Research Team

Postdocs

Ludmila Carone is a post-doctoral researcher working on 3D climate dynamics of extrasolar planets. She is furthermore incorporating chemistry and state-of-the-art radiative transfer schemes into a 3D exoplant atmosphere model to a) investigate habitability of rocky exoplanets and b) to make predictions for observables of extrasolar gas planets that will be observed with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.

Ludmila Carone

Ludmila Carone is a post-doctoral researcher working on 3D climate dynamics of extrasolar planets. She is furthermore incorporating chemistry and state-of-the-art radiative transfer schemes into a 3D exoplant atmosphere model to a) investigate habitability of rocky exoplanets and b) to make predictions for observables of extrasolar gas planets that will be observed with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
Yao is working with Thomas Henning on understanding the structure and evolution  of disks around young stellar objects and young brown dwarfs. He focuses on building self-consistent radiative transfer models that can explain multi-wavelength observations of disks, for example spectral energy distributions, high-resolution images and  interferometric visibilities.

Yao Liu

Yao is working with Thomas Henning on understanding the structure and evolution 
of disks around young stellar objects and young brown dwarfs. He focuses on building
self-consistent radiative transfer models that can explain multi-wavelength observations
of disks, for example spectral energy distributions, high-resolution images and 
interferometric visibilities.
Paul is interested in the spectral appearance and overall structure of exoplanet atmospheres, specifically how they are influenced by different atomic and molecular abundances and parameters such as the distance and spectral type of the host star. 

Paul Mollière

Paul is interested in the spectral appearance and overall structure of exoplanet atmospheres, specifically how they are influenced by different atomic and molecular abundances and parameters such as the distance and spectral type of the host star. 
André is working on the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets around young, nearby stars using direct imaging observation techniques. His research mostly makes use of state-of-the-art instruments, such as NaCo and SPHERE, ranging from optical to thermal infrared wavelengths.

André Müller

André is working on the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets around young, nearby stars using direct imaging observation techniques. His research mostly makes use of state-of-the-art instruments, such as NaCo and SPHERE, ranging from optical to thermal infrared wavelengths.

Nicole is a post-doctoral researcher working on the characterisation of debris discs and their transition from protoplanetary discs. She uses different state-of-the-art modelling codes to investigate the disc morphologies and spectral energy distributions and is involved in disc observations with SPHERE and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.A

Nicole Pawellek

Nicole is a post-doctoral researcher working on the characterisation of debris discs and their transition from protoplanetary discs. She uses different state-of-the-art modelling codes to investigate the disc morphologies and spectral energy distributions and is involved in disc observations with SPHERE and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.A
Fei Yan is a post-doctoral researcher working with Thomas Henning. He is working on exoplanet atmosphere characterisation using high-resolution transmission spectroscopy. He has also worked on the transmission spectrum of the Earth’s atmosphere using lunar eclipses.

Fei Yan

Fei Yan is a post-doctoral researcher working with Thomas Henning. He is working on exoplanet atmosphere characterisation using high-resolution transmission spectroscopy. He has also worked on the transmission spectrum of the Earth’s atmosphere using lunar eclipses.

Graduate Students

Miriam is a PhD student working with Thomas Henning and Roy van Boekel. She is interested in the link between the evolution of protoplanetary disks and planet formation. With the focus on transition disks, she analyses scattered light images obtained with instruments such as VLT/SPHERE through radiative transfer calculations in order to investigate the disk morphology and potential imprints of planet formation.

Miriam Keppler

Miriam is a PhD student working with Thomas Henning and Roy van Boekel.
She is interested in the link between the evolution of protoplanetary disks and planet formation. With the focus on transition disks, she analyses scattered light images obtained with instruments such as VLT/SPHERE through radiative transfer calculations in order to investigate the disk morphology and potential imprints of planet formation.
Arianna is a PhD student working with Thomas Henning, Ralf Launhardt and Roy van Boekel. She is interested in using the direct imaging technique to detect and characterise extrasolar planets. Her main focus is on young nearby protoplanetary disk stars, and she makes use of different instruments such as NACO at the VLT or the LMIRCam at the LBT.  

Arianna Musso Barcucci

Arianna is a PhD student working with Thomas Henning, Ralf Launhardt and Roy van Boekel. She is interested in using the direct imaging technique to detect and characterise extrasolar planets. Her main focus is on young nearby protoplanetary disk stars, and she makes use of different instruments such as NACO at the VLT or the LMIRCam at the LBT.
 

Asmita is a PhD student working with Prof. Henning and Rolf Kuiper. They are investigating protostellar collapse in the low mass regime via detailed thermodynamical modeling in terms of radiation transport and phase transitions using PLUTO as a tool. She is also interested in understanding the physics involved in formation and early evolution of circumstellar accretion disks.

Asmita Bhandare

Asmita is a PhD student working with Prof. Henning and Rolf Kuiper. They are investigating protostellar collapse in the low mass regime via detailed thermodynamical modeling in terms of radiation transport and phase transitions using PLUTO as a tool. She is also interested in understanding the physics involved in formation and early evolution of circumstellar accretion disks.
Karan is interested in the comparative climatology to investigate diversity of exo(planetary) atmospheres and their chemistry, in particular for terrestrial planets, to predict how atmospheric biosignature gases might appear in atmospheric spectra of rocky planets (e.g. on Super-Earths).

Karan Molaverdikhani

Karan is interested in the comparative climatology to investigate diversity of exo(planetary) atmospheres and their chemistry, in particular for terrestrial planets, to predict how atmospheric biosignature gases might appear in atmospheric spectra of rocky planets (e.g. on Super-Earths).

Paula is a PhD student working with Prof Henning, Prof Mordasini, and Dr Mancini on detecting and characterising transiting exoplanets. She is also interested in answering fundamental questions such as the evolution of transiting Hot Jupiters and how the theory of planet formation can explain the architecture of such systems.

Paula Sarkis

Paula is a PhD student working with Prof Henning, Prof Mordasini, and Dr Mancini on detecting and characterising transiting exoplanets. She is also interested in answering fundamental questions such as the evolution of transiting Hot Jupiters and how the theory of planet formation can explain the architecture of such systems.
Adriana is interested in modeling (non-)axisymmetric structures seen in recent observations of protoplanetary disks (e.g. in scattered light images with SPHERE/VLT), focusing on the combination of hydrodynamical planet-disk interaction simulations and radiative transfer calculations.

Adriana Pohl

Adriana is interested in modeling (non-)axisymmetric structures seen in recent observations of protoplanetary disks (e.g. in scattered light images with SPHERE/VLT), focusing on the combination of hydrodynamical planet-disk interaction simulations and radiative transfer calculations.

We congratulate Paul Mollière to his PhD!

 
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