Lorenz Roth

Lorenz is a space physicist and planetary astronomer studying the environments of various planetary objects in the Solar System. A main focus of his research has been the Galilean moons of Jupiter — Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto — particularly their tenuous atmospheres and magnetic field environments. He is also involved in projects on asteroids and comets, the atmospheres and aurorae of Uranus and Neptune, the rings of Saturn, and ultra-cool dwarf stars. In his research, he uses a combination of remote telescope observations, in-situ spacecraft measurements, and modeling tools.

Prospective interns/bachelor/master thesis students: drop me an email.

ProspectivePhD candidates: Please do NOT email or message me. I only accept students applying open positions posted on the KTH main website.

Prospective Postdocs: If you want to apply for external postdoc funding (e.g. Marie Curie scholarship) to perform a postdoc at our institute at KTH, please email me with short information about your background.  

Student projects on James Webb (JWST) and Hubble (HST) Space Telescopes observations of Outer Planet environments are currently offered for Master students. We have new JWST and HST observing campaigns and you get the chance to work with brandnew data! Just  contact me by email or come to my office.

Short Bio

Lorenz was born in Munich, Germany, in 1981. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 2012 and worked for two years at the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, USA. Since 2015, he has been at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023.