Our experts

Ana Isabel Lopez Noreña

Atmospheric scientist. PhD

At SRON, I use satellite data and atmospheric modeling to quantify and track methane super emitters.

Andrew Barr

Scientist (Dr.)

At SRON, I am oversee the development and maintenance of the RemoTeC retrieval algorithm.

Antonio La Marca

Ph.D. Candidate

My research focuses on galaxy evolution and active galactic nuclei.

Aurora Simionescu

Senior Scientist, Dr.

I use space telescopes to study the plasma that fills the space between galaxies in the cosmic web.

Bastiaan van Diedenhoven

Senior Scientist, PhD

My research is focused on clouds and aerosols, their interactions and their influence on climate.

Benjamin Ricketts

PhD candidate

I am a PhD candidate within the astro group, who works on modelling black holes.

Berend J. Schuit

PhD Candidate

Working on detecting methane emission plumes in satellite data using machine learning techniques.

Bilim Atli-Veltin

Head of technology (Dr.)

I am leading SRON’s scientific program line, Technology.

Claudia van Oostrum

Head of Communications Department (Drs.)

I am responsible for overseeing and managing SRON’s communication strategies, external and internal.

Daan Roos

PhD Candidate at the Technology Science Group

I design and analyse superconducting detectors & quasi-optical systems for far-infrared telescopes.

Damian Audley

Instrument Scientist

I develop and characterize cryogenic detector systems for astronomy.

Daniela Perez Capelo

Cleanroom process engineer

I am working in the nano development team by assessing high yield fabrication routes for MKIDs.

David Doelman-Oldenburger

Scientist

Developing advanced liquid-crystal optics for exoplanet detection and characterization.

Davide Vaccaro

Instrument Scientist (PhD)

Experimental phycisist with experience in TES. Currently involved in NewAthena and LiteBIRD.

Elisa Costantini

Senior research scientist and lead for the high-energy group

Accretion and ejection in compact objects, interstellar dust, future X-ray missions

Emre Erbaş

Senior Analog Electronics Engineer

I design high-frequency digital circuits, RF, and analog circuits for various projects at SRON.

Fiona Lippert

Research Scientist

I work at the intersection of machine learning and Earth Observation.

Floris van der Tak

Senior Scientist (Prof. Dr.)

Senior Scientist in SRON’s Astrophysics programme & Professor at University of Groningen

Gabby Aitink-Kroes

Senior Opto-mechanical design engineer (Ing/BSc)

At SRON, I design and build instruments that help scientists study space.

Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate

Head of Instrument Science (Dr., ir)

Head of Instrument Science, Manager of SRON Groningen, Industrial Liason Officer for SRON.

Jean in ‘t Zand

Astrophysicist and Instrument Scientist

Jean is a staff member of the High Energy Astrophysics group at SRON, focusing on science and instrument development. The science focuses on accretion processes around neutron stars and black holes, thermonuclear shell flashes on neutron stars and using them as diagnostics for rare nuclear reactions and the densest matter in the visible universe. The instrument development concerns the development of coded aperture imaging for wide field X-ray camera applications (e.g., Mir-Kvant, BeppoSAX, LOFT, eXTP, STROBE-X) and the development of large low-noise photo diodes for the space-borne gravitational wave observatory LISA. Other experience involves proposal writing for observations and funding, university teaching, supervision of (PhD) students, refereeing, reviewing, editorship personnel magazine and organizing conferences.

Jelle de Plaa

Research Software Engineer

As a research software engineer of the Astrophysics group, I support the group members on software and other data science topics.

Jochem Baselmans

SENIOR INSTRUMENT SCIENTIST @ SRON AND PROFESSOR @ TU DELFT (PROF. DR. IR.)

I lead the development of Kinetic Inductance Detectors with a 50/50 appointment in SRON and TU Delft

Jochen Landgraf

Senior Scientist

TANGO PI, group leader

Kenichi Karatsu

Instrument Scientist A. (Dr.)

I am developing superconducting Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) in the Technology group.

Kevin Ravensberg

B. Eng., Physics Research Assistant A Experimenteel

I assist scientists with experiments for space research.

Lars Aafjes

Research Instrumentmaker

I produce and build high-precision instruments for space and earth observation.

Laura van der Schaaf

Optical instrument scientist, PhD

I work on instrument characterization.

Lingyu Wang

Senior scientist at SRON, Affiliated associate professor at RUG

I study galaxy evolution, primarily using surveys over a range of wavelengths.

Liyi Gu

Scientist, Dr.

I explore fundamental questions in high-energy astrophysics by utilizing X-ray spectroscopy.

Luciano Gottardi

PhD in Experimental physics; Instrument Scientist

Development of low temperature detectors for application in astroparticle physics.

Lucien Kuiper

Senior Scientist (ASTRO-HE), Dr.

My research field is focussed on timing- and imaging aspects
of X-ray/gamma-ray pulsars and high-energy transients.

In particular, I use data from a wide variety of high-energy
instruments aboard space-borne satellites like NICER, NuSTAR,
XMM-Newton, Chandra, Swift-XRT, INTEGRAL, Fermi-GBM/LAT,
Insight-HXMT and IXPE to do this research.

Coded mask maximum likelihood imaging studies are performed
for the WFM (2-50 keV) configuration aboard eXTP and Strobe-X.

Marijn Siemons

Optical Instrument Scientist, Dr.Ir.

I develop and calibrate new instruments to measure trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere.

Martin de Wit

PhD in Experimental physics; Instrument Scientist

Expert in superconducting detectors and cryogenic instrumentation for X-ray Spectrometry

Martin Grim

Head of Engineering (a.i.)

I temporarily lead the Engineering Group.

Micah Klettke

Senior software design engineer

Software and systems engineering to support the next generation of infrared space missions.

Michiel Min

Senior Scientist (dr.)

I use space telescopes and atmospheric modelling to study planets around stars other than the Sun.

Paul van der Hulst

System engineer (ir.)

Modelling electro-physical systems and design of the electronics around cryogenic sensors.

Peter Roelfsema

Dr. Senior Scientist/Senior Project manager

As lead for SRON Low Energy Astrophysics I promote and acquire new (Far) Infrared instrumentation projects for the Dutch astronomical community

Roland den Hartog

Senior Instrument Scientist (B, Dr.)

1. Responsible for XIFU FPA performance and verification
2. Lead of X-ray interferometry development

Ruud Hoogeveen

Senior Instrument Scientist, Senior Project Manager

Project Manager for SRON Earth-observing missions: SPEXone Second Generation, and TANGO.

Simon van Alphen

Research Instrumentmaker, Engineering Realization

Terri Brandt

Head of Astrophysics Programme (Dr.)

Leads SRON’s Astrophysics Program to enable audacious astrophysics.

Tobias A. de Jong

Atmospheric Scientist C. (Dr.)

Using satellite data to observe and quantify methane superemitters.

Tobias Vos

Software design engineer A

Software engineer for SRON’s contributions to X-IFU, an instrument aboard the Athena space telescope.

Vishal Anvekar

Process engineer, Instrument science group - Nano

I specialize in developing cleanroom processes and microfabrication of chips for a range of advanced technologies.

Wilbert Ras-Vinke

Ph.D. in the Technology Group

I work on superconducting, single-photon detectors for exoplanet characterization.

Yusuf Bhatti

Scientist, Dr.

Climate modeler using observations to reduce aerosol and cloud uncertainties with machine learning.