Julia Katharina Lamprecht

PhD Student in Astrophysics

Education

Masaryk University, Brno 10/2025 - now

PhD Student. Title: Bridging Dynamics and Stellar Populations: Unraveling Nuclear Star Cluster Formation.

University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics 08/2023 - 07/2025

MSc Astronomy. Focus: Evolution and formation of galaxies, Galactic dynamics, Dynamical modeling of galaxies, SMBH mass determination. Thesis: Orbital decomposition of the nuclear star cluster in FCC 047.

University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics 10/2019 - 08/2023

BSc Astronomy. Thesis: Constraining the black hole mass of PGC1021091 with DYNAMITE.

Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole, School of Economics 08/2016 - 01/2017

BSc Economics.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich 10/2014 - 04/2018

BSc Economics.

Research Focus

  • Dynamics of early-type galaxies
  • Schwarzschild dynamical modelling (DYNAMITE)
  • Stellar kinematics (Bayes-LOSVD, pPXF)
  • Measuring the mass of supermassive black holes (SMBHs)
  • Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) and their formation
  • Spectroscopy (MUSE, SINFONI, NIFS), HST photometry

Visits and Talks

Traces of Galaxy Formation Group, La Laguna, Tenerife November 2025

Talk on Testing Bayes-LOSVD on nucleated early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster.

Lorentz Center workshop: Galactic Centers as tracers of Galaxy Evolution, Leiden October 2025

Talk on An orbital decomposition of the nuclear regions in the early-type galaxy FCC047.

Bridging Scales Conference, Matera September 2025

Flashtalk on An orbital decomposition of an unusually large nuclear star cluster.

European Southern Observatory (ESO), Garching 2025, 2024

01/2025 - 02/2025: Science internship program. 10/2024 - 11/2024: Research visit.

Stellar Dynamics Research Group, Vienna May 2023

Talk on Measuring the black hole mass of PGC1021091.

WST Symposium, Vienna May 2023

Student support in Local Organizing Committee.

Work Experience

NGO Light for the World, Vienna 02/2023 - 06/2025

Production Assistant. Focus: Direct Mailings and Committed Givers.

Cafe Morgenstern (Vienna) and Elektro Gonner (Vienna) 10/2019 - 08/2022

Service and Bar.

Rodl and Partner GmbH Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft 01/2019 - 03/2019

Internship. International Tax Consulting, M and A Tax.

Caceis Bank S.A. Investor Services 09/2018 - 12/2018

Working Student. Business Implementation Support.

Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft 04/2018 - 07/2018

Internship. Risk Advisory, Regulatory Risk Consulting.

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft 02/2017 - 12/2017

Internships and Working Student. Financial Services, Compliance Consulting.

Extracurricular Activities and Stipends

Performance Scholarship, University of Vienna 11/2025

Awarded for outstanding academic achievements.

Stellar Dynamics Research Group, University of Vienna 03/2023 - 06/2025

Group leader: Prof. Dr. Glen van de Ven.

KWA (Short-term grant abroad), ESO 10/2024 - 11/2024

Academic work abroad, working on the Master's thesis at ESO.

WST Symposium, Vienna 05/2023

Student support at the Local Organizing Committee.

Nightingale Mentoring program 10/2021 - 02/2022

Supporting children with migration background from socially disadvantaged families.

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