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THE NETHERLANDS RESEARCH SCHOOL FOR ASTRONOMY
(Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie)
A collaboration between the Universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden and Nijmegen

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Dutch PhDs 2000 - the present

Amsterdam

Delft

Groningen

Leiden

Nijmegen

Utrecht

University of Amsterdam
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

G.D. Mulders

08 03 2013

Dominik

Radiative Transfer Models of Protoplanetary Disks: Theory vs. Observations

K. Leventis

28 02 2013

Wijers

The Many Phases of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

E.M. Ratti

15 02 2013

Hermsen, co: Jonker

Observations and dynamical studies of X-ray binaries in a low-accretion state

M. Kama

29 01 2013

Dominik

Young Intermediate-Mass Stars: from a HIFI spectral survey to the physics of the disk inner rim

Y. Cavecchi

10 01 2013

vd Klis, co: Watts, Levin

Accreting Neutron Stars: Strong Gravity and Type I X-ray Bursts

P.D. Meerburg

27 09 2011

Wijers, co: Schaar

Exploring the Early Universe Through the CMB Sky

C.R.M.X. D Angelo

03 03 2011

Spruit

Truncated accretion discs around stellar mass objects

M. Serylak

18 02 2011

van der Klis co: Stappers

Modulation properties of radio-emitting neutron stars

L.H.A. Scheers

20 01 2011

Wijers

Transient and Variable Radio Sources in the LOFAR Sky

N.D. Degenaar

08 12 2010

van der Klis, co: Wijnands

Exploring subluminous X-ray binaries

G. van der Plas

07 12 2010

Waters

Warm gas in proto-planetary disks

D.J. Groen

16 11 2010

Portegies Zwart, co: Sloot, van den Heuvel

High Performance N-body Simulation On Computational Grids

L.E. Muijres

12 11 2010

de Koter, Langer, co: Vink

The physics of line-driven winds of hot massive stars

J.N. Spreeuw

18 06 2010

Wijers

Search and detection of low frequency radio transients

P. Soleri

11 05 2010

van der Klis co: Fender

Accretion/ejection coupling in X-ray binaries

E.A. Rubio Herrera

04 05 2010

van der Klis co: Stappers

Galactic and extragalactic searches for pulsars and radio transients

V.M. Tudose

10 03 2010

van der Klis co: Fender

Jets at different scales

H.J. van Eerten

26 02 2010

Wijers

Gamma-ray burst afterglows from jet simulation to light curve

R. Moll

28 01 2010

Spruit

Magnetic acceleration and instabilities of astrophysical jets

R. Karuppusamy

13 11 2009

van der Klis co: Stappers

A Study on Giant Radio Pulsars

A. Verhoeff

10 11 2009

Waters, Tielens co: Pel

Dusty Disks around Young Stars

M. Linares Alegret

16 09 2009

van der Klis

Accretion states and thermonuclear bursts in neutron star X-ray binaries

A. Patruno

09 06 2009

van der Klis co: Wijnands

Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars: from accretion disk to magnetic poles

G.H. Janssen

25 03 2009

van der Klis co: Stappers

High precision radio pulsar timing

E. Gaburov

04 11 2008

Wijers / Sloot co: Portegies Zwart / Pols

Stellar collisions in young star clusters

D. Paszun

17 10 2008

Dominik

The collisional evolution of small dust aggregates

P. Curran

05 09 2008

Wijers

Multi-wavelength analyses of gamma-ray bursts: Features of swift GRBs and the blast wave model

P. den Hartog

21 05 2008

Hermsen co: Van der Klis

Non-thermal x-ray emission from anomalous x-ray pulsars

D. Altamirano

23 04 2008

Van der Klis

Different manifestations of accretion onto compact objects

H. Koers

21 09 2007

Gaemers / Wijers

The astrophysical Herald. Neutrinos as probes for particle physics and astronomy

J. Meijer

19 09 2007

Waters

Theoretical studies of the infrared emission properties of proto-planetary disks

K. Wiersema

13 09 2007

Wijers

Delving into the dragon’s den: the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts

A. van de Horst

07 09 2007

Wijers

Broadband view of blast wave physics. A study of gamma-ray burst afterglows

P. Weltevrede

16 03 2007

van der Klis/Stappers

The modulation and propagtion of the radio emission of pulsars

R. Schnerr

07 02 2007

Henrichs

Magnetic fields and mass loss

T. Kouwenhoven

19 09 2006

Kaper

The primordial binary population in the association Sco OB2

A. Gualandris

12 09 2006

v.d Heuvel/Kaper

Simulating self-gravitation systems on parallel computers

N.L.J. Cox

09 06 2006

Ehrenfreund/Kaper

Diffuse interstellar bands and interstellar carbon chemistry in the galaxy and beyond

M.R. Mokiem

27 04 2006

van den Heuvel co:de Koter

The physical properties of early-type massive stars

A. van der Meer

09 03 2006

van den Heuvel

X-ray and optical spectroscopy of high-mass X-ray binaries

E. Gallo

23 09 2005

van der Klis

Relativistic jets from stellar black holes

S. Migliari

21 09 2005

van der Klis

Disc-jet coupling in neutron star and black holes binaries

M. Min

12 05 2005

Hovenier/Waters

Optical properties of circumstellar and cometary grains

C. Dijkstra

23 11 2004

Waters

Silicates and water ice around evolved stars

R. van Boekel

21 10 2004

Waters co: Pel

High spatial resolution infrared studies of proto-planetary disks

M. Klein-Wolt

30 09 2004

Van der Klis

Black hole X-ray binaries

A. Bik

27 09 2004

Waters co: Kaper

The stellar content of high-mass star-forming regions

S. van Straaten

22 04 2004

Van der Klis

Timing similarities among accreting neutron stars

J. Braithwaite

08 04 2004

Spruit

Stable and unstable magnetic fields in stars

E. Rol

29 01 2004

Van den Heuvel co: Kaper

The physics of gamma-ray burst afterglows

A. Lenorzer

14 01 2004

Waters co: de Koter co: Kaper

Near-infrared spectroscopic analysis of hot massive stars

J. Dewi

28 03 2003

van den Heuvel

From Be/X-ray binaries to double neutron star systems

S. Hony

25 10 2002

Tielens / Waters

Infrared light on the composition of the dust surrounding carbon-rich stars

C. Neiner

23 10 2002

Acker / van den Heuvel

Pulsation, rotation, wind and magnetic field in early B- type stars

F. Kemper

04 09 2002

van den Heuvel / Tielens / Waters

Mass loss and dust formation around oxygen-rich evolved stars

P.M. Vreeswijk

12 06 2002

van den Heuvel / Kaper

Gamma-ray burst afterglows and the nature of their host galaxies

G. Drenkhahn

11 06 2002

Spruit

Magnetically powered gamma-ray bursts

J. Cami

10 06 2002

De Jong / Waters

Molecular gas and dust around evolved stars

M.G. Witte

12 12 2001

van den Heuvel

Tidal evolution of eccentric binaries

P.G. Jonker

19 10 2001

van der Klis

Probing low-mass X-ray binaries with X-ray timing

L. Voûte

09 10 2001

van den Heuvel

The many shapes of giant pulses

J. Bouwman

25 09 2001

Waters / Hovenier

The processing and evolution of dust in Herbig Ae/Be systems

B. Deufel

06 07 2001

Spruit

On the origin of the hard X-ray spectra from neutron stars and black holes

D.A. McDavid

29 05 2001

van den Heuvel co: Henrichs

Polarimetry of early emission line stars

G.A. Nelemans

28 03 2001

van den Heuvel / Verbunt

White dwarfs, black holes and neutron stars in close binaries

J. Homan

14 03 2001

van den Heuvel

X-ray timing studies of low-mass X-ray binaries

F.J. Molster

15 06 2000

Waters / de Jong

Crystalline silicates in circumstellar dust shells

J.A. de Jong

08 02 2000

van den Heuvel co: Henrichs

On the origin of cyclical variability in the winds of massive stars

P.A. Zaal

12 01 2000

van den Heuvel

Observations and analysis of early-type stars at infrared wavelengths

Free University in Amsterdam

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

H. Verbraak

10 06 2008

Stolte co: Linnartz

High resolution infrared spectroscopy of ionic complexes

C.J. Braak

23 04 2002

Hovenier co: De Haan

Studies of the Polarization of Light Scattered by Venus and Jupiter

R.B.A. Koelemeijer

21 06 2001

Hovenier co: Stammes

Measurements Obtained by Satellite Spectrometry

H. Volten

08 05 2001

Hovenier co: De Haan / Vassen

Light Scattering by Small Planetary Particles

E.J. Brinksma

03 05 2001

Hovenier / Hogervorst co: De Haan

Lidar Investigations of the Middle Atmosphere

D.M. Stam

19 09 2000

Hovenier

The Spectral Distributions of Polarized Light

University of Delft

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

R. Barends

17 06 2009

Klapwijk

Photon-detecting superconducting resonators

C.F.J. Lodewijk

02 02 2009

Klapwijk

Bandwidth coverage of niobium based superconducting tunnel devices

M. Hajenius

19 01 2007

Klapwijk / Gao

Terahertz heterodyne mixing with a hot electron bolometer and a quantum cascade laser

B.D Jackson

08 06 2005

Klapwijk / de Graauw

NbTiN-Based THz SIS Mixers for the Herschel Space Observatory

A. Baryshev

09 03 2005

Klapwijk co: Koshelets

Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor THz mixer Integrated with a Superconducting Flux-Flow Oscillator

N.N. Iosad

02 09 2002

Klapwijk

Metal nitrides for superconducting tunnel detectors

W.F.M. Ganzevles

14 05 2002

Klapwijk

A quasi-optical THz mixer: based on a Nb diffusion-cooled hot-electron bolometer

D. Wilms Floet

04 09 2001

Klapwijk

Hotspot mixing in THz niobium superconducting hot electon bolometer mixers

University of Groningen
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

J.D. Bregman

14 12 2012

Brouw, Butcher

System design and wide-field imaging aspects of synthesis arrays with phased array stations. To the next generation of SKA system designers

A. Giambattista

10 12 2012

Kamp, Spaans co: Meijerink

High energy irradiated protoplanetary disks : the X-rays and FUV role in thermo-chemical modeling

J.B. Mwebaze

30 11 2012

Valentijn

Extreme Data Lineage in Ad-hoc Astronomical Data Processing

A. Aykutalp

21 09 2012

Spaans

Enlightenment of the Universe: the Interplay Between Dark Energy. the First Stars, and Black Holes

M. den Brok

14 05 2012

Peletier, Valentijn

Dynamics and stellar populations of small stellar systems

T.J.L. de Boer

20 04 2012

Tolstoy co: Saha

The Star Formation & Chemical Evolution timescales of two nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxies

B. Hiemstra

10 02 2012

Méndez

A walk through the different spectral states of low-mass X-ray binaries

T.P.K. Martinsson

12 12 2011

Verheijen

The distribution of mass within spiral galaxies: unique solution

E. Starkenburg

01 12 2011

Tolstoy, Helmi co: Hill

Galactic archaeology in and around the Milky Way

S. Hocuk

21 11 2011

Spaans

The origin of stars: Tales from the unexpected in extreme environmentsA

G. van der Wolk

28 10 2011

Barthel, Peletier

Mid-infrared imaging of dust in galaxies

M.A. Latif

16 09 2011

Zaroubi, Spaans

Cosmological simulations of the first galaxies

H. Buddelmeijer

04 07 2011

Valentijn, Trager, Roerdink

Query driven visualization of large scale multi-dimensional astronomical catalogs

A. Monachesi

23 05 2011

Trager

The resolved stellar populations of M32

M.H.D. van der Wiel

16 05 2011

Spaans co: van der Tak

Molecular gas and dust influenced by massive protostars : spectral surveys in the far-infrared and submillimeter

N. Wehres

18 03 2011

Tielens, Linnartz

Optical spectroscopy of interstellar and circumstellar molecules

C. Llinares

24 01 2011

Sanders

On the linear and non-linear cosmological evolution of dust density perturbations with MOND

C. Struve

12 11 2010

van der Hulst, co: Morganti, Oosterloo

The Role of Neutral Hydrogen in the Evolution of Nearby Radio Galaxies

M. Arrigoni

29 10 2010

Trager, co: Somerville

Galactic chemical evolution in hierarchical formation models

J.P. Perez-Beaupuits

08 10 2010

Spaans

Chemical fingerprints of star forming regions and active galaxies

F.A. Gomez

27 09 2010

Helmi

Milky Way archaeology and the dynamical signatures of mergers

P. Lampropoulos

17 09 2010

Koopmans, co: Zaroubi, de Bruyn

The Lofar Epoch of Reionization Experiment Data Model

J. Sansa

21 05 2010

van der Hulst, co: Rai

Measuring and modeling the performance of high-speed data transport protocols

V. Jelic

07 05 2010

Zaroubi, Koopmans, de Bruyn

Cosmological 21cm experiments : searching for a needle in a haystack

S. Vegetti

26 03 2010

Koopmans

Quantifying mass substructure in early-type galaxies

R.F. Pizzo

19 02 2010

de Bruyn

Tomography of galaxy clusters through low-frequency radio polarimetry

E. Kutdemir

05 02 2010

Peletier co: Ziegler

The evolution of spiral galaxies in clusters

A. Popping

29 01 2010

van der Hulst co: Braun

Diffuse neutral hydrogen in the Local Universe

C. Boersma

11 12 2009

Tielens, Waters co: Allamandola

Infrared emission features: probing the interstellar PAH population and circumstellar environment of Herbig Ae, Be stars

E. Platen

13 11 2009

van de Weijgaert, Jones

A void perspective of the Cosmic Web

A. Berciano-Alba

09 11 2009

Koopmans, Garrett, de Bruyn

Strong gravitational lensing in the radio domain

A.F. Loenen

23 10 2009

Spaans, Baan

Star formation and the ISM : interactions in the Milky Way and other galaxies

A. Villalobos Coffre

25 05 2009

Helmi

Simulations of the formation of thick discs in galaxies

J.S. Heiner

06 04 2009

van der Kruit, Allen

Large-scale photodissociation regions in nearby spiral galaxies

M. Barnabe

27 03 2009

de Bruin, Koopmans

Combined gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics analysis of early type galaxies

R.M. Thomas

20 03 2009

Zaroubi co: Koopman

Cosmological Reionization Simulations for LOFAR

G. Sikkema

13 03 2009

Peletier, Valentijn

The Influence of the Environment on the Evolution of Galaxies

Y.S. Li

30 01 2009

Helmi

Local Group Galaxies in a Lambda CDM Universe

J.W. Kooi

22 12 2008

Wild / Klapwijk

Advanced receivers for submillimeter and far infrared astronomy

P. Kamphuis

07 11 2008

Peletier / Van der Kruit

The structure and kinematics of halos in disk galaxies

C.W. Ormel

10 10 2008

Tielens / Spaans

The early stages of planet formation: how to grow from small to large

P.A. Araya Melo

19 05 2008

Van de Weijgaert

Formation and evolution of galaxy clusters in cold dark matter cosmologies

P. Serra

11 04 2008

Trager co: Oosterloo / Morganti

Stars, neutral hydrogen and ionised gas in early-type galaxies

W.F. Frieswijk

28 03 2008

Spaans co: Shipman

Early stages of clustered star formation : massive dark clouds throughout the Galaxy

K. Ganda

14 12 2007

Peletier

Late-type Spiral Galaxies: Kinematics and stellar populations in their inner regions

M.A. Aragon Calvo

16 11 2007

v.d.Weijgaert / van der Hulst

Morphology and Dynamics of the Cosmic Web

D.R. Poelman

26 10 2007

Spaans

Emission characteristics of water in the universe

N.M.A Mohamed

07 09 2007

Sanders

The simulation of cooling flows in clusters of galaxies

G. Battaglia

07 09 2007

Tolstoy / Helmi

Chemistry and kinematics of stars in Local Group galaxies

M.A. Brentjens

29 06 2007

Bruyn

Radio polarimetry in 2.5D

F.F.T. Christen

27 04 2007

Kuijken / Valentijn

OmegaCAM and Gravitional Lensing

B. Letarte

30 03 2007

Tolstoy / Hill

Chemical analysis of the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy

R. Boomsma

26 01 2007

v.d.Hulst / Sancisi co: Oosterloo

The disk-halo connection in NGC 6946 and NGC 253

K. Kovac

19 01 2007

v.d.Hulst / Verheijen co: Oosterlo

Searching for the lowest mass galaxies: an HI perspective

W.E. Schaap

19 01 2007

v.d.Weijgaert / v.Albada

DTFE: The Delaunay Tessellation Field Estimator

B. Emonts

24 11 2006

v.d.Hulst co: Morganti

Nearby Radio Galaxies: the interplay of gas, star, formation and active nucleus

E. Noordermeer

10 03 2006

van der Hulst/ Sancisi/van Albada

The distribution of gas, stars, and dark matter in early-type disk galaxies

A. Labiano Ortega

24 02 2006

Barthel / O`Dea co: Vermeulen

Host galaxies and environments of compact extragalactic radio sources

J.T.A. de Jong

23 09 2005

Kuijken / Crotts / Sackett

Microlensing in Andromeda. A search for baryonic dark matter.

B.W. Holwerda

17 06 2005

van der Kruit / Allen

The opacity of spiral galaxy disks

K. Fathi

17 12 2004

van der Kruit co: Peletier

Morphology and dynamics in the Inner regions of spiral galaxies

L.K. Hunt

15 10 2004

van der Kruit

Building Galaxies: from low-metallicity compact dwarfs to active galactic nuclei

E. Romano-Diaz

08 10 2004

van der Weijgaert, Sanders

Probing cosmic velocity flows in the Local Universe

H.R. Klöckner

19 03 2004

van der Hulst co: Baan

Extragalactic Hydroxyl

S.M. Cazaux

06 01 2004

Tielens co: Spaans

Grain surface chemistry in astrophysical objects: from H2 to complex molecules

M. Kregel

17 11 2003

van der Kruit co: Freeman

Structure and kinematics of edge-on galaxy disks

H.W.W. Spoon

20 10 2003

Tielens

Mid-infrared spectroscopy of dusty galactic nuclei

J. Bernard Salas

30 09 2003

Tielens co: Wesselius

Physics and chemistry of gas in planetary nebulae

M.E. Filho

09 05 2003

Van der Hulst co: Barthel, Ho

Nuclear activity in nearby galaxies

A.C. González Garcia

28 03 2003

van Albada

Elliptical galaxies: merger simulations and the fundamental plane

M. Beijersbergen

06 01 2003

van der Hulst

The galaxy population in the Coma Cluster

E. Peeters

13 12 2002

van der Hulst

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dust in regions of massive star formation

N.L. Martin-Hernandez

13 12 2002

Tielens

The galactic metallicity gradient, infrared and radio studies of H II regions

R. Vermeij

16 09 2002

van der Hulst

The physical structure of Magellanic Cloud H II regions

I.M. van Bemmel

06 05 2002

Tielens / Barthel

Dust and gas in extra-galactic radio sources

J.V. Keane

08 02 2002

Tielens

Origin and evolution of ices around massive young stars

I. Garcia-Ruiz

26 11 2001

Kuijken / Sancisi

Warps in disk galaxies

D.Y.A. Setia Gunawan

05 06 2001

de Bruyn

Colliding winds in Wolf-Rayet binaries

R.A. Jansen

28 11 2000

Franx / Fabricant

The nearby field galaxy survey: a spectrophotometric study of 196 galaxies in the local field

M.A. Zwaan

16 10 2000

Briggs

Atomic hydrogen in the local universe

W.M. Lane

09 10 2000

Briggs

HI 21 cm absorbers at moderate redshifts

H. Hoekstra

22 09 2000

Franx / Kuijken

A weak lensing study of massive structures: looking at the dark side of the universe

J. Gerssen

14 07 2000

Kuijken / Merrifield

Stellar kinematics in disk galaxies

L.V.E. Koopmans

07 02 2000

de Bruyn

A study of radio-selected gravitational lenses

University of Leiden
Leiden Observatory

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

B. Nefs

27 03 2013

Snellen/Fridlund

The Hunt for Red Dwarf Binaries and Hot Planets in the WFCAM Transit Survey

K. Isokoski

26 03 2013

Linnartz

Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Ice

J.E. Bast

10 01 2013

v. Dishoeck, Tielens

Hot chemistry and physics in the planet-forming zones of disks

M. Velander

20 06 2012

Kuijken

Studying Dark Matter: Haloes with Weak Lensing

R. Martinez Galarza

19 06 2012

Brandl

Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Starbursts: from Spitzer-IRS to JWST-MIRI

E. van Uitert

29 05 2012

Kuijken

Weak Gravitational Lensing in the RCS2

F. van de Voort

28 03 2012

Schaye

The growth of galaxies and their gaseous haloes

A-M. Madigan

16 02 2012

Kuijken co: Levin, Hopman

Secular Stellar Dynamics near Massive Black Holes

M.B. van Hoven

15 02 2012

Kuijken co: Levin

Seismology of Magnetars

O. Rakic

07 02 2012

Schaye, Steidel, de Zeeuw

The Intergalactic Medium near high-redshift galaxies

E. Kuiper

24 01 2012

Rottgering, Miley

Growing up in the City: a Study of Galaxy Cluster Progenitors z>2

L. Vermaas

11 01 2012

Israel, vd Werf

Spectroscopy and nuclear dynamics of starburst galaxies

R.J. van Weeren

20 12 2011

Rottgering, Miley

Radio Emission From Merging Galaxy Clusters

K.J.E. Torstensson

06 12 2011

van Dishoeck, co: van Langevelde

Methanol masers and millimetre lines: a common origin in protostellar envelopes

T. Prod´homme

22 11 2011

Kuijken, co: Brown

From Electrons to Stars. Modelling and mitigation of radiation damage effects on astronomical CCDs

N. Amiri

26 10 2011

van Dishoeck, co: van Langevelde, Vlemmings

Developing Asymmetries in AGB Stars: Occurrence, Morphology and Polarization of Circumstellar Masers

C. Kruip

20 10 2011

Icke

Connecting the Dots Analysis, development and applications of the SimpleX algorithm

R. van Haasteren

11 10 2011

Portegies Zwart co: Levin

GravitationalWave detection & data analysis for Pulsar Timing Arrays

J.B.R. Oonk

06 10 2011

Jaffe

Cool Gas in Brightest Cluster Galaxies

E.J.W. de Mooij

28 09 2011

Kuijken, co: Snellen

Ground-Based Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres

I.M. Oliveira

07 06 2011

van Dishoeck co: Pontoppidan

Observational Constraints on The Evolution of Dust in Protoplanetary Disks

S. Ioppolo

09 12 2010

Linnartz, van Dishoeck, co: Cuppen

Surface formation routes of interstellar molecules

M.R. Haas

07 12 2010

Franx, co: Schaye

Nature ans Nurture in Galaxy Formation Simulations

D. Salter

25 11 2010

van Dishoeck, co: Hogerheijde

Millimeter emission from protoplanetary disks

J. Bouwman

12 10 2010

Linnartz, co: Allamandola

Spectoscopy and Chemistry of Interstellar ice Analoques

R.P.C. Wiersma

22 09 2010

de Zeeuw, co: Schaye

Simulating the Chemical Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium

M.C. Damen

22 06 2010

Franx Co: Van Dokkum

The build-up of Massive Galaxies

M.H. Soto

24 03 2010

Kuijken, co: Lub, Rich

3-Dimensional dynamics of the galactic bulge

P.M. Lopes Beirao

13 01 2010

Israel/Co: Brandl

Interstellar Medium Conditions in Starburst Galaxies

E.N.C. Taylor

15 12 2009

Franx, co: van Dokkum

Ten Billion Years of Massive Galaxies

N. de Vries

25 11 2009

Schilizzi, co: Snellen, Röttgering

The Evolution of Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nuclei

D. Raban

24 11 2009

Röttgering, co: Jaffe

Infrared Interferometric Observations of Dust in the Nuclei of Active Galaxies

E.R. Micelotta

12 11 2009

Israel, Tielens

PAH Processing in Space

O. Panic

27 10 2009

van Dishoeck, co: Hogerheijde

High angular resolution studies of protoplanetary discs

R. Visser

21 10 2009

van Dishoeck

Chemical Evolution from Cores to Disks

A.H. Pawlik

30 09 2009

Röttgering, co: Schaye

Simulating Cosmic Reionisation

K.I. Öberg

16 09 2009

van Dishoeck, Linnartz

Complex Processes in Simple Ices

A-M. Weijmans

09 09 2009

de Zeeuw

The Structure of Dark and Luminous Matter in Early-Type Galaxies

H.T. Intema

26 08 2009

Miley, co: Röttgering

A sharp view on the low-frequency radio sky

D. Lommen

23 04 2009

van Dishoeck, co: van Langevelde, Wright

The first steps of planet formation

S. Albrecht

17 12 2008

Quirrenbach co: Snellen

Stars and planets at high spatial and spectral resolution

L. van Starkenburg

04 12 2008

Franx co: Van der Werf

Dynamics of high redshift disk galaxies

C. Brinch

22 10 2008

Van Dishoeck co: Hogerheijde

The evolving velocity field around protostars

T. van Kempen

09 10 2008

Van Dishoeck co: Hogerheijde

Probing protostars: The physical structure of the gas and dust during low-mass star formation

R. van de Bosch

10 09 2008

De Zeeuw

Giant elliptical galaxies

D. Schnitzeler

15 05 2008

Miley / De Bruyn co: Katgert

Faraday tomography of the galactic ISM with the WSRT

C. Tasse

31 01 2008

Miley co: Röttgering

Host galaxies and environment of active galactic nuclei

L. Snijders

28 11 2007

Franx co: v.d.Werf

Extreme star formation in starbust galaxies

S.E. Bisschop

08 11 2007

van Dishoeck co: Linnartz

Complex Molecules in the Laboratory and Star Forming Regions

V.C. Geers

23 10 2007

van Dishoeck

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Disks around Young Solar-type Stars

S. Wuyts

27 09 2007

Franx co:van Dokkum

Red Galaxies at high Redshift

M. Kriek

26 09 2007

Franx / van Dokkum

The Many Phases of Massive Galaxies

S. Hekker

18 09 2007

Quirrenbach / Aerts co: Snellen

Radial velocity variations in red giant stars:Pulsations, Spots and Planets

F. Lahuis

09 05 2007

van Dishoeck

Molecular fingerprints of star formation throughout the Universe - a space-based infrared study -

J. Ritzerveld

14 02 2007

Icke

The Simplicity of Transport. Triangulating the First Light

R. Meijerink

08 11 2006

Israel co: Spaans

Models of the ISM in Galaxy Centers

B.J. Jonkheid

28 06 2006

van Dishoeck

Chemistry in evolving protoplanetary disks

S.J. Paardekoper

28 06 2006

Paardekoper: Icke co: Mellema

Growing and moving planets in disks

R.A. Overzier

30 05 2006

Miley co: Rottgering

Emergence of cosmic structures around distant radio galaxies and quasars

I.L. ten Kate

26 01 2006

Ehrenfreund/ van Loosdrecht

Organics on Mars. Laboratory studies of organic material under simulated martian conditions

E.J. Rijkhorst

06 12 2005

Icke co: Mellema

Numerical Nebulae

G.M. van de Ven

01 12 2005

de Zeeuw

Dynamical structure and evolution of stellar systems

A. van der Wel

29 09 2005

Franx / van Dokkum

Setting the scale: photometric and dynamical properties of high-redshift early-type galaxies

F.A. van Broekhuizen

29 06 2005

van Dishoeck / Schlemmer co: Fraser

A laboratory route to interstellar ice

B.P. Venemans

27 04 2005

Miley Co: Röttgering

Protoclusters associated with distant radio galaxies

F.I. Pelupessy

16 03 2005

Icke co: van der Werf

Numerical studies of the interstellar medium on galactic scales

M.A. Reuland

24 02 2005

Miley Co: van Breugel, Röttgering

Gas, dust, and star formation in distant radio galaxies

P.B. Lacerda

17 02 2005

Habing

The shapes and spins of Kuiper Belt objects

D. van Delft

10 02 2005

Visser / van Lunteren

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, een biografie

K.C. Steenbrugge

02 02 2005

Schilizzi Co: Kaastra

High-resolution X-Ray spectral diagnostics of Active Galactic Nuclei

R. Ruiterkamp

28 10 2004

Ehrenfreund

Aromatic Molecules in Space: Laboratory Studies and Applications to Astrochemistry

J.K. Jørgensen

14 10 2004

van Dishoeck

Tracing the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Low-Mass Protostars

K.M. Pontoppidan

14 10 2004

van Dishoeck

Fire and Ice

I Labbé

13 10 2004

Franx co: van Dokkum

Deep Infrared Studies of Massive High Redshift Galaxies

D. Krajnovic

12 10 2004

de Zeeuw

On the nature of early-type galaxies

K. Kraiberg Knudsen

06 10 2004

Franx co: van der Werf

Deep Submillimeter Observations of Faint Dusty Galaxies

M. Messineo

30 06 2004

Habing

Late Type Giants in the Inner Galaxy

J.D. Kurk

22 05 2003

Miley co: Rottgering

The cluster environment and gaseous halos of distant radio galaxies

E.K. Verolme

21 05 2003

de Zeeuw

Dynamical models of axi-symmetric and tri-axial stellar systems

A.M.S. Gloudemans-Boonman

05 03 2003

van Dishoeck co: Doty

Spectroscopy of gases around massive young stars

G.M. Muñoz Caro

05 02 2003

van Dishoeck co: Schutte

From photoprocessing of interstellar ice to amino acids and other organics

M. Haverkorn

19 12 2002

Miley / de Bruyn co: Katgert

WSRT Polarimetric Imaging of the warm ISM

W. Vlemmings

14 11 2002

Habing

Circumstellar maser properties through VLBI observations

G-J. van Zadelhoff

15 05 2002

van Dishoeck

Shaping disks

V. de Heij

01 05 2002

Burton / co: Braun

Compact high-velocity clouds

T. Thomas

06 03 2002

de Zeeuw / co: Katgert

The influence of cluster environment on galaxies

G.A. Verdoes Kleijn

06 03 2002

de Zeeuw

The centers of nearby radio-loud galaxies

W-F. Thi

13 02 2002

van Dishoeck

Gas and dust around young low-mass stars: from envelopes to disks

Y. Simis

10 10 2001

Icke

Mass loss modulation in dust forming stellar winds

M.R. Cioni

20 09 2001

Habing / co: Loup

AGB stars and other red giants in the Magellanic Clouds

C. de Breuck

08 11 2000

Miley/ Röttgering / Van Breugel

Very distant radio Galaxies: search techniques and emission line properties

P.M. Veen

27 09 2000

Habing

Intriguing variability of WR 46 and of "dusty" Wolf-Rayet stars

F.F.S. van der Tak

20 09 2000

van Dishoeck / Evans

The embedded phase of massive star formation

A. Helmi

28 06 2000

de Zeeuw / White

The formation of the Galaxtic halo

R. Hoogerwerf

25 05 2000

de Zeeuw / Perryman co: Blaauw

Hipparcos and the nearby OB associations: Space astrometry and high-mass star formation

J.H.J. de Bruijne

25 05 2000

de Zeeuw / Perryman co: Blaauw

Astrometry from space

University of Nijmegen

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

S. Thoudam

12 06 2012

Falcke co: Hörandel

Propagation of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy and their measurements at very high energies with LORA

A. Obermeier

23 02 2011

de Jong, Müller co: Hörandel

A direct measurement of cosmic rays to very high energies

R.A. Hijmering

21 12 2009

Groot co: Verhoeve, Martin

Distributed read-out imaging device array for astronomical observations in UV/VIS

H. Hu

06 10 2009

Aerts co: Nelemans

Backtracking the evolution of subdwarf B stars with asteroseismology

S.J. Buitink

01 10 2009

Falcke, Kuijpers

Radio emission from cosmic particle cascades

S.J. Lafebre

19 12 2008

Falcke / Kuijpers

From cosmic particle to radio pulse

A. Nigl

22 01 2008

Kuijpers / Falcke

Fast Radio Flashes Observed with LOFAR Prototypes

E. van den Besselaar

27 11 2007

Groot

Red dwarf white dwarf binaries in our Galaxy

G. Roelofs

16 04 2007

Groot

The AM Canum Venaticorum Stars

J.M Smits

24 10 2006

Kuijpers co:Stappers

Properties and Geometry of Radio Pulsar Emission

J.B Moortgat

08 05 2006

Kuijpers

General Relativistic Plasma Dynamics

University of Utrecht

Name Date Promotor Thesis Title

R.G. Detmers

01 12 2011

Verbunt

Outflow and feedback in active galactic nuclei: high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy and variability

S. Chita

06 10 2011

Langer , Achterberg

Models for circumstellar nebulae around red and blue supergiants

A.L. Chies Santos Santiago

30 09 2011

Keller co: Larsen

Globular clusters as Probes of the Evolutionary Histories of E/SO Galaxies

H. Cánovas Cabrera

23 09 2011

Keller

High contrast imaging polarimetry of circumstellar environments

E. Silva Villa

02 09 2011

Keller co: Larsen

Tracing galaxy evolution through resolved stellar populations and stars clusters

M. Rodenhuis

16 06 2011

Keller

EXPO A sensitive Imaging Polarimeter for Observations of Scattered Light from Circumstellar Environments

J.M.D. Kruijssen

06 06 2011

Lamers, Portegies Zwart, Icke

Formation and evolution of star clusters and their host galaxies

C.E. Fischer

09 03 2011

Keller

Transient events in the solar photosphere at high spatial and temporal resolution

I. Brott

28 02 2011

Langer, de Koter

Modeling populations of rotationally mixed massive stars

N. Vitas

13 01 2011

Keller, Rutten

Observational signatures of the simulated solar photospere

B. van Veelen

19 11 2010

Langer

Supernovae Interacting with their Circumstellar Medium

E.A. Helder

28 09 2010

Verbunt co: Vink

Cosmic-ray acceleration in supernova remnants

K.M. Schure

21 06 2010

Achterberg co: Vink

Supernova remnants as particle accelerators and probes of the circumstellar medium

S.E. de Mink

12 04 2010

Langer co: Pols

Stellar evolution at low metallicity under the influence of binary interaction and rotation

M. Cantiello

06 11 2009

Langer

Observational consequences of Unstable Stellar Interiors

M.R. Duvoort

02 11 2009

Achterberg, Heise co:van Eijndhoven

A search for Gamma Ray Burst Neutrinos in AMANDA

F. Snik

26 10 2009

Keller

Astronomical Polarimetry: new concepts; new instruments; new measurements & observations

R.A. Scheepmaker

16 06 2009

Lamers

Star clusters in the Whirlpool Galaxy

L. Keek

01 12 2008

Langer co: In "t Zand / Méndez

Probing thermonuclear burning on accreting neutron stars

E. Glebbeek

25 06 2008

Langer co: Pols / Portegies Zwart

Evolution of the remnants of stellar collisions

N. Werner

13 05 2008

Verbunt co: Kaastra

X-ray spectroscopy of clusters of galaxies and of the cosmic web

A. Bonacic Marinovic

31 10 2007

Langer co: Pols

Nucleosynthesis and evolution of AGB stars in binary systems

J. Leenaarts

14 09 2007

Rutten/ Carlsson/ Keller

Numerical simulations of the solar atmosphere

J. Wiersema

29 05 2007

Achterberg

Magnetic Fields inside extremely fast shock waves

J. de Plaa

12 02 2007

Bleeker co: Kaastra

Enrichment study of hot intra-cluster gas through X-ray spectroscopy

A.J.Th. Poelarends

24 01 2007

Langer

Stellar evolution on the borderline of white dwarf and neutron star formation

C.G. Bassa

11 12 2006

Verbunt /van Kerkwijk

Optical studies of compact binaries in globular clusters and the Galactic disk

A.G. de Wijn

24 11 2006

Rutten/Keller

Dynamics of fine structure in the solar chromosphere

M. Gieles

20 10 2006

Lamers co: Portegies Zwart

Star Clusters

A-J. van Marle

03 05 2006

Langer

Models for the circumstellar medium of long gamma-ray burst progenitor candidates

M. van der Sluys

02 05 2006

Verbunt

Formation and evolution of compact binaries

C. Wang

23 11 2005

Goedbloed

Study of plasma channels for use in laser wakefield accelerators

P.K. Fung

12 09 2005

Kuijpers

Pulsars:magnetosphere and radio emission

D.J. Nickeler

10 06 2005

Goedbloed / Fahr co: Neukirch

MHD equilibria of astrospheric flows

N.J. Bastian

21 04 2005

Lamers co: Kissler-Patig

Studies on the formation, evolution and destruction of massive star clusters

J. Petrovic

27 10 2004

Langer

On the evolution of massive close binary systems

A.G.J. van Leeuwen

10 05 2004

Verbunt

Radio pulsars

S.C. Yoon

22 04 2004

Langer

On the evolution of accreting white dwarfs in binary systems

W.M. Bergmann Tiest

01 03 2004

Bleeker co: Hoevers

Energy resolving power of transition-edge X-ray microcalorimeters

K.J. van der Heyden

02 02 2004

Bleeker

High-resolution X-ray spectral diagnostics of shell type Supernova Remnants

F. Hulleman

14 04 2003

Verbunt co: van Kerkwijk

Anomalous X-ray pulsars at optical and infrared wavelengths

R. Cornelisse

15 01 2003

Verbunt co: Heise

A wide field view of the population of X-ray bursters in the galaxy

J.M. Krijger

09 10 2002

Kuijpers co: Rutten

Structure and dynamics of the solar chromosphere

W.J.M. de Wit

19 11 2001

Lamers / Beaulieu

Pre-main sequence candidate stars in the Magellanic Clouds

E. van der Swaluw

06 06 2001

Achterberg

Supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and their interaction

M.C. van den Berg

21 03 2001

Verbunt

Optical studies of X-ray sources in the old open cluster M67

L.M. Kuiper

08 01 2001

Verbunt / Hermsen

High-energy radiation from spin-down powered pulsars

J.S. Vink

20 11 2000

Lamers / de Koter

Radiation-driven wind models of massive stars

J.I. van Gent

06 11 2000

Lamers

The Baldwin-effect in Wolf-Rayet stars

M.L.A. Kouwenhoven

09 10 2000

Verbunt

Pulsar observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

M.D. Nauta

10 01 2000

Kuijpers, Zimmerman

Two-Dimensional Vortices and accretion disks