Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen

Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen is a professor of astrophysics in the department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology . Her research concerns galaxy formation and evolution.

She is a member of the Swedish Young Academyand the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

Knudsen studied at the University of Copenhagen, and at the University of Leiden where she received a PhD.

Kirsten Knudsen's research focuses particularly on star forming galaxies at cosmological distances. She uses large, modern telescopes such as ALMA, VLT, IRAM PdBI, and VLA to study the properties of redshift z=2-7 (lensed) submillimeter galaxies and quasar host galaxies.

• 2018 Birger Karlsson Award
• 2012 Wallenberg Academy Fellow.