Gwenaëlle Van Looveren

Work Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna
Aug, 2025 - Jul, 20283 years
Researching the upper atmospheres of early Solar System planets and exoplanets.
- Planetary atmospheres
PhD student, Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna
Sep, 2021 - Jul, 20253 years 10 months
Researching the upper atmospheres of (exo)planets.
- Planetary atmospheres
Secondary School Teacher, Sint-Norbertus Institute, Duffel, Belgium
Jan, 2020 - Jun, 20205 months
Teaching physics and mathematics on secondary school level
Belgian National Trainee, ESA Academy, ESEC, Belgium
Nov, 2018 - Nov, 20191 year
Following ESA Academy Training Sessions and supporting the organisation of sessions by reviewing applications, training material and providing technical support in an educational Concurrent Design Facility.

Skills

Astrophysics
Exoplanets

Atmospheric modelling

Atmospheric losses
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

Big Data Analysis

Astrophysical Applications

Education

Astrophysics, PhD, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Sep, 2021 - Jul, 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Master, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Sep, 2020 - Jul, 2021
Astrophysics, Erasmus+, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Mar, 2018 - Jun, 2018
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Sep, 2016 - Aug, 2018
Physics, Bachelor, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Sep, 2013 - Aug, 2016

Certificates

Publications

Habitable Zone and Atmosphere Retention Distance (HaZARD) - Stellar-evolution-dependent Loss Models of Secondary Atmosphere , Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published on: Feb 01, 2025
A paper looking at the loss of secondary atmospheres of rocky exoplanets under evolving host stars.
Airy worlds or barren rocks? On the survivability of secondary atmospheres around the TRAPPIST-1 planets , Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published on: Mar 01, 2024
A paper looking at the thermal loss of the TRAPPIS-1 planets.
PRESTALINE: A package for analysis and simulation of star forming regions , Proceedings of IAU
Published on: Jan 20, 2023
A paper on modelling of molecular clouds
PRESTALINE: a package for simulation and analysis of molecular spectra of star forming regions , Open Astronomy
Published on: Dec 13, 2021
A paper on modelling of molecular clouds

Interests