Projects
Design of generic assays based on electron paramagnetic resonance to understand degradation processes in novel fullerene-free organic solar cells. University of Antwerp
SILASOL: New Silicon Materials for Solar Applications. KU Leuven
Realistic 3D Modeling of Solar Prominences. KU Leuven
Prominences represent fascinating large-scale, cool and dense structures, suspended in the hot and tenuous solar corona. Perhaps the most elusive aspect of prominence physics is their sudden formation, and we have recently achieved the worldwide first fully multi-dimensional simulations demonstrating how by evaporation -condensation from lower solar atmospheric layers, we obtain a force-balanced as well as thermodynamically balanced realistic ...
The study of waves and instablities in the chromosphere using a two-fluid approach and adaptive mesh refinement. Application to solar spicules. KU Leuven
The aim of this study is the understanding of the mechanism of formation and the evolution of the spicules in the solar chromosphere.
Novel focused transport simulation model of solar energetic particle events in the inner heliosphere KU Leuven
Space weather events are having a growing impact on today’s modern society, which is heavily reliant on nanotechnology and satellites for communication and GPS. Furthermore, manned space research is moving back into focus, both near the Earth and for exploration journeys further away. Solar energetic particles (SEPs) pose a threat to satellites as well as astronauts in space and passengers on high-altitude flights. There is thus an increasing ...