Arthur Adams, having recently (and successfully) defended his PhD at Yale, joins the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems research group at the University of Michigan.   Arthur worked on a variety of tops with Greg Laughlin and collaborators at Yale including thermal phase curves of close-in exoplanets, as well as climate modelling of other worlds.  He is going to continue this work, as well as help our research group also prepare for the launch of JWST.

We also welcome Rory Bowens, who graduated last spring from Penn State.  Rory is a new graduate student in the Department of Astronomy.   Rory will be working in our laboratory, helping test the new Geosnap detectors, as well as preparing to get them on-sky for high resolution observations of exoplanets.

We are super-excited to have these fine scholars join our team!