Students interested in obtaining a PhD in astronomy can do so under the supervision of ASTRON staff members. The students will be officially located at one of the Dutch Universities (Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden, Nijmegen) but will visit ASTRON regularly. You can contact our astronomy research staff to find out if there are any current openings.
PhD Theses
2016
- Robert Frank Schulz, A radio view of high-energy emitting AGNS, Universitat Wurzburg
- Emily Petroff, The Transient Radio Sky observed with the Parkes Radio Telescope, Swinburne University of Technology
- Liam Connor, CHIME and Probing the Origin of Fast Radio Bursts, University of Toronto
- Moses Mogotsi, The Star Formation and Synamics of Nearby Galaxies, University of Cape Town
2015
- Sander ter Veen, Searching for Fast Radio Transients with LOFAR, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Charlotte Sobey, Investigating astrophysical plasmas with pulsars using LOFAR and other telescopes, Universität Bonn
- Aleksander Shulevski, AGN relics in the Radio Sky, University of Groningen
- Francisco Salgado, Studies of Dust and Gas in the Interstellar Medium of the Milky Way, Leiden University
- Andra Stroe, When galaxy clusters collide: the impact of merger shocks on cluster gas and galaxy evolution, University of Leiden
- Harish Krishnamurty Vedantham, Opening the low-frequency window to the high-redshift Universe, University of Groingen
2014
- Katinka Gereb, The role of neutral hydrogen in the Life of Galaxies and AGN, University of Groningen
- Burcu Beygu, The Void galaxy survey:a strudy of the loneliest galaxies in the Universe,University of Groningen
2013
- Thijs Coenen, Searching for pulsars with LOFAR, University of Amsterdam
- Gabriele Guglielmino, A multifrequency study of the Lockman Hole region: preparing for a LOFAR deep survey, University of Bologna
- Federico Lelli, Startbursts and gas dynamics in low-mass galaxies, University of Groningen
- Parisa Noorisad, Optimization for high fidelity imaging with aperture array telescopes,University of Groningen
2012
- Jaap Bregman, System design and wide-field imaging aspects of synthesis arrays with phased array stations : to the next generation of SKA system designers, University of Groningen
- André Offringa, Algorithms for radio interference detection and removal, University of Groningen
2011
- Reinout van Weeren, Radio emission from merging galaxy clusters, Leiden University
- Rutger van Haasteren, Gravitational Wave detection & data analysis for Pulsar Timing Arrays, Leiden University
- Tomas Martinsson, The distribution of mass within spiral galaxies : unique solutions from gas and stellar kinematics, University of Groningen
- Maciej Serylak, Modulation properties of radio-emitting neutron stars, University of Amsterdam
2010
- Christian Struve, The role of neutral hydrogen in the evolution of nearby radio galaxies, University of Groningen
- Panos Lampoproulos, The LOFAR epoch of reionization data model: simulations, calibration, inversion, University of Groningen
- Hanno Spreeuw, Search and detection of low-frequency radio transients, University of Amsterdam
- Vibor Jelic, Cosmological 21cm experiments: searching for a needle in a haystack, University of Groningen
- Eduardo Rubio Herrera, Galactic and extragalactic searches for pulsars and radio transients, University of Amsterdam
- Roberto Pizzo, Tomography of galaxy clusters through low-frequency radio polarimetry, University of Groningen
- Attila Popping, Diffuse neutral hydrogen in the Local Universe, University of Groningen
2009
- Erwin Platen, A void perspective of the cosmic web, Univeristy of Groningen
- Alicia Berciano Alba, Strong gravitational lensing in the radio domain, University of Groningen
- Ramesh Karuppusamy, A study on giant radio pulses, University of Amsterdam
- Edo Loenen, Star formation and the ISM : interactions in the Milky Way and other galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Huib Intema, A sharp view on the low frequency radio sky, Leiden Observatory
- Anne-Marie Weijmans, The structure of dark and luminous matter in early-type galaxies, Leiden Observatory
- Rajat Manu Thomas, Cosmological reionization simulations for LOFAR, Kapteyn Institute Groningen
- Gemma Janssen, High precision radio pulsar timing, University of Amsterdam
2008
- Peter Kamphuis, The structure and kinematics of halos in disk galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Dominic Schnitzeler, Faraday tomography of the galactic ISM with the WSRT, Leiden Observatory
- Paolo Serra, Stars, neutral hydrogen and ionised gas in early-type galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
2007
- Michiel Brentjens, Radio polarimetry in 2.5D, Kapteyn Institute Groningen
- Patrick Weltevrede, The modulation and propagation of the radio emission of pulsars, University of Amsterdam
- Roald Schnerr, Magnetic fields and mass loss in massive stars, University of Amsterdam
- Katarina Kovac, Searching for the lowest mass galaxies: an HI perspective, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Rense Boomsma, The disk-halo connection in NGC 6946 and NGC 253, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
2006
- Gyula Józsa, Grand-design warps in galactic disks, University of Bonn
- Roy Smits, Properties and Geometry of Radio Pulsar Emission, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Bjorn H.C. Emonts, Nearby radio galaxies: the interplay of gas, star formation and active nucleus, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Edo Noordermeer, The distribution of gas, stars and dark matter in early-type disk galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Eva Manthey, The structure and interaction history of moderate luminosity mergers, Ruhr-University, Bochum
2005
- Elena Gallo, Relativistic jets from stellar black holes, University of Amsterdam
- Benne Willem Holwerda, The opacity of spiral galaxy disks, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
2004
- Hans-Rainer Klockner, Extragalactic hydroxyl, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Joeri van Leeuwen, Radio pulsars, University of Utrecht
2003
- Marco Beijersbergen, The galaxy population in the Coma cluster, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Michiel Kregel, The structure and kinematics of edge-on galaxy disks, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
2002
- Marijke Haverkorn, WSRT polarimetric imaging of the warm ISM, Leiden Observatory
2001
- Inigo Garcia Ruiz, Warps in disk galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Yilva M. Pihlstrom, Radio studies of circumnuclear gas in active galaxies, Chalmers University, Goteborg
- Lodie Voûte, The many shapes of giant pulses, University of Amsterdam
2000
- Leon Koopmans, A study of radio-selected gravitational lenses, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Wendy Lane, HI 21cm absorbers at moderate redshift, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Martin Zwaan, Atomic hydrogen in the local Universe, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Carlos De Breuck, Very distant radio galaxies: search techniques and emission line properties, Leiden Observatory
- Marco Kouwenhoven, Pulsar observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, University of Utrecht
- Andrew J. Rivers, A blind HI search for galaxies in the northern Zone of Avoidance, University of New Mexico
1999
- J.M. Stil, Dwarf galaxies: dynamics and star formation, Leiden Observatory
- Remco Schoenmakers, Asymmetries in spiral galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- Arno Schoenmakers, A population study of giant radio galaxies, Utrecht University
- Rob Swaters, Dark matter in late-type dwarf galaxies, Kapteyn Institute, Groningen
- R.B. Rengelink, The Westerbork northern sky survey; the cosmological evolution of radio sources, Leiden Observatory
- Titus Galama, Gamma ray burst afterglows, University of Amsterdam
<1999
- Marc A.W. Verheijen, The Ursa Major cluster of galaxies, Kapteyn Institut, Groningen
- Ignas A.G. Snellen, A population study of faint Gigahertz peaked spectrum sources, Leiden Observatory
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