Main Focus
My research focuses on the connection between photospheric magnetic fields and the solar corona. Within the framework of my PhD thesis, I combined high-resolution observations from the SO/PHI and EUI instruments onboard Solar Orbiter in an effort to understand the magnetic nature of regions in the corona characterised by low EUV emission, with a focus on coronal dark halos and coronal voids. As a postdoctoral researcher, I continue this work on coronal voids with a focus on their temporal evolution and on statistical properties.
Since 2026, I have also been a member of the SO/PHI
Operations Team, where I am responsible for extending the instrument's
validation software.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Since
2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
2021 - 2025: PhD in Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research within the framework of the
IMPRS for Solar System Science; degree awarded by Technical University Braunschweig
2020:
MSc in Physics at Bielefeld University
2013:
BSc in Physics at Paderborn University
Publications
Nölke, J. D., Solanki, S. K., Hirzberger, J., et al. (2026). Magnetic structure of coronal dark halos. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 709, A108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557009.
Nölke, J. D., Solanki, S. K., Hirzberger, J., et al. (2023). Coronal voids and their magnetic nature. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 678, A196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346040.