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Graduate Students

November 2009
June 2011
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Current Students

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NameNationalityInstitute UniversityMPS
Supervisor
University
Supervisor
Thesis Project
Raphael Attie FrenchMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Innes
Solanki Chromospheric heating in quiet and active regions of the Sun
Krzysztof Barczynski PolishMPSGöttingenPeterDreizler
Atefeh Barekat IranianMPSGöttingenGizonGizon
Ankit Barik IndianMPSGöttingenWicht
Stephan Barra GermanMPSBochumWiegelmannFichtner Coronal active region modeling based on SDO data
Jack Carlyle UKUCLUniversity College LondonInnes
Solanki
Driel-Gesztelyi
Williams
Observations and simulations of dense prominence plasma falling through the solar corona
Theodosios Chatzistergos GreekMPSGöttingenSolanki
Krivova
Reiners Analysis of historical Ca II spectroheliogrammes and long-term changes in solar irradiance
Feng Chen ChineseMPSGöttingenPeter
Schüssler
Reiners Coronal dynamics driven by magnetic flux emergence
Iulia Chifu RomanianMPSBraunschweigInhester
Solanki
Glaßmeier Multi-spacecraft analysis of the solar coronal plasma
Jakob Deller GermanCAPS/MPSUniversity of Kent, CanterburySnodgrass
Ricardo Gafeira PortugeseMPSCoimbra/GoeLagg
van Noort
Solanki
SLAM topic
Chaitanya Giri IndianMPSNiceGoesmannMeierhenrich The organic composition of a cometary nucleus, the COSAC experiment on Philae
Xiuhong Han ChineseMPSCAS Beijing FränzWeixing Wan The influence of the solar wind on the Martian ionosphere
Daniel Heißelmann GermanIGEPBraunschweigBlum Experimental studies of ice-particle collisions in Saturn's dense rings
Sebastian Höfner GermanMPSBraunschweigSierks
Vincent
Blum Thermal modeling of cometary nuclei
Marc Hofmann GermanMPSBraunschweigSierksBlum Shape modeling for cometary nuclei
Xuanyu Hu ChineseMPSBraunschweigSierksBlum
Francisco Andrés Iglesias ArgentinaMPSBraunschweigFellerMichalik Characterization and optimization of a novel Fast Solar Polarimeter
Christoph Koenders GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Hybrid simulations of the plasma interaction between comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the solar wind
Anna Kotova RussianMPSToulouseKrupp
Roussos
Dandouras Energetic charged particle tracking techniques and applications in the magnetospheres of outer planets
Jan Langfellner GermanIAGGöttingenGizon
Cameron
Gizon
Dreizler
Dynamics of the Sun at high latitudes
Dong Li ChineseMPSCAS NanjingInnes
Ning & Ji Study of EUV brightening and explosive events with new observational data
Björn Löptien GermanIAGGöttingenGizonGizon
David Martin Belda MPSGöttingenCameron, SchüsslerNN
MHD - Variability of the solar cycle
Nafiseh Masoumzadeh IranianMPSGöttingenBöhnhardtDreizler Shape reconstruction of small bodies
Domenico Meduri ItalianMPSGöttingenWicht
Christensen
Tilgner Analysis of temporal variations in dynamo models and geomagnetic data
Martin Bo Nielsen DanishIAGGöttingenGizonGizon Asteroseismology and Dynamos in Solar-like Stars: Rotation of stellar envelopes
Benjamin Palmaerts BelgianMPSLiege/GoeKrupp, RoussosGrodent Study of the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at Saturn with a new approach based on multi-instrument observations by Cassini
Patricio Munoz Sepulveda ChileanMPSGöttingenBüchner
Peter
Niemeyer Theory and numerical simulations of current instabilities in the solar corona
Emanuele Papini ItalianMPSGöttingenGizonGizon
Leonardo Regoli Italian/VenezuelanUCLUniversity College LondonKrupp
Roussos
Jones
Coates
Titan's interaction with the Saturnian magnetosphere
German Fernandez Rico SpanishMPSUniversity of MadridWoch

Solar orbiter ing. topic
Tanja Schäfer GermanyMPSTU ClausthalNathuesMengel Mineralogical and geological investigations on the Vesta surface
Karsten Schindler GermanyMPSStuttgartNathuesKrabbe Pre-design and characterization of a potential Focal Plane Assembly of the VIRHIS spectrometer aboard JGO
Farhad Shakeri IranianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Teriaca
Dreizler Cycle-related solar VUV variability
Azaymi Litzi Siu Tapia MexicanMPSGöttingenLagg
Solanki
Solar magnetic field measurements
Guneshwar Thangjam IndianMPSTU ClausthalNathuesMengel Mineralogy and geology of Vesta from DAWN FC
Nathalie Themeßl AustrianMPSGöttingenHekkerGizon, Dreizler Asteroseismology
Fabien Widmer SwissMPSGöttingenBüchnerSchmidt, Gizon SFB
Rakesh Yadav IndianMPSGöttingenChristensen
Wicht
Gastine
Reiners Dynamos in rotating spherical shells: From planets to stars
Sijie Yu ChineseMPSCASBüchner
Xiaowei Zhou ChineseMPSCASBüchnerWeiqun Gan, Siming Liu Electron Acceleration in cascading reconnecting current sheet

Current (or recent) Postdocs

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NameNationalityInstitute University
was
MPS Supervisor
was
University Supervisor
was
Thesis Project
was
Yoann Vernisse FrenchIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier
Motschmann
Classification of the interaction of planetary bodies with stellar winds by hybrid simulations
Kok Leng Yeo SingaporeMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Krivova
Solanki
Glaßmeier
Modelling solar irradiance variations
Julie Brisset FrenchIGEPBraunschweigChristensenBlum A microgravity sounding-rocket experiment on protoplanetary dust aggregation
Stefan Wiehle GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Hybrid simulation of dynamic solar wind interactions in the solar system
Jayant Joshi IndianMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Hirzberger
Glaßmeier Penumbral structure in CI 5830 and the relation to other spectral lines: The convective structure in the deep photosphere
Hendrik Kriegel GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Interaction of the Enceladus plume and the Saturnian plasma
Jisesh Ajitha Sethunadh IndianMPSBerlinHartogh
Medvedev
Rauer Development of a General Circulation Model for the stratosphere of Jupiter
Benjamin Beeck GermanMPSGöttingenSchüsslerReiners
Dreizler
Simulation of magneto-convection in atmospheres of low-mass stars
Lucia Duarte PortugeseMPSBraunschweigChristensen
Wicht
Glaßmeier Dynamics and magnetic field generation in Jupiter and Saturn
Maria Andriopoulou GreeceMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Roussos
Glassmeier Energetic charged particle kinematics in Saturn's magnetosphere
David Bühler GermanMPSGöttingenSolanki
Lagg
Dreizler Long-term variations in quiet-Sun magnetic fields observed with Hinode
Lihui Chai ChineseMPSCASBüchner
Daniel Heyner GermanIGEPBraunschweigWicht
Schmitt
Glaßmeier Mercury's feedback dynamo
Philippe Bourdin German/SwissMPSGöttingenPeterNiemeyer
Glatzel
Coronal structure and evolution in 3D numerical experiments
Neda Dadashi IranianMPSBraunschweigTeriaca
Solanki
Glaßmeier Diagnostic of the solar transition region and corona from VUV spectroscopy and imaging
Wieland Dietrich GermanMPSGöttingenChristensen
Wicht
Tilgner Numerical modelling of Martian dynamo
Konstantin Finke GermanIGGöttingenTilgner Modelling of turbulent dynamos in spherical geometry
Bastian Gundlach GermanIGEPBraunschweigBlum Herstellung von Mikro-Eispartikeln im Sprayverfahren, Charakterisierung ihrer Stoßeigenschaften und Herstellung von Kometen-Analogmaterial
Shahin Jafarzadeh IranianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Feller
Dreizler Structure and dynamics of chromospheric bright points
Kun Li ChineseMPSCAS BeijingHalandHua Zhao Earth magnetosphere
Juanjo Piqueras SpainMPSBraunschweigSchühle
Woch
Michalik Detector developments for the Solar Orbiter mission
Tino Riethmüller GermanMPSBraunschweigSolankiSolanki The SUNRISE filter imager SUFI
Juan Andres Sanchez VenezuelaMPSMünsterNathuesHiesinger Analysis of Near-Earth-Objects reflectance spectra
Eugene Shalygin UkrainianMPSBraunschweigTitovBlum Study of the Venus surface and lower atmosphere using VMC images
Tijmen van Wettum DutchMPSGöttingenPeterNiemeyer
Glatzel
Comparison of 3D coronal models to solar VUV observations

ITP = Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig
IGEP = Institut für Geophysik und Extraterrestrische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig
IAG = Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Göttingen
IG = Institut für Geophysik, Universität Göttingen
MPS = Max Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung