Dr. Veerle J. Sterken

I’m an aerospace engineer and a space scientist, currently leading a research group at the ETH Zürich (Switzerland), funded by the ERC Starting Grant Nr. 851544: “The Heliosphere and the Dust: Characterization of the Solar and Interstellar Neighbourhood”.

My daily work covers research, teaching, supervision, outreach talks, publishing and community service like organizing meetings, refereeing publications, editing books, mentoring, etc. My work is curosity-driven and I regularly engage in interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues from other fields to allow for synergies that push the field forward.

Group website: www.astrodust.phys.ethz.ch