Curriculum Vitae
Basics
| Name | Simon Schleich |
| simon.schleich@univie.ac.at | |
| Research interests | Exoplanet atmospheres, JWST data reduction, and Bayesian retrievals |
Work
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2026.04 - ongoing Vienna, Austria
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2022.10 - 2025.12 Vienna, Austria
Education
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2022.10 - 2026.07 Vienna, Austria
Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
University of Vienna
Astronomy
Thesis: Challenging atmospheric retrievals (link)
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2019.10 - 2022.01 Vienna, Austria
Master of Science (MSc)
University of Vienna
Astronomy
Thesis: Stellar wind simulations in the age of PSP and Solar Orbiter (link)
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2016.10 - 2019.09 Vienna, Austria
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
University of Vienna
Astronomy
Thesis: Evolution and escape of atmospheres of planets orbiting M dwarfs (PDF)
Publications
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2026.10 Co-Author The physical and chemical structure of Titan's upper atmosphere: energy balance, photochemistry and Jeans escape
S. Boro Saikia, J. Tennyson, S. Ji, N.-M. Robeling, I. Stanković, G. Van Looveren, S. Schleich, C. P. Johnstone, K. Kislyakova, M. Güdel
Monthly Notices of the RAS, stag1951
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2026.10 Co-Author On the synergetic use of Ariel and JWST for exoplanet atmospheric science
Q. Changeat, P-O. Lagage, G. Tinetti, B. Charnay, N. B. Cowan, C. Danielski, E. Ducrot, A. Dyrek, B. Edwards, M. Ikoma , et al. (including S. Schleich)
RAS Techniques and Instruments, rzag085
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2026.09 Co-Author Self-consistent 1D modelling of Jupiter's upper atmosphere as an exoplanet analogue
N.-M. Robeling, S. Boro Saikia, G. Van Looveren, I. Stanković, S. Schleich, C. P. Johnstone, M. Güdel, and K. Kislyakova
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 713, A260
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2025.11 Author Knobs and dials of retrieving JWST transmission spectra. II. Impacts of pipeline-level differences on retrieval posteriors
S. Schleich, S. Boro Saikia, Q. Changeat, M. Güdel, A. Voigt, and I. Waldmann
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 704, A223
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2025.02 Co-author Habitable Zone and Atmosphere Retention Distance (HaZARD). Stellar-evolution-dependent loss models of secondary atmospheres
G. Van Looveren, S. Boro Saikia, O. Herbort, S. Schleich, M. Güdel, C. P. Johnstone, and K. G. Kislyakova
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 694, A310
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2024.10 Author Knobs and dials of retrieving JWST transmission spectra. I. The importance of p-T profile complexity
S. Schleich, S. Boro Saikia, Q. Changeat, M. Güdel, A. Voigt, and I. Waldmann
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 690, A336
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2023.04 Author NIRwave: A wave-turbulence-driven solar wind model constrained by PSP observations
S. Schleich, S. Boro Saikia, U. Ziegler, M. Güdel, and M. Bartel
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 672, A64
Presentations
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2026.09 Talk Ariel Consortium Meeting - Vienna, Austria
Retrieving p-T structure in panchromatic transmission spectra
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2026.04 Poster Science with Hubble and JWST VIII - Vienna, Austria
How pipeline-level differences impact exoplanet atmospheric characterisation
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2026.03 Poster Ariel Open Conference - Harwell, UK
Impacts of pipeline-level differences on atmospheric retrievals
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2025.06 Poster EAS meeting 2025 - Cork, Ireland
Sensitivity in atmospheric retrievals of JWST hot Jupiter transmission spectra
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2024.10 Talk Ariel Consortium Meeting - Lisbon, Portugal
Retrieving pressure-temperature profiles from exoplanet transmission spectra
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2024.06 Poster Exoplanets 5 - Leiden, The Netherlands
Influences of data processing techniques on the interpretation of atmospheric spectra from JWST
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2024.03 Talk Austrian Early Career Conference (AECC) - Salzburg, Austria
Influences of data processing techniques on the interpretation of atmospheric spectra from JWST
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2023.03 Poster PLANET ESLAB 2023 - ESTEC, The Netherlands
NIRwave: A wave-turbulence-driven solar wind model constrained by Parker Solar Probe observations
Memberships
| Ariel consortium | |
| Space mission science consortium | |
| since 2023 |
| EAS | |
| European Astronomical Society | |
| since 2023 |
| OeGAA | |
| Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| since 2023 |
| VISESS PhD Board | |
| Vienna Interntl. School for Earth and Space Sciences | |
| 2023 - 2025 |
Skills
- Languages English (fluent) | German (native)
- Programming Python (experienced) | C (familiar) | HPC (Slurm Workload Manager)
- Tools Eureka! (JWST data reduction) | TauREx (atmospheric retrieval) | Git | LaTeX