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Karsten Schindler

Dipl.-Ing.

Research Associate SOFIA Data Center
Institute of Space Systems / Deutsches SOFIA Institut

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Pfaffenwaldring 29
70569 Stuttgart
USA

Selected Publications:
  1. Sickafoose, A.A., Person, M.J., Zuluaga, C.A., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Brothers, T., Knieling, B., et al., 2026. Changes in Pluto’s Atmosphere Based on Stellar Occultation Data from 2017 to 2023. The Planetary Science Journal, 7, p.180. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ae6cdd.
  2. Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Holler, B.J., Ortiz, J.L., Rommel, F.L., Proudfoot, B., Collyer, C., Vara-Lubiano, M., et al., 2026. Weywot, an Unusually Low-albedo Satellite in the Trans-Neptunian Region. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1002, p.L37. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae6076.
  3. Schindler, K., Wolf, J. & Krabbe, A., 2026. The Astronomical Telescope of the University of Stuttgart (ATUS): Development, Optimization, and Lessons Learned. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 138, p.035001. DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/ae477d.
  4. Rothmeier, M., Adams, E.R., Schindler, K., Beck, A., Jackson, B., Morgenthaler, J.P., Sickafoose, A.A., et al., 2025. Doomed Worlds. II. Reassessing Suggestions of Orbital Decay for TrES-5 b. The Planetary Science Journal, 6, p.292. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ae1b9c.
  5. Rothmeier, M., Adams, E.R., Jackson, B., Schindler, K., Beck, A., Barker, M., Morgenthaler, J.P., et al., 2025. Doomed Worlds II: Reassessing Suggestions of Orbital Decay for TrES-5 b. In Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) joint with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) Meeting 2025. p.EPSC-DPS2025-215. DOI: 10.5194/epsc-dps2025-215.
  6. Lewis, M., Sickafoose, A., Knieling, B., Levine, S., Lister, T., Person, M., Schindler, K., et al., 2025. Simulating Quaoar’s Ring with Confinement by Weywot. In Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) joint with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) Meeting 2025. p.EPSC-DPS2025-1136. DOI: 10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1136.
  7. Sickafoose, A., Person, M., Zuluaga, C., Levine, S., Brothers, T., Knieling, B., Lister, T., et al., 2025. Pluto’s Atmosphere in Decline. In Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) joint with the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) Meeting 2025. p.EPSC-DPS2025-1363. DOI: 10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1363.
  8. Schulz, B., Bryant, A., Fischer, C., Fischer, N., Greiner, B., Hütwohl, M., Iserlohe, C., et al., 2025. Helping Bridge the FIR-Data-Drought with the SOFIA Data Center (SDC). In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society, p.209.11. DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.c924491d.
  9. Sickafoose, A., Adams, E., Knieling, B., Levine, S., Person, M., Schindler, K. & Zuluaga, C., 2024. Stellar Occultations by Bodies in the Outer Solar System. In 32nd IAU General Assembly (IAU GA 2024). p.poster id. 999.
  10. Knieling, B., Schindler, K., Sickafoose, A.A., Person, M.J., Levine, S.E. & Krabbe, A., 2024. Stellar Occultations in the Era of Data Mining and Modern Regression Models: Using Gaussian Processes to Analyze Light Curves and Improve Predictions. The Planetary Science Journal, 5, p.104. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad3819.
  11. Sickafoose, A.A., Levine, S.E., Bosh, A.S., Person, M.J., Zuluaga, C.A., Knieling, B., Lewis, M.C., et al., 2023. Material around the Centaur (2060) Chiron from the 2018 November 28 UT Stellar Occultation. The Planetary Science Journal, 4, p.221. DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ad0632.
  12. Sickafoose, A., Person, M., Zuluaga, C., Bosh, A., Levine, S., Brothers, T., Knieling, B., et al., 2023. Pluto’s Atmosphere Persists. In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society, p.308.02.
  13. Person, M., Sickafoose, A., Levine, S., Bosh, A., Zuluaga, C., Schindler, K., Lipunov, V., et al., 2023. Triton’s Changing Atmosphere. In 55th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) joint with the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC). The American Astronomical Society, p.323.06.
  14. Sickafoose, A., Person, M., Zuluaga, C., Bosh, A., Levine, S., Lister, T., Osip, D., et al., 2021. Continuing program of stellar occultations by Pluto. In 53rd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.307.13.
  15. Young, E.F., Buie, M.W., Porter, S., Person, M.J., Pfüller, E., Wolf, J. & Schindler, K., 2020. Occultations from SOFIA. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. p.P056-0003.
  16. Schindler, K., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Person, M.J., Wolf, J., Zuluaga, C. & Krabbe, A., 2019. Results from a stellar occultation by KBO Varda. In AGU Fall Meeting 2019. p.P42C-08.
  17. Sickafoose, A.A., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Person, M.J., Schindler, K. & Zuluaga, C.A., 2019. Stellar Occultations by Pluto: 2017-2018. In LPI Contribution No. 2133. p.7026.
  18. Sickafoose, A.A., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Zuluaga, C.A., Genade, A., Schindler, K., Lister, T.A., et al., 2019. A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus. Icarus, 319, pp.657–668. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.10.016.
  19. Person, M.J., Schindler, K., Bosh, A.S., Wolf, J., Levine, S.E., Zuluaga, C.A., Pfueller, E., et al., 2018. Airborne and Ground Observations of the Stellar Occultation by Triton on 5 October 2017. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.416.10.
  20. Bosh, A.S., Sickafoose, A.A., Levine, S.E., Zuluaga, C.A., Genade, A., Schindler, K., Lister, T.A., et al., 2018. The 2017 occultation by Vanth: a revised analysis. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.311.01.
  21. Sickafoose, A.A., Levine, S.E., Bosh, A.S., Zuluaga, C.A., Person, M.J. & Schindler, K., 2018. Pluto’s atmosphere after New Horizons: results from stellar occultations in 2017 and 2018. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.502.02.
  22. Pfüller, E., Wolf, J., Schindler, K. & Person, M.J., 2018. Adding a second spectral channel to the SOFIA FPI+ science instrument. In C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami, eds. Proc. SPIE. p.107022V. DOI: 10.1117/12.2313663.
  23. Bhatt, M., Reddy, V., Schindler, K., Cloutis, E., Bhardwaj, A., Corre, L.L. & Mann, P., 2017. Composition of Jupiter irregular satellites sheds light on their origin. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, p.A67. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201630361.
  24. Sickafoose, A.A., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Zuluaga, C.A., Genade, A., Schindler, K., Lister, T.A., et al., 2017. A 2017 stellar occultation by Orcus/Vanth. In 49th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.216.02.
  25. Bosh, A.S., Zuluaga, C.A., Levine, S.E., Sickafoose, A.A., Genade, A., Schindler, K., Lister, T.A., et al., 2017. Astrometry of the Orcus/Vanth occultation on UT 7 March 2017. In 49th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). The American Astronomical Society, p.216.01.

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