Our Team
The Forming Worlds group is part of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. We are working to create a multidisciplinary, team-spirited, and diverse research environment. If you are interested in joining our group for a PhD, postdoc, or undergraduate research project, please check Join.











































































Previous Members

Iris Boer
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Runaway greenhouse

Björn Koops
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Rock vapour atmospheres

Jessica Helmerhorst
Kapteyn BSc Student 2024
Super-Earth structure

Lotte Bartels
Kapteyn MSc Student 2024
Exoplanet geodynamics

Beat Hubmann
Kapteyn PhD Student 2023
Planetesimal evolution

Boyd van der Plaat
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Steam atmospheres

Lucas Priolet
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Exoplanet surfaces

Marijn Smorenburg
Kapteyn BSc Student 2023
Exoplanet outgassing