Jonathan Fortney is a planetary scientist that works to understand planets as a class of astrophysical objects. His current research is on modeling planetary atmospheres, interiors, and thermal evolution. Exciting exoplanet observations are happening on two fronts: the close-in transiting planets that can be studied with space-based and ground-based telescopes, and the young warm Jupiter-class planets far from their parent stars, which can be directly imaged.
Kepler App Presentation
OpenLab Visualization Team Members
Eric Lopez, Astrophysics Graduate Student
Caroline Morley, Astrophysics Graduate Student
Kyle Mckinley, DANM Research Associate
John Peters, Games and Playable Media
PDF of Project Proposal