Our Team
The Forming Worlds group is part of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. We are working to create a multidisciplinary, team-spirited, and diverse research environment. If you are interested in joining our group for a PhD, postdoc, or undergraduate research project, please check Join.
Previous Members
Iris Boer
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Runaway greenhouse
Björn Koops
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Lava world atmospheres
Jessica Helmerhorst
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Super-Earth structure
Lotte Bartels
Kapteyn MSc Student 2024
Exoplanet geodynamics
Beat Hubmann
Kapteyn PhD Student 2023
Planetesimal evolution
Boyd van der Plaat
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Magma ocean atmospheres
Lucas Priolet
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Exoplanet surfaces
Marijn Smorenburg
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Exoplanet outgassing