Research Group

Former fellows and postdocs

Earl Bellinger (2021 – 2023),
now faculty at Yale University. 

Deepika Bollimpalli (2020 – 2023),
continued as CIERA fellow at Northwestern University

Rob Farmer (2017 – 2023)
continued software engineer at AVEVA, UK.

Athira Menon (UvA, 2018 – 2020). Continued as a Humboldt Fellow at the Argelander Institute in Bonn, now Fellow at IAC

Silvia Toonen, (UvA, 2017 – 2019). Now faculty at the University of Amsterdam

Former PhD Students

Lieke van Son (2019 – 2023) now CCA and Lyman Spitzer Fellow at Princeton University and the Flat iron institute 

Eva Laplace (2016 – 2021) Now postdoc at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)

Mathieu Renzo, (2015 – 2019) Now faculty at the University of Arizona. 

Ylva Götberg (2014 – 2018), Continued as Hubble Fellow (2021) at Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena CA, now faculty at ISTA, Viena

Emmanouil (Manos) Zapartas (2014 – 2018), graduated Dec 2018. Continued as Swiss Excellence Fellow (2019) at Geneva Observatories, Now Fellow at Athens Observatory

Former Master Students

Floris Kummer (2019-2020, MSc thesis, Amsterdam, primary supervisor: Justham)

Lokesh Khandelwal (2019-2020, MSc thesis, Amsterdam, primary supervisor: Justham)

Sarah Kok (2019-2020, MSc thesis, Amsterdam, primary supervisor: Farmer)

Javier Moran Fraile (2018-2019). Now PhD student in Heidelberg.

Miron van der Kolk, MSc student educational track, short project (Fall 2018).

Floor Broekgaarden, MSc Student, Math & Physics (Fall 2017 – 2018). Now Faculty at Columbia University

Walter van Rossem, MSc student (2016 – 2017). Now PhD student in Birmingham.

David Hendriks, MSc Student (Fall 2017 – 2018). Now PhD student with Rob Izzard at Surrey, UK.

Karel Temmink, MSc Student (supervised by Silvia Toonen, Fall 2017- 2018). Now PhD student with Onno Pols at Nijmegen University.

Louise Edstam, MSc student (June 2016 – June 2017 ), works as a quantitative analyst for insurance company AA Ireland

Coen van Neijssel, MSc student (June 2015 – June 2016), Continued as PhD student the University of Birmingham with Ilya Mandel

Ruben Boots, MSc student, Education track (October 2015 – July 2016), Continued in the Education Master at the University of Amsterdam

Nathan Grin (in co-supervision, Sept 2014 – Sept 2015), Continued as PhD student in Bonn with Norbert Langer

Abel Schootemeijer, (Sept 2014 – Sept 2015). Continued as PhD student at the Argelander Institute in Bonn, Germany with Norbert Langer. Completed his thesis in Feb 2019. Continuing as a postdoc in Bonn.

Emmanouil (Manos) Zapartas (MSc student, Sept 2013 – Sept 2014 ), Continued as  PhD student in Amsterdam in my group. See above.

Former Undergraduate Students

Grant Meinders (2020) Summer Project at Harvard University

Katie Sharpe (2020) Summer Project at Harvard University

Tom Wagg (2019-2020, Senior thesis, Harvard University)

Carla Alejandra Calle Garcia (ASPIRE summer student 2019), now an MSc student at Padova University.

Floor Broekgaarden, BSc Student, Math & Physics (February 2016- September 2016)

Thomas Dodds, BSc Student, (June 2017). Continued in the MSc program in Leiden.

Max Briel, BSc Student, Amsterdam University College (January – June 2016)

Timothy Mans, undergrad student, June 2015, now BSc student in Amsterdam

Jur Haartman, undergrad student, June 2015, now BSc student in Amsterdam

Adrian Hamers (BSc student, Sept 2009 – Feb 2010), continued as PhD student at Leiden University, a postdoctoral fellow at IAS Princeton, group leader at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.

Mark Verkoulen (BSc student, Utrecht, Sept 2007 – Aug 2008),

Michiel Cottaar, (BSc student, Utrecht, Jan 2007 – July 2007), Continued as PhD student at ETH, a  postdoc in Oxford in Neuroscience