Main Research Fields

My research main revolves around comparative planetology. I work both in remote sensing as well as laboratory work and how to combine both to maximise the mutual benefits. This includes studying planetary surface with spectroscopy and creating laboratory setups that best minics the conditions (temperature, pressure, etc) we encounter on planetary surfaces as well as viewing geometries. In additon, I work in the analysis of extraterrestrial samples to provide a ground truth for remote sensing data and to put a link from the micro to the global scale.

I have been working on a wide range of target bodies including Venus, Mercury, icy moons, Io and Mars. I'm especially curious how the planetary bodies in our system compared to planets around other stars and how many Venus-like planets there are.