Holger Voss is an astrophysicist seeking a new position in STEM or space education. He has a PhD in astrophysics from the Technical University of Berlin and has worked for several space agencies and universities. His experience includes developing a ground-based transit detection system, commissioning a photometric transit search system, and working as part of the Gaia mission data processing team. He is skilled in astronomy, data analysis, and model development and has experience in both independent research and collaborative team settings.

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Holger Voss (Voß in Germany)
C/ Robrenyo 55 Esc B Atico 2
08014 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: 0034 652580615
spaceholgar@gmail.com
PROFILE: An Astrophysicist (PhD) and space geek who is keen to find a new position in
the fields of STEM and Space Education/Space Science. Reliable, trustworthy, meticulous
and ready for new challenging tasks. Worked for the German Aerospace Center (DLR),
the Thuringia State Observatory in support of the CoRoT satellite mission and for the
Universitat de Barcelona for the ESA cornerstone mission Gaia. Able to work on own
initiative or as part of a team and can deal with administrative duties competently.
EDUCATION:
2001-2006 Technical University Berlin/Institute for Planetary Research of the
German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin, PhD in Astrophysics
(2006)
PhD thesis: ‘Developing a ground-based search system for transits of
extrasolar planets’, magna cum laude
1992-2001 Free University Berlin, Diploma in Physics (2001)
Diploma thesis: ’Darstellung von gemittelten Beschleunigungstermen
zur Simulation von pulsierenden Atmosphären in stationären Modellen’
Subjects studied: Models of atmospheres of red giants, IR astronomy,
X-ray astronomy, stellar clusters, space science missions
EXPERIENCE:
2006-present Universitat de Barcelona (UB)/Institut d'Estudis Espacials de
Catalunya (IEEC)
Research Associate, Member of the CU5 Photometric working group
of DPAC (Data Processing and Analysis Consortium) for the ESA
cornerstone mission Gaia, Member of the the Payload Experts (PE)
of the ESA Gaia mission, member of PSPM for the ESA PLATO
mission
2005-2006 Thuringia State Observatory (TLS) Tautenburg, Germany
Research Associate, Set-up of the transit-search system TEST as a
support facility for the CoRoT satellite mission

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2001-2005 German Aerospace Center (DLR) Berlin, Institute for Planetary
Research
Research Associate, Commissioning of the photometric transit search
system BEST, Photometric observational campaign, Photometric and
Data reduction and analysis, Photometric and spectroscopic follow-up
(RV measurements) of transit candidates
1998-2001 Technical University (TU) Berlin
Tutor, introducing students into Astronomy and Astrophysics
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
2016 Supervisor Space Camp Bremen (by HE Space)
2004 XVI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics “Extrasolar Planets”
2003 XV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics “Payload and Mission
Definition in Space Sciences”
Active use of Social Media:
•Twitter: @SpaceHolgar https://twitter.com/SpaceHolgar
@Mausonaut - the brave explorer of cislunar space (so far)
https://twitter.com/Mausonaut
•Blog: www.mausonaut.wordpress.com
This blog and Twitter for Mausonaut represent a „space program for kids“.
www.hvossgaia.wordpress.com
The program has the goal to support the “MoonVillage” initiative of
ESA DG Jan Wörner and friends – for starting a sustainable space
program for exploring the Solar System. The kids need to be prepared
for the future.
The following image is a good representation of the program:

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I have visited schools in Germany, demonstrated launches of scaled
space launchers, visited SpaceUp unconferences and simulations of
missions to Moon and Mars. There are many more ideas …
Scale model rocketry: one the leading experts worldwide with hundreds of launches
https://hvossgaia.wordpress.com/scale-model-rocketry/
The webpage represents the status in early 2015. Afterwards this
program was completely absorbed by the Mausonautic “space
program for kids”.
Basically I would describe my skills in scale model rocketry in the
following way: I can build and launch a model of any launcher –
and more.
I am experimenting to build realistic scaled launch pads with the goal
to use a small space port for the launches.
3D printing of rockets parts is being introduced.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Windows/UNIX PC, programming in IDL, FORTRAN, Java, C++ and several script
languages, knowledge of the common astronomical software
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of Birth: 19th
August 1970
Marital Status: Married
Driving Licence: Full, clean
LANGUAGES:
German (native)
English (excellent)
Spanish (good in reading, basic in conversation and writing)
Russian (basic)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Voss 2006, Developing a ground-based search system for transits of extrasolar
planets, PhD thesis, Technical University Berlin
- Voss el al. 2016, Exoplanetary transits as seen by Gaia, Proceedings of the X
Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA)
- Jordi, Gebran, Carrasco, de Bruijne, Voss, Fabricius, Knude, Vallenari, Kohley,&
Mora, 2010, Gaia broad band photometry, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 523, 48
- Karoff, Rauer, Erikson, Voss, Deleuil, Moutou, Meunier & Deeg, Characterization
of CoRoT target fields with BEST: Identification of periodic variable stars in the
LRc1 field, Astrophysical Journal, 134, 766

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- Karoff, Rauer, Erikson & Voss, 2006, Milli-Magnitude Time-Resolved Photometry
with BEST, Astrophysics of Variable Stars, 349, 261
- Rauer & Voß, 2002, Die Transit-Methode zur Suche nach extrasolaren Planeten,
Sterne und Weltraum, 2, 32
- Rauer, Eisloeffel, Erikson, Guenther, Hatzes, Michaelis & Voss, 2004, The Berlin
Exoplanet Search Telescope System, PASP, 116, 38
- Rauer, Voss, Erikson, Hatzes, Eisloeffel & Guenther, 2004, Recent results from
the Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope, In: The second Eddington Workshop:
Stellar structure and habitable planet finding, ESA SP-538, 201
- Antiche, Voss, Luri, Anglada Escudé & Jordi, 2015, From Gaia to NEAT (Theia):
synergies and results of the NEAT double-blind experiment, Proceedings of the XI
Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA)
SELECTED ESA-Gaia INTERNAL PUBLICATIONS:
- Voss, Jordi, Fabricius, Figueras & Carrasco, 2008, Investigations of calibration
models for the instrumental sensitivity, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-002
- Voss, Jordi, Fabricius, Figueras & Carrasco, 2009, Characteristics of Gaia
CCDs – specifications and test results, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-003
- Voss, Jordi, Fabricius, Figueras & Carrasco, 2009, Test of sensitivity calibration
models with data based on information from industry, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-004
- Voss, Jordi & Fabricius, 2012, Saturation and non-linearities - expected
characteristics and their simulations, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-007
- Voss & Evans, 2011, Detailed description of the package DU16
StandardSelection, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-012
- Voss, 2011, Column response non-uniformity of the Gaia XP FM CCDs, GAIA-
C5-TN-UB-HV-018
- Voss, Jordi & Fabricius, 2013, Results from analysis of CCD test data -
Saturation and non-linearity effects revisited, GAIA-C5-TN-UB-HV-019
- Voss, Jordi, Fabricius & de Bruijne, 2014, Optimizing the gating strategy for AF
CCDs, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-022-2
- Voss, Jordi, Fabricius & de Bruijne, 2014, Optimizing the gating strategy for BP
and RP CCDs, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-023-2
- Voss, 2014, Ideas about the stray light situation seen for the Gaia spacecraft,
GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-024
- Voss, Muinonen & de Bruijne, 2014, Request for BRDF measurements of Gaia
Sunside MLI, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-025
- Voss, 2016, Saturation fraction for gated observation after decontamination step
5 and refocus of FoV 1, GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-028
- Voss, 2016, Closing the gates - (A new approach for determining the magnitude
intervals for the gate activation of AF CCDs), GAIA-CH-TN-UB-HV-030