Research

Atmospheric dynamics and cloud formation of brown dwarfs and directly imaged exoplanets. 

Cloud radiative feedback, tropical waves, vortices, light curves in global circulation models [link].

Cloud radiative feedback, vortex dynamics in regional f-plane circulation models [link].

Cloud radiative feedback, spontaneous variability, self-maintenance in 1D models [link].

Jets and passive tracer (clouds, chemistry) mixing driven by convective forcing in idealized circulation models [link].

For more advanced model developments with collaborators and observations of brown dwarf atmospheres, see the Publication page.

General circulation, phase curves, and spectrum modeling of hot Jupiters

Effects of hydrogen dissociation/recombination on the circulation and phase curve using semi-grey circulation models [link].

Phase curve and spectrum modeling of ultra-hot Jupiter population using circulation models with correlated-k radiative transfer [link].

For more theory developments with collaborators and observations of transit planetary atmospheres, see the Publication page.

Circulation and phase curve of brown dwarfs around white dwarfs in extremely tight orbits

Effects of increasing rotation in the circulation and phase curve of tight WDBD pairs [link].

For HST phase curve observations of several WDBD pairs (PI: Daniel Apai) see the Publication page. JWST cycle 3 phase curve observations of several WDBD pairs have been awarded (PI: Yifan Zhou). 

Other topics 

Seasonal variability of temperate exoplanets using idealized analytic and numerical radiative transfer calculations [link].

Convection modeling of pure water vapor atmospheres using 3D convection model CM1 [link].