* highlights student work
** highlights postdoc/scientist work
L. A. Dos Santos, E. D. Lopez, L. Fossati, A. G. Muñoz, S. Kameda, M. K. Alam, K. Rockcliffe, S. Redfield, Y. Ito, J. Lothringer, S. Vissapragada, H. R. Wakeford, A. V. Oza, G. M. Duvvuri, R. Estrela, R. Sakata, C. F. Dong, Z. Huang, Exoplanet Atmospheric Escape Observations with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (2025), arXiv:2507.07124.
R. Hu, M. Min, M. Millar-Blanchaer, J. Lustig-Yaeger, T. Robinson, J. Burt, A. Coustenis, M. Damiano, C. F. Dong, C. Dressing, L. Fossati, S. Kane, S. Kelkar, T. Lichtenberg, J.-B. Ruffio, D. Sur, A. Tokadjian, M. Turbet, Identifying rocky planets and water worlds among sub-Neptune-sized exoplanets with the Habitable Worlds Observatory, submitted, 2025. arXiv:2509.16798
H. Li, C. F. Dong, L. Xie, X. Wang, X. He, H.-L. Yan, J. Qin, N. Mayne, M. T. Mak, N. Georgakarakos, D. Christie, Y. Zhu, Z. Rong, J. Ma, S. Chen, H. Zhou, Evolving Atmospheric Ion Escape from Kepler-1649 b and c: Power-Law Trends in Atmospheric Loss, submitted, 2025. arXiv:2504.12541
M. Gillon, E. Ducrot, T. J. Bell, Z. Huang**, A. Lincowski, X. Lyu, A. Maurel, A. Revol, E. Agol, E. Bolmont, C. F. Dong, T. J. Fauchez, D. D. B. Koll, J. Leconte, V. S. Meadows, F. Selsis, M. Turbet, B. Charnay, L. Delre, B.-O. Demory, A. Householder, S. Zieba, D. Berardo, A. Dyrek, B. Edwards, J. de Wit, T. P. Greene, R. Hu, N. Iro, L. Kreidberg, P.-O. Lagage, J. Lustig-Yaeger, A. Iyer, First JWST thermal phase curves of temperate terrestrial exoplanets reveal no thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c, Nature Astronomy, in press (2025). arXiv:2509.02128
TRAPPIST-1 JWST Community Initiative, A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST, Nature Astronomy 8, 810-818 (2024). arXiv:2310.15895
L. Chin*, C. F. Dong, M. Lingam, Role of Planetary Radius on Atmospheric Escape of Rocky Exoplanets, ApJ Letters 963, L20 (2024). arXiv:2401.16211; Press Release in Astrobiology Web; Highlight on AAS Nova.
B. V. Rackham, N. Espinoza, S. V. Berdyugina , H. Korhonen, R. J. MacDonald, B. T. Montet, B. M. Morris, M. Oshagh, A. I. Shapiro, Y. C. Unruh, E. V. Quintana, R. T. Zellem, D. Apai, T. Barclay, J. K. Barstow, G. Bruno, L. Carone, S. L. Casewell, H. M. Cegla, S. Criscuoli, C. Fischer, D. Fournier, M. S. Giampapa, H. Giles, A. Iyer, G. Kopp, N. M. Kostogryz, N. Krivova, M. Mallonn, C. McGruder, K. Molaverdikhani, E. R. Newton, M. Panja, S. Peacock, K. Reardon, R. M. Roettenbacher, G. Scandariato, S. Solanki, K. G. Stassun, O. Steiner, K. B. Stevenson, J. Tregloan-Reed, A. Valio, S. Wedemeyer, L. Welbanks, J. Yu, M. K. Alam, J. R. A. Davenport, D. Deming, C. F. Dong, E. Ducrot, C. Fisher, E. Gilbert, V. Kostov, M. López-Morales, M. Line, T. Močnik, S. Mullally, R. R. Paudel, I. Ribas, J. A. Valenti, The Effect of Stellar Contamination on Low-resolution Transmission Spectroscopy: Needs Identified by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Study Analysis Group 21, RAS Techniques and Instruments 2, 148-206 (2023). arXiv:2201.09905
K. Garcia-Sage, A. O. Farrish, V. S. Airapetian, D. Alexander, O. Cohen, S. Domagal-Goldman, C. F. Dong, G. Gronoff, A. J. Halford, J. Lazio, J. G. Luhmann, E. Schwieterman, A. Sciola, A. Segura, F. Toffoletto, J. Vievering, M. R. Ahmed, K. Bali, G. Rau, Star-exoplanet interactions: A growing interdisciplinary field in heliophysics, Front. Astron. Space Sci. 10:1064076 (2023).
H. G. Changela, E. Chatzitheodoridis, A. Anuntes, D. Beaty, K. Bouw, J. C. Bridges, K. A. Capova, C. S. Cockell, C. A. Conley, E. Dadachova, T. D. Dallas, S. de Mey, C. F. Dong, L. Edgar, A. Ellery, M. Ferus, B. Foing, X. Fu, K. Fujita, Y. Lin, S. Jheeta, L. J. Hicks, S. Hu, A. Kereszturi, A. Krassakis, Y. Liu, J. Oberst, J. Michalski, P. M. Ranjith, T. Rinaldi, D. Rothery, H. A. Stavrakakis, L. Selbmann, R. K. Sinha, A. Wang, K. Williford, Z. Vaci, J. L. Vago, M. Waltemathe, J. E. Hallsworth, Mars: new insights and unresolved questions, International Journal of Astrobiology 20, 394-426 (2021). arXiv:2112.00596; Press Release in Astrobiology Web
R. A. Bamford, B. J. Kellett, J. L. Green, C. F. Dong, V. Airapetian, and R. Bingham, How to create an artificial magnetosphere for Mars, Acta Astronautica 190, 323-333 (2022). arXiv:2111.06887; Press Release in Astrobiology Web
Y. Lee, C. F. Dong, V. Tenishev, Exosphere Modeling of Proxima b: A Case Study of Photochemical Escape with a Venus-like Atmosphere, ApJ 923, 190 (2021). arXiv:2109.06963; Press Release in Astrobiology Web
D. Adams*, Y. Luo, M. L. Wong, P. Dunn, M. Christensen, C. F. Dong, R. Hu, Y. Yung, Nitrogen Fixation at Early Mars, Astrobiology 21, 968-980 (2021).
J. L. Green, S. Boardsen, and C. F. Dong, Magnetospheres of Terrestrial Exoplanets and Exomoons: Implications for Habitability and Detection, ApJ Letters 907, L45 (2021). arXiv:2012.11694, Press Release in Astrobiology Web
M. Laneuville, C. F. Dong, J. G. O'Rourke, A. C. Schneider, Magnetic Fields on Rocky Planets, Chapter in the Book "Planetary Diversity", AAS | IOP Astronomy (2020).
C. F. Dong, M. Jin, M. Lingam, Atmospheric Escape From TOI-700 d: Venus versus Earth Analogs, ApJ Letters 896, L24 (2020). arXiv:2005.13190; Highlighted on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web
C. F. Dong, Z. G. Huang, M. Lingam, Role of Planetary Obliquity in Regulating Atmospheric Escape: G-dwarf versus M-dwarf Earth-like Exoplanets, ApJ Letters 882, L16 (2019). arXiv:1907.07459; Highlight on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web.
V. S. Airapetian, R. Barnes, O. Cohen, G. A. Collinson, W. C. Danchi, C. F. Dong, A. D. Del Genio, K. France, K. Garcia-Sage, A. Glocer, N. Gopalswamy, J. L. Grenfell, G. Gronoff, M. Gudel, K. Herbst, W. G. Henning, C. H. Jackman, M. Jin, C. P. Johnstone, L. Kaltenegger, C. D. Kay, K. Kobayashi, W. Kuang, G. Li, B. J. Lynch, T. Luftinger, J. G. Luhmann, H. Maehara, M. G. Mlynczak, Y. Notsu, R. M. Ramirez, S. Rugheimer, M. Scheucher, J. E. Schlieder, K. Shibata, C. Sousa-Silva, V. Stamenkovic, R. J. Strangeway, A. V. Usmanov, P. Vergados, O. P. Verkhoglyadova, A. A. Vidotto, M. Voytek, M. J. Way, G. P. Zank, Y. Yamashiki, Impact of space weather on climate and habitability of terrestrial-type exoplanets, International Journal of Astrobiology 19, 136-194 (2020). arXiv:1905.05093; Press Release in Astrobiology Web
C. F. Dong, Y. Lee, Y. J. Ma, M. Lingam, S. W. Bougher, J. G. Luhmann, S. M. Curry, G. Toth, A. F. Nagy, V. Tenishev, X. H. Fang, D. Mitchell, D. Brain, B. Jakosky, Modeling Martian Atmospheric Losses over Time: Implications for Exoplanetary Climate Evolution and Habitability, ApJ Letters 859, L14 (2018). arXiv:1805.05016; Highlight on AAS Nova, Press Release in Astrobiology Web
C. F. Dong, M. Jin, M. Lingam, V. S. Airapetian, Y. J. Ma, B. van der Holst, Atmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 260--265 (2018). arXiv:1705.05535; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Forbes, Inquisitr, Newsweek, elnuevodia.com, theguardian
M. Lingam, C. F. Dong, X. H. Fang, B. M. Jakosky, A. Loeb, The propitious role of solar energetic particles in the origin of life, ApJ 853, 10 (2018). arXiv:1801.05781; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in New Scientist, Newsweek
C. F. Dong, Z. G. Huang, M. Lingam, G. Toth, T. I. Gombosi, A. Bhattacharjee, The dehydration of water worlds via atmospheric losses, ApJ Letters 847, L4 (2017). arXiv:1709.01219; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Universe Today, Harvard-Cfa, Phys.org and Science Alert etc.
C. F. Dong, M. Lingam, Y. J. Ma, and O. Cohen, Is Proxima Centauri B habitable? A study of atmospheric loss, ApJ Letters 837, L26 (2017). arXiv:1702.04089; Press Release in Astrobiology Web, News Stories in Space.com, etc.