Astrobiology:
Chiral signatures of biotic molecules imbedded in water ice on Solar System bodies
Current Research Activities
Extrasolar Planetary Systems & Circumstellar Disks:
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Star-planet interactions as a probe of planetary and stellar magnetospheres. -
The search for and characterization of disks and planets around young M dwarfs.
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Identifying the young M dwarfs in the solar neighborhood for planet & disk searches.
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Gas emission from planetary atmospheres and debris disks.
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Effects of high-energy stellar radiation on the formation and evolution of planets.
Optical and infrared spectroscopy & spectropolarimetry:
Science Teams:
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Gemini-South Near-Infrared Coronographic Imager (NICI) Planet Search