Directory of persons

Here you will find an overview of all persons.

Professors

Prof. Dr. Donald Bruce Dingwell

Founding Member | Retired Professor of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Volcanology

Prof. Dr. Kevin Heng

Co-Director | Professor and Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics of Extrasolar Planets

Prof. Dr. Yan Lavallée

Co-Director | Professor and Chair of Magmatic Petrology and Volcanology

MCGA Coordination Office

Dr. Janhvi Jaiswal

Scientific Coordinator

Science, strategy and outreach to keep research, events, people and partnerships aligned and moving towards shared project goals

Jebraan Mudholkar

Master's Student | Assistant, MCGA Coordination Office

Mass measurements of Ariel targets with Wendelstein, exoplanets around hot, rapidly rotating stars

Leonard Kramer

Master's Student | Assistant & Webmaster, MCGA Coordination Office

Academic staff

Dr. Alexander (Alex) Cridland

Staff Scientist

Research Focus: Planet formation theory; astrochemistry of protoplanetary disks; planetary atmospheres

Dr. Meng Tian

Staff Scientist

Research Focus: Geodynamics; petrology; geochemistry; exoplanets

PhD Students

Bethany Burt

University Observatory Munich (USM)

PhD Candidate

Research Focus: Chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres 

Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics of Extrasolar Planets

Matthias Heim

University Observatory Munich (USM)

PhD Candidate

Research Focus: Deciphering the spectra of exoplanetary atmospheres using modern statistical tools and machine learning.

Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics of Extrasolar Planets

Jim Shih

LMU Observatory (USM)

PhD Candidate

Research Focus: Atmospheric escape of exoplanets; exoplanet atmosphere in UV

Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics of Extrasolar Planets