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Leiden graduates


Name: U. Yildiz
Graduation Date: 01-05-2013
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Warm and Cold Gas in Low-Mass Protostars: Herschel Space Observatory and Ground-Based Surveys
Current position: Postdoc at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USA

Name: Th. Karalidi
Graduation Date: 23-04-2013
Supervisor: Keller/Stam
Thesis title: Broadband Polarimetry of Exoplanets: modelling signals of surfaces, hazes and clouds
Current position: Postdoc at the Steward Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, USA

Name: B. Nefs
Graduation Date: 27-03-2013
Supervisor: Snellen/Fridlund
Thesis title: The Hunt for Red Dwarf Binaries and Hot Planets in the WFCAM Transit Survey
Current position:

Name: K. Isokoski
Graduation Date: 26-03-2013
Supervisor: Linnartz/Van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Ice
Current position: Sydney, Australia

Name: J. Bast
Graduation Date: 10-01-2013
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Tielens
Thesis title: Hot Chemistry and Physics in the planet-forming Zones of Disks
Current position: SRON, calibration scientist. Consultancy firm called 'Science and Technology cooperation'

Name: M. Velander
Graduation Date: 20-06-2012
Supervisor: Kuijken
Thesis title: Studying Dark Matter: Haloes with Weak Lensing
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford, United Kingdom

Name: R. Martinez Galarza
Graduation Date: 19-06-2012
Supervisor: Brandl
Thesis title: Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Starbursts: from Spitzer-IRS to JWST-MIRI
Current position: Postdoc Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA

Name: E. van Uitert
Graduation Date: 29-05-2012
Supervisor: Kuijken
Thesis title: Weak Gravitational Lensing in the RCS2
Current position: Postdoc, Argelander Institut fur Astronomie, Bonn, Germany

Name: F. van de Voort
Graduation Date: 28-03-2012
Supervisor: Schaye
Thesis title: The Growth of Galaxies and their Gaseous Haloes
Current position: Researcher fellowship, Cordoba, Argentina (May-October 2012), Postdoctoral researcher, University of California at Berkeley, USA (from October 2012 on)

Name: A-M. Madigan
Graduation Date: 16-02-2012
Supervisor: Kuijken/co: Levin/Hopman
Thesis title: Secular Stellar Dynamics near Massive Black Holes
Current position: Postdoc Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands

Name: M. van Hoven
Graduation Date: 15-02-2012
Supervisor: Kuijken/co: Levin/Hopman
Thesis title: Seismology of Magnetars>2
Current position:

Name: O. Rakic
Graduation Date: 07-02-2012
Supervisor: Schaye/Steidel/De Zeeuw
Thesis title: The Intergalactic medium near High-Redshift Galaxies
Current position: Postdoc Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

Name: E. Kuiper
Graduation Date: 24-01-2012
Supervisor: Röttgering/Miley
Thesis title: Growing up in the City: a Study of Galaxy Cluster Progenitors z>2
Current position:

Name: L. Vermaas
Graduation Date: 11-01-2012
Supervisor: Israel/Van der Werf
Thesis title: Spectroscopy and Nuclear Dynamics of Starburst Galaxies
Current position: Topdesk Software, Delft, The Netherlands

Name: R. van Weeren
Graduation Date: 20-12-2011
Supervisor: Röttgering/Miley
Thesis title: Radio Emission from Merging Galaxy Clusters
Current position: Postdoc, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

Name: K. Torstensson
Graduation Date: 06-12-2011
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/co: Van Langevelde
Thesis title: Methanol Masers and Millimetre Lines: a Common Origin in Protostellar Envelopes
Current position:

Name: T. Prod'homme
Graduation Date: 22-11-2011
Supervisor: Kuijken/co: Brown
Thesis title: From Electrons to Stars. Modelling and Mitigation of Radiation Damage Effects on Astronomical CCDs
Current position: Research fellow, ESTEC, Noordwijk

Name: N. Amiri
Graduation Date: 26-10-2011
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/co: Van Langevelde/Vlemmings
Thesis title: Developing Asymmetries in AGB Stars: Occurence, Morphology and Polarization of Circumstellar Masers
Current position:

Name: C. Kruip
Graduation Date: 20-10-2011
Supervisor: Icke
Thesis title: Connecting the Dots Analysis, Development and Applications of the SimpleX Algorithm
Current position:

Name: R. van Haasteren
Graduation Date: 11-10-2011
Supervisor: Portegies Zwart/co: Levin
Thesis title: Gravitational Wave Detection & Data Analysis for Pulsar Timing Arrays
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow Albert Einstein Institut, Hannover, Germany

Name: J.B.R. Oonk
Graduation Date: 06-10-2011
Supervisor: Jaffe
Thesis title: Cool Gas in Brightest Clusters Galaxies
Current position: Postdoc ASTRON, Dwingeloo

Name: E.J.W. de Mooij
Graduation Date: 28-09-2011
Supervisor: Kuijken/co: Snellen
Thesis title: Ground-Based Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Current position: Postdoc University of Toronto, Canada

Name: I.M. Oliveira
Graduation Date: 07-06-2011
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/Pontoppidan
Thesis title: Observational Constraints on the Evolution of Dust in Protoplanetary Disks
Current position: Harlan J Smith postdoctoral fellowship University of Texas at Austin, USA

Name: S. Ioppolo
Graduation Date: 09-12-2010
Supervisor: Linnartz/Van Dishoeck/co: Cuppen
Thesis title: Surface Formation Routes of Interstellar Molecules
Current position: Postdoc Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

Name: M. Haas
Graduation Date: 07-12-2010
Supervisor: Franx/co: Schaye
Thesis title: Nature and Nurture in Galaxy Formation Simulations
Current position: Postdoctoral research Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA

Name: D. Salter
Graduation Date: 25-11-2010
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/co: Hogerheijde
Thesis title: Millimeter Emission from Protoplanetary Disks
Current position: Research Associate, University of Maryland, USA

Name: J. Bouwman
Graduation Date: 12-10-2010
Supervisor: Linnartz
Thesis title: Spectroscopy and Chemistry of Interstellar Ice Analogues
Current position: Postdoc University of California at Berkeley, USA

Name: R. Wiersma
Graduation Date: 22-09-2010
Supervisor: Schaye
Thesis title: Simulating the Chemical Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium
Current position: Postdoc Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany

Name: M.C. Damen
Graduation Date: 22-06-2010
Supervisor: Franx/Co: Van Dokkum
Thesis title: The build-up of Massive Galaxies
Current position: Beleidsmedewerker NWO, Den Haag

Name: M.H. Soto Vicencio
Graduation Date: 24-03-2010
Supervisor: Kuijken/Co: Lub, Rich
Thesis title: 3-Dimensional Dynamics of the Galactic Bulge
Current position: Postdoc Universidad de la Serena, Chile, for the project VVV VISTA survey from ESO

Name: P.M. Lopes Beirao
Graduation Date: 13-01-2010
Supervisor: Israel/Co: Brandl
Thesis title: Interstellar Medium Conditions in Starburst Galaxies
Current position: Postdoc IPAC/Caltech, Pasadena, USA

Name: E.N.C. Taylor
Graduation Date: 15-12-2009
Supervisor: Franx/Co: Van Dokkum
Thesis title: Ten Billion Years of Massive Galaxies
Current position: Postdoc, University of Melbourne, Australia

Name: D. Raban
Graduation Date: 24-11-2009
Supervisor: Röttgering/Co: Jaffe
Thesis title: Infrared interferometric Observations of Dust in the Nuclei of Active Galaxies
Current position: Scientific Researcher, TNO Delft, The Netherlands

Name: N. de Vries
Graduation Date: 15-11-2009
Supervisor: Schilizzi/Co: Snellen, Röttgering
Thesis title: The Evolution of Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei
Current position: Postdoc, Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

Name: E.R. Micelotta
Graduation Date: 12-11-2009
Supervisor: Israel/Tielens
Thesis title: PAH Processing in Space
Current position:

Name: O. Panic
Graduation Date: 27-10-2009
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/Co: Hogerheijde
Thesis title: High angular resolution studies of protoplanetary discs
Current position: ESO ALMA Fellow at the European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Name: A.H. Pawlik
Graduation Date: 30-09-2009
Supervisor: Röttgering/Co: Schaye
Thesis title: Simulating Cosmic Reionisation
Current position: Postdoc, University of Texas, Austin, USA

Name: R. Visser
Graduation Date: 12-10-2009
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Chemical Evolution from Cores to Disks
Current position: Postdoc Leiden Observatory

Name: K.I. Öberg
Graduation Date: 16-09-2009
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/Linnartz
Thesis title: Complex Processes in Simple Ices
Current position: Hubble Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Name: A.-M. Weijmans
Graduation Date: 09-09-2009
Supervisor: De Zeeuw
Thesis title: The Structure of Dark and Luminous Matter in Early-Type Galaxies
Current position: Dunlap Fellow, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Toronto, Canada

Name: H.T. Intema
Graduation Date: 26-08-2009
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Röttgering
Thesis title: A sharp view on the low-frequency radio sky
Current position: Postdoc, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, USA

Name: D. Lommen
Graduation Date: 23-04-2009
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: van Langevelde, Wright
Thesis title: The first steps of planet formation
Current position: High-school teacher, Rijnlands Lyceum, Oegstgeest, NL

Name: S. Albrecht
Graduation Date: 17-12-2008
Supervisor: Quirrenbach/Co: Snellen
Thesis title: Stars and Planets at high spacial and spectral resolution
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Massachussetts Inst for Technology, Boston, USA

Name: L. van Starkenburg
Graduation Date: 04-12-2008
Supervisor: Franx/Co: van der Werf
Thesis title: Dynamics of High Redshift Disk Galaxies
Current position: Informatie-analist Achmea Ziektekostenverzekeringen, The Netherlands

Name: C. Brinch
Graduation Date: 22-10-2008
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: Hogerheijde
Thesis title: The evolving velocity field around protostars
Current position: ALMA ARC Postdoctoral fellow, Leiden Observatory, NL

Name: T. van Kempen
Graduation Date: 09-10-2008
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: Hogerheijde
Thesis title: Probing Protostars: The physical structure of the gas and dust during low-mass star formation
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

Name: R.C.E. van den Bosch
Graduation Date: 10-09-2008
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Giant elliptical galaxies
Current position: McDonald fellow, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Name: D. Schnitzeler
Graduation Date: 23-05-2008
Supervisor: Miley/de Bruyn/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Faraday tomography of the Galactic ISM with the WSRT
Current position: Postdoc Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn

Name: C. Tasse
Graduation Date: 31-01-2008
Supervisor: Miley/Röttgering
Thesis title: Host galaxies and environment of active galactic nuclei
Current position: Postdoc, Cape Town, South Africa

Name: L. Snijders
Graduation Date: 28-11-2007
Supervisor: Franx/Co: van der Werf
Thesis title: Extreme star formation in starburst galaxies
Current position: Advisor People Development at NV NUON Energy, NL

Name: S. Bisschop
Graduation Date: 08-11-2007
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: Linnartz
Thesis title: Complex Molecules in the Laboratory and Star Forming Regions
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow in Bonn

Name: V. Geers
Graduation Date: 23-10-2007
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Disks around Young Solar-type Stars
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Name: S. Wuyts
Graduation Date: 27-09-2007
Supervisor: Franx/van Dokkum
Thesis title: Red Galaxies at High Redshift
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Name: M. Kriek
Graduation Date: 26-09-2007
Supervisor: Franx/van Dokkum
Thesis title: The Many Phases of Massive Galaxies
Current position: Spitzer Postdoctoral fellow, Princeton University

Name: S. Hekker
Graduation Date: 19-09-2007
Supervisor: Quirrenbach/Aerts
Thesis title: Radial velocity variations in red giant stars: pulsations, spots and planets
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels

Name: F. Lahuis
Graduation Date: 09-05-2007
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Molecular fingerprints of star formation throughout the Universe – a space-based infrared study –
Current position: Calibration Scientist, SRON Groningen, NL

Name: J. Ritzerveld
Graduation Date: 14-02-2007
Supervisor: Icke
Thesis title: The Simplicity of Transport - Triangulating the First Light
Current position: Financial management, LeasePlan Nederland

Name: R. Meijerink
Graduation Date: 08-11-2006
Supervisor: Israel/Co: Spaans
Thesis title: Models of the ISM in galaxy centers
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Leiden Observatory, NL

Name: S.-J. Paardekooper
Graduation Date: 28-09-2006
Supervisor: Icke/Co: Mellema
Thesis title: Growing and moving planets in disks
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Cambridge

Name: B.J. Jonkheid
Graduation Date: 28-06-2006
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Chemistry in Evolving Protoplanetary Disks
Current position: Postdoc, KNMI, De Bilt, NL

Name: R. Overzier
Graduation Date: 30-05-2006
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Rottgering
Thesis title: Emergence of Cosmic Structures around Distant Radio Galaxies and Quasars
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching

Name: I.-L. ten Kate
Graduation Date: 26-01-2006
Supervisor: Ehrenfreund/van Loosdrecht,
Thesis title: Organics on Mars
Current position: Astrobiologist, Atmospheric Experiment Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Name: P.M. van de Ven
Graduation Date: 01-12-2005
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Stellar Systems
Current position: Junior Faculty, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg

Name: E.J. Rijkhorst
Graduation Date: 06-12-2005
Supervisor: Icke/Co: Mellema
Thesis title: Numerical nebulae
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Durham University (UK)

Name: A. van der Wel
Graduation Date: 29-09-2005
Supervisor: Franx/Co: van Dokkum
Thesis title: Setting the scale: photometric and dynamical properties of high-redshift early-type galaxies
Current position: Asst. Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore (USA)

Name: F.A. van Broekhuizen
Graduation Date: 29-06-2005
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: A laboratory route to interstellar ice
Current position: Senior Consultant, IVAM Environmental Research BV, University of Amsterdam, NL

Name: B.P. Venemans
Graduation Date: 27-04-2005
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Rottgering
Thesis title: Protoclusters associated with distant radio galaxies
Current position: ESO fellow

Name: F.I. Pelupessy
Graduation Date: 16-03-2005
Supervisor: Icke/van der Werf
Thesis title: Numerical studies of the interstellar medium on galactic scales
Current position: Postdoc, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: M.A. Reuland
Graduation Date: 24-02-2005
Supervisor: Miley/Co: van Breugel, Rottgering
Thesis title: Gas, dust, and star formation in distant radio galaxies
Current position: Risk Manager, E.ON Ruhrgas, Germany

Name: P.B. Lacerda
Graduation Date: 17-02-2005
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: The shapes and spins of Kuiper Belt objects
Current position: Universidade de Coimbra, Departamento de Matemática, Portugal

Name: D. van Delft
Graduation Date: 10-02-2005
Supervisor: Visser/van Lunteren
Thesis title: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, een biografie
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University/Science Editor, NRC Handelsblad; Director Boerhaave Museum, Leiden

Name: K.C. Steenbrugge
Graduation Date: 02-02-2005
Supervisor: Schilizzi/Co: Kaastra
Thesis title: High-resolution X-Ray spectral diagnostics of Active Galactic Nuclei
Current position: SRON National Institute for Space Research, NL

Name: R. Ruiterkamp
Graduation Date: 28-10-2004
Supervisor: Ehrenfreund
Thesis title: Aromatic Molecules in Space: Laboratory Studies and Applications to Astrochemistry
Current position: LIC Soft Condensed Matter, Leiden University, NL

Name: K.M. Pontoppidan
Graduation Date: 14-10-2004
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Fire and Ice
Current position: Hubbel fellow, California Institute for Technology, USA

Name: J.K. Joergensen
Graduation Date: 14-10-2004
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: eTracing the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Low-Mass Protostars
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Name: I.F.L. Labbé
Graduation Date: 13-10-2004
Supervisor: Franx/van Dokkum
Thesis title: Deep Infrared Studies of Massive High Redshift Galaxies
Current position: Carnegie Fellow, OCIW, Pasadena, California, USA

Name: D. Krajnovic
Graduation Date: 12-10-2004
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: On the nature of early-type galaxies
Current position: ESO Fellow

Name: K. Kraiberg Knudsen
Graduation Date: 06-10-2004
Supervisor: Franx/Co: v. d. Werf
Thesis title: Deep Submillimetre Observations of Faint Dusty Galaxies
Current position: Postdoc, Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Bonn University, Germany

Name: M. Messineo
Graduation Date: 30-06-2004
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Late Type Giants in the Inner Galaxy
Current position: ESO, Garching, Germany

Name: J.D. Kurk
Graduation Date: 22-05-2003
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Röttgering
Thesis title: The cluster environments and gaseous halos of distant radio galaxies
Current position: MPI für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Duitsland Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

Name: E.K. Verolme
Graduation Date: 21-05-2003
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Dynamical models of axisymmetric and triaxial stellar systems
Current position: Projectleider COMPOUND.NL, TNO, Delft, NL

Name: A.M.S. Gloudemans-Boonman
Graduation Date: 05-03-2003
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: Doty
Thesis title: Spectroscopy of gases around massive young stars
Current position: Scientist (tenured), SRON/EOS, Utrecht, NL

Name: G.M. Munoz-Caro
Graduation Date: 05-02-2003
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Co: Schutte
Thesis title: From photoprocessing of interstellar ice to amino acids and other organics
Current position: Staff (tenured), Astrobiology Center, Madrid, Spanje

Name: M. Haverkorn
Graduation Date: 19-12-2002
Supervisor: Miley/de Bruyn/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: WSRT Polarimetric Imaging of the warm ISM
Current position: Staff, ASTRON and Leiden Observatory, NL

Name: W. Vlemmings
Graduation Date: 14-11-2002
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Circumstellar maser properties through VLBI observations
Current position: Groepsleider (Emmy Noether Grant) en staff member Argelander Institute, Bonn University, Germany

Name: G-J. van Zadelhoff
Graduation Date: 15-05-2002
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Shaping disks
Current position: Staff member (tenured), KNMI, De Bilt, NL

Name: V. de Heij
Graduation Date: 01-05-2002
Supervisor: Burton/Co: Braun
Thesis title: Compact high-velocity clouds
Current position: Statistical researcher, CBS, Voorburg, NL

Name: G.A. Verdoes Kleijn
Graduation Date: 06-03-2002
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: The centers of nearby radio-loud galaxies
Current position: Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: T. Thomas
Graduation Date: 06-03-2002
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: The influence of cluster environment on galaxies
Current position: Staff member, Verkeerskunde, Universiteit Twente, NL

Name: W-F. Thi
Graduation Date: 13-02-2002
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Gas and dust around young low-mass stars: from envelopes to disks
Current position: SUPA Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Name: Y. Simis
Graduation Date: 10-10-2001
Supervisor: Icke
Thesis title: Mass loss modulation in dust forming stellar winds
Current position: Academisch Medisch Centrum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL

Name: M. Cioni
Graduation Date: 20-09-2001
Supervisor: Habing/Co: Loup
Thesis title: AGB stars and other red giants in the Magellanic Clouds
Current position: Reader, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Name: C. De Breuck
Graduation Date: 08-11-2000
Supervisor: Miley/Rottgering/van Breugel
Thesis title: Very distant radio Galaxies: search techniques and emission line properties
Current position: Staff member ESO, Garching, Germany

Name: P.M. Veen
Graduation Date: 27-09-2000
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Intriguing variability of WR 46 and of "dusty" Wolf-Rayet stars
Current position: Ministerie van OC&W, Den Haag, NL

Name: F. van der Tak
Graduation Date: 20-09-2000
Supervisor: van Dishoeck/Evans
Thesis title: The embedded phase of massive star formation
Current position: Scientist (tenured), SRON, groningen, NL

Name: A. Helmi
Graduation Date: 28-06-2000
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/White
Thesis title:  The formation of the Galactic halo
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: R. Hoogerwerf
Graduation Date: 25-05-2000
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Perryman Co: Blaauw
Thesis title: Hipparcos and the nearby OB associations: Space astrometry and high-mass star formation
Current position: Application Engineer, Interactive Supercomputing, Waltham Massachusetts, USA

Name: J.H.J. de Bruijne
Graduation Date: 25-05-2000
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Perryman/Co: Blaauw
Thesis title: Astrometry from space
Current position: System Scientist and Deputy Project Scientist at ESA/ESTEC, Den Haag e.o., NL

Name: L. Pentericci
Graduation Date: 28-10-1999
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Röttgering
Thesis title: The most distant radio galaxies: probes of massive galaxy formation
Current position: Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy

Name: C.P. Dullemond
Graduation Date: 22-09-1999
Supervisor: Icke co: Turolla
Thesis title: Radiative transfer in compact circumstellar nebulae
Current position: Scientist, Max Planck Inst. fur Astrophysik, Garching, Germany

Name: J.M. Stil
Graduation Date: 09-09-1999
Supervisor: Habing co: Israel
Thesis title: Dwarf Galaxies: dynamics and star formation
Current position: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Canada

Name: N. Cretton
Graduation Date: 09-09-1999
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Rix/Co: van der Marel
Thesis title: Dynamical models of early-type galaxies
Current position: Highschool teacher, Switzerland

Name: E.T. Chatzichristou
Graduation Date: 15-06-1999
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Jaffe
Thesis title: Imaging and bidimensional spectroscopy of active and interacting galaxies
Current position: National Observatory of Athens, Greece

Name: R.B. Rengelink
Graduation Date: 17-02-1999
Supervisor: Miley/De Bruyn
Thesis title: The Westerbork Northern Sky Survey; the cosmological evolution of radio sources
Current position: Stadsdeelwethouder Amsterdam, NL

Name: A. Li
Graduation Date: 02-090-1998
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck / Greenberg
Thesis title: Theoretical studies of interstellar dust with applications to comets
Current position: Associate professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

Name: M.R. Hogerheijde
Graduation Date: 10-06-1998
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/Blake
Thesis title: The molecular environment of low-mass protostars
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: M.N. Sevenster
Graduation Date: 04-12-1997
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Stellar structure and dynamics of the Galaxy
Current position: Consultant on Environmental Issues, CE, Delft, NL

Name: J.J. Blom
Graduation Date: 23-09-1997
Supervisor: Miley
Thesis title: COMPTEL high-latitude gamma-ray sources
Current position: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, NL

Name: I.A.G. Snellen
Graduation Date: 17-09-1997
Supervisor: Schilizzi/Miley
Thesis title: A Population Study of Faint Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum Sources
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: P.A.M. de Theije
Graduation Date: 10-09-1997
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Katgert
Thesis title: Structure of Rich Clusters: insights from the Galaxies
Current position: TNO-FEL, Den Haag, NL

Name: F.C. van den Bosch
Graduation Date: 25-06-1997
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Jaffe
Thesis title: The Central regions of early-type Galaxies
Current position: Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Name: R.J. van der A
Graduation Date: 01-05-1997
Supervisor: van Schooneveld
Thesis title: Sciamachy: Observational noise and errors on atmospheric profiles
Current position: Postdoc, KNMI, De Bilt, NL

Name: N.S. van der Bliek
Graduation Date: 06-02-1997
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Stars and the calibration of infrared data
Current position: Cerro Tololo, Chile

Name: F.P. Helmich
Graduation Date: 03-04-1996
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Dense molecular gas around massive young stars
Current position: Division head, SRON Low Energy Astrophysics, Groningen, NL

Name: A.G.A. Brown
Graduation Date: 17-01-1996
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Stellar content and evolution of OB associations
Current position: NWO-Gaia, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University , NL

Name: R. van Ojik
Graduation Date: 25-10-1995
Supervisor: Miley
Thesis title: Gas in distant galaxies: probing the early Universe
Current position: Managing Principal at ING Strategy & Business Change, ING group, NL

Name: I. Beärda
Graduation Date: 18-05-1995
Supervisor: Cornelisse/van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Photodissociation of CH2
Current position: Cap Volmac, Amsterdam, NL

Name: M. Spaans
Graduation Date: 21-09-1995
Supervisor: van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Models of inhomogeneous interstellar clouds
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: O. Shalabiea
Graduation Date: 20-09-1995
Supervisor: Greenberg/van Dishoeck
Thesis title: Chemical evolution of stable and collapsing interstellar clouds
Current position: University of Cairo, Egypt

Name: F.M.A. Robijn
Graduation Date: 15-06-1995
Supervisor: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Stability of flattened galaxy models
Current position: Software company, NL

Name: D. Jansen
Graduation Date: 14-06-1995
Supervisor: Van Dishoeck/Habing
Thesis title: The physical and chemical structure of warm and dense molecular clouds
Current position: System manager, Leiden Observatory, NL

Name: R. den Hartog
Graduation Date: 01-02-1995
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Dynamics of rich galaxy clusters
Current position: SRON, Utrecht, NL

Name: Y. Ng
Graduation Date: 10-11-1994
Supervisor: Habing/Co: Lub
Thesis title: Automated photographic photometry in field # 3 of the Palomar-Groningen survey
Current position: TNO-TPD, Delft, NL

Name: D.A.P. Hartmann
Graduation Date: 26-10-1994
Supervisor: Burton
Thesis title: The Leiden-Dwingeloo HI Survey
Current position: Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), NL

Name: E. van Kampen
Graduation Date: 07-09-1994
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Formation and evolution of clusters of galaxies and voids
Current position: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK

Name: R.P. van der Marel
Graduation Date: 25-05-1994
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Franx
Thesis title: Velocity profiles and dynamical modeling of galaxies
Current position: Astronomer, STScI, Baltimore, USA

Name: G. Mellema
Graduation Date: 21-10-1993
Supervisor: Icke/Balick
Thesis title: Numerical models for the formation of aspherical planetary nebulae
Current position: Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm Observatory, Department of Astronomy, Zweden

Name: Z.F. Xing
Graduation Date: 08-09-1993
Supervisor: Greenberg
Thesis title: Fundamentals of electromagnetic scattering theory with applications to cosmic dust
Current position: Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California, USA

Name: E. Koper
Graduation Date: 01-09-1993
Supervisor: Burton
Thesis title: The interstellar medium in M31 and other nearby Galaxies
Current position: Software Company, NL

Name: F. Eulderink
Graduation Date: 19-05-1993
Supervisor: de Zeeuw / Icke
Thesis title: Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics
Current position: Shell Management, NL

Name: R. Stark
Graduation Date: 17-02-1993
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Physical properties of interstellar clouds
Current position: Staff member NWO council for Physical Sciences, 's Gravenhage, NL

Name: H.J.A. Röttgering
Graduation Date: 27-01-1993
Supervisor: Miley
Thesis title: Ultra-steep spectrum radio sources: tracers of distant galaxies
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Name: J.A.D.L. Blommaert
Graduation Date: 16-12-1992
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Miras and OH/IR stars as probes of the Galaxy
Current position: Staff member, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, NL

Name: M.P. van Haarlem
Graduation Date: 10-12-1992
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Velocity fields and substructure in the outer regions of rich clusters of galaxies
Current position: Director LOFAR Foundation and ASTRON staff member, NL

Name: P.M.M. Jenniskens
Graduation Date: 01-12-1992
Supervisor: Habing/Greenberg/Co: de Groot
Thesis title: Organic matter in interstellar extinction
Current position: SETI institute, California, USA

Name: H.J. van Langevelde
Graduation Date: 26-02-1992
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Radio astronomy studies of OH/IR stars in the Galaxy
Current position: Director, JIVE, Dwingeloo/Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: C.X. Mendoza Gomez
Graduation Date: 16-01-1992
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: de Groot
Thesis title: Complex Irradiation Products in the Interstellar Medium
Current position: Household manager

Name: M.A.M. van de Weygaert
Graduation Date: 25-09-1991
Supervisor: de Zeeuw/Jones/Co: Icke
Thesis title: Voids and the geometry of large scale structure
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: M. Wieringa
Graduation Date: 26-06-1991
Supervisor: Miley/Co: Katgert/de Bruyn
Thesis title: 327 MHz studies of the high redshift Universe and the galactic foreground
Current position: Australia Telescope National Facility, Australia

Name: J.R.A. (Onvlee-)Hooimeyer
Graduation Date: 23-05-1991
Supervisor: Miley
Thesis title: Quasar structure and the effects of orientation
Current position: Director of Climate Research, KNMI, De Bilt, NL

Name: F.P. Pijpers
Graduation Date: 07-03-1991
Supervisor: Habing/Hearn
Thesis title: The dynamics of the winds of cool giants and supergiants
Current position: Research Lecturer, Imperial College London, UK

Name: R. Breukers
Graduation Date: 27-02-1991
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Baas
Thesis title: Thermal and chemical processes in the evolution of interstellar dust and gas
Current position: Industrial Research, NL

Name: J.I. Hage
Graduation Date: 23-01-1991
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: van de Hulst
Thesis title: The optics of porous particles and the nature of comets
Current position: Shell Research, NL

Name: N.S. Zhao
Graduation Date: 19-09-1990
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Baas
Thesis title: Photochemistry of interstellar and cometary ices
Current position: Staff, Planetarium, Beijing, China

Name: J.J. Claas
Graduation Date: 25-01-1990
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: X-ray observations of supernova remnants
Current position: Dutch Space Systems, Leiden, NL

Name: P. te Lintel Hekkert
Graduation Date: 17-01-1990
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: The evolution of OH/IR stars and their dynamic properties
Current position: Cambridge Technology Partners

Name: H.S.F. van Wimersma Greidanus
Graduation Date: 05-10-1989
Supervisor: van der Laan / Greidanus co: Strom
Thesis title: Supernova remnants: kinematics and infrared emission
Current position: TNO, NL

Name: G. Rhee
Graduation Date: 05-10-1989
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: The structure of rich clusters of galaxies
Current position: Assistant Professor University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Name: G. Stirpe
Graduation Date: 04-10-1989
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: de Bruyn
Thesis title: Broad emission line profiles in active galactic nuclei
Current position: Tenured staff, Osservatorio Astronomico, Bologna, Italy

Name: R.C. Vermeulen
Graduation Date: 20-09-1989
Supervisor: Miley co: Schillizzi
Thesis title: Multi-wavelength studies of SS433
Current position: Director LOFAR Observatory and ASTRON staff member, NL

Name: F.A. Jansen
Graduation Date: 01-12-1988
Supervisor: Bleeker / van de Hulst
Thesis title: X-ray photometric morphology of the Cas A and the Puppis A supernova remnants
Current position: XMM-Newton project scientist, ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL

Name: D.G. Simons
Graduation Date: 12-10-1988
Supervisor: Bleeker / Huiskamp/Co: de Korte
Thesis title: An imaging gas scintillation spectrometer for X-ray astronomy
Current position: TNO, NL

Name: R.J.A. Grim
Graduation Date: 19-10-1988
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Baas
Thesis title: Photochemical and thermal evolution of interstellar and cometary ices
Current position: Dutch Space, Leiden, NL

Name: P.B.W. Schwering
Graduation Date: 19-10-1988
Supervisor: Habing/Co: Israel
Thesis title: An infrared study of the Magellanic clouds
Current position: TNO, NL

Name: W. van der Veen
Graduation Date: 05-10-1988
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Infrared studies of late stages of stellar evolution
Current position: Research staff, Columbia University, New York, USA

Name: E.R. Deul
Graduation Date: 05-10-1988
Supervisor: Burton
Thesis title: Interstellar dust and gas in the Milky Way and M33
Current position: Scientific Computing Staff, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: E.J. de Geus
Graduation Date: 22-09-1988
Supervisor: Burton/Co: Blaauw
Thesis title: Stars and interstellar matter in Scorpio-Centaurus
Current position: Owner and CEO at Dynamic System Intelligence, NL

Name: M.H. Franx
Graduation Date: 22-09-1988
Supervisor: van de Hulst / Illingworth co: de Zeeuw
Thesis title: Structure and kinematics of elliptical galaxies
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: W.A. Schutte
Graduation Date: 17-02-1988
Supervisor: Greenberg / Habing
Thesis title: The evolution of interstellar organic grains
Current position:

Name: M.J.A. Oort
Graduation Date: 16-09-1987
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Radio galaxies at very low flux levels
Current position: Dutch Space, Leiden, NL

Name: G.J. de Waard
Graduation Date: 02-12-1986
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Thermal-nonthermal relationships in active galactic nuclei
Current position: Industry, NL

Name: W.J. Jägers
Graduation Date: 02-12-1986
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Miley
Thesis title: The polarisation of radio galaxies, its structure at low frequencies
Current position: CMG

Name: G.P. van der Zwet
Graduation Date: 19-11-1986
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Allamandola / de Groot
Thesis title: A spectroscopic study of absorption and emission features of interstellar dust components
Current position: Shell Research, NL

Name: J. Brand
Graduation Date: 13-11-1986
Supervisor: Habing / Blitz
Thesis title: The velocity field of the outer galaxy
Current position: Staff, Instituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy

Name: R.A.M. Walterbos
Graduation Date: 03-09-1986
Supervisor: Burton / Kennicutt
Thesis title: Stars, gas and dust in the Andromeda galaxy
Current position: Chair Astron. Dept. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

Name: C.P. de Vries
Graduation Date: 14-05-1986
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Optical and infrared observations of high latitude dust clouds
Current position: Tenured staff, SRON, NL

Name: L.J. van IJzendoorn
Graduation Date: 25-09-1985
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Allamandola
Thesis title: A spectroscopic study of reaction processes and molecules in ices of astrophysical interest
Current position: Philips Research, Eindhoven, NL

Name: G. Chlewicki
Graduation Date: 25-09-1985
Supervisor: Greenberg
Thesis title: Observational constraints on multimodel interstellar grain populations
Current position: Space Research, Turin, Italy

Name: W.A. Mulder
Graduation Date: 06-06-1985
Supervisor: van de Hulst/Co: van Leer
Thesis title: Dynamics of gas in a rotating galaxy
Current position: Shell Research BV, Rijswijk, NL/Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Geoscience, Technical University Delft, NL

Name: A. Bos
Graduation Date: 11-06-1985
Supervisor: van Schooneveld
Thesis title: On instrumental effects in spectral line synthesis observations
Current position: Tenured staff, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL

Name: R. Braun
Graduation Date: 26-09-1985
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Strom
Thesis title: The interaction of supernovae with the interstellar medium
Current position: Tenured Staff, ASTRON, Dwingeloo NL

Name: J.B.G.M. Bloemen
Graduation Date: 19-06-1985
Supervisor: Burton/Co: Hermsen
Thesis title: Gamma rays from the interstellar medium
Current position: Tenured staff, SRON, Utrecht, NL

Name: L.B.F.C. le Sergeant d'Hendecourt
Graduation Date: 13-12-1984
Supervisor: Greenberg
Thesis title: Role of grains in interstellar molecule formation
Current position: Directeur de Recherche, Inst. Astrophysique Spatiale, Paris, France

Name: E. van Groningen
Graduation Date: 29-11-1984
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: de Bruyn
Thesis title: Broad-line regions in Seyfert 1 galaxies
Current position: Director of the International Programme in the Physical Science, Uppsala University, Sweden

Name: P.D. Barthel
Graduation Date: 13-09-1984
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Miley
Thesis title: Radio structure in quasars
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: P.T. de Zeeuw
Graduation Date: 19-06-1984
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Dynamics of triaxial stellar systems
Current position: Director General, ESO, Garching, Germany; Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Name: E.F. van Dishoeck
Graduation Date: 19-06-1984
Supervisor: Habing/Dalgarno
Thesis title: Photodissociation and excitation of interstellar molecules
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Name: R.A. Windhorst
Graduation Date: 06-06-1984
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Faint radio galaxy populations
Current position: Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Name: E. Brinks
Graduation Date: 17-051984
Supervisor: van der Laan / Shane
Thesis title: A high-resolution hydrogen-line survey of Messier 31
Current position: University of Hertfordshire, UK

Name: W. Bijleveld
Graduation Date: 09-05-1984
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Valentijn
Thesis title: Groups and clusters of galaxies: radio and X-ray studies
Current position: Director Maritime Museum, Amsterdam, NL

Name: N. Brosch
Graduation Date: 28-091983
Supervisor: Greenberg
Thesis title: Galaxies in low density regions of the Universe
Current position: Director Wise Observatory, Israel

Name: F. Klinkhamer
Graduation Date: 21-09-1983
Supervisor: Berends/van der Laan
Thesis title: Physics of the early universe
Current position: Professor of Theor. Phys., Techn. Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany

Name: J. Herman
Graduation Date: 08-09-1983
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: The nature of OH/IR stars
Current position: Patent Office, Germany

Name: F. van Leeuwen
Graduation Date: 26-05-1983
Supervisor: Blaauw
Thesis title: The Pleiades--an astrometric and photometric study of an open cluster
Current position: Permanent staff, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

Name: E.J.A. Meurs
Graduation Date: 14-06-1982
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: The Seyfert galaxy population
Current position: Professor, Dublin Inst. For Advanced Studies, Dunsink Observatory, Ireland

Name: A.G.G.M. Tielens
Graduation Date: 17-03-1982
Supervisor: Habing/Co: Allamandola
Thesis title: Physics and chemistry of interstellar dust
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: W. Hagen
Graduation Date: 10-02-1982
Supervisor: Greenberg/Co: Allamandola
Thesis title: Chemistry and spectroscopy of interstellar grains
Current position: Shell Research, NL

Name: J.G.A. Wouterloot
Graduation Date: 17-09-1981
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: The large-scale structure of molecular clouds
Current position: Support astronomer, JCMT, Hawaii, USA

Name: L.W.J.G. Swaans
Graduation Date: 15-06-1981
Supervisor: Shane / Greenberg
Thesis title: Implementation of electronographic pictorial photometry
Current position: Self employed, NL

Name: N. Roos
Graduation Date: 02-06-1981
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Galaxy Mergers
Current position: Medical Doctor, General Practitioner, Katwijk, NL

Name: I. de Pater
Graduation Date: 01-10-1980
Supervisor: van der Laan / Dickel
Thesis title: Observations and models of the decimetric radio emission from Jupiter
Current position: Professor, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Name: W.J.M. van Breugel
Graduation Date: 01-10-1980
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Miley
Thesis title: Structure in radio galaxies
Current position: Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Name: R.B. Isaacman
Graduation Date: 09-09-1980
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: A radio search for planetary nebulae
Current position: Software Company, USA

Name: W. Hermsen
Graduation Date: 18-06-1980
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Gamma-ray sources
Current position: Tenured staff, SRON, Utrecht

Name: J. Davelaar
Graduation Date: 26-06-1979
Supervisor: van de Hulst/Co: Bleeker
Thesis title: Structure in galactic soft X-ray features
Current position:

Name: E.A. Valentijn
Graduation Date: 20-12-1978
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Radio investigations of clusters of galaxies
Current position: Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: J. Degeweij
Graduation Date: 01-12-1978
Supervisor: Gehrels/van de Hulst
Thesis title: Photometry of faint asteroids and satellites
Current position: Physics Teacher, NL

Name: G.D. van Albada
Graduation Date: 04-10-1978
Supervisor: vd Laan/Co: Shane
Thesis title: The peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 4258
Current position: Instituut voor informatica, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL

Name: H.R. de Ruiter
Graduation Date: 24-05-1978
Supervisor: van der Laan/Co: Katgert
Thesis title: Fain extra-galactic radio sources and their optical identifications
Current position: Associate Astronomer, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy

Name: B. Baud
Graduation Date: 12-04-1978
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: OH/IR stars in the galaxy
Current position: CEO, Mapper Lithography BV, Delft, NL

Name: P. Katgert
Graduation Date: 25-05-1977
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Populations of weak radio sources
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL, retired

Name: J. Lub
Graduation Date: 27-04-1977
Supervisor: van Albada
Thesis title: The RR lyrae population of the solar neighbourhood
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: P.J. Bedijn
Graduation Date: 26-01-1977
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Studies of dust shells around stars
Current position:

Name: F.M. Olnon
Graduation Date: 26-01-1977
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Shells around stars
Current position: ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL

Name: F.P. Israël
Graduation Date: 29-09-1976
Supervisor: Habing
Thesis title: Radio investigations of galactic and extragalactic HII regions
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Universiteit Leiden, NL

Name: A. Segalovitz
Graduation Date: 22-09-1976
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Investigations of normal spirals: M51 and M81
Current position:

Name: E. Zwijnenberg
Graduation Date: 17-06-1976
Supervisor: van de Hulst co. Bleeker
Thesis title: Observations of brightness profiles of the soft X-ray background in Gemini, Orion and Eridanus
Current position:

Name: J.W. Pel
Graduation Date: 14-04-1976
Supervisor: van Albada
Thesis title: A photometric study of cepeheids in the Southern milky way
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Institute, Rijkuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: A.G. de Bruyn
Graduation Date: 24-03-1976
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: Radio investigations of active spiral and Seyfert galaxies
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen/ASTRON, NL

Name: E. Dekker
Graduation Date: 16-04-1975
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Spiral structure and the dynamics of flat stellar system
Current position: Retired

Name: W. Wamsteker
Graduation Date: 05-02-1975
Supervisor: Van de Hulst
Thesis title: A spectrophotometric study of the major planets and their large satellites
Current position: Director, ESA-Vilspa (deceased)

Name: P.A.J. de Korte
Graduation Date: 29-01-1975
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Spatial and spectral anomalities in the soft X-ray background
Current position: SRON, NL

Name: R.M. Duin
Graduation Date: 04-09-1974
Supervisor: van der Laan
Thesis title: High resolution radio investigations of four super-novae remnants
Current position: Retired, NL

Name: W.J. Jaffe
Graduation Date: 18-06-1974
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Radio galaxies and the intergalactic material in clusters
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL

Name: A.J.M. Deerenberg
Graduation Date: 29-06-1973
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Rocket-borne soft X-ray observation of SCO X-1
Current position: SRON (deceased))

Name: A.N.M. Hulsbosch
Graduation Date: 10-01-1973
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Studies on high-velocity clouds
Current position: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, NL (retired)

Name: T.A.Th. Spoelstra
Graduation Date: 20-12-1972
Supervisor: Oort/Co: vd Laan
Thesis title: Linear polarization in the galactic source at 1415 MHz
Current position: ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL

Name: T. de Jong
Graduation Date: 22-09-1972
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Studies of interstellar molecules and grains
Current position: SRON/Sterrenkundig Instituut Anton Pannekoek, Amsterdam, NL (retired)

Name: V. Icke
Graduation Date: 13-06-1972
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Formation of galaxies inside clusters
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL (retired)

Name: J. Tinbergen
Graduation Date: 10-05-1972
Supervisor: Walraven
Thesis title: Precision spectropolarimetry of starlight
Current position: Professor, ASTRON Dwingeloo(deceased)

Name: P.C. van der Kruit
Graduation Date: 06-10-1971
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Evidence for past activity in the galactic nucleus
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL (retired)

Name: W.N. Brouw
Graduation Date: 15-09-1971
Supervisor: Muller
Thesis title: Data processing for the Westerbork synthesis telescope
Current position: Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

Name: E.M. Berkhuijsen
Graduation Date: 07-07-1971
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: A Study of the galactic radiation and the degree of polarization at 820 MHz with special reference to the loops and spurs
Current position: Staff Member, MPIfRadioastronomie, Bonn, Germany (retired)

Name: W.W. Shane
Graduation Date: 16-06-1971
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Observations of neutral hydrogen in an interior region of the galaxy and the structure and kenematics of the Scutum spiral arm
Current position: Professor, Radboud Universeit Nijmegen (retired)

Name: B.N. Swanenburg
Graduation Date: 09-06-1971
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Observation of cosmic-ray electrons with OGO-5 satellite
Current position: Laboratory for Space Research Leiden (SRON) (retired)

Name: A. Scheepmaker
Graduation Date: 31-03-1971
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Primary cosmic-ray electron spectrum between 5 and 300 GeV
Current position:

Name: J.A.M. Bleeker
Graduation Date: 06-01-1971
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: The diffuse X-ray sky
Current position: Director, SRON/Professor, University of Utrecht (retired)

Name: J.J. Burger
Graduation Date: 06-01-1971
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Solar modulation of galactic cosmic-ray electrons
Current position: ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL (deceased)

Name: W.B. Burton
Graduation Date: 25-11-1970
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: The Sagittarius spiral arm and the distribution of hydrogen between 0o and 90o longitude
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (retired)

Name: J.K. Merkelijn
Graduation Date: 18-11-1970
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: A determination of the luminosity function of radiogalaxies at 400 and 2700 MHz
Current position: Leiden Observatory and University Library, Leiden University, NL (retired)

Name: J.W. Hovenier
Graduation Date: 23-09-1970
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Polarized light in planetary atmospheres
Current position: Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (retired)

Name: B. van Leer
Graduation Date: 23-09-1970
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: A choice of different schemes for ideal compressible flow
Current position: Professor of Mathematics, Ann Arbor, USA

Name: A.M. van Genderen
Graduation Date: 27-11-1969
Supervisor: Oosterhoff
Thesis title: Two-colour photometry of population I cepheids in the small magellanic cloud and a comparative study using similar observations in other stellar systems
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (retired)

Name: G.R. Smit
Graduation Date: 24-09-1969
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: The oscillatory motion of the magnetosphere and the earth's bow shock
Current position:

Name: S.L.T.J. van Agt
Graduation Date: 07-02-1968
Supervisor: Oosterhoff
Thesis title: A discussion of the Ursa Minor dwarf galaxy based on plates obtained by Walter Baade
Current position: Left astronomy

Name: M.M. Davis
Graduation Date: 22-11-1967
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: A 1417Hz search for radio sources having a flux excess at short wavelengths
Current position: NRAO, Virginia, USA

Name: L.L.E. Braes
Graduation Date: 07-07-1967
Supervisor: Blaauw/Co: Plant
Thesis title: An astrometric and photometric study of the Scorpius OB1 association
Current position: Assistent Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (retired)

Name: E. Raimond
Graduation Date: 16-12-1964
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Hydrogen connected with stellar associations in Monoceros
Current position: ASTRON, Dwingeloo, NL (retired)

Name: G.W. Rougoor
Graduation Date: 30-09-1964
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: The neutral hydrogen in the central region of the galactic system
Current position: (deceased)

Name: R. Steinitz
Graduation Date: 29-04-1964
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Studies on magnetic stars
Current position:

Name: A. Ollongren
Graduation Date: 05-07-1962
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Three-dimensional galactic stellar orbits
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, (retired)

Name: K.K. Kwee
Graduation Date: 13-04-1962
Supervisor: Oosterhoff
Thesis title: Photographic magnitudes of 901 variable stars in a region near the galactic centre, derived from Franklin-Adams plates
Current position: Assistant Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (retired)

Name: C.J. van Houten
Graduation Date: 14-06-1961
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Surface photometry of extragalactic nebulae
Current position: Associate Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (deceased)

Name: A.D. Fokker
Graduation Date: 22-06-1960
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: Studies of enhanced solar radio emission at frequencies near 200 MHz
Current position: Professor, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, NL (retired)

Name: G. Westerhout
Graduation Date: 08-07-1958
Supervisor: van de Hulst
Thesis title: A survey of the continuous radiation from the galactic system at a frequency 1390 Mc/s
Current position: Director, US Naval Observatory, Washington, DC, USA (retired)

Name: L. Woltjer
Graduation Date: 06-11-1957
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: The Crab nebula
Current position: Director-General ESO, Garching, Germany (retired)

Name: H.G. van Bueren
Graduation Date: 16-07-1956
Supervisor: Casimir
Thesis title: Influence of lattice defects on the electrical properties of cold-work metals
Current position: Professor, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL (retired)

Name: M. Schmidt
Graduation Date: 21-03-1956
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: A model of the distribution of mass in the galactic system
Current position: Professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA (retired)

Name: H.A. Pels-Kluyver
Graduation Date: 22-06-1954
Supervisor: Van de Hulst
Thesis title: Line intensities in the spectrum of RR lyrae
Current position: (deceased)

Name: A.B. Muller
Graduation Date: 22-04-1953
Supervisor: Oosterhoff
Thesis title: A photoelectic study of XZ Cygni
Current position: ESO (retired)

Name: J. de Kort
Graduation Date: 25-05-1949
Supervisor: Oosterhoff
Thesis title: Photographic magnitudes of stars brighter than 7m75 between +75o and 80o declination
Current position: Lector, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (deceased)

Name: A.J.J. van Woerkom
Graduation Date: 29-09-1948
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: On the origin of comets
Current position: USA (deceased)

Name: D. ter Haar
Graduation Date: 22-09-1948
Supervisor: Kramers
Thesis title: Studies on the origin of the solar system
Current position: Lector, Theor. Phys., Oxford (deceased)

Name: L. Binnendijk
Graduation Date: 08-01-1947
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: A study of stars in the Pleiades region, based on photographic magnitudes, colour- aequivalents spectral types and proper motions
Current position: Professor, Canada (deceased)

Name: G. Ferwerda
Graduation Date: 03-10-1941
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Veranderlijke sterren in de omgeving van Sagittarii
Current position: /td>

Name: L. Plaut
Graduation Date: 02-05-1939
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Photographische photometrie der veranderlijke sterren CV Carinae en WW Draconis
Current position: Lector, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL (deceased)

Name: A.J. Wesselink
Graduation Date: 13-05-1938
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Photographische photometrie met toepassing op de veranderlijke ster
Current position: Yale, USA (deceased)

Name: W.Ch. Martin
Graduation Date: 11-05-1937
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Photographische photometrie van veranderlijke sterren in Centauri
Current position: (deceased)

Name: A. de Sitter
Graduation Date: 29-06-1936
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Fotovisueele fotometrie van sterren tot 8m0 benoorden + 80° declinatie
Current position: (deceased)

Name: G. van Herk
Graduation Date: 01-05-1936
Supervisor: Oort
Thesis title: Enige uitkomsten van de waarnemingen in de jaren 1931-1933 te Equador
Current position: Associate Professor Leiden Observatory, Leiden, NL (deceased)

Name: G.P. Kuiper
Graduation Date: 30-06-1933
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Statistische onderzoekingen van dubbelsterren
Current position: Director Lunar Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona, USA (deceased)

Name: P.Th. Oosterhoff
Graduation Date: 06-04-1933
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Effective golflengten en photographische magnituden van sterren in h en Persei
Current position: Professor, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL (deceased)

Name: H. van Gent
Graduation Date: 08-04-1932
Supervisor: Hertzsprung
Thesis title: Veranderlijke sterren op een veld van 10° bij 10° in of nabij het sterrenbeeld Corona Australis
Current position: Staff Astronomer, placed in South Africa for Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (deceased)

Name: D. Brouwer
Graduation Date: 12-04-1927
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Discussie van de waarnemingen van Satellieten I, II en III van Jupiter, gedaan te Johannesburg door Dr. R.T.A. Innes in de jaren 1908-1925
Current position: Professor, Yale, USA (deceased)

Name: C.H. Hins
Graduation Date: 15-12-1925
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Inleiding tot een catalogus van plaatsen en eigenbewegingen van 1533 Roode sterren
Current position: Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (deceased)

Name: W.H. v.d. Bos
Graduation Date: 07-07-1925
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Micrometingen van dubbelsterren
Current position: Johannesburg, South Africa (deceased)

Name: P. Kremer
Graduation Date: 13-07-1923
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Discussie van Micrometerwaarnemingen van de satellieten van Jupiter, gedaan te Washington in de jaren 1903-1906
Current position: (deceased)

1910 − 1920
Name: A.J. Leckie
Graduation Date: 17-01-1919
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Analytical and numerical theory of the motions of the orbital planes of Jupiters satellites
Current position: (deceased)

Name: J. Woltjer Jr
Graduation Date: 12-07-1918
Supervisor: de Sitter
Thesis title: Investigations in the theory of Hyperion
Current position: Lector, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University (deceased)

Name: C. de Jong
Graduation Date: 05-07-1917
Supervisor: vd Sande Bakhuijzen
Thesis title: Onderzoekingen omtrent de Praecessiekonstante en de stelselmatige eigenbewegingen der sterren
Current position: (deceased)

> 1910
Name: A. Pannekoek
Graduation Date: 11-07-1902
Supervisor: vd Sande Bakhuijzen
Thesis title: Lichtwechsel Algols
Current position: Professor, University of Amsterdam (deceased)