As a PhD student I’m working on the atmospheric dispersion corrector (ADC) of MICADO. This instrument is designed to be one of the first light instruments on the Extremely Large Telescope. I’m focused on studying and ensuring the optimum performance, especially with respect to the astrometric performance, of the ADC by using Fourier analysis and control engineering.

As a contractor I worked as a junior optical engineer for the NOVA Optical Infrared Instrumentation Group in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands. I performed analyses on the design of the MICADO and METIS instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope. These analyses then influenced the decisions that need to be taken in the development cycles of these types of instruments.