About Me
I specialise in experimental astroparticle physics, working on applying modern deep learning techniques to optimize cosmic neutrino detectors. Furthermore, I work on glacial ice simulations & calibration, Arctic field work, and wind turbine development.
Selected Publications
2026
N. Heyer, C. Glaser, T. Glüsenkamp, M. Ravn
“Event reconstruction for radio-based in-ice neutrino detectors with neural posterior estimation“
Eur. Phys. J. C 86, no.2, 224
2024
2023
N. Heyer, C. Glaser
“Impact of Birefringence on In-Ice Radio Detectors of ultra-high-energy Neutrinos“
PoS(ICRC2023)1101.
2023
N. Heyer, C. Glaser
“First-principle calculation of birefringence effects for in-ice radio detection of neutrinos“
Eur. Phys. J. C 83, 124
Background
2022 – now
Ph.D. in Astroparticle Physics
“Reconstructing neutrino properties from in ice radio detectors with deep learning”
Uppsala University, Sweden
Sep. 2025 – Feb. 2026
Research Visit
University of California, Irvine, USA
Jul. – Aug. 2024, 2025
Arctic field deployment
hardware deployment, ice calibration, system maintenance
Summit Station, Greenland
2020 – 2022
M.Sc. in Particle Physics
”Birefringence: Effects and Implications on In-Ice Radio Detection of High-Energy Neutrinos”
Uppsala University, Sweden
2019 – 2020
Laboratory Engineer
capacitive pressure sensoric – measurement development, execution, and evaluation
Bosch Sensortec, Germany
2015 – 2019
B.Sc. in Physics
“Performance Test of a 20 Gap Resistive Plate Chamber Prototype Built with Thin Low Resistive Float Glass”
Heidelberg University, Germany