
Prof. Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory
CSH SNF Professor (Astronomy/Astrophysics)
- Phone
- +41 31 631 5157
- brice.demory@csh.unibe.ch
- Office
- G6 201
- private website
- www.saintex.unibe.ch
Group website
My research group's website can be found here: http://www.saintex.unibe.ch
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Press
2020
Two planets around a red dwarf (Demory et al. 2020) - First science result from the SAINT-EX Observatory
University of Bern press release
Link to science paper (A&A)
2018
New clues to compositions of TRAPPIST-1 planets (Grimm, Demory et al. 2018)
University of Bern press release
NASA press release
Link to science paper (A&A)
2017
The race to trace TRAPPIST-1h (Luger, Sestovic et al. 2017)
University of Bern press release
Link to science paper (Nature Astronomy)
Seven terrestrial planets around a nearby star (Gillon, Triaud, Demory et al. 2017)
University of Bern press release
NASA press release
Link to science paper (Nature)
2016
First temperature map of a super-Earth exoplanet
PRESS RELEASES
Jet Propulsion Laboratory — http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6223
University of Cambridge — http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/map-of-rocky-exoplanet-reveals-a-lava-world
MIT — http://news.mit.edu/2016/temperature-map-super-earth-lava-world-0330
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Astronomy Picture Of the Day — http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160405.html
SELECTED MEDIA STORIES
THE GUARDIAN — https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2016/mar/31/star-wars-style-lava-planet-discovered-close-to-earth
CNN— http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/30/tech/nasa-super-earth-temperatures/index.html
DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/2-faced-exoplanet-is-both-solid-and-molten-rock-160330.htm
YAHOO NEWS — https://www.yahoo.com/news/weird-oozing-super-earth-planet-hot-nights-even-174940882.html?ref=gs
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-create-the-first-heat-map-of-a-super-earth/
HUFFINGTON POST — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lava-planet-55-cancri-e_us_56fc9d80e4b0daf53aeebb92?
WIRED— http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/31/detailed-map-exoplanet-lava
SPACE.COM — http://www.space.com/32416-super-earth-55-cancri-e-super-hot-weather.html
THE VERGE — http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11332272/55-cancri-e-super-earth-temperatures-nightside-dayside
EOS — https://eos.org/articles/space-telescope-findings-suggest-molten-planetary-surface
SKY & TELESCOPE — http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/hot-nights-hotter-days-super-earth-55-cancri-e/
SCI NEWS — http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/thermal-map-super-earth-55-cancri-e-03745.html
VOA NEWS — http://www.voanews.com/content/mht-two-faced-55-cancri-e/3263517.html
ASTRONOMY NOW — http://astronomynow.com/2016/03/31/map-of-rocky-exoplanet-reveals-a-lava-world/
IFL SCIENCE — http://www.iflscience.com/space/two-faced-alien-world-half-magma-ocean-half-perpetual-night
LIVE SCIENCE — http://www.livescience.com/54241-super-earth-55-cancri-e-super-hot-weather.html
2015
Variability in a super-Earth exoplanet
DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/hell-on-super-earth-extreme-exoplanet-volcanism-spied-150505.htm
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nearby-super-earth-may-harbor-huge-volcanoes/
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150506-volcano-planet-space-cancri-astronomy/
SKY & TELESCOPE — http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-volcanoes-on-a-super-earth-05191544/
2013
First cloud map of an exoplanet
BBC — http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24348024
TIME — http://science.time.com/2013/10/04/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-aliens/
DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/exoplanet-forecast-cloudy-with-chance-of-maelstrom-131001.htm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/01/first-cloud-map-of-a-planet-beyond-our-solar-system/
HUFFINGTON POST — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/clouds-alien-planet-mapped_n_4032128.html
For Students
Please get in touch if you are interested in a Master research project in the SAINT-EX group (exoplanet science, astronomical instrumentation, medical instrumentation).
Teaching
Starting in Spring Semester 2019, I will offer a new advanced Master course on Statistical methods for physicists.
This course will be offered in Spring Semester 2021. Please refer to KSL for details.