Ph.D., 2019, Leiden University

Areas of Interest: Circum-stellar disks, Planet Formation, Exoplanet Detection and Characterization, Exoplanet Atmospheres, High-Contrast Imaging, high-spatial and spectral instrumentation, remote sensing

Sebastiaan joined Steward Observatory in October 2019 as an NHFP Sagan Fellow to work together with Dr. Jared Males and the MagAO-X team. Sebastiaan’s research focuses on the development of high spatial and spectral resolution instrumentation for the detection of exoplanets and characterization their atmospheres. During his PhD he developed the Leiden Exoplanet Instrument (LEXI), which was a pathfinder instrument for optical/NIR high-resolution integral-field spectroscopy. One of his interests is the use of optical integral-field spectroscopy for the characterization of proto-planets and their formation. He is also interested in the applying the instruments and techniques developed for astronomy in other fields.