Projects

Gas-phase Astrochemistry

• Photodissociation experiments on small molecules (1.0 PhD student)
  Ubachs (VU Amsterdam), Linnartz, Groenenboom, van Dishoeck
• Photodissociation and excitation in protoplanetary disks (1.0 PhD student)
  van Dishoeck (UL Leiden), Parker, van der Tak, Ubachs, Linnartz
• Photodissociation experiments on large molecules (0.7 PhD student)
  Parker (RU Nijmegen), Linnartz, Groenenboom
• Theory of vibration-rotation inelastic collisions (1.0 PhD student)
  Groenenboom (RU Nijmegen), vd Avoird, Parker, van der Tak
• Experiments of vibration-rotation inelastic collisions (0.3 PhD student)
  Parker (RU Nijmegen), Groenenboom, van der Tak, van Dishoeck

The Solid Universe – Ice and Dust –

• The physics and chemistry of metallic Fe and FeS nano clusters (1.0 PhD student)
  Waters (UvA Amsterdam), Costantini, de Vries, Dominik, Min, Tielens, Kamp, Buma, Oomens, Rudolf
• Dust surface chemistry in the inner Solar Nebula: The formation of organic molecules through catalytic reactions on silicate surfaces (1.0 PhD student)
  Rudolf (RUG Groningen), Kamp, Linnartz, Cuppen, van Dishoeck, Tielens
• Shining light on ice (1.0 PhD student)
  Linnartz (UL Leiden), Cuppen, Rudolf, Kamp, Bickelhaupt, Kroes, van Dishoeck
• Molecular complexity in the solid state: theory meets experiment (1.0 PhD student)
  Bickelhaupt (VU Amsterdam), Linnartz , Oomens, Tielens, Groenenboom
• MD/MC simulations of photo-induced reactions of H₂O photofragments with CO ice
  Kroes (UL Leiden), van Dishoeck, Cuppen

From PAHs to chains, rings and cages

• The photochemical evolution of PAHs (1.0 PhD student)
  Oomens (FOM Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein), Linnartz, vd Zande, Tielens
• The chemical evolution of PAHs driven by energetic ion interaction (1.0 PhD student)
  Schlathölter (RUG Groningen), Oomens, Ubachs, Tielens
• Astronomical implications (0.5 PhD student)
  Tielens (UL Leiden), Kaper

The Prebiotic Universe

• Amino-acid Formation Controlled by Chiral Templates (1.0 PhD student)
  Vlieg (RU Nijmegen), Rutjes, Dominik, Raap, Ehrenfreund
• Formation of Chiral Meteoritic Prebiotic Molecules (1.0 PhD student)
  Feringa (RUG Groningen), Harutyunyan, Browne, Kros, Linartz, Ehrenfreund, Raap, Vlieg, Rudolf