PhD Theses

The department is engaged in the training of prospective astronomers at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. This is done in collaboration with neighbouring universities, namely Bonn and Cologne. International partnerships have also been formed with institutions such as Würzburg and Valencia.

Bachelor & Master

Research projects at the undergraduate level (bachelor and master) in the above mentioned topics are possible at the group. Please contact Prof. Eduardo Ros about this possibility for potential topics.

PhD Projects

Doctoral studies are possible in the framework of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). A list of available PhD projects and supervisors is shown below. For more details, please check projects with code AZ at our IMPRS webpage.

Former and present PhD candidates at the Radio Astronomy/VLBI Department (in inverse chronological order)

Name	PhD Defense Date	Thesis (key - UB: Univ. Bonn, UK: Univ. Köln)
		Title to be checked (UB)
Dr. Röder, Jan	10 September 2021	Title to be copied
Dr. Benke, Petra	09 September 2024	Title to be copied and linked (UK)
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Dr. Angelakis, Emmanouil	07 February 2007	Multi-Frequency Study of the NVSS Foreground Sources in the Cosmic Background Imager Field (UB)
Dr. Angioni, Roberto	19 October 2018	VLBI and gamma-ray studies of radio galaxies in the TANAMI monitoring program (UK)
Dr. Baczko, Anne-Kathrin	18 December 2019	Multi frequency VLBI observations of the active galaxy NGC1052 (UK)

Dr. Boccardi, Biagina	20 October 2015	The two-sided relativistic outflow in Cygnus A: extragalactic jet physics at extreme spatial resolution (UK) - Otto Hahn Medal & Otto Hahn Award of the Max Planck Society
Dr. Chang, Chin-Shin	24 October 2010	Active Galactic Nuclei throughout the Spectrum: M 87, PKS 2052-47, and the MOJAVE sample (UK)
Dr. Chidiac, Céline	28 April 2020	A 3-mm Imaging Line Survey of the Central Molecular Zones of M 82 and IC 342 (UB)
Dr. Fromm, Christian M.	22 January 2013	Spectral Evolution in Blazars : The case of CTA 102 (UB) - PhD Award of German Astronomical Society
Prof. Dr. Hodgson, Jeff	29 January 2015	Ultra-high resolution observations of selected blazars (UK)
Dr. Höllmer (née Kramer), Joana A.	18 October 2023	MHD Processes and Polarised Emission in AGN Jets (UK)
Dr. Karamanavis, Vassilis	06 May 2015	Zooming into γ-ray loud galactic nuclei: broadband emission and structure dynamics of the blazar PKS 1502+106 and the narrow-line Seyfert 1 1H 0323+342 (UK)
Dr. Kiehlmann, Sebastian	26 June 2015	Origin of the gamma-ray emission in AGN jets - A multi-wavelength photometry and polarimetry data analysis of the quasar 3C 279 (UK)
Dr. Kim, DongJin	08 December 2021	Circumnuclear gas in radio AGN revealed by molecular absorption (UK)
Prof. Dr. Kim, JaeYoung	11 September 2018	High Spatial Resolution Millimeter VLBI Studies of the Nearby Radio Galaxies M 87 and 3C 84 (UK)
Dr. habil. Middelberg, Enno	02 April 2004	Gas Around Active Galactic Nuclei and New Phase Calibration Strategies for High-Frequency VLBI (UB)
Dr. Mertens, Florian	26 June 2015	Internal structure and dynamics of extragalactic relativistic jets (UK)
Dr. Mezcua i Pallerola, Mar	18 October 2011	Supermassive binary black hole systems in active galaxies (UK)
Dr. Müller, Hendrik	18 July 2023	Advanced VLBI Imaging (UK)
Dr. Myserlis, Ioannis	30 October 2015	A framework for the study of physical conditions in astrophysical plasmas through radio and optical polarization: Application to extragalactic jets (UK)
Dr. Nair, Dhanya Gopalakrishnan	08 March 2018	Global Millimeter VLBI Array Survey of Ultracompact Extragalactic Radio Sources at 86 GHz (UK)
Dr. Paraschos, Georgios F.	27 September 2022	A comprehensive analysis of the nucleus of the radio source 3C 84 with VLBI (UK)
Dr. Pötzl, Felix M.	04 March 2021	Space-VLBI studies of the parsec-scale jet in the quasar 3C 345 (UK)
Dr. Rani, Bindu	24 January 2014	Broad-band study of selected Gamma-ray active blazars (UK)
Dr. Ricci, Luca	16 October 2023	Jet formation and propagation in the nearby radio galaxy NGC 315 (UK)

Mr. Saurabh	exp. 2026	High-resolution observations of the environment of black holes in active galactic nuclei (working title; UK)
Dr. Schinzel, Frank K.	19 October 2011	Physics and Kinematics of the Parsec Scale Jet of the Quasar 3C345 (UK)
Dr. Sokolovskiy, Kirill	01 February 2011	Multi-frequency study of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (UK)
Dr. Alef, Walter	1985	Title to be added

Detailed student projects (example report from IMPRS members)

PhD Theses

Former and present PhD candidates at the Radio Astronomy/VLBI Department (in inverse chronological order)

Detailed student projects (example report from IMPRS members)

Roberto Angioni (2015-18)

Biagina Boccardi (2012-15)

Céline Chidiac (2017-20)

Jeff Hodgson (2011-15)

Vassilis Karamanavis (2012-15)

Sebastian Kiehlmann (2012-15)

DongJin Kim (2018-21)

Jae-Young Kim (2015-18)

Joana A. Kramer (since 2020)

Florent Mertens (2012-15)

Ioannis Myserlis (2012-15)

Dhanya G. Nair (2015-18)

Georgios F. Paraschos (2019-22)

Felix M. Pötzl (2017-21)

Efthalia Traianou (2016-20)

Laura Vega-García (2015-18)