Hi!
My name is Jurriaan and I’m an enthusiastic explorer of many things in the fields of (aerospace) engineering and machine learning. Currently I’m working on methane plume detection using remote sensing and artificial intelligence at SRON (Space Research Organization of the Netherlands), and before that I’ve been working in the fields of atmospheric chemistry, orbit optimisation, and image processing amongst other things.
What I’m currently doing
I’m currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Earth Science Group of SRON (Space Research Organisation Netherlands). Here I’m working on the identification and quantification of methane plumes using remote sensing with high-resolution satellite instruments, as well as looking at methods to improve existing processes using data-driven analysis and machine learning. With this I’m hoping to make meaningful contributions to current methane mapping methods and services such as the CAMS Methane Hotspot Explorer.
My background
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
From 2021 to 2025 I’ve been working on my PhD at the section of Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects (ANCE) of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. In my dissertation I investigate the effects of emissions from supersonic aircraft fleets on the composition of the atmosphere, the climate, and how to model these using atmospheric models and machine learning. This work combines topics of atmospheric chemistry, numerical modelling, model-discovery methods, and machine learning. More information on these subjects and related publications can be found on my Research page. Once the dissertation is publicly available I hope to add a summary to this website too!
This work was embedded in the MORE & LESS research consortium of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 cycle and extensively supported by the Dutch national supercomputing e-infrastructure (SURF).
MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
During my minor at the faculty of AE I found out that spaceflight is really cool, which is why I ended up pursuing my master in this direction. Specifically, I followed the space exploration profile specialising in planetary sciences, mission design, and numerical modelling. These topics were combined during my thesis on the optimisation of orbits for the OLFAR radio inteferometry swarm (summarized here!).
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology
I did my bachelors in mechanical engineering because it covered a wide degree of subject matter and it seemed fun (it mostly was). Besides the capstone achievement of designing and building a walking beer crate, I did two minors (applied physics and spaceflight) and took additional courses on numerical modelling and optimisation.
Contact
I hope you understand there’s several reasons why I won’t list contact addresses here publicly. If you want to get in touch please consider reaching out through LinkedIn, or through any official channels of the institutes I’m associated with.
Jurriaan van 't Hoff 