Relevant supervisors for Space Research projects

The head of the study line has compiled the following list of researchers at DTU, who could be relevant as supervisors for special courses, synthesis projects or master's theses within the study line's focus areas.

But there are no doubt other researchers at DTU, who could also be relevant, so look around, talk to course teachers, and see what DTU Career Hub for students and alumni suggests in terms of projects and supervisors for ESPE students.

Main supervisors

Name, title & Affiliation	Research field
Christoph Köhn Senior Researcher, DTU Space	Discharge physics (including lighting, sprites/TLEs) and high-energy physics (mostly modelling) associated with lightning/discharges; (also a bit interested in astrophysical plasmas).General Relativity.
Desiree Della Monica Ferreira Senior Scientist, DTU Space	X-ray optics for scientific instrumentation and space telescopes.
Georgios Magdis Associate Professor, DTU Space	Observational cosmology and galaxy evolution.
Giorgos Leloudas Senior Researcher, DTU Space	Supernova explosions, Tidal disruptions of stars around black holes, Gravitational waves, Transient surveys.
Henrik Svensmark Senior Researcher, DTU Space	Space weather and climatology. Cosmic rays. General Relativity.
Irfan Kuvvetli Senior Scientist, DTU Space	Detector development and characterization for scientific instrumentation.
Jérôme Chenevez Associate Professor, DTU Space	High energy astrophysics. Observational and theoretical investigations of mass-transfer processes onto neutron stars and black holes in X-ray binary systems.
João Mendonça Senior Scientist, DTU Space	Models of (exo)planetary climates.
Lars A. Buchhave Professor, DTU Space	Exoplanet research into the diversity and composition of the abundant small planets and to pave the way for biosignature observations. Two key areas: 1) discovery, validation, and precise mass measurements of transiting and non-transiting planets to understand their composition and structure and 2) observation, characterization and modelling of exoplanetary atmospheres.
Martin Andreas Bødker Enghoff Senior Researcher, DTU Space	How space affects climate on Earth, specifically how supernova and solar activity can affect cloud cover through cosmic ray variations. I work with laboratory experiments, observational data, and models.
Olivier Chanrion Senior Researcher, DTU Space	Ground-based observations of atmospheric electricity and by ASIM on the ISS.
Susanne Vennerstrøm Senior Scientist, DTU Space	Space weather forecasting.
Søren Brandt Senior Scientist, DTU Space	X-ray space instrumentation.
Thomas Greve Professor, DTU Space	Extra-galactic radio-astronomy.Observations and numerical simulations of the most distant galaxies in the Universe. Modeling of the interstellar medium in nearby starburst galaxies.
Victoria Laura Antoci Senior researcher, DTU Space	Stellar structure and evolution. Relationship with exoplanets. Observational asteroseismology; TESS and Kepler data.
Peter Bøggild Professor, DTU Physics	Large scale synthesis and transfer,coatings and barrier layers, and electronics and sensors - all forgraphene and other 2D materials.
Tobias Gehring Associate Professor, DTU Physics	Detection of gravitational waves.

Co-supervisors

Name & affiliation	Research field
Bitten Gullberg PostDoc, DTU Space	Galaxies and radioastronomy.
Carol Anne Oxborrow Special consultant
Dongshuai Li PostDoc, DTU Space	Atmospheric discharges.
Freddy Christiansen Scientist, DTU Space
Gaurava Kumar Jaisawal Postdoc, DTU Space	X-ray binaries (neutron stars, black holes) and observational data analyses from diverse X-ray instruments.
Hannah Diamond-Lowe PostDoc, DTU Space	Exoplanets.
Lijie Liu PostDoc, DTU Space	Galaxies and radioastronomy.
Miika Pursiainen PostDoc	Optical observations of supernovae.
Minju Lee PostDoc, DTU Space	Galaxies and radioastronomy.
Niels Lund Emeritus Associate Professor, DTU Space	Development of a tunable Laue lens for astrophysical gamma ray instrumentation.
René Fléron Project Manager, DTU Space	Ultra light systems using extreme materials.By combining MEMS and nano technology with space technology I aim to develop new ultra light systems for future space missions. On this trajectory of discovery and development I anticipate that some of the methods, devices or technologies will find use in current day space missions.
Shuowen Jin PostDoc, DTU Space	Galaxies and radioastronomy.
Sonny Massahi Postdoc, DTU Space	X-ray optics for scientific instrumentation and space telescopes.
Steven Gillman PostDoc, DTU Space	Galaxies and radioastronomy.
Thea Kozakis PostDoc, DTU Space	Exoplanets.
Torsten Neubert Chief Consultant, DTU Space	Observations of atmospheric electricity by ASIM on the International Space Station. Development of new observational concepts.

Updated by Birte Kronbak Andersen on 16 March 2023