CV | sandra-1

Brief CV

My professional experience focuses on the detection of small rocky exoplanets and understanding the magnetic activity of their host stars. I have also been involved in many instrumental projects

I have more than 10 years of Project Management experience of complex projects and I recently passed my PMP exam.

I am also a Scrum Master I and II, Project Owner I and II.

Work Experience

Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research Gottingen

2020 -

I am currently a group leader and the Principle Investigator of the RedDots exoplanet search program to detect all of the terrestrial planets orbiting the stars closest to our Solar System. More details on the large-international projects that I am currently involved in, my latest research results and my teaching profile can be found on this webpage

Akademische Rätin, Gottingen

2011 - 2020

I was lecturer at the Institute for Astrophysics in Goettingen Germany.

Postdoctoral Researcher - Utrecht University

During my time in Utrecht I was the instrument scientist for

Instrument scientist for the EXPO imaging polarimeter, and I was also on the science team for SPHERE.

Marie Curie Fellow - OMP, Toulouse

As a Marie Curie fellow I aquired expertise in tomographic mapping of magnetically active stars

Organising

2023 BCool meeting -- SOC chair

2021 BCool meeting -- SOC chair

2017-9 Organisor of Physics Faculty Colloquium

2017 Exoplanets splinter session

Astronomishe Gesellschaft

2015 chair Stellar Dynamos conf.

2015 AG splinter 'Stellar Activity'

2013 CARMENES Science Meeting

2012 -- IAG/MPS dymano/activity

discussion group

2012 BCool meeting

2009 Polarisation in Disks

Workshop - Utrecht

2008-2011 Dutch exoplanets group

Examining:

Many PhD and Masters thesis

Qualifications

Universität Göttingen

I was awarded my Habilitation degree in October 2019

University of St Andrews

I was awarded my PhD in June 2005 on the "Surface Mapping of Solar-type Stars" supervised by Prof. Andrew Cameron

The Queen's University of Belfast

BSc and MPhil degrees

First class honours