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CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker Night
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SUMMARY:Guest Speaker - Dr Ben Montet - UNSW
LOCATION:: Online
DESCRIPTION:Finding Planets Around Nearby StarsOver the past 25 years, thousands of exo
 planets have been discovered orbiting nearby stars. How do we find them, wh
 at are the primary challenges in understanding their properties, and how ca
 n you help in the discovery in characterisation process? I will discuss tec
 hnological and theoretical advancements over the past few years that have m
 ade it easier for us to find Earth-sized planets, future missions that will
  help us understand the broad architectures of planetary systems, and the i
 nvolvement of citizen scientists working with the professional community to
  characterise planetary systems.\n \nDr Ben MontetI received my BS in physi
 cs and astronomy from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and my
  PhD from Caltech, where I studied low-mass stars and their companions. Aft
 er graduating, I spent three years as a Carl Sagan Fellow at the University
  of Chicago before moving to Australia to take up the role of Scientia Lect
 urer in the School of Physics at UNSW. Here in Sydney my research group and
  I are interested in developing statistical methods to improve our sensitiv
 ity to detecting small planets and building improved data analysis approach
 es to better understand stellar activity and its potential impacts on plane
 tary habitability.\n \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Finding Planets Around Nearby Stars</h2><p>Over the past 25 years, thou
 sands of exoplanets have been discovered orbiting nearby stars. How do we f
 ind them, what are the primary challenges in understanding their properties
 , and how can you help in the discovery in characterisation process? I will
  discuss technological and theoretical advancements over the past few years
  that have made it easier for us to find Earth-sized planets, future missio
 ns that will help us understand the broad architectures of planetary system
 s, and the involvement of citizen scientists working with the professional 
 community to characterise planetary systems.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><img src="
 https://www.sasi.net.au/images/articles/Dr_Ben_Montet.jpeg" alt="Dr Ben Mon
 tet photo" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" />Dr Ben Montet</h2><p>
 I received my BS in physics and astronomy from the University of Illinois i
 n Urbana-Champaign and my PhD from Caltech, where I studied low-mass stars 
 and their companions. After graduating, I spent three years as a Carl Sagan
  Fellow at the University of Chicago before moving to Australia to take up 
 the role of Scientia Lecturer in the School of Physics at UNSW. Here in Syd
 ney my research group and I are interested in developing statistical method
 s to improve our sensitivity to detecting small planets and building improv
 ed data analysis approaches to better understand stellar activity and its p
 otential impacts on planetary habitability.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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