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Overview
Elias Brinks earned his doctorate at Leiden University in The Netherlands with a study of the neutral hydrogen distribution in Messier 31, the Andromeda galaxy. Following his PhD, he spent almost 3 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at ESO Garching and another 3 years as Senior Research Associate at the former Royal Greenwich Observatory. He then moved to the USA to take up a position as Associate Scientist at the NRAO-VLA in Socorro, New Mexico, where he worked for the better part of 6 years. He subsequently moved to “Old” Mexico, helping his Mexican colleagues set up a Department of Astronomy at the University of Guanajuato and, as staff scientist at INAOE in Puebla, to contribute to efforts to build the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). Since September 2004 he is back in Europe, as Full Professor at the University of Hertfordshire.
Research interests
His current research interests focus on the structure and kinematics of galaxies in the Local Volume. This includes studies of the interstellar medium and star formation properties of galaxies, both large and small, studies of the accelerated evolution of galaxies as they fall into galaxy clusters, interactions and mergers of galaxies and the formation, as a byproduct of such interactions, of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies. Although he uses instruments covering most of the electromagnetic spectrum, his expertise lies especially in the (sub) millimetre and radio regime to probe the atomic and molecular gas components in galaxies.
Teaching specialisms
Elias Brinks has taught a large range of subjects, from 1st year undergraduate introductory mathematics and physics to final year and MSc level specialised courses in astrophysics.
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Projects
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Hertfordshire Astronomy 2018-2021
Hardcastle, M. (PI), Jones, H. (CoI), Pinfield, D. (CoI), Thompson, M. (CoI), Gledhill, T. (CoI), Lucas, P. (CoI), Drew, J. (CoI), Napiwotzki, R. (CoI), Sarzi, M. (CoI), Brinks, E. (CoI), Smith, D. (CoI), Coppin, K. (CoI), Kaviraj, S. (CoI), Dale, J. (CoI), Krause, M. (CoI), Kobayashi, C. (CoI) & Ryan, S. (CoI)
1/04/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Other
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UH Centre for Astrophysics Research PATT - linked grant (2015-17)
Hardcastle, M. (PI), Drew, J. (CoI), Brinks, E. (Researcher), Thompson, M. (Researcher), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Jones, H. (Researcher), Coppin, K. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (Researcher), Ryan, S. (Researcher), Burningham, B. (Researcher), Geach, J. (Researcher), Napiwotzki, R. (Researcher), Stevens, J. (Researcher), Gledhill, T. (Researcher) & Tuomi, M. (Researcher)
1/10/15 → 1/10/17
Project: Research
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Hertfordshire Astronomy 2015-18
Drew, J. (PI), Brinks, E. (Researcher), Chrysostomou, A. (Researcher), Cioni, M.-R. (Researcher), Coppin, K. (Researcher), Hardcastle, M. (Researcher), Jones, H. (CoI), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (CoI) & Thompson, M. (Researcher)
UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
1/04/15 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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CUGA (Consortium of Universities for Goonhilly Astronomy)
Brinks, E. (PI)
1/02/13 → 31/07/14
Project: Research
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Hertfordshire Astronomy
Drew, J. (PI), Brinks, E. (CoI), Hardcastle, M. (Researcher), Lucas, P. (Researcher), Pinfield, D. (Researcher) & Thompson, M. (Researcher)
UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
1/04/12 → 1/03/15
Project: Research
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Unveiling the Nature and Fate of the Almost-Dark Cloud AGC 226178 through HI Mapping
Sun, Y.-Z., Zhang, H.-X., Brinks, E., Smith, R., Li, F., Kim, M., Oh, S.-H., Lin, Z., Kim, J., Sun, W., Li, T., Côté, P., Boselli, A., Chen, L., Duc, P.-A., Paudel, S., Taylor, M. A., Wang, K., Wang, E. & Zhang, L. & 1 others, , 28 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The MALATANG survey: Dense gas distribution on sub-kiloparsec scales across the disk of M82
Wang, J.-F., Gao, Y., Tan, Q.-H., Jiang, X.-J., Ji, L., Zhang, Z.-Y., Wang, J.-Z., Wang, J.-F., Greve, R. T., Jiang, Y., Bemis, A., Brinks, E., Chung, A., Currie, J. M., de Grijs, R., Fang, T., Ho, C. L., Lee, B., Matsushita, S. & Michałowski, M. & 6 others, , 24 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Avid: Formation and evolution of a coalesced major merger of late-type dwarf galaxies (VCC 479) on the outskirts of the Virgo cluster
Sun, W., Zhang, H.-X., Smith, R., Brinks, E., Côté, P., Oh, S.-H., Lin, Z., Boselli, A., Ferrarese, L., Li, F., Sun, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, L., Kim, M., Kim, J., Li, T., Tao, B., Taylor, M., Duc, P.-A. & Sánchez-Janssén, R. & 7 others, , 17 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stellar Populations and Molecular Gas Composition in the Low-Metallicity Environment of WLM
Archer, H. N., Hunter, D. A., Elmegreen, B. G., Hunt, L. K., O'brien, R., Brinks, E., Cigan, P., Rubio, M., Windhorst, R. A., Jansen, R. A. & Mathews, E. P., 2 Jun 2025, In: The Astronomical Journal . 169, 6, p. 1-25 25 p., 301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the HI distribution and kinematics of ESO444-G084 and [KKS2000]23: New insights from the MHONGOOSE survey
Namumba, B., Ianjamasimanana, R., Koribalski, B., Bosma, A., Athanassoula, E., Carignan, C., Józsa, G. I. G., Kamphuis, P., Deane, R. P., Sikhosana, S. P., Verdes-Montenegro, L., Sorgho, A., Ndaliso, X., Amram, P., Brinks, E., Chemin, L., Combes, F., de Blok, E., Deg, N. & English, J. & 8 others, , 1 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review