Jean-Paul Breuer


Jean-Paul Breuer
 
 
Email  jeanpaul.breuer@gmail.com
 
Website  https://jpbreuer.com
 
CV  Curriculum Vitae
 
Office address  Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Kotlářská 2, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
 
EDUCATION:
 
 
6/2022 (expected) Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Thesis: “Exploring the Microphysics of the ICM through Galaxy Cluster Mergers and Particle Background Modeling” at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic;
Advisor: Dr. Norbert Werner
 
 
6/2017 MSc.Eng. in Earth and Space Physics and Engineering
(specialization in Space Research – Data Processing in Astrophysics):
Thesis: “Distribution of the Gas Temperature in the Galaxy Cluster A2256” at Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark;
Advisor: Dr. Desiree Della Monica Ferreira
 
6/2015 B.Sc. in Earth and Space Sciences
(specialization in Geophysics and Planetary Sciences):
Thesis: “Mapping of Earth’s Bow Shock using Cluster Spacecraft Crossings” at International University Bremen/Jacobs University Bremen, Germany;
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Joachim Vogt
 
 

POSITIONS:
 
 
since 6/2018  Researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
 
2019-2020  Studentship at European Southern Observatory in Garching bei München, Germany
 
2015-2017  Student Assistant at DTU Space and National Space Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
6/2016-9/2016  Visiting Scientist at NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
 
2011-2015  Student Assistant at International University Bremen/Jacobs University Bremen in Bremen, Germany
 
6/2014-9/2014  Visiting Scientist at Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik and Excellence Cluster Universe in Garching bei München, Germany
 
6/2013-9/2013  Field Scientist for Max Planck Institut für Chemie, National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), and EcoHealth Alliance in Manaus, Brazil

Jean-Paul is a PhD student studying galaxy cluster mergers, as well as the inherent consequences of those complicated merger events in the microphysical properties of the intracluster medium (ICM).

Jean-Paul is also working on Geant4 simulations for the upcoming ATHENA mission from the European Space Agency, performing particle simulations on atomic microscope measurements to better understand the effects of the magnetic diverter on soft proton contamination in the background.

Outside of the PhD, JP is passionate about entomology, chess, and several other hobbies and projects. For more info check his website.

Selected Publications

  • Athena charged particle diverter simulations: effects of micro-roughness on proton scattering using Geant4 -- arXiv
    Breuer, Jean-Paul ; Galgóczi, Gábor ; Fioretti, Valentina ; Zlámal, Jakub ; Liška, Petr ; Werner, Norbert ; Santin, Giovanni ; Boudin, Nathalie ; Ferreira, Ivo ; Guainazzi, Matteo ; von Kienlin, Andreas ; Lotti, Simone ; Mineo, Teresa ; Molendi, Silvano ; Perinati, Emanuele
  • Geant4 simulation of the residual background in the ATHENA Wide Field Imager from protons deflected by the Charged Particle Diverter -- arXiv
    Galgóczi, Gábor ; Breuer, Jean-Paul ; Fioretti, Valentina ; Zlámal, Jakub ; Werner, Norbert ; Čalkovský, Vojtěch ; Boudin, Nathalie ; Ferreira, Ivo ; Guainazzi, Matteo ; von Kienlin, Andreas ; Lotti, Simone ; Mineo, Teresa ; Molendi, Silvano ; Perinati, Emanuele
  • Early results from GRBAlpha and VZLUSAT-2 -- arXiv
    Ripa, Jakub ; Pal, Andras ; Ohno, Masanori ; Werner, Norbert ; Meszaros, Laszlo ; Csak, Balazs ; Dafcikova, Marianna ; Daniel, Vladimir ; Dudas, Juraj ; Frajt, Marcel ; Hanak, Peter ; Hudec, Jan ; Junas, Milan ; Kapus, Jakub ; Kasal, Miroslav ; Koleda, Martin ; Laszlo, Robert ; Lipovsky, Pavol ; Munz, Filip ; Rezenov, Maksim ; smelko, Miroslav ; Svoboda, Petr ; Takahashi, Hiromitsu ; Topinka, Martin ; Urbanec, Tomas ; Breuer, Jean-Paul ; Enoto, Teruaki ; Frei, Zsolt ; Fukazawa, Yasushi ; Galgoczi, Gabor ; Hroch, Filip ; Ichinohe, Yuto ; Kiss, Laszlo ; Matake, Hiroto ; Mizuno, Tsunefumi ; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ; Odaka, Hirokazu ; Poon, Helen ; Uchida, Nagomi ; Uchida, Yuusuke
  • The mergers in Abell 2256: displaced gas and its connection to the radio-emitting plasma (arXiv) ( -- Supplement).
    Breuer, J. P.; Werner, N.; Mernier, F.; Mroczkowski, T.; Simionescu, A.; Clarke, T. E.; ZuHone, J. A.; Di Mascolo, L.
  • Space Radiation and Plasma Effects on Satellites and Aviation: Quantities and Metrics for Tracking Performance of Space Weather Environment Models -- Article (image credit)
    Zheng, Y.; Ganushkina, N. Y.; Jiggens, P.; Jun, I.; Meier, M. M.; Minow, J. I.; O'Brien T. P.; Pitchford, D.; Shprits, Y. Y.; Tobiska, W. K.; Xapsos, M. A.; Guild, T. B.; Mazur, J. E.; Kunetsova, M. M.

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