Joost Wardenier
Graduate (PhD) Student at the University of Oxford
About Me
I am a second-year PhD student in the group of Dr. Vivien Parmentier, affiliated with the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) at the University of Oxford. I obtained my bachelor's (Physics and Astronomy) and master's (Astronomy) degrees from Leiden University in the Netherlands. My current research focuses on the modelling of high-resolution transmission spectra of ultra-hot Jupiters, using state-of-the-art radiative transfer techniques. To this end, we post-process the output of so-called General Circulation Models (GCMs).
Short CV
Education
- 2019 - Now: Doctor of Philosophy, Planetary Physics (Oxford)
- 2017 - 2019: Master of Science, Astronomy & Instrumentation (Leiden)
- 2014 - 2017: Bachelor of Science, Astronomy (Leiden)
- 2014 - 2017: Bachelor of Science, Physics (Leiden)
Miscellaneous
- 2020 - 2021: I am a board member of the Dutch Global Student Foundation (NWS).
- 2019 - Now: I am a recipient of the Wolfson Harrison UK Research Council Physics Scholarship.
- 2019: I was awarded the De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize for Astronomy.
- 2018: I participated in ESA's Concurrent Engineering Workshop.
- 2017: I participated in Huawei's Seeds for the Future Programme.
- 2016 - 2019: I worked as a Mathematics teacher at Stichting Studiebegeleiding Leiden (SSL).
- 2015 - 2017: I participated in the Leiden Honours Programme.
- 2013: I was a national finalist in the BBC & ESU Young Writers Competition.
Research Experience
During my time as a student at Leiden Observatory, I carried out three research projects. I am happy to share electronic copies of my theses upon request.
- 2018 - 2019: I worked on holographic aperture masking (observations and data analysis) under the supervision of Dr. Frans Snik and David Doelman. Thesis: Holograms on Hawaii: A Holographic Aperture Mask for the OSIRIS Instrument at the Keck Telescope.
- 2017 - 2018: I worked on atmospheric retrieval for exoplanets under the supervision of Prof. Ignas Snellen and Dr. Paul Mollière (now at the MPIA in Heidelberg). Thesis: Exploring the Use of Condensation Physics in the Retrieval of Cloudy Exoplanet Atmospheres.
- Spring 2017: I worked on wavefront sensing and adaptive optics under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Keller and Dr. Sebastiaan Haffert (now at the University of Arizona). Thesis: Testing and Implementation of the Generalised Optical Differentiation Wavefront Sensor.
Contact Details
Joost Wardenier
Atmospheric Physics
Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road
OX1 3PU
Oxford, United Kingdom
joost.wardenier [at] physics.ox.ac.uk
