Simon Ringqvist Email & Phone Number

Kista

Researcher at FOI (Swedish Defense Research Agency)

This profile is still a work in progress (2024-05-27).● Primary research focus is the detection and characterisation of (giant) exoplanets through high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy. This involves a large amount of work with data management, analysis, visualisation and presentation. ● Publication record available at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-8272

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

● 2018 – Advisory/working group: Assuring the quality of pedagogical development work and teacher proficiency development ("RASK").● 2018 – PhD student representative at the board of the Department of Astronomy.● 2017 – Member of the PhD student council at the Department of Astronomy. ● 2018 – 2019; 2021 - 2022 PhD student representative at the board of the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching ("CeUL")● As I became a parent in 2021, went on parental leave on 80% for a year in 2022 and entered my final years of the PhD programme, I scaled back on these types of positions.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

● 10% part of the PhD employment at Stockholm University.● Assisting and supervising high school students (individually and in groups) during their final science project.● Developing new laboratory exercise material (lectures, learning content, Python notebooks).

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

● Teaching students ages 8-18 on the subjects of physics and astronomy in a laboratory setting, through experiments and lectures. ● Assisting in the design of new educational material.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

● Representing all of Sweden's PhD students at the Swedish Higher Education Authority's(UKÄ) reference group for the national quality assurance system. Background: UKÄ is a government agency responsible for the supervision/review of all higher education at Swedish universities.The reference group is composed of representatives from SFS, the general director and staff from UKÄ, as well as representatives from Vetenskapsrådet and major Swedish universities. The task of the reference group is to assist in the development of the national quality assurance system for higher education in Sweden.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

● 2013 – 2016 Member of the Science Faculty Council (Naturvetenskapliga fakultetsrådet). An advisory council to the faculty board, made up of undergraduate students and PhD students.● 2014 – 2015 Chair of the Science Faculty Council.● 2013 – 2016 Student representative in the Undergraduate Education Committee (Grundutbildningsberedningen).● 2012 – 2016 Member of the Physics Students Council. Included representation at various boards and advisory committees at the departmental level.

Secondary Education And Teaching

● Two semesters of pedagogics and didactics as part of a bridging teacher education ("KPU") for ages 15-18 (gymnasium, or upper secondary.

Master Of Science - Ms, Astronomy And Astrophysics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Astronomy And Astrophysics