Graduate Students

November 2009
June 2011
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Current Students

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NameNationalityInstitute UniversityMPS
Supervisor
University
Supervisor
Thesis Project
Maria Andriopoulou GreeceMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Roussos
Glassmeier Energetic charged particle kinematics in Saturn's magnetosphere
Raphael Attie FrenchMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Innes
Solanki Chromospheric heating in quiet and active regions of the Sun
Benjamin Beeck GermanMPSGöttingenSchüsslerReiners
Dreizler
Simulation of magneto-convection in atmospheres of low-mass stars
Megha Upendra Bhatt IndianMPSClausthalMallLehmann Mineralogical mapping of the Moon with the SIR-2-reflectance spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1
Ingo von Borstel GermanIGEPBraunschweigBlum Dust-dust interaction processes studied in dense aerosols using a paul trap
Philippe Bourdin German/SwissMPSGöttingenPeterNiemeyer
Glatzel
Coronal structure and evolution in 3D numerical experiments
Julie Brisset FrenchIGEPBraunschweigBlum A microgravity sounding-rocket experiment on protoplanetary dust aggregation
David Bühler GermanMPSGöttingenSolanki
Lagg
Dreizler Long-term variations in quiet-Sun magnetic fields observed with Hinode
Iulia Chifu RomanianMPSBraunschweigInhester
Solanki
Glaßmeier Multi-spacecraft analysis of the solar coronal plasma
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
Lucia Duarte PortugeseMPSBraunschweigChristensen
Wicht
Glaßmeier Dynamics and magnetic field generation in Jupiter and Saturn
Konstantin Finke GermanIGGöttingenTilgner Modelling of turbulent dynamos in spherical geometry
Antoine Genetelli FrenchMPSBraunschweigInnes
Solanki
Solanki Quiet Sun MiniCMEs
Chaitanya Giri IndianMPSNiceGoesmannMeierhenrich The organic composition of a cometary nucleus, the COSAC experiment on Philae
Armando Gonzalez PanamaMPSGranadaHartoghLara Origin of water in Jupiter and Saturn atmospheres
Bastian Gundlach GermanIGEPBraunschweigBlum Herstellung von Mikro-Eispartikeln im Sprayverfahren, Charakterisierung ihrer Stoßeigenschaften und Herstellung von Kometen-Analogmaterial
Daniel Heisselmann GermanIGEPBraunschweigBlum Experimental studies of ice-particle collisions in Saturn's dense rings
Daniel Heyner GermanIGEPBraunschweigWicht
Schmitt
Glaßmeier Mercury's feedback dynamo
Marc Hofmann GermanMPSBraunschweigSierksBlum Shape modeling for cometary nuclei
Shahin Jafarzadeh IranianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Feller
Dreizler Structure and dynamics of chromospheric bright points
Jayant Joshi IndianMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Hirzberger
Glaßmeier Penumbral structure in CI 5830 and the relation to other spectral lines: The convective structure in the deep photosphere
Peter Kollmann GermanMPSBraunschweigKruppGlaßmeier Global configuration of the Saturnian magnetosphere
Christoph Koenders GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Hybrid simulations of the plasma interaction between comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the solar wind
Hendrik Kriegel GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Interaction of the Enceladus plume and the Saturnian plasma
Li Kun ChineseMPSCAS BeijingHalandZhao Hua Earth magnetosphere
Jan Langfellner GermanIAGöttingenGizon
Cameron
Gizon
Dreizler
Dynamics of the Sun at high latitudes
Yeon Joo Lee KoreanMPSBraunschweigTitovHördt Radiative energy balance and greenhouse effect in the Venus atmosphere
Björn Löptien GermanIAGöttingenGizonGizon
Nafiseh Masoumzadeh IranianMPSGöttingenBöhnhardtDreizler Shape reconstruction of small bodies
Domenico Meduri ItalianMPSGöttingenSchmitt
Wicht
Christensen
Tilgner Analysis of temporal variations in dynamo models and geomagnetic data
Navdeep Kaur Panesar IndianMPSBraunschweigInnesBlum A study of quiescent prominences by using SDO and STEREO data
Juanjo Piqueras SpainMPSBraunschweigSchühle
Woch
Michalik Detector developments for the Solar Orbiter mission
Tino Riethmüller GermanMPSBraunschweigSolankiSolanki The SUNRISE filter imager SUFI
Dennis Röhrbein GermanMPSBraunschweigSchüsslerMotschmann Analysis of 3D MHD simulations of solar magnetoconvection
Jacine Saidi AlgerianMPSParisGizonAppourchaux Computing and data management systems for helioseismology
Juan Andres Sanchez VenezuelaMPSMünsterNathuesHiesinger Analysis of Near-Earth-Objects reflectance spectra
Karsten Schindler GermanyMPSStuttgartNathuesKrabbe Pre-design and characterization of a potential Focal Plane Assembly of the VIRHIS spectrometer aboard JGO
Jisesh Ajitha Sethunadh IndianMPSBerlinHartogh
Medvedev
Rauer Development of a General Circulation Model for the stratosphere of Jupiter
Farhad Shakeri IranianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Teriaca
Dreizler Cycle-related solar VUV variability
Eugene Shalygin UkrainianMPSBraunschweigTitovBlum Study of the Venus surface and lower atmosphere using VMC images
Jinhua Shen ChineseMPSNanjingWiegelmannZongjun Ning Solar flares and coronal magnetic field extrapolation
Chemeda Tadese Ejeta EthiopianMPSBraunschweigBöhnhardtBlum Polarimetry of small bodies in the solar system
Yoann Vernisse FrenchIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier
Motschmann
Classification of the interaction of planetary bodies with stellar winds by hybrid simulations
Tijmen van Wettum DutchMPSGöttingenPeterNiemeyer
Glatzel
Comparison of 3D coronal models to solar VUV observations
Mingyuan Wang ChineseMPSShanghaiNielsenPing Jinsong The Mars ionospheric research based on radar sounding
Stefan Wiehle GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Hybrid simulation of dynamic solar wind interactions in the solar system
Kok Leng Yeo SingaporeMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Krivova
Solanki
Glaßmeier
Modelling solar irradiance variations

Former Students

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NameNationalityInstitute UniversityMPS
Supervisor
University
Supervisor
PhD Thesis
Aleksandra Andjic BosnianIAGöttingenKneer Analysis of short-period waves in the solar chromosphere
Anne Angsmann GermanMPSBraunschweigFränz
Krupp
Woch
Motschmann Structure and dynamics of the ionosphere of Venus
Thorsten Bagdonat GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Hybrid Simulation of Weak Comets
Laura Antonia Balmaceda ArgentinianMPSBraunschweigSolanki
Krivova
Solanki Solar variability and solar irradiance reconstructions on time scales of decades to centuries
Ingo Jens Baumann GermanMPSGöttingenSolanki
Schüssler
Schmitt
Kneer Magnetic Flux Transport on the Sun
Nazaret Bello González SpanishIAGöttingenKneer Spectropolarimetry of Sunspot Penumbrae
Julián Blanco Rodríguez SpanishIAGöttingenKneer Magnetic Activity at the Poles of the Sun
Juan Manuel Borrero Santiago SpanishMPSGöttingenSolankiKneer The fine structure of the sunspot penumbra
Alexander Bößwetter GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Solar wind - Mars interaction
Sofiane Bourouaine AlgerianMPSGöttingenMarschGlatzel Kinetic models including collisions and wave-particle interactions for magnetic structures in the solar corona
Monika Buske GermanMPSGöttingenChristensenChristensen Dreidimensionale thermische Evolutionsmodelle für das Innere von Mars und Merkur
Chun Ming Mark Cheung AustralianMPSGöttingenSchüsslerKneer Magnetic flux emergence in the solar photosphere
Dragos Constantinescu RomanianIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Wave Sources and Structures in the Earth's Magnetosheath and Adjacent Regions
María Hebe Cremades Fernández ArgentinianMPSBraunschweigBothmerGlaßmeier
Motschmann
Three-Dimensional Configuration and Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections
Sanja Danilovic SerbianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Lagg
Kneer Analysis of high resolution spectropolarimetric observations and MHD simulations
Maria Dasi Espuig SpanishMPSBraunschweigKrivova
Solanki
Solanki Solar variability and Earth climate
Judith de Patoul BelgianMPSBraunschweigInhester
Wiegelmann
Solanki Stereoscopy and tomography of coronal structures
Itahiza Francisco Domínguez Cerdeña SpanishIAGöttingenKneer Quiet Sun Magnetic Fields
Michal Drahus PolishMPSGöttingenJarchow
Hartogh
Christensen
Dreizler Submillimeter radiative transfer and retrieval simulations of cometary atmospheres in the vicinity of the nucleus
Ramy El Maarry EgyptianMPSGöttingenGoetz
Markiewicz
Pack Geochemistry and geologic evolution of the Martian arctic as inferred from the Phoenix mission
Li Feng ChineseMPSGöttingenWiegelmann
Inhester
Solanki
Dreizler Stereoscopy of the solar corona
Jean-Mathias Grießmeier GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Aspects of the magnetosphere-stellar wind interaction of close-in extrasolar planets
Yevgen Grynko UkrainianMPSGöttingenJockersChristensen Light scattering by cometary dust particles with sizes large compared to the wavelength of light
Lars Guicking GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Low-frequency waves and the dynamics of the Venusian solar wind interaction region
Jingnan Guo ChineseMPSNanjingMarsch
Büchner
Fang Particle acceleration by 3D solar magnetic reconnection
Kristofer Hallgren SwedishMPSRostockHartogh
Jarchow
Lübken Mesospheric water vapour: Detection of short term variability by ground based microwave spectroscopy
Michael Heuer GermanMPSGöttingenMarschKneer Kinetische Plasmaprozesse und Welle-Teilchen-Wechselwirkung von Ionen im schnellen Sonnenwind
Tra-Mi Ho GermanMPSBernThomasThomas Interpretation of Cometary Images and the Modeling of Cometary Dust Comae
Volkmar Holzwarth GermanMPSGöttingenSchüsslerBeuermann Dynamik magnetischer Flussröhren in Riesensternen und engen Doppelsternen
Emre Isik TurkishMPSGöttingenSchüssler
Schmitt
Kneer Magnetic flux generation and transport in cool stars
Katja Janßen GermanIAGöttingenKneer Struktur und Dynamik kleinskaliger Magnetfelder der Sonnenatmosphäre
Setareh Javadi Dogaheh IranianMPSGöttingenBüchnerGlatzel Simulation of magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere
Erik Johansson SwedishITPBraunschweigMotschmann Interaction of extrasolar planets with stellar winds
Gero Kleindienst GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier ULF waves in the Kronian magnetosphere
Philippe Kobel SwissMPSGöttingenSolanki
Gandorfer
Kneer Imaging of photospheric magnetic features and SUNRISE filtergraph instrumentation development
Christian Koch GermanMPSHannoverChristensenMüller Extraction of Mercury's topography and its time dependent variations from laser altimetry data
Maxim Kramar BelarussianMPSGöttingenInhesterKneer A feasibility study about the use of vector tomography for the reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field
Elena A. Kronberg RussianMPSBraunschweigWoch
Krupp
Glaßmeier Dynamics of the Jovian Magnetotail
Takeshi Kuroda JapaneseMPSTokyoHartogh Study of the Effects of Dust in the Martian Meteorology Using a General Circulation Model
Kuang Wu Lee TaiwaneseMPSJhongliBüchner Collisionless Transport of Energetic Electrons in the Solar Corona
Xianyi Li ChineseMPSFreiburgHartoghReindl Wideband-CTS development
Manuela Lippi ItalianMPSBraunschweigBöhnhardtBlum The composition of comets as inferred from measured production rates of volatiles
Aline de Lucas BrazilMPSINPE BrazilMarsch
Schwenn
Macro-structures in the solar wind
Ronny Lutz GermanIAGöttingenDreizler Key objects in subdwarf B asteroseismology
Rupali Arunkumar Mahajan IndianMPSGöttingenGrieger
Keller
Christensen Modeling Martian Polar Caps
Luca Maltagliati ItalianMPSBraunschweigKeller
Markievicz
Titov
Blum Investigation of the Martian atmospheric water cycle by the OMEGA mapping spectrometer onboard Mars Express
Yana Maneva BulgarianMPSGöttingenMarschGlatzel Alfvenic turbulence in the solar corona
Cornelia Martinecz AustrianMPSBraunschweigFränz
Woch
Krupp
Motschmann Investigations of the plasma environment of Venus using data of the ASPERA-4 experiment on the Venus Express spacecraft
Lukasz Matloch PolishMPSGöttingenSchüssler
Schmitt
Kneer Modeling of Solar Mesogranulation
Redouane Mecheri AlgerianMPSGöttingenMarschDreizler Coronal Waves and Instabilities within the Multi-Fluid Description
Marilena C. Mierla RomanianMPSGöttingenSchwennKneer On the Dynamics of the Solar Corona
Richard Moissl GermanMPSBraunschweigKeller
Markievicz
Titov
Blum Morphology and dynamics of the Venus atmosphere at the cloud top level as observed by the Venus Monitoring Camera
Anna Müller GermanMPSKölnKruppSaur Properties of the Kronian magnetosphere from energetic particle measurements
Joachim Müller GermanITPBraunschweigMotschmann Development of an adaptive grid code for particle-in-cell simulations in plasma physics
Yasuhito Narita JapaneseIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Low Frequency Waves Upstream and Downstream of the Terrestrial Bow Shock
Nilda Oklay TurkishMPSGöttingenSolanki
Gandorfer
Kneer Investigation of solar surface magnetism by high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy
Oleg Okunev RussianIAGöttingenKneer Observations and modeling of polar faculae on the Sun
Lucas Paganini ArgentinianMPSFreiburgHartoghReindl Power spectral density accuracy in Chirp Transform Spectrometers
Evgeny V. Panov RussianMPSMoscowBüchner
Korth
Investigation of the current sheets at the outer boundary of the Earth's magnetosphere using the four Cluster spacecraft
Arianna Piccialli ItalianMPSBraunschweigTitovHördt The dynamics of the Venus mesosphere
Ferdinand Plaschke GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Dynamic response of the magnetosphere to solar wind variations
Ganna V. Portyankina UkrainianMPSGöttingenMarkieviczChristensen Atmosphere-surface vapor exchange and ices in the Martian polar regions
Oliver Preuß GermanMPSBielefeldSolankiPetersson Astronomical Tests of the Einstein Equivalence Principle
Sabine Preusse GermanMPSBraunschweigBüchnerMotschmann Szenarien der Plasmawechselwirkung in kurzperiodischen extrasolaren Planetensystemen
Silvia Protopapa ItalianMPSBraunschweigBöhnhardtBlum Surface ice characterization of Pluto and Charon and other Kuiper Belt objects
Aikaterini Radioti GreekMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Woch
Glaßmeier Energetic ion composition and acceleration mechanisms in the magnetosphere of Jupiter
Luciano Rodriguez Romboli ArgentinianMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Woch
Glaßmeier
Motschmann
Internal Characteristics if Magnetic Clouds and Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections
Michael Rost GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Aggregation magnetischer Staubpartikel unter Mikrogravitation und unter variablen Magnetfeldbedingungen
Elias Roussos GreekMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Woch
Fränz
Motschmann Interactions of weakly or non-magnetized bodies with solar system plasmas: Mars and the moons of Saturn
Peng Ruan ChineseMPSGöttingenWiegelmann
Inhester
Solanki
Marsch
Dreizler Modeling large-scale coronal structures with advanced models
Markus Josef Sailer GermanIAGöttingenKneer Simulationsrechnungen anisoplanatischer Übertragungsfunktionen für solare Adaptive Optik
Ryu Saito JapaneseMPSBraunschweigHartoghGlaßmeier Influence of the Surface on the Atmospheric Circulation of Mars: Study with a General Circulation Model
Santo Valentin Salinas Cortijo PeruMPSGöttingenKellerKneer Multi-Dimensional Polarized Radiative Transfer Modeling of Titan's Atmosphere
Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño SpanishIAGöttingenKneer Observations, analysis and interpretation with non-LTE of chromospheric structures of the Sun
Jean Carlo Santos BrasilianMPSINPE BrazilBüchner Three dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Solar Bright Points
Aveek Sarkar IndianIGGöttingenTilgner Simulations of the Karlsruhe Dynamo Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method
Clementina Sasso ItalianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Lagg
Kneer Spectro-polarimetry of the solar chromosphere in the He I 10830 Å lines
Sebastian Schäfer GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Correlated observations of magnetohydrodynamic waves as seen by CLUSTER and at the ground
Martin Schrinner GermanMPSGöttingenSchmitt
Christensen
Tilgner Mean-field view on geodynamo models
Stefan Schröder DutchMPSGöttingenKeller
Grieger
Küppers
Tilgner Investigating the Surface of Titan with the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer onboard Huygens
Alina A. Semenova UkrainianMPSGöttingen SolankiDreizler Doppler Imaging of Starspots. A Study of the RS CVn Star σ Geminorum
Sergey I. Shelyag UkrainianMPSGöttingenSolankiKneer Spectro-polarimetric diagnostics of magneto-convection simulations of the solar photosphere
Ilya Silin RussianMPSBraunschweigBüchnerMotschmann Theory and Vlasov-code simulations of thin current sheet instabilities in collisionless space plasmas
Sofie Spjuth SwedishMPSBraunschweigKüppers
Keller
Glaßmeier Generation of a 3D shape model from OSIRIS images
Anja Stadelmann GermanIGEPBraunschweigGlaßmeier Globale Effekte einer Erdmagnetfeldumkehrung: Magnetosphärenstruktur und kosmische Teilchen
Thorsten Stahn GermanMPSGöttingenGizonDreizler Analysis of time series of solar-like oscillations - Applications to the Sun and HD52265
Tilaye Tadesse EthiopianMPSBraunschweigInhester
Wiegelmann
Solanki Nonlinear force-free reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field with advanced numerical methods
Vedat Tanriverdi TurkishIGGöttingenTilgner Power spectrum of numerical geodynamos
Julia Thalmann AustrianMPSBraunschweigWiegelmannSolanki Evolution of coronal magnetic fields
Hui Tian ChineseMPSBeijingMarschTu Solar transition region and solar wind origin
Ana Teresa Monteiro Tomás PortugeseMPSBraunschweigKrupp
Woch
Glaßmeier Energetic particles in the Jovian magnetosphere and their relation to auroral emissions
Denise Aida Tortorella ArgentinianMPSGöttingenChristensenChristensen Numerical studies of thermal and compressible convection in rotating spherical shells: an application to the giant planets
Danica Tothova SlovakianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Innes
Kneer Spectroscopic observations of soft X-ray loops
Durgesh Kumar Tripathi IndianMPSGöttingenBothmerKneer EUV and Coronagraphic Observations of Coronal Mass Ejections
Martin Tschimmel GermanMPSGöttingenTitov
Keller
Schmitt
Tilgner Investigation of the Atmospheric Water Cycle on Mars by the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer onboard Mars Express
Cecilia Tubiana ItalianMPSBraunschweigBöhnhardtBlum Characterisation of the physical properties of the ROSETTA target comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Daniel Verscharen GermanMPSBraunschweigMarschMotschmann Kinetic cascade and collisionless dissipation of plasma turbulence - applications to the solar corona and solar wind
Esa Vilenius FinnishMPSGöttingenMallKappas Lunar science - the SMART way
Geronimo Luis Villanueva ArgentinianMPSFreiburgHartoghReindl The High-Resolution Spectrometer for SOFIA-GREAT: Instrumentation, Atmospheric Modeling and Observations
Jean-Baptiste Vincent FrenchMPSBraunschweigBöhnhardtBlum From observations and measurements to realistic modeling of cometary nuclei
Alexander Vögler GermanMPSGöttingenSchüsslerKneer Three-dimensional simulations of magneto-convection in the solar photosphere
Manuela Wiese GermanMPSGöttingenMallStalder Lunar mineralogy
Maren Wunnenberg GermanIAGöttingenKneer Untersuchung kurzperiodischer akustischer Wellen in der Sonnenatmosphäre mit Hilfe der Wavelet-Transformation
Lidong Xia ChineseMPSGöttingenMarschKneer Equatorial Coronal Holes and Their Relation to the High-Speed Solar Wind Streams
Shangbin Yang ChineseMPSBeijingBüchnerHongqi Zhang Helicity in flares
Shuo Yao ChineseMPSBeijingMarschTu Interplanetary coronal mass ejections
Lotfi Yelles Chaouche AlgerianMPSGöttingenSolanki
Schüssler
Kneer Observational diagnostics of 3D radiation-MHD simulations of solar and stellar atmospheres
Vasily Zakharov RussianMPSGöttingenSolankiKneer Diagnostic of the solar photosphere with high spatial resolution using CH, CN and continuum spectral bands

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