Résumé of Jean in 't Zand


PRESENT POSITION:

Scientist, affiliated with Space Research Organization Netherlands and Utrecht University, working in the field of high-energy astrophysics

RESEARCH AREAS:

compact galactic objects, thermonuclear shell flashes, gamma-ray bursts, coded aperture imaging

(PAST) SRON PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:

EDGE Galactic science objectives (-2007), BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras, MIRAX soft X-ray imager (-2007), XEUS optics (-2006)

EDUCATION:

1992 - Ph. D. degree, "A coded mask imager as monitor of galactic X-ray sources", Utrecht University, the Netherlands
1987 - M.S. degree, Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

2000 - 2002 Postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University
1997 - 2000 Postdoctoral researcher at Space Research Organization of the Netherlands
1995 - 1996 NRC research associate at Goddard Space Flight Center / LHEA, MD, USA
1993 - 1995 Postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA
1992 - 1993 Postdoctoral researcher at Space Research Organization of the Netherlands
1987 - 1992 Junior scientist at Space Research Organization of the Netherlands

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

2002 - present: Neutron star equation of state through rare kinds of X-ray bursts
Ultracompact X-ray binaries
Catalogs of WFC fast transients and WFC faint sources
MIRAX scientific collaborator
2002 - present: Study of rare kinds of thermonuclear flashes on neutron stars
Follow-up studies of WFC-detected unidentified sources with Chandra (GTO) and XMM-Newton (GO)
Flares from supergiant X-ray binaries
MIRAX soft x-ray imager science PI
XEUS optics simulations
EDGE proposal
1997 - 2002: The prompt and delayed X-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts
Monitoring observations of the Galactic center field with BeppoSAX and RXTE
Search for new type I X-ray bursters
Follow-up studies of WFC-detected transients with BeppoSAX and RXTE
Follow-up studies of PCA-detected pulsars with RXTE
In-flight calibration of BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras
1995 -1996: High-resolution spectra of gamma-ray bursts as measured with TGRS
The high-resolution spectrum of GRO J1655-40
Analysis of RXTE/PCA data on 4U1907+09
1993 - 1995: Time profiles and fluence logN-logS distributions of gamma-ray bursts
Performance simulations of MOnitoring X-ray Experiment (MOXE) all-sky monitor
Coded mask design and onboard s/w development for Wide field X-ray monitor (WXM) of High-Energy Transient Experiment (HETE)
1992 - 1993: Coded mask design and data analysis s/w development for Wide Field Cameras on SAX
1987 - 1992: Ph.D. Dissertation (' A coded mask imager as monitor of Galactic X-ray sources')
Analysis of X-ray data from COMIS/TTM on X-ray binaries such as GS2023+338, GX5-1, KS1741-293, KS1732-273, A1118-63, A1744-33
Development of reconstruction algorithms for use on coded mask data
In-flight calibration of COded Mask Imaging Spectrometer (COMIS/TTM)

HONORS:

2002 Descartes Prize of European Community, as member of GRB follow-up team
1998 Rossi prize of American Astronomical Society, as member of BeppoSAX-GRB team
1995 Fellowship of National Research Council (US Nat. Academy of Sciences)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

Nederlandse Astronomen Club
International Astronomical Union

INVITED TALKS

"Rare and peculiar kinds of thermonuclear flashes", The Neutron Star Crust and Surface, Seattle, June 2007
"Nature of densest matter in observable universe", EDGE review proposal meeting, Rome, May 2007
"The BeppoSAX-WFC campaign on the Galactic Center field", MIRAX workshop, Sao Jose dos Campos, December 2005
"Transient X-ray sources in the Galactic center region", 4th INTEGRAL Workshop, Alicante, September 2000
"The MOnitoring X-ray Experiment", SPIE meeting, San Diego, July 1994

PAPERS:

(as of Dec. 2009)

134 refereed journal papers, 38 as first author

70 proceedings papers, 16 as first author

68 IAU circulars, 14 as first author

22 Astronomical Telegrams

31 GCN circulars


This file was last modified on December 23, 2009