University of Wisconsin–Madison

Research Area: Theme A: Discovering Habitable Worlds

Zhang, Ke (Coco)

IR- and mm-wavelength observations and astrochemical modeling of planet-forming disks Research Website Department of Astronomy

Townsend, Richard

Dynamical phenomena of massive stars – primarily, rotation, pulsation, mass loss, and magnetic fields, theoretical models, computational tools Research Website Department of Astronomy

Soares-Furtado, Melinda

The detection and characterization of young planets; computational models of stars/planets, planetary engulfment events; stellar variability; stellar age diagnostics Research Website Department of Astronomy Department of Physics

Michaels, Tim

Planetary and Earth science, particularly atmospheres and surfaces, and develops scientific modeling and data processing software Research Website Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (Space Science & Engineering Center)

McMahon, Robert

Astrochemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry, photochemistry, and molecular spectroscopy Research Website Department of Chemistry

L’Ecuyer, Tristan

Satellite remote sensing of Earth’s atmosphere and cryosphere and applications of Earth observations for diagnosing the climates of other planets Research Website Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (Space Science & Engineering Center)

Cisewski-Kehe, Jessi

Astrostatistics, exoplanet detection methods, statistics, topological data analysis Research Website Department of Statistics

Becker, Juliette

Planet formation, dynamical methods, planetary system evolution, planetary habitability Research Website Department of Astronomy

Beatty, Thomas

Observational astronomy, exoplanet atmospheric characterization, exoplanet detection, and telescope and detector design Research Website Department of Astronomy