Undergraduate and graduate research project opportunities in the Forming Worlds Lab
Undergraduate Students at RUG & Kapteyn
The Forming Worlds Lab offers BSc and MSc research and thesis projects for Kapteyn and RUG students in the fields of planetary and exoplanetary sciences. For the general research themes, please take a look at our research page.
Specific thesis topics for Kapteyn Astronomy students are often outlined in the Kapteyn intranet. However, other projects are available on a rolling basis. Interdisciplinary projects for physics, chemistry, or computational science majors are possible. Please get in touch if you are interested in doing a research project in our group.
Example project themes include:
- Modelling magma ocean crystallisation and volatile outgassing on rocky exoplanets
- Simulating early atmospheric evolution of Earth-like planets
- Coupling interior and atmosphere models to predict observable signatures
- Rock-vapour atmospheres and surface conditions on lava worlds
- Redox chemistry and greenhouse limits on terrestrial exoplanets
- Ocean formation timescales and water delivery to rocky planets
For examples of completed student projects, see the theses section on our publications page.
External Students
Typically, the Forming Worlds Lab cannot support research projects by external students through virtual supervision only. However, depending on the current availability of supervisory capacity and open projects in the group this may change infrequently.