{"id":19,"date":"2020-12-02T22:08:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:50:14","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since March 2024, I am a <strong>Professor in Cosmology<\/strong> at <strong>Bielefeld University<\/strong> where I took up my ERC Starting Grant 2022 (worth ~1.5 million EUR) on &#8220;Probing cosmic large-scale structure beyond the average&#8221;. Two postdocs started late 2024\/early 2025 and a PhD student will start in autumn 2025. I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldt-foundation.de\/en\/apply\/sponsorship-programmes\/henriette-herz-scouting-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Henriette Herz Scout<\/a> for the Humboldt Foundation, so if you are interested in being hosted in my group in Bielefeld for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldt-foundation.de\/en\/apply\/sponsorship-programmes\/humboldt-research-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Humboldt Research Fellowship<\/a> and belong to an underrepresented group, please get in touch. I am a PI for the project &#8220;Strong-interaction matter in the early universe&#8221; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/crc-tr211.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collaborative Research Center TR 211 &#8220;Strong-interaction matter under extreme conditions&#8221;<\/a> between Bielefeld, Frankfurt and Gie\u00dfen. I am coordinator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euclid-ec.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Euclid Consortium<\/a> DR 1 Key Project &#8220;Higher-order weak lensing statistics with mass mapping&#8221;, previously I was co-leading the Additional Galaxy Clustering Probes work package. I am also active in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lsstdesc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration<\/a> higher-order statistics topical team and member in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skao.int\/en\/science-users\/science-working-groups\/104\/cosmology\">SKA Observatory Cosmology Working Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Visiting Professor at Newcastle University. Previously, I was a Reader&nbsp;in Cosmology as part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/maths-physics\/research\/applied\/\">Applied Mathematics at Newcastle University<\/a>, deputy lead for our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cosmology\/\">Theoretical Cosmology<\/a> group, deputy director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/nudata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NUdata STFC Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Intensive Science for Astrophysics<\/a> in collaboration with Northumbria University, and member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/astro-obs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Observational Astronomy<\/a> research group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My large-scale structure research group:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nils Mareczek\u00a0(Bachelor student, since March 2026)<br>Aoibhinn Gallagher (independent Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, since Feb 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Gebauer (ERC-funded PhD student, since Sept 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jannis Schrepel (Bachelor student, since Sept 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robin Blotevogel (Master student, since Sept 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de\/~smay3\/\">Simon May<\/a> (independent ERC-preparative Postdoctoral Fellow at Bielefeld University, from Sept 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophie Ashworth (Master student, since April 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bernhard Vos Gines (ERC-funded postdoc, since January 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ashim Sen Gupta (ERC-funded postdoc, since November 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolyn Mill (PhD student in the STFC CDT NUdata at Newcastle University, since September 2023, in Bielefeld April &#8211; December 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lina Castiblanco Tolosa (STFC + ERC-funded PostDoc, since October 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bethgould.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beth Gould<\/a> (PhD student at Newcastle University, since September 2022, in Bielefeld April &#8211; December 2025, from April 2026)<br><strong>previous members:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sofia del Pilar Samario Nava (Visiting PhD student from Mexico, July &#8211; November 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hannes Steinmeier (Bachelor student, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elias Krolik (Bachelor student, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alexandergough.com\/\">Alex Gough<\/a> (PhD student at Newcastle University, September 2020 &#8211; August 2024)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Group Picture Winter Semester 25\/26<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>back row: Simon May, Elias Krolik, Jannis Schrepel, Hannes Steinmeier<br>middle row: Beth Gould, Carolyn Mill, Bernhard Vos Gines, Sophie Ashwort, Robin Blotvogel<br>front row: Lina Castiblanco Tolosa, Sofia del Pilar Samario Nava, Cora Uhlemann, Ashim Sen Gupta<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/11\/DSC05871_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-396 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/11\/DSC05871_crop.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/11\/DSC05871_crop-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/11\/DSC05871_crop-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/11\/DSC05871_crop-624x497.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6725.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-357 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Picture from our Kick-Off Workshop on May 12, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>back from left to right: Sophie, Ashim, Carolyn, Helena Ernst (workshop facilitator)<br>front from left to right: Bernhard, Beth, Cora, Lina<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with Ulrike B\u00f6hm, I am running the<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Physikerinnen\/\"><strong>facebook page &#8216;Physikerinnen&#8217; for female physicists<\/strong><\/a>. Every week, we&nbsp;highlight an excellent women&nbsp;in physics (from student&nbsp;to professor)&nbsp;as&nbsp;&#8216;female physicist of the week&#8217;. I am committed to making a positive contribution to EDI in academia and supportive of underrepresented groups  including women, BAME, LGBTQIA+.<br><br>If you want to learn more about me and my research,&nbsp;see some interviews and press releases<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 47%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I am very excited to have been part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.cam.ac.uk\/news\/201113_newsitem.php\">&#8216;Universe Unravelled&#8217; Series<\/a>&nbsp;filmed at Cambridge that is available on Discovery+, the streaming channel of Discovery Channel UK.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.co.uk\/show\/universe-unravelled-with-the-stephen-hawking-centre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2020\/12\/DiscoveryUniverseUnravelledCora_small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2020\/12\/DiscoveryUniverseUnravelledCora_small.png 647w, https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2020\/12\/DiscoveryUniverseUnravelledCora_small-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.staff.ncl.ac.uk\/corauhlemann\/files\/2020\/12\/DiscoveryUniverseUnravelledCora_small-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-03778-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Springer Nature Career Guide Germany interview contribution <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/bielefeld-university_wir-schmei%C3%9Fen-daten-weg-bedauert-die-kosmologin-activity-7397256054486753280-Vlwq?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAABZh3cgB85Ux5HQCGqIZBaVrI0YVYoC-z5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bielefeld University Video-Interview &#8220;Die Forschungsl\u00fccke&#8221; (research gap series, in German)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/perimeterinstitute.ca\/news\/eyeglasses-space-telescope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perimeter Institute Article about my research and my group <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de\/2024\/03\/19\/billions-of-galaxies-beyond-the-average-mediocrity\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bielefeld University Article about my research and ERC project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/from.ncl.ac.uk\/euclid-mission-mapping-the-universe?hs_preview=IGGSSwll-125627323681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle University Blog Article about the Launch of the Euclid Mission I am part of<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press\/articles\/latest\/2023\/06\/euclidmission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle University Press release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press\/articles\/latest\/2023\/06\/euclidmission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/from.ncl.ac.uk\/euclid-mission-mapping-the-universe?hs_preview=IGGSSwll-125627323681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">about the Launch of the Euclid Mission I am part of<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/press\/articles\/latest\/2023\/06\/euclidmission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/nes\/news\/news-items\/iwd-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle International Women&#8217;s Day 2022 &#8211; Women in STEM<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eucapt.org\/post\/community-profile-cora-uhlemann\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eucapt.org\/post\/community-profile-cora-uhlemann\">European Consortium for Astroparticle Theory (EuCAPT) Community Profile<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ja.tum.de\/ja\/wir\/08-21-cora-uhlemann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TUMJA Young Academy of Technical University Munich (in German)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org\/videos\/38708\/debate\">Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Panel Discussion on Women in Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/belong.ncl.ac.uk\/blog\/women-in-stem-faculty-of-science-agriculture-engineerin\">Newcastle Women in STEM page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/women-in-stem-dr-cora-uhlemann\">Cambridge Women in STEM page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetzt.de\/job\/wie-viel-verdient-eine-physikerin7\">German Youth magazine jetzt.de (in German)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/womeninresearchblog.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/13\/cora-germany\/\">Women in Research Blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/fitzwilliamcollegecomms\/docs\/optima_24_web\/26\">Fitzwilliam College Cambridge Magazine Optima<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since March 2024, I am a Professor in Cosmology at Bielefeld University where I took up my ERC Starting Grant 2022 (worth ~1.5 million EUR) on &#8220;Probing cosmic large-scale structure beyond the average&#8221;. 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