Hugues Sana

Introduction

I am an NWO postdoc at the University of Amsterdam. My main research interests focus on massive O and Wolf-Rayet stars and on young stellar clusters, that he is studying using a multiwavelength approach (IR, optical and X-rays).
I obtained my PhD in 2005 in the High-Energy Astrophysics Group at the Liège University (Belgium) and joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 2006.
During three years, I shared his time between the Paranal observatory and the ESO offices in Santiago. As part of the VLT Science Operations department, I was carrying observations on UT1 and UT2, two of the 8m telescopes of the observatory. He was also helping the visiting astronomers to best execute their scientific program. After two years, I became first Instrument Scientist of UVES, the high-resolution optical spectrograph of the VLT. I was also involved in the support team of CRIRES, the near-infra-red younger brother of UVES.
Since May 2009, I have joined the team of Prof. Alex de Koter at the Amsterdam University. My main task in Amsterdam consists in coordinating the quantitative analysis of a large sample of massive O star spectra obtained in the framework of the VLT-FLAMES Tarentula survey. I am also putting my observational expertise at the service of his colleagues in Amsterdam and  I continue leading  observational offorts to better undrstand massive stars. Check the research page for an overview of my activities and the links in the right-hand column for some recent highlights.