer P, Hillier DJ, Bestenlehner JM, Morris PW & Wesson R (2024) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(2), 2026-2039.
Vink JS, Mehner A, Crowther PA, Fullerton A, Garcia M, Martins F, Morrell N, Oskinova LM, St-Louis N, ud-Doula A , Sander AAC et al (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Kaper L, Caballero-Nieves SM & Gräfener G (2023) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673.
Crowther PA, Rate G & Bestenlehner JM (2023) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(1), 585-612.
Bestenlehner JM (2022) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18(S361), 163-167.
Bestenlehner JM (2022) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18(S361), 145-150.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Sundqvist JO, Puls J, Caballero-Nieves SM, Abdul-Masih M, Driessen FA, García M , Geen S et al (2022) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 18(S361), 184-189.
Sana H, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Hénault-Brunet V, Mahy L, Almeida LA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Langer N, Schneider FRN , Crowther PA et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 668.
Kalari VM, Horch EP, Salinas R, Vink JS, Andersen M, Bestenlehner JM & Rubio M (2022) . The Astrophysical Journal, 935(2).
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Sundqvist JO, Puls J, Caballero-Nieves SM, Abdul-Masih M, Driessen FA, García M , Geen S et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 663.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Broos PS, Pollock AMT & Townsley LK (2022) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(4), 6133-6149.
Serenelli A, Weiss A, Aerts C, Angelou GC, Baroch D, Bastian N, Beck PG, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Czekala I , Elias-Rosa N et al (2021) . The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 29(1).
Garcia M, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Bouret JC, Castro N, Cerviño M, Fullerton AW, Gieles M, Herrero A, de Koter A , Lennon DJ et al (2021) . Experimental Astronomy, 51(3), 887-911.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Schneider FRN, Simón-Díaz S, Brands SA, de Koter A, Gräfener G, Herrero A, Langer N , Lennon DJ et al (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(2), 1918-1936.
Langer N, Schürmann C, Stoll K, Marchant P, Lennon DJ, Mahy L, Mink SED, Quast M, Riedel W, Sana H , Schneider P et al (2020) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 638.
Nidever DL, Hasselquist S, Hayes CR, Hawkins K, Povick J, Majewski SR, Smith VV, Anguiano B, Stringfellow GS, Sobeck JS , Cunha K et al (2020) . The Astrophysical Journal, 895(2), 88-88.
van Gelder ML, Kaper L, Japelj J, Ramírez-Tannus MC, Ellerbroek LE, Barbá RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bik A, Gräfener G, de Koter A , de Mink SE et al (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 636.
Bestenlehner JM (2020) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(3), 3938-3946.
The MSE Science Team , Babusiaux C, Bergemann M, Burgasser A, Ellison S, Haggard D, Huber D, Kaplinghat M, Li T, Marshall J , Martell S et al (2019) .
Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2692-2710.
Bergemann M, Huber D, Adibekyan V, Angelou G, Barría D, Beers TC, Beck PG, Bellinger EP, Bestenlehner JM, Bitsch B , Burgasser A et al (2019) .
de Jong RS, Agertz O, Berbel AA, Aird J, Alexander DA, Amarsi A, Anders F, Andrae R, Ansarinejad B, Ansorge W , Antilogus P et al (2019) .
Walcher CJ, Banerji M, Battistini C, Bell CPM, Bellido-Tirado O, Bensby T, Bestenlehner JM, Boller T, Brynnel J, Casey A , Chiappini C et al (2019) .
Cioni M-RL, Storm J, Bell CPM, Lemasle B, Niederhofer F, Bestenlehner JM, Youssoufi DE, Feltzing S, González-Fernández C, Grebel EK , Hobbs D et al (2019) .
Renzo M, de Mink SE, Lennon DJ, Platais I, van der Marel RP, Laplace E, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Hénault-Brunet V, Justham S , Koter AD et al (2019) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 482(1), L102-L106.
Sanchez-Bermudez J, Weigelt G, Bestenlehner JM, Kervella P, Brandner W, Henning T, Mueller A, Perrin G, Pott J-U, Schoeller M , van Boeke R et al (2018) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618.
Schneider FRN, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Tramper F, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Sana H, Evans CJ, Sabín-Sanjulián C, Simón-Díaz S, Langer N , Fossati L et al (2018) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 618.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) . Science, 361(6400).
Grassitelli L, Langer N, Grin NJ, Mackey J, Bestenlehner JM & Gräfener G (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 614, A86-A86.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) . Science, 359(6371), 69-71.
Sanchez-Bermudez J, Alberdi A, Barba R, Bestenlehner JM, Cantalloube F, Brandner W, Henning T, Hummel CA, Maiz Apellaniz J, Pott J-U , Schodel R et al (2017) . Astrophysical Journal, 845.
Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sana H, de Koter A, Tramper F, Grin NJ, Schneider FRN, Langer N, Puls J, Markova N, Bestenlehner JM , Castro N et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 600.
Vink JS, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner J, McEvoy C, Ramírez-Agudelo O, Sana H & Schneider F (2016) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 12(S329), 279-286.
Bergemann M, Serenelli A, Schönrich R, Ruchti G, Korn A, Hekker S, Kovalev M, Mashonkina L, Gilmore G, Randich S , Asplund M et al (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 594.
Grassitelli L, Chené A-N, Sanyal D, Langer N, St-Louis N, Bestenlehner JM & Fossati L (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 590.
Wu S-W, Bik A, Bestenlehner JM, Henning T, Pasquali A, Brandner W & Stolte A (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 589, A16-A16.
Gvaramadze VV, Kniazev AY, Bestenlehner JM, Bodensteiner J, Langer N, Greiner J, Grebel EK, Berdnikov LN & Beletsky Y (2015) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 454(1), 219-237.
Sanyal D, Grassitelli L, Langer N & Bestenlehner JM (2015) . Astronomy and Astrophysics , 580.
Bestenlehner JM, Gräfener G, Vink JS, Najarro F, de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Hénault-Brunet V, Herrero A , Langer N et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 570, A38-A38.
Gvaramadze VV, Kniazev AY, Berdnikov LN, Langer N, Grebel EK & Bestenlehner JM (2014) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 445(1), L84-L88.
Maíz Apellániz J, Evans CJ, Barbá RH, Gräfener G, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, García M, Herrero A, Sana H, Simón-Díaz S , Taylor WD et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, A63-A63.
de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, de Mink SE, Evans CJ, Gräfener G, Izzard RG, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sana H, Schneider FRN , Simón-Díaz S et al (2013) . EAS Publications Series, 64, 21-28.
Doran EI, Crowther PA, de Koter A, Evans CJ, McEvoy C, Walborn NR, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Graefener G, Herrero A , Koehler K et al (2013) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 558.
Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Henault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 542.
Vink JS, Bestenlehner JM, Graefener G, de Koter A & Langer N (2012) Wind Models for Very Massive Stars in the Local Universe. FOUR DECADES OF RESEARCH ON MASSIVE STARS, 465, 207-+.
Evans CJ, Taylor WD, Henault-Brunet V, Sana H, de Koter A, Simon-Diaz S, Carraro G, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM , Bonanos AZ et al (2011) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 530.
Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS, Grafener G, Najarro F, Evans CJ, Bastian N, Bonanos AZ, Bressert E, Crowther PA, Doran E , Friedrich K et al (2011) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 530.
Taylor WD, Evans CJ, Sana H, Walborn NR, de Mink SE, Stroud VE, Alvarez-Candal A, Barba RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos AZ , Brott I et al (2011) . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 530.
Gouliermis DA, Bestenlehner JM, Brandner W & Henning T (2010) . Astronomy and Astrophysics , 515.

Conference proceedings papers

Martins F, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hamann WR, Najarro F, Nieva MF, Przybilla N, Freimanis J, Hou W & Kaper L (2012) . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Vol. 10(H16) (pp 420-428)
de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos A, Bressert E, Brott I, Cantiello M , Carraro G et al (2011) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 328 (pp 012022-012022)

Preprints

Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hawcroft C, Sana H, Tramper F, Vink JS, Brands SA & Sander AAC (2025) , arXiv.
Backs F, Brands SA, Koter AD, Kaper L, Vink JS, Puls J, Sundqvist J, Tramper F, Sana H, Bernini-Peron M , Bestenlehner JM et al (2024) X-Shooting ULLYSES: Massive stars at low metallicity VI. Atmosphere and mass-loss properties of O-type giants in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Shenar T, Bodensteiner J, Sana H, Crowther PA, Lennon DJ, Abdul-Masih M, Almeida LA, Backs F, Berlanas SR, Bernini-Peron M , Bestenlehner JM et al (2024) , arXiv.
Sander AAC, Bouret J-C, Bernini-Peron M, Puls J, Backs F, Berlanas SR, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, Herrero A, Martins F , Maryeva O et al (2024) , arXiv.
Crowther PA, Barlow MJ, Royer P, Hillier DJ, Bestenlehner JM, Morris PW & Wesson R (2023) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Enßlin T, Bergemann M, Crowther PA, Greiner M & Selig M (2023) , arXiv.
Vink JS, Mehner A, Crowther PA, Fullerton A, Garcia M, Martins F, Morrell N, Oskinova LM, St-Louis N, ud-Doula A , Sander AAC et al (2023) , arXiv.
Hawcroft C, Sana H, Mahy L, Sundqvist JO, de Koter A, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Brands SA, David-Uraz A, Decin L , Erba C et al (2023) , arXiv.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Kaper L, Caballero-Nieves SM & Gräfener G (2023) , arXiv.
Crowther PA, Rate G & Bestenlehner JM (2023) , arXiv.
Sana H, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Hénault-Brunet V, Mahy L, Almeida LA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Langer N, Schneider FRN , Crowther PA et al (2022) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM (2022) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM (2022) , arXiv.
Kalari VM, Horch EP, Salinas R, Vink JS, Andersen M, Bestenlehner JM & Rubio M (2022) , arXiv.
Brands SA, de Koter A, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Sundqvist JO, Puls J, Caballero-Nieves SM, Abdul-Masih M, Driessen FA, García M , Geen S et al (2022) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Broos PS, Pollock AMT & Townsley LK (2021) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Caballero-Nieves SM, Schneider FRN, Simon-Diaz S, Brands SA, de Koter A, Graefener G, Herrero A, Langer N , Lennon DJ et al (2020) , arXiv.
Serenelli A, Weiss A, Aerts C, Angelou GC, Baroch D, Bastian N, Beck PG, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Czekala I , Elias-Rosa N et al (2020) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM (2020) , arXiv.
van Gelder ML, Kaper L, Japelj J, Ramírez-Tannus MC, Ellerbroek LE, Barbá RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bik A, Gräfener G, de Koter A , de Mink SE et al (2020) , arXiv.
Langer N, Schürmann C, Stoll K, Marchant P, Lennon DJ, Mahy L, de Mink SE, Quast M, Riedel W, Sana H , Schneider P et al (2019) , arXiv.
Garcia M, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Bouret JC, Castro N, Cerviño M, Fullerton AW, Gieles M, Herrero A, de Koter A , Lennon DJ et al (2019) , arXiv.
Tehrani KA, Crowther PA, Bestenlehner JM, Littlefair SP, Pollock AMT, Parker RJ & Schnurr O (2019) , arXiv.
Nidever DL, Hasselquist S, Hayes CR, Hawkins K, Povick J, Majewski SR, Smith VV, Anguiano B, Stringfellow GS, Sobeck JS , Cunha K et al (2019) , arXiv.
Renzo M, de Mink SE, Lennon DJ, Platais I, van der Marel RP, Laplace E, Bestenlehner JM, Evans CJ, Hénault-Brunet V, Justham S , de Koter A et al (2018) , arXiv.
GRAVITY Collaboration , Sanchez-Bermudez J, Weigelt G, Bestenlehner JM, Kervella P, Brandner W, Henning T, Müller A, Perrin G, Pott J-U , Schöller M et al (2018) , arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) , arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Tramper F, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Sana H, Evans CJ, Sabín-Sanjulián C, Simón-Díaz S, Langer N , Fossati L et al (2018) , arXiv.
Grassitelli L, Langer N, Grin NJ, Mackey J, Bestenlehner JM & Graefener G (2018) , arXiv.
Schneider FRN, Sana H, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner JM, Castro N, Fossati L, Gräfener G, Langer N, Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sabín-Sanjulián C , Simón-Díaz S et al (2018) , arXiv.
Vink JS, Evans CJ, Bestenlehner J, McEvoy C, Ramirez-Agudelo O, Sana H, Schneider F & VFTS (2017) , arXiv.
Sanchez-Bermudez J, Alberdi A, Barba R, Bestenlehner JM, Cantalloube F, Brandner W, Henning T, Hummel CA, Apellaniz JM, Pott J-U , Schoedel R et al (2017) , arXiv.
Ramírez-Agudelo OH, Sana H, de Koter A, Tramper F, Grin NJ, Schneider FRN, Langer N, Puls J, Markova N, Bestenlehner JM , Castro N et al (2017) , arXiv.
Bergemann M, Serenelli A, Schoenrich R, Ruchti G, Korn A, Hekker S, Kovalev M, Mashonkina L, Gilmore G, Randich S , Asplund M et al (2016) , arXiv.
Grassitelli L, Chene' A-N, Sanyal D, Langer N, Louis NS, Bestenlehner J & Fossati L (2016) , arXiv.
Wu S-W, Bik A, Bestenlehner JM, Henning T, Pasquali A, Brandner W & Stolte A (2016) , arXiv.
Gvaramadze VV, Kniazev AY, Bestenlehner JM, Bodensteiner J, Langer N, Greiner J, Grebel EK, Berdnikov LN & Beletsky Y (2015) , arXiv.
Sanyal D, Grassitelli L, Langer N & Bestenlehner JM (2015) , arXiv.
Gvaramadze VV, Kniazev AY, Berdnikov LN, Langer N, Grebel EK & Bestenlehner JM (2014) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Gräfener G, Vink JS, Najarro F, de Koter A, Sana H, Evans CJ, Crowther PA, Hénault-Brunet V, Herrero A , Langer N et al (2014) , arXiv.
Apellániz JM, Evans CJ, Barbá RH, Gräfener G, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, García M, Herrero A, Sana H, Simón-Díaz S , Taylor WD et al (2014) , arXiv.
Doran EI, Crowther PA, de Koter A, Evans CJ, McEvoy C, Walborn NR, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM, Grafener G, Herrero A , Kohler K et al (2013) , arXiv.
Bressert E, Bastian N, Evans CJ, Sana H, Hénault-Brunet V, Goodwin SP, Parker RJ, Gieles M, Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS , Taylor WD et al (2012) , arXiv.
Vink JS, Bestenlehner JM, Graefener G, de Koter A & Langer N (2011) , arXiv.
Bestenlehner JM, Vink JS, Gräfener G, Najarro F, Evans CJ, Bastian N, Bonanos AZ, Bressert E, Crowther PA, Doran E , Friedrich K et al (2011) , arXiv.
Taylor WD, Evans CJ, Sana H, Walborn NR, de Mink SE, Stroud VE, Alvarez-Candal A, Barbá RH, Bestenlehner JM, Bonanos AZ , Brott I et al (2011) , arXiv.
Evans CJ, Taylor WD, Henault-Brunet V, Sana H, de Koter A, Simon-Diaz S, Carraro G, Bagnoli T, Bastian N, Bestenlehner JM , Bonanos AZ et al (2011) , arXiv.
Gouliermis DA, Bestenlehner JM, Brandner W & Henning T (2009) , arXiv.
Martins F, Bergemann M, Bestenlehner JM, Crowther PA, Hamann WR, Najarro F, Nieva MF, Przybilla N, Freimanis J, Hou W , Kaper L et al () Summary of IAU GA SpS 5 II: Stellar and Wind Parameters.

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