Personal Details

Last Name:	Weingrill
First Name:	Jörg
Date of Birth	1973
Nationality	Austrian
Office Address	Institut für Weltraumforschung, Schmiedlstraße 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
Office Phone	+43 316 4120-723
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Scientific Career

October 4th, 2011	Ph.D. in Physics/Astrophysics
2008 - 2011	Ph.D. Study of Physics/Astrophysics at the University of Graz
October 4th, 2007	Magister in Physics/Astrophysics
June 2006 - 2012	Junior Scientist at the Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences
2002 - 2007	Study of Physics/Astrophysics at the University of Graz

Research Skills

• Languages: German (mother tongue), fluent English.
• Expert knowledge in data-reduction and image-processing with IDL, Python and Matlab.
• Extensive knowledge of the physics of extrasolar planets, especially models of transiting planets, stellar atmospheres and stellar activity.
• Programming ability in Java, Pascal, C/C++, SQL, PHP and Perl with 20 years experience as a software developer and IT manager.
• Expert knowledge of professional typesetting package LAT_EX.
• Expert knowledge in telescope optics, camera systems and robotic telescope systems.
• Advanced knowledge in Windows, Linux and FreeBSD operating systems and virtualization with Citrix XenServer and XenApp.
• Advanced knowledge in programming OpenAT mobile applications in C/C++.
• Basic knowledge in electronics.

Scientific collaborations

• CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team (CEST): exoplanet detection, SRa01 run coordinator.
• CNES (France), TU Chania (Greece), IWF (Austria): JASON-2 Radar Altimetry calibration using a transponder.
• Karl-Franzens-University Graz (Austria), IWF (Austria): Influence of Stellar Activity on the Atmospheres of hot Jupiters.

Presentations in Meetings/Conferences/Workshops

• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2002: The Starlight MX7C in Colors
• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2003: Presentation of Astrocap
• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2005: FireWire Webcams for Astronomy
• Conference of Professional Astronomers in Innsbruck, 2006: Campaigns at the Observatory Lustbühel
• Graz 2006: 2nd Strategic Workshop on SMART-1
• Graz 2006: 3rd Strategic Workshop on SMART-1 and VEX
• MOST Science Team Meeting Vienna 2008: Observation of TT Arietis, First Results
• Graz in Space 2008 Summer-University
• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2008: TT Ari - Beobachtungen eines Veränderlichen mit dem Weltraumteleskop MOST
• CoRoT Science Team Meetings: 2008 - 2011
• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2009: A single pixel all-sky camera
• Conference of Professional Astronomers in Graz, 2010: Detection of Transiting Super-Earths around Active Stars
• European Science Foundation Meeting in Bairisch Kölldorf, 2010: Detectability of Exoplanets in the Vicinity of Active Stars
• Central European Solar Physics Meeting V, Bairisch Kölldorf, 2011: A Quiet Sun among Active planet-hosting Stars
• EPSC-DPS 2011: Are Active Stars Hiding Transiting Exoplanets?
• CCD Workshop Mariazell 2011: Photometrie von Exoplaneten und Spektroskopie von Aktiven Sterne

 

Lectures and Tutorships

Publications

Refereed Articles

 

Bordé, P., Bouchy, F., Deleuil, M., Cabrera, J., Jorda, L., Lovis, C., Csizmadia, S., Aigrain, S., Almenara, J. M., Alonso, R., ..., Weingrill, J., ... : Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XI. CoRoT-8b: A hot and dense sub-Saturn around a K1 dwarf, A&A, 2010.

 

Boudjada, M.Y., K. Schwingenschuh, H.K. Biernat, J.J. Berthelier, J. Blecki, M. Parrot, M. Stachel, Ö. Aydogar, G. Stangl, J. Weingrill: Similar behaviors of natural ELF/VLF ionospheric emissions and transmitter signals over seismic Adriatic regions, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 2008.

 

Carone, L., Gandolfi, D., Cabrera, J., Hatzes, A. P., Deeg, H. J., Csizmadia, Sz., Paetzold, M., Weingrill, J., Aigrain, S., Alonso, R., ... : Planetary transit candidates in the CoRoT LRa01 field, A&A, 2011, accepted.

 

 

Deeg, H. J., Moutou, C., Erikson, A., Csizmadia, Sz., Tingley, B., Barge, P., Bruntt, H., Havel, M., Aigrain, S., Almenara, J. M., . . . , Weingrill, J.. . . . : A transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250K and 430K, Nature, 2010.

Deleuil, M., Bonomo, A. S., Ferraz-Mello, S., Erikson, A., Bouchy, F., Havel, M., Aigrain, S., Almenara, J. -M., Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., ... , Weingrill, J., ... : CoRoT-20b: A very high density, high eccentricity transiting giant planet, 2011arXiv1109.3203D, 2011.

Fridlund, M., Hébrard, G., Alonso, R., Deleuil, M., Gandolfi, D., Gillon, M., Bruntt, H., Alapini, A., Csizmadia, Sz., Guillot, T., ... , Weingrill, J., ... : Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. IX. CoRoT-6b: a transiting “hot Jupiter” planet in an 8.9d orbit around a low-metallicity star, A&A, 2010.

Gillon, M., Hatzes, A., Csizmadia, Sz., Fridlund, M., Deleuil, M., Aigrain, S., Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Barge, P., ... , Weingrill, J., ... : Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XII. CoRoT-12b: a short-period low-density planet transiting a solar analog star, A&A, 2010.

Hatzes, A.P., Fridlund, M., Nachmani, G., Mazeh, T., Valencia, D., Hebrard, G., Carone, L., Paetzold, M., Udry, St., Bouchy, F., ... , Weingrill, J., ... : On the Mass of CoRoT-7b, ApJ, 2011.

Hausleitner, W., G. Kirchner, S. Krauss, J. Weingrill, D. Rieser, R. Pail, H. Goiginger: Improved kHz-SLR Tracking Techniques and Orbit Quality Analysis for LEO-Missions, Adv. in Space Res., 2009.

Lammer H., P. Odert, M.L. Khodachenko , M. Leitzinger, M. Panchenko, Yu.N. Kulikov, T.L. Zhang, H.I.M. Lichtenegger, N.V. Erkaev, G. Wuchter, G. Micela, T. Penz, J. Weingrill, and A. Hanslmeier: Determining the mass loss boundary for close-in exoplanets, A&A, 2009.

Lammer, H., Eybl, V., Kislyakova, K. G., Weingrill, J., Holmström, M., Khodachenko, M. L., Kulikov, Yu. N., Reiners, A., Leitzinger, M., Odert, P., ... : UV transit observations of EUV-heated expanded thermospheres of Earth-like exoplanets around M-stars: testing atmosphere evolution scenarios, Ap&SS, 2011.

Leitzinger, M., Odert, P., Kulikov, Yu. N., Lammer, H., Wuchterl, G., Penz, T., Guarcello, M. G., Micela, G., Khodachenko, M. L., Weingrill, J., Hanslmeier, A., Biernat, H. K., Schneider, J.: Could CoRoT-7b and Kepler-10b be remnants of evaporated gas or ice giants?, P&SS, 2011.

Mura, A., Wurz, P., Schneider, J., Lammer H., Grießmeier, J.-M., Khodachenko, M.L., Weingrill, J., Günther, E., Cabrera J., Erikson, A., Fridlund, M., Milillo, A., Rauer, H., von Paris, Ph.: Comet-like tail-formation of exospheres of hot rocky exoplanets: Possible implications for Corot-7B, Icarus, 2010.

Ofir, A., Alonso, R., Bonomo, A.S., Carone, L., Carpano, S., Samuel, B., Weingrill, J., Aigrain, S., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., ... : The SARS algorithm: detrending CoRoT light curves with Sysrem using simultaneous external parameters, MNRAS, 2010.

Weingrill, J., G. Kleinschuster, R. Kuschnig, J.M. Matthews, A. Moffat, S. Rucinski, D. Sasselov, and W.W. Weiss: TT Arietis — observations of a Cataclysmic Variable Star with the MOST Space Telescope, Comm. in Asteroseismology, 2009.

 

Other Publications

Hausleitner, W., G. Kirchner, R. Pail,S. Krauss, J. Weingrill: Improved kHz-SLR tracking techniques and orbit quality analysis for LEO-Missions, Final Report, 155 pages, 2008.

Kirchner, G., D. Kucharski, F. Koidl, J. Weingrill: Measuring Atmospheric Seeing With KHz SLR. In: Proc. of the 15th Int. Workshop on Laser Ranging, Eds. Luck, J., P. Wilson, EOS, Canberra, 6, 2006.

Kleinschuster, G., Weingrill, J.: Roter Zwerg mit engem Begleiter, Sterne und Weltraum, 11/2011.

Kucharski, D., Kirchner, G., Koidl, F., Weingrill, J.: 16 years of LAGEOS-2 Spin Data: From launch to present, In: Proc. of the 16th Int. Workshop on Laser Ranging, 2008.

Lammer, H., Dvorak, R., Deleuil, M., Barge, P., Deeg, H. J., Moutou, C., Erikson, A., Csizmadia, Sz., Tingley, B., Bruntt, H., ... Weingrill, J., ... Exoplanet discoveries with the CoRoT space observatory, SoSyR, 2010.

Weingrill, J.: Adaption einer CCD Kamera an eine Großfeldoptik am Beispiel des Zeiss BMK 75/18/1:2.5, Diploma Thesis, 2007.

Weingrill, J.: Extrasolar Planets orbiting Active Stars, Doctoral Thesis, 2011.

Weingrill, J., Lammer, H., Khodachenko, M. L., Hanslmeier, A.: Detection of Transiting Super-Earths around Active Stars, ASPC, 2010.

 

 

Research community services

• Member of the Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Member of the Styrian Astronomy Society
• Honoary member of the Astronomy Club Auersbachtal

Public outreach

• Venustransit 2004 Event in Graz in the frame of an ESO initiative
• Austrian Astronomy Day (2003-2008) at the Institute of Physics, University of Graz
• Space Weather Day 2007 at the Space Research Institute
• Exhibition International Heliophysical Year / Year of Astronomy 2009 at the Space Research Institute
• 100 hours of Astronomy 2009 at the Observatory Lustbühel