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Full publication list (Downloadable, November 2021), and online via NASA ADS.

First-author publications (refereed)

• V.J. Sterken, A.J. Westphal, N. Altobelli, D. Malaspina, F. Postberg, 2019: Interstellar dust in the solar system. Space Science Reviews, 215, Issue 7, id. 43, 32 pp. (refereed book chapter). DOI: 10.1007/s11214-019-0607-9
• V.J. Sterken, P. Strub, H. Krüger, R. von Steiger, P. Frisch, 2015: Sixteen years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. III. Simulations and data unveil new insights into local Interstellar Dust. ApJ, 812, Issue 2, 141, 24 pp.
• V.J. Sterken, A. Westphal, et al., 2014: Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination X: Interstellar dust simulations for the Stardust mission. MAPS, 49, pp. 1690-1697
• V.J. Sterken, N. Altobelli, S. Kempf, H. Krüger, R. Srama, P. Strub, E. Grün, 2013: The filtering of interstellar dust in the solar system. A&A, 552, pp. A130.
• V.J. Sterken, N. Altobelli, S. Kempf, H. Krüger, F. Postberg, R.H. Soja, R. Srama, E. Grün, 2012: An optimum opportunity for interstellar dust measurements by the JUICE mission. PSS, 71, Issue 1, p. 142-146
• V.J. Sterken, N. Altobelli, S. Kempf, G. Schwehm, R. Srama, E. Grün, 2012: The flow of interstellar dust into the solar system. A&A, 538 id. A102.
• V.J. Sterken, 2007: Sir Hermann Bondi: A journey trough his life and the early endeavours of Europe into space. Acta astronautica, 61, pp. 514-525. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.01.059

Selected co-author publications (refereed)

• Posner, A., et al. A Multi-Purpose Heliophysics L4 Mission. Space Weather, Volume 19, Issue 9, article id. e02777.
• Wozniakiewicz, P. J., et al. A cosmic dust detection suite for the deep space Gateway. Advances in Space Research, Volume 68, Issue 1, p. 85-104.
• M. Blanc, O. Prieto Ballesteros, N. Andre, J. Gomez-Elvira, G. Jones, V. Sterken, et al. Joint Europa Mission (JEM) A Multi-scale study of Europa to characterise its habitability and search for extant life. Planetary and Space Science, 193, pp. 104960.
• M. Hajdukkova, V.J. Sterken, P. Wiegert, L. Kornos, 2020: The challenge of identifying interstellar meteors. Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 192, 1 Nov. 2020, 105060.
• M. Hajdukova, V.J. Sterken, P. Wiegert, 2019: Interstellar meteoroids, in Meteoroids: Sources of Meteors on Earth and beyond, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108426718, p. 235-252 (refereed book chapter)
• H. Krüger, N. Altobelli, P. Strub, V.J. Sterken, R. Srama, E. Grün, 2019: Interstellar dust in the inner solar system: model versus in-situ spacecraft data. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 626, A37
• H. Krüger, P. Strub, R. Srama, M. Kobayashi, T. Arai, H. Kimura, H. Takayuki, G. Moragas-Klostermeyer, N. Altobelli, V.J. Sterken, J. Agarwal, M. Sommer, E. Grün, 2019: Modelling DESTINY+ interplanetary and interstellar dust measurements en route to the active asteroid (3200) Phaethon: Planetary and Space Science, 172, pp. 22-42
• N. Altobelli, F. Postberg, K. Fiege, M. Trieloff, H. Kimura, V.J. Sterken, H.-W. Hsu, J. Hillier, N. Khawaja, G. Moragas-Klostermeyer, J. Blum, M. Burton, R. Srama, S. Kempf, E. Gruen, 2016: Flux and composition of interstellar dust at Saturn from Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer. Science, 352, Issue 6283, pp. 312 – 318
• P. Strub, H. Krüger, V.J. Sterken, 2015: Sixteen years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. II. Fluctuations in the Dust Flow from the Data. ApJ, 812, Issue 2, 140, 15 pp.
• H. Krüger, P. Strub, E. Gruen, V.J. Sterken, 2015: Sixteen years of Ulysses Interstellar Dust Measurements in the Solar System. I. Mass Distribution and Gas-to-Dust Mass Ratio. ApJ, 812, Issue 2, 139, 16 pp.
• A.J. Westphal, et al., 2014: Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft. Science, 345, no. 6198, pp. 786-791
• A.J. Westphal, et al., 2014: Final reports of the Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination. MAPS, 49, pp. 1720-1733

Selected conference proceedings

• R.H. Soja, et al., 2015: Meteor storms and showers with the IMEX model. Proceedings of the IMC, Mistelbach, 2015.
• E. Grün, R. Srama, M. Horanyi, H. Krüger, R. Soja, V. Sterken, Z. Sternovsky, P. Strub, 2013: Comparative analysis of the ESA and NASA interplanetary meteoroid environment models, 6th European Conference on Space Debris, ESA/ESOC Darmstadt, Germany, 22-25 April 2013
• V.J. Sterken, N. Altobelli, S. Kempf, G. Schwehm, R. Srama, P. Strub and E. Grün, 2011: The flow of interstellar dust through the solar system: the role of dust charging, ICPDP conference 2011, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
• V.J. Sterken, 2006: Sir Hermann Bondi: A journey through his life and the early endeavours of Europe into space. IAC-06-E4.1.05. IAC conference 2006, Valencia, Spain.
• V.J. Sterken, A. Kamp, S. Kampen, T.C. van den Dool, 2005: Impact of the space environment on Darwin and a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) demonstration mission. IAC-05-C.2.5. IAC conference 2005, Fukuoka, Japan.