Personalia |
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Full name | Jelte Teun Anne de Jong |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | 1976, Leiden, the Netherlands |
Employment |
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2011-present |
Project manager, Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden, the NetherlandsI currently work as data processing coordinator and project manager for the Kilo Degree Survey. My work entails the coordination of the whole data processing cycle, from data taking, processing (including quality control), and delivery of final data products. |
2010-2011 |
Product developer/Test expert, Collis B.V., Leiden, the NetherlandsAt Collis I developed functional test tools, performed certification tests and was test consultant, all in the electronic payments market. The work entailed test design, execution, analysis and automation. |
2005-2010 |
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, GermanyMy work focused on the study of the structure of the Milky Way and its surrounding population of satellite galaxies, as well as their stellar populations. For this I used and developed new tools and methods to analyze color-magnitude data from millions of stars. Furthermore, I organized an institute retreat and worked on (successful) grant applications. |
2000-2005 |
Assistent in Opleiding, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, the NetherlandsFor my PhD thesis I developed a fully automated pipeline for the reduction and analysis of large amounts of data, resulting in a number of scientific publications. This work was part of an international research group that performed a 5-year intensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy in order to detect gravitational microlensing events. I also was teaching assistant for the course Stellar Evolution for two years. |
Education |
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University |
PhD in Astronomy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, 2000-2005Ph.D. degree obtained September 2005Thesis: Microlensing in M31 -- A search for baryonic dark matter MSc in Astronomy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, 1994-1999Master of Science degree obtained August 1999 |
Secondary school |
Ichthus College, Gymnasium, Drachten, the Netherlands, 1988-1994Majors: Dutch, English, German, Latin, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology |
Courses |
ISTQB Foundation, ISEB/Improve Quality Services, 2010 Payment Technology, Clear2Pay, 2010 |
Software |
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Programming | Python, C, HTML, PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript |
Platforms | Linux, Unix, MacOS, Windows XP/Vista |
Packages |
IDE: NetBeans, Geany Version control: Git, CVS Astronomy: IDL, IRAF, AstroWISE, LaTeX Testing: HP Quality Center, Collis Test Manager |
Languages |
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Native | Dutch |
Fluent | English |
Moderate | German |
Curriculum Vitae