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I am a fourth year PhD student working on transiting exoplanets. I am studying transit timing variations, the changes in transit times due to gravitational interactions between planets. I am using these to better characterise the planets we know about, as well as finding entirely new ones.

±Ê°ù´ÇÂá±ð³¦³Ù:ÌýCharacterising Exoplanets and their Stars using Transit Timing and Duration Variations

Supervised by:ÌýÌýDr Benjamin Montet

Project description: 

My research aims to characterise exoplanetary systems using transit photometry from the TESS mission. I will explore the properties of planets and their orbits by finding variations in the transit timing, duration and depth. This will also allow for the existence of other non-transiting planets in the system to be inferred. This will help us understand how planets form, and how systems evolve after planet formation. The presence of companions to hot Jupiters can be inferred through timing variations, and may be useful in revealing the processes that lead to the formation of these systems.