Supervision of final theses
Supervision - future and past
Opportunities for Master Thesis
There are currently 3 master theses open, for which scholarships are available. For more details see the announcements.
- The solar wind fine structure mapped with NASA's revolutionary Parker Solar Probe mission
- Solar microflares: imaging and spectroscopy with the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) to fly on Solar Orbiter
- Coronal Heating by nanoflares using multiwavelength EUV imaging of the AIA instrument onboard NASA'S Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Opportunities for Bachelor Thesis
- Sunspot observations at Kanzelhöhe Observatory
- Solar cycle studies
- Solar X-ray flares: measurements of directivity
Supervised Students
| Dissertations, PhD Theses | |||
| Name | Title of the thesis | Year | link |
| Stefan Purkhart | Energy release events from the Sun on different scales | ongoing | |
| Robert Jarolim | Frontiers of deep learning in solar physics | ongoing | |
| Campos Rozo, Jose-Ivan | Plasma and magnetic field interaction on large and small scales within the solar atmosphere | ongoing | |
| Gupta, Manu | Magnetic helicity modeling in solar flares | ongoing | |
| Hernandez-Perez, Aaron | Initiation and Energy Release in Solar Flare/CME Events | 2020 | Online Publication |
| Hofmeister, Stefan Johann | On the properties of solar coronal holes, their magnetic structure, and how their location on the Sun affects the solar wind velocities near Earth | 2019 | Online publication |
| Dissauer, Karin | Diagnostics of coronal dimmings associated with solar coronal mass ejections | 2018 | Online publication |
| Jungmeier, Gundi | On the trail of hidden information History of corona observation at the Kanzelhöhe Observatory for Solar and Environmental Research | 2018 | Online publication |
| Muhr, Nicole | EUV Observations of Coronal Waves and their Association with Other Solar Phenomena | 2014 | Abstract |
| Rollett, Tanja | Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections and Their Heliospheric Imprints | 2014 | Online Publication |
| Bein, Bianca Maria | Properties of coronal mass ejections derived from STEREO observations | 2013 | Abstract |
| Kienreich, Ines Waltraud | Kinematics and 3D Structure of large-scale coronal waves and shocks observed with STEREO/EUVI and PROBA2/SWAP | 2012 | Online publication |
| Miklenic, Christiane | Multi-wavelength observations of dynamic phenomena in the solar atmosphere | 2010 | Online publication |
| Stoiser-Berkebile, Sigrid | Solar hard X-ray microflares: atmospheric response and implications for coronal heating models | 2009 | Online publication |
| Möstl, Christian | Modeling magnetic clouds using multi-spacecraft observations | 2009 | Online publication |
| Master and Diploma Theses | |||
| Thesis name | Title of the thesis | Year | link |
| Schopper, Tobias | Solar Flare Prediction using Deep Learning | ongoing | |
| Purkhart, Stefan | Statistics of nanoflares and their contribution to coronal heating using SDO/AIA differential emission measure analysis | 2021 | Online publication |
| Fleck, Nikolaus Christopher | Detection of coronal mass ejections on late type stars | ongoing | |
| Jarolim, Robert | Solar image enhancement and quality assessment with deep learning | 2020 | online publication |
| Saqri, Jonas | Differential Emission Measure Analysis of a Long-Lived Coronal Hole | 2020 | Online Publication |
| Seibezeder, Julia | Evolution of plasma parameters during the early evolution of the 2010 June 13 Coronal Mass Ejection and Shock | 2020 | Online publication |
| Krikova, Kilian | Small-scale dynamics in a coronal hole related to microflaring events | 2020 | Online publication |
| Baumgartner, Christian | On the factors determining the eruptive character of solar flares | 2018 | Online publication |
| Tschernitz, Johannes | Magnetic reconnection rates in eruptive and confined two ribbon flares | 2018 | Online publication |
| Heinemann, Stephan Gabor | Coronal Holes: Evolution and Magnetic Field Characteristics | 2017 | Online publication |
| Hinterreiter, Jürgen | Comparing the ribbon evolution and the coronal electric field of eruptive and confined Hα flares based on Kanzelhöhe Observatory data | 2017 | Online publication |
| Müller, Jörg Hermann | Automatic Detection of Clouds in All-Sky-Images | 2016 | Online publication |
| Hofmeister, Stefan | Coronal Holes, Solar High Speed Streams and Geomagnetic Storms: Statistical Relationships and Forecasts | 2015 | Online publication |
| Miksits, Christoph | RHESSI X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of the X3.9 flare of 2003 November 3 | 2013 | Online publication |
| Gressl, Corinna | Comparison of MHD simulations of the solar wind with in-situ measured plasma and magnetic field parameters at 1 AU | 2012 | Online publication |
| Rollett, Tanja | Propagation direction and kinematics of coronal mass ejections in the Heliosphere | 2010 | Online publication |
| Stevanecz, Nina | Correlation analysis of flares and coronal mass ejections of the years 2003 and 2005 | 2009 | Online publication |
| Bein, Bianca Maria | Solar microflares studied with RHESSI and DOT | 2009 | Online publication |
| Muhr, Nicole | Analysis of a Moreton wave associated with the X17.2 solar flare/CME event observed on October 28, 2003 | 2008 | |
| Thalmann, Julia | Analysis of the flare waves associated with the 3B/X3.8 flare of January 17, 2005 | 2005 | |
| Miklenic, Christiane | Magnetic reconnection rates in a two-ribbon flare | 2004 | |
| Stoiser, Sigrid | Solar microflares observed by RHESSI | 2004 | |
| External Referee | |||
| Name | Title of work | Year | link |
| Dumbovic, Mateja | Analysis and Forecasting of coronal mass ejection space weather effects. PhD Thesis, University of Zagreb (Croatia) | 2016 | link |
| Meetu, Verma | The evolution and decay of sunspots: a high resolution study of flows and magnetic fields in and around sunspots. PhD thesis, University of Potsdam (Germany) | 2013 | link |
| Long, David | Kinematic properties of globally-propagating waves in the solar corona. PhD thesis, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) | 2012 | link |
| Falkenberg, Thea Vilstrup | Influence of solar activity on planetary environments - Future Mars explorations. PhD Thesis, DTU (Denmark) | 2011 | link |