Current Undergrad Students: 1 yr Master-thesis project

Constantin Gerbig: Gravoturbulent Planetesimal Formation

Robert Latka: Dust evolution around M-dwarfs

Current Undergrad Students: Bachelor-thesis project

Simeon Doetsch: High Resolution studies of Hydro Instabilities with the PLUTO code

N.N.: N-Body of planetesimal formation

Current Research Assistants:

Marie Steinmeyer: Code development - two pop pi

Thomas Pfeil: Parameter studies for Hydro Stability of Disks

Hendrik Schwanekamp: Visualization and GPU computing

Current PhD Students:

Christian Lenz: (DFG / MPG funded): Global models of Planetesimal Formation

Natascha Manger: (DFG funded): Planetesimal Formation

Hans Baehr: Global 3D simulations of self gravitating disks and the formation of direct imaging planets

Vincent Carpenter: (DFG funded): Experiments on Settling particles

Eduard Bopp: (DFG funded): 3D Simulations of Gas Accretion onto planets

Martin Schlecker: (DFG funded): Population Synthesis for Exo-Planets around M-dwarfs

Oliver Voelkel: (DFG funded): Consistent Planetesimal Formation for Population Synthesis of Exo-Planets

N.N.: (DFG funded OPEN!): Icelines and Planetesimal Formation

Current Post Docs:

Francesco Biscani: (DFG funded): N-Body simulations of Planetesimal Formation

N.N.: (DFG funded OPEN!): AMR simulations of Planetesimal Formation

Past Undergrad Students:

Patrick Barth: Thermal Convection in Gas Giant Planets

Lucas Rettenmeier: Disk Formation in Stellar Clusters with PLUTO

Konstantin Gerbig; Planetesimal Formation and Pebble Accretion    

Moritz Fischer: RAMSES simulations of disks around young stars

Phillip Hottinger: Hydro simulations of warped disks

Robin Bühler: PLUTO Simulation on the Streaming Instability                          

Christian Lenz: Global and consistent models of Planetesimal Formation       

Natascha Manger: Hydro simulations on Dust concentration in of accretion disks and observational signatures of turbulence                                                                                                           

Hans Baehr: Local simulations of self gravitating disks
and the formation of direct imaging planets

Matthäus Schulik (with Ch. Mordasini): The mass radius relationship of planets: What is the reason for the extremely inflated extrasolar planets?                               

Ge Linson (under-graduate-thesis Huazhong University, China): Analytics of convective overstability in disks                                                                                                                      

Svenja Jacob (Bachelor-thesis): Vortices in stratified disks

Vinzent Steinberg (Bachelor-thesis): Internal gravity waves in stratified disks   

Florian Schiessler (Bachelor-thesis): Selfgraviting accretions disks

Benjamin Damrau (Bachelor-thesis): Planetesimal accretion onto Gas Giants

Johannes Reppin (Master-thesis): Simulations of driven turbulence

Simon Legrand (Master-thesis w. U. Strasbourg): SPH Simulations of particles in flows

Moritz Beutel (Bachelor-thesis): Baroclinic Instability Analytics

Kai Salm (Bachelor-thesis): Planetesimal Impacts in Gas Giants

Patrick Fopp (Bachelor-thesis): Baroclinic Instability

Paul Mollier (Bachelor-thesis): Deuterium Burning in Gas Gianst

Helen Morrison (Bachelor-thesis): Baroclinic Instability Numerics

Hassnat Ahmad (Master-thesis): Selfgravity Solver for Disks

Oliver Fernandes (Diploma-Student): Planet–disk interaction

David Foltin (Diploma-Student): Cooling functions for self-gravitating disks

Natalie Raettig (Diploma-Student): Accretion of Solids onto Gas Planets

Mario Flock (Diploma-Student): MHD turbulence in global disks

Kai-Martin Dittkrist (Diploma-Student): Population Synthesis

Philipp Strehlow (Diploma-Student): Analytical Models for Vortices

Gerhard Hoffmann (Bachelor-Student (FH)): Radiation transport for Pluto Code

Past PhD-Students:

Anders Johansen: MHD models in early planet formation

Rolf Kuiper: Modeling of disks in the formation of massive stars

Ana Uribe: Planet Disk Interaction

Mario Flock: MHD turbulence in global disks

Natalie Raettig: Local Models of Vortices in stratified disks

Karsten Dittrich: Turbulent Planetesimal Formation

Mykola Malygin (PhD-Student): Massive Star Formation

Gabriel Marleau (PhD-Student): Giant Planet Formation

Kai-Martin Dittkrist (PhD-Student): Population Synthesis models

Aiara Lobo Gomez (DFG PhD-Student): Planet Disk Interaction

Andreas Schreiber (DFG PhD-Student): Planetesimal Formation

Past Post Docs:

Til Birnstiel: (DFG Post-Doc) ”Habitable Earth”                                           

Mike Butler : Star Formation

Karsten Dittrich (DFG Post-Doc): Turbulent Planetesimal Formation           

Christoph Mordasini (senior Post-Doc): Population Synthesis models                               

Clement Surville (DFG Post-Doc): Vortices and Baroclinic Instability                                                   

Tristen Hayfield (Guest-Scientist): Planetesimal Formation                                                                                               

Natalie Raettig (DFG PostDoc): Baroclinic Vortices

Alexander Hubbard (AvH Post-Doc): Dust in Accretion Disks

Patrick Glaschke (Post-Doc): SPH and N-Body models of planetesimal formation

Artur Gawryszczak (Post-Doc/Humboldt Fellow): Self-gravitating disks

Ludovic Petitdemange (DFG Post-Doc): Planetary Magnetism

Benoit Commercon (Post-Doc): Star Formation

Natalia Dziourkevitch (Post-Doc): non-ideal MHD in accretion disks