Volker Heesen
Staff Scientist at University of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolVolker Heesen is a staff scientist and radio astronomer at Hamburger Sternwarte with over a decade of experience studying radio continuum emission, cosmic-ray transport, and galactic magnetic fields. He has held postdoctoral positions at Southampton and Hertfordshire and earned a PhD from Ruhr University Bochum, focusing on polarimetric studies of edge-on galaxies. A member of LITTLE THINGS, LOFAR Magnetism and Surveys KSPs, and the JCMT NGLS, he combines observational expertise across LOFAR, VLA, and JCMT datasets. Volker is the author of Spinnaker, a 1-D cosmic-ray transport code used to model non-thermal radio spectral indices, reflecting his blend of software development and astrophysical modelling. Based in Hamburg, he brings a pragmatic, code-driven approach to probing how cosmic rays and magnetic fields shape galaxy evolution.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at Ruhr University BochumMaster’s Degree, Physics, Master’s Degree, Physics at Technical University Munich
English, German
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Github Skills (8)
spectral9
indices9
atmosphere9
insar9
transport8
astronomy7
ray7
flux1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
vheesen/Spinnaker
Nov 2015 - Nov 2021
1D cosmic ray transport model calculating radio spectral indices
Contributions:4 releases, 56 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years
rayindicesinsarastronomycosmic
sarrvesh/MKSP_scripts
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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