PhD Theses - Venus Express
Venus Express PhD Theses
The following table provides details on PhD theses related to Venus Express including, data analysis and interpretation, modelling, calibration, operations planning and archiving.
Entries are compiled from information sent to us directly from the VEX scientists or through the submission form linked below.
VEX PhD Theses | status October 2019 | |||
Name | Title of thesis | Main institute | PhD year | Country |
VMC (5) | ||||
R. Moissl | Morphology and dynamics of the Venus atmosphere at the cloud top level as observed by the Venus Monitoring Camera | Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research/ University of Braunschwei | 2008 | D |
A. Piccialli | Cyclostrophic wind in the mesosphere of Venus from the Venus Express observations | Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research/ University of Braunschweig | 2010 | D |
E. Shalygin | Study of the Venus surface and lower atmosphere using VMC imagess | Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research/ University of Braunschweig | 2013 | D |
I. Khatuntsev | Circulation of the Venus mesosphere from spacecraft observations | Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia | 2008 | RU |
Chris Lee | Venus GCM development | University of Oxford | 2006 | UK |
SPICAV/SOIR (7) | ||||
Arnaud Mahieux | Inversion of infrared spectra recorded by the SOIR instrument on board Venus Express | IASB and ULB, Brussels | 2011 | B |
Denis Belyaev | Planetary atmospheres exploration by means of solar occultation using acousto-optical filtration | Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia | 2008 | RU |
Eric Villard | Preparation, ground calibration and in-flight calibration of SPICAV UV and IR | Service d'Aéronomie, CNRS France | 2008 | F |
Emilie Royer | Night side NO emissions in Venus during star occultations | LATMOS,France | 2011 | F |
Cédric Cox | Nightside NO airglow distribution and modeling | Uni-Liège - Belgium | 2010 | B |
Loic Rossi | Étude des nuages de Vénus par polarimétrie avec les données de l’instrument SPICAV-IR à bord de Venus Express | LATMOS,France | 2015 | F |
Arnaud Stiepen | Nitric oxide nightglow mapping | Uni-Liège - Belgium | 2014 | B |
VeRa (6) | ||||
Riccardo Mattei | Radio Science Experiment Data Analysis in the framework of the ESA Missions "Venus Express" and "Rosetta" | Uni-BW, Munchen | 2010 | D |
Stefan Remus | Untersuchungen zur Durchführung von satellitengestützten Radio Science Experimenten im interplanetaren Raum | Uni-BW, Munchen | 2004 | D |
Jörg Selle | Planung und Simulation von Radio-Science-Experimenten interplanetarer Raumfahrt-Missionen | Uni-BW, Munchen | 2005 | D |
Hiroki Ando | Vertical wavenumber spectra of gravity waves in terrestrial atmospheres | ISAS/JAXA, Japan | 2013 | J |
Tatiana Bocanegra Bahamon | Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) for radio occultation studies; A Venus Express test case | TU Delft | 2019 | NL |
Kerstin Peter | Small scale disturbances in the lower dayside ionosphere of Mars as seen by the MaRS radio science experiment on Mars Express | Univ. Köln | 2018 | D |
MAG (1) | ||||
Lars Guicking | Niederfrequente Magnetfeldfluktuationen in der Plasmaumgebung der Venus | Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research/ University of Braunschweig | 2011 | D |
ASPERA (26) | ||||
K. Brinkfeldt | Instrumentation for Energetic Neutral Atom Measurements at Mars, Venus, and the Earth | IRF/Umeå University, Umeå | 2005 | S |
A. Grigoriev | The neutral particle detector on the mars and venus express missions | IRF/Umeå University, Umeå | 2007 | S |
E. Carlsson | Mars: Plasma environment and surface hydrology | IRF/Luleå University of Technology, Luleå | 2008 | S |
A. Ekenbäck | Numerical modelling of ENAs from stellar wind interactions | IRF/Umeå University, Umeå | 2008 | S |
C. Dieval | Solar wind ions inside the induced magnetosphere of Mars | IRF/Luleå University of Technology, Luleå | 2012 | S |
Robin Ramstad | Ion escape from mars: Measurements in the present to understand the past | IRF/Umeå University, Umeå | 2017 | S |
Moa Persson | Hot plasma in the Venusian upper ionosphere | IRF/Umeå University, Umeå | 2020 | S |
A. Galli | Energetic neutral atoms imaging of mars, venus, and the heliosphere | University of Bern, Switzerland | 2008 | CH |
E. Roussos | Interactions of weakly or non-magnetized bodies with solar system plasmas: Mars and the moons of Saturn | MPS/Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | 2008 | D |
C. Martinecz | The Venus plasma environment: a comparison of Venus Express ASPERA-4 measurements with 3D hybrid simulations | MPS/Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | 2008 | D |
Anne Angsmann | Magnetic states of the ionosphere of Venus observed by Venus Express | MPS/Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | 2011 | D |
Y. Soobiah | MSSL/University College London, UK | 2009 | UK | |
Glyn Collinson | MSSL/University College London, UK | 2010 | UK | |
Sharon Tsang | MSSL/University College London, UK | 2012 | UK | |
Shannon Curry | University of Michigan, USA | 2013 | USA | |
Tess McEnulty | Oxygen loss from Venus and the influence of extreme solar wind conditions | University of California, Berkeley, USA | 2012 | USA |
Claire Ferrier | CESR/UPS, Toulouse, France | 2009 | F | |
Riku Järvinen | On ion escape from Venus | FMI/University of Helsinki, Finland | 2011 | SF |
Ian Whittaker | University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK | 2010 | UK | |
Gemma Guymer | University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK | 2011 | UK | |
Alessandro Mura | IFSI, Italy | 2004 | I | |
Tom Nordheim | MSSL/University College London, UK | 2015 | UK | |
Takuya Hara | Study on the roles of solar wind variations and crustal magnetic fields in atmospheric escape from Mars based on in-situ spacecraft observations | Nagoya University, Japan | 2014 | Jp |
Kei Masunaga | Oxygen ion outflow from {Venus} and the mechanism of the ion acceleration | Tohoku University, Japan | 2013 | Jp |
Adriane Marques de Souza | A STUDY OF PLASMA WAVES IN THE INDUCED MAGNETOSPHERES OF MARS AND VENUS | National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil | 2018 | BRA |
Benjamin Hall | Spatiotemporal Studies of the Martian Plasma Environment | Uni. Leicester, UK | 2017 | UK |
VIRTIS (17) | ||||
P. Machado | Characterization of Venus atmospheric dynamics from ground-based observations | University of Lisbon, Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2013 | |
C. Tsang | The Composition and Circulation of the Atmosphere of Venus using Venus Express/VIRTIS Data | Univ. Of Oxford | 2008 | UK |
Jo Barstow | Cloud properties from VIRTIS/VEx | Univ. Of Oxford | 2011 | UK |
J. Mendonca | Studies of Venus using a comprehensive General Circulation Model | Univ. Of Oxford | 2013 | UK |
N. Mueller | Mapping of surface emissivity | 2012 | ||
D. Kappel | Development of multispectrum retrieval techniques and their application to Venus' deep atmosphere and surface | University of Potsdam, Germany, Institut für Physik und Astronomie and WWU Münster, Germany, Institut für Planetologie | D | |
E. Marcq | Lower Prélude à la mission Vénus Express : étude de l'atmosphère par spectro-imagerie infrarouge | LESIA, Observatoire de Paris | 2008 | F |
J. Peralta | Turbulence and waves on Venus from VIRTIS-M/Vex | Universidad del País Vasco, Spain | E | |
I. Gárate | Dinámica de la atmósfera de Venus al nivel de las nubes | Universidad del País Vasco, Spain | 2014 | E |
S. Stefani | Study of the optical properties of CO2 at extreme conditions | University of Rome, Italy | 2011 | I |
Yeon Joo Lee | Venus cloud structure and radiative energy balance of the mesosphere | Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research/ University of Braunschweig | 2012 | D |
A. Cardesin | Planning and archiving for VIRTIS/VEx | CISAS, Italy | I | |
K. McGouldrick | Mesoscale modelling of Venus clouds, constrained by VIRTIS obs. | Uni. Of Colorado, USA | USA | |
L. Soret | Oxygen airglow emission study with VIRTIS data | Uni-Liège Belgium | 2012 | B |
G. Gilli | Non-LTE measurements with VIRTIS | Granada | 2012 | ES |
C. Père | Étude de l’atmosphère de Vénus à l’aide d’un modèle de réfraction lors du passage devant le Soleil | LESIA, Observatoire de Paris | 2016 | F |
P. Scarica | GCM verification through the data from Venus Express | Università La Sapienza, Rome | 2019 | I |
Total: 62 |