Research
Research at the CSH spans a broad range of disciplines and methodology, from theory and simulation to observations and instrumentation. Our CSH researchers have a diverse range of interests.
Center for Space and Habitability (CSH)
CSH Researchers
Dan Bower
Thermal and chemical evolution of planetary mantles, mantle convection, plate tectonics, early Earth, magma oceans, equations of state and material properties of planetary materials
Russell Deitrick
Atmospheric dynamics of exoplanets big and small, climate and habitability, obliquity and orbital dynamics, planetary interior-atmosphere coupling (e.g., carbon cycling), biosignatures, ancient Martian climate
Brice-Olivier Demory
Exoplanet detection and characterisation, planetary atmospheres, planetary dynamics, statistical analysis, stellar and brown-dwarf physics, ground-based instrumentation, data analysis, large surveys
Maria Drozdovskaya
Astrochemistry, star and planet formation, prestellar cores, protoplanetary disks, comets, complex organic molecules, PAHs, shocks, ALMA, JWST
Chloe Fisher
Exoplanetary atmospheres, theory and analysis of transmission spectra, atmospheric retrieval, machine learning
Clemence Fontanive
Direct detection and characterisation of brown dwarfs and giant exoplanets, formation and evolution of substellar binaries and planetary systems, population statistics and demographics, bridging observations and theory using statistical methods
Simon Grimm
N-body and orbital dynamics, exoplanet characterization, transit time variations and planet formation; opacity calculations, radiative transfer and fluid dynamics; numerical code development and high performance computing; GPU computing and training; GPU hardware and clusters
Andrea Guzmán Mesa
Exoplanetary atmospheres, machine learning, radiative transfer, planetary interiors
Kaustubh Hakim
Exogeoscience, geochemical cycles, planetary interiors: mineralogy, structure and evolution, high-pressure high-temperature laboratory experiments, atmosphere-interior exchange
Kevin Heng
General theory of exoplanetary atmospheres, fluid dynamics, radiative transfer, chemistry, atmospheric escape, inversion techniques (including the application of machine learning and statistics), CHEOPS, JWST and LUVOIR science, epistemology, science writing
Jens Hoeijmakers
Daniel Kitzmann
Atmospheric modelling of exoplanets and brown dwarfs, radiative transfer theory, clouds and chemistry, numerical code development, inversion techniques for exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheres
Beatrice Kulterer
Jessica Lampe
Science and religion/spirituality, religious and spiritual struggles and coping, animal emotions, emotional contagion
Graham Lee
Sinan Li
Niels Ligterink
Physical chemistry, astrochemistry, astrobiology, laboratory experiments and instrumentation, ice chemistry and physics, prebiotic molecules, ALMA, JWST
Vera Matarese
Scientific realism, naturalistic metaphysics, the structure and interpretation of scientific theories, physical ontology, scientific epistemology, scientific methods, models and measurements
Tobias Meier
Interior evolution of rocky exoplanets, interior-atmosphere coupling, mantle convection
Brett Morris
Stellar astrophysics, exoplanet characterization and detection, astrobiology, statistical inference, open-source science
Marko Sestovic
Bayesian inference, statistical inverse problems, correlated noise modelling, occurrence rates, m-dwarf variability, K2, data analysis
Meng Tian
Long-term planetary carbon cycle, two-phase fluid flow dynamics, petrological thermodynamics, metamorphic petrology, mantle convection
Susanne Wampfler
Astrochemistry, star and planet formation, isotopic fractionation, complex organic molecules, submillimeter astronomy, interferometry, ALMA, protostars, protoplanetary disks, comets, linking astrophysics with Solar System science and cosmochemistry, radiative transfer