When we look beyond our own Solar System, we find an astonishing diversity of planets—many of which look nothing like Earth or Jupiter. This variety raises a fundamental question: how do planets form under such different conditions?

Thanks to powerful telescopes like ALMA and VLT/SPHERE, we are getting stunning images of protoplanetary disks (the "nurseries" where planets are born). These images show complex structures like rings and large gaps, which is a clear sign that planets are either forming or moving around inside!

This creates some tension between forming and mature planets: We observe forming planets in disks—some with masses and distances similar to our Solar System's giants—yet the majority of mature exoplanets are often found to be very compact and low-mass.

These leads to a key question: Do the forming planets we assume are forming causing gaps in the disks evolve into the compact, neat architectures we observe later? Or are they two completely different populations of planets? My research is focused on closing this gap.

Most stars aren't solitary; they are born in binary or multiple star systems. This has a huge impact, but the exact role these stellar companions play in shaping planetary architecture remains uncertain.

These stellar neighbors introduce chaos and can affect planets in two critical ways:

• Early Formation Failure: They can truncate the protoplanetary disks before planets can fully form.

• Orbital Destabilization: They can perturb the orbits of already-formed planets, forcing extreme paths or even ejecting them from the system entirely.

My research focuses on understanding this chaotic cosmic landscaping by connecting the beginning and end of a planet's life:

1. Shaping Planetary Systems: I investigate how ma companion star either promote or inhibit inner planet formation, and determine the critical limits for planet survival in these turbulent environments.

2. Tracking Stellar Evolution: I connect the entire story by studying what happens when the star itself evolves. Since most stars end as White Dwarfs, I aim to understand how planets survive this dramatic stellar final stage—a process that involves major mass loss and intense dynamical changes—especially when a stellar companion is involved.