Current focus
I work on Earth observation, Venus, and Earth-like exoplanets through polarised radiative-transfer modelling, with MONKI as a central software and method-development thread.
CV
A short overview of my background.
Research identity
Scientist and model developer working at the interface of fundamental polarised radiative transfer, satellite Earth observation, planetary atmospheres, and exoplanets.
Education
PhD at TU Delft / KNMI, cum laude, the highest possible distinction in the Dutch academic system. MSc Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft, cum laude, with a specialisation in planetary atmospheres and exoplanets. MSc thesis on the transfer of polarised light in an exoplanet atmosphere-ocean system, final grade 9.5/10.
Technical skills
Fortran, Python, Matlab, Monte Carlo simulation, vector radiative transfer, satellite remote sensing, data analysis, Linux, HPC workflows, and LaTeX.
Selected supervision and teaching
Daily graduation supervisor of MSc student Aurora Cagnoni, Investigating an observation strategy for the Earth as an exoplanet from the Moon, March to July 2024. Daily graduation supervisor of MSc student Jelle Schrijver, The impact of solar eclipses on NO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere, March 2023 to February 2024. Graduation committee member for Gytha Mettepenningen, The relation between clouds and surface water on exoplanets, August 2022. Teaching and group supervision in Earth Observation Technologies, Methodology of Geophysics and Remote Sensing, Can we cool the Earth?, Water in the Atmosphere, and Physics of the Earth and Atmosphere.
Science communication
Public lectures on exoplanet oceans, satellite air-quality observations, and solar eclipses, and international media coverage of the solar-eclipse cloud study.