Research

Members of the group are working at ECAP and at DESY in Zeuthen.

The work of the group is best described by current topics that group members are working on. Please also check out the overview here: neutrino-astronomy/radio-detection/

Work by Group Members

  • Sjoerd Bouma (@ ECAP)
    PhD candiate working on the reconstruction of radio data from RNO-G and on simulations and reconstruction for IceCub-Gen2.
  • Dr. Steffen Hallmann (@ DESY & ECAP)
    Post-Doc working on simulations for RNO-G and IceCube-Gen2. A particular focus is the flavor sensitivity of radio detectors.
  • Jakob Henrichs (@ DESY)
    PhD candidate working on cosmic ray signals in RNO-G.
  • Dr. Enrique Huesca Santiago (@DESY)
    PostDoc working on data analysis and simulations for RNO-G, financed by an ERC starting grant.
  • Annanay Jaitly (@DESY)
    PhD candidate working for data analysis for RNO-G, financed by an ERC starting grant.
  • Dr. Robert Lahmann (@ ECAP)
    Staff researcher working on the signal propagation in the ice.
  • Philipp Laub (@ECAP)
    PhD candidate working on event reconstruction for SKA, as part of a DFG project.
  • Zack Meyers (@ DESY)
    PhD candidate working on first level filtering of RNO-G data.
  • Alexandra Röckelein (@ECAP)
    Bachelor student working on radio background characterizations at ECAP.
  • Pascal Schriefer (@ECAP)
    Master student working on hardware for RNO-G.
  • Zeynep Su Selcuk (@DESY)
    PhD candidate working on hardware and data analysis for RNO-G.
  • Stuti Sharma (@ECAP)
    Master student working on particle reconstructions with LOFAR
  • Karen Terveer (@ ECAP)
    PhD candidate working on radio reconstruction for LOFAR, as part of ERUM-IFT Consortium.
  • Prof. Dr. Anna Nelles (@ DESY & ECAP)
    Works on the coordination of the group. She is part of the project team of IceCube-Gen2, one of the PIs of RNO-G, Core member of the High Energy Focus Group of SKA, and member of the LOFAR cosmic ray key science project.

If you are interested in joining this group, please check out the thesis topics page.

Previous theses can be found at completed theses.

Work by Former Group Members

  • Dr. Maddalena Cataldo: Former Post-Doc working on hardware for RNO-G and the tribo-electric effect.
  • Anna Eimer: Graduated as Master student in 2023 working on antenna calibration.
  • Nora Feigl: Graduated as Master student in 2021 working on the calibration of the RNO-G hardware.
  • Eric Fröhlich: Graduated as Bachelor student in 2021 working on antenna alignment for RNO-G.
  • Simon Hillmann: Graduated as Bachelor student in 2021 on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for radio detection.
  • Klaus Hübner: Graduated as Bachelor student 2022 working on amplitude calibration for lightning detected with LOFAR.
  • Carina Kanitz: Graduated as Bachelor student in 2020 working on signal propagation in the atmosphere.
  • Carolin Klein: Graduated as Bachelor student in 2023 working on interferometry for RNO-G.
  • Paul Lehmann: Graduated as Master student working on information field theory reconstruction.
  • Moritz Reichert: Graduated as Bachelor student in 2023 working on Galaxy studies for RNO-G.
  • Dr. Ilse Plaisier: Graduated with her PhD in 2022 working on the reconstruction of the neutrino arrival direction with radio.
  • Dr. Lilly Pyras: Graduated as PhD candidate working on air shower sensitivity of radio neutrino detectors.
  • Janna Vischer: Graduated as Master student in 2023 working on neutrino flavor reconstruction
  • Robin Valk: Graduated as Bachelor student working on simulations for RNO-G and IceCube-Gen2.
  • Dr. Christoph Welling: Graduated with his PhD in 2022 working on the energy reconstruction for neutrinos in radio detectors.