Personalia
Full name
Jelte Teun Anne de JongNationality
DutchBorn
1976, Leiden, the NetherlandsEmployment
2011-present
Project manager, Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands
I 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 Netherlands
At 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, Germany
My 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 Netherlands
For 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
University
Astronomy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, 2000-2005
Ph.D. degree obtained September 2005Thesis: Microlensing in M31 -- A search for baryonic dark matter
Astronomy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands, 1994-1999
Master of Science degree obtained August 1999Secondary school
Ichthus College, Gymnasium, Drachten, the Netherlands, 1988-1994
Majors: Dutch, English, German, Latin, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, BiologyTraining courses
ISTQB Foundation, ISEB/Improve Quality Services, 2010Payment Technology, Clear2Pay, 2010