Third Place — Black in Physics 2022 Three Minute Thesis Competition
Black in Physics Week · 28 October 2022
Recognised for communicating my doctoral research in a concise three-minute presentation.
Official competition pagePublications & Outputs
Selected lead and collaboration outputs in cosmic-ray radio detection, calibration, interferometry, scientific instrumentation, and physics education. Full collaboration records are available through ORCID, ResearchGate and INSPIRE.
DOCTORAL THESIS · 2026
In Phase With the Cosmos
Mass Composition of Cosmic Rays via Radio Interferometry
Radboud University. Doctoral thesis completed and approved for defence.
Contribution: Lead doctoral work on precision timing, detector calibration and radio-interferometric reconstruction for inclined cosmic-ray air showers.
Awards & Recognition
Doctoral defence
6 October 2026 at 10:30
Academiezaal (Aula), Radboud University Nijmegen.
The thesis is completed and approved for defence.
ORCID record
Persistent scholarly profile containing verified research identifiers and outputs.
View ORCIDResearch presentations
Technical talks and posters on timing calibration, radio interferometry, and reconstruction for the AugerPrime Radio Detector.
Collaboration contributions
Analysis notes, calibration studies, detector diagnostics, workshops, and technical review contributions within the Pierre Auger Collaboration.
Reports & Educational Outputs
SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION · 2024
Travel Report: Study Trip United Kingdom
24 April–12 May 2024
A collectively authored account of a three-week physics study tour organised by Stichting Marie Curie Reizen for Radboud University Physics and Astronomy students.
My role: Scientific supervisor for the Boulby Underground Laboratory and Manchester leg, including visits to Jodrell Bank Observatory and the University of Sheffield.
Selected Publications
Results and plans to apply interferometry to air shower observations at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Proceedings of Science, ICRC 2025, Vol. 501, 386 (2025).
Contribution: Collaboration output closely connected to my doctoral work on beacon timing, station geometry and extending interferometry to AugerPrime radio detectors.
DOI: 10.22323/1.501.0386A Catalog of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Recorded During Phase I of Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 264, 50 (2023).
Contribution: Pierre Auger Collaboration co-author; the catalog documents the detector systems and reconstruction chain that provide the wider experimental setting for my calibration work.
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/aca537Measuring the muon content of inclined air showers using AERA and the water-Cherenkov detectors
Physical Review D, 112, 123042 (2025).
Contribution: Pierre Auger Collaboration co-author; directly relevant to inclined-shower reconstruction and complementary radio and particle measurements.
DOI: 10.1103/2q9f-pbrpTalks & Conference Contributions
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