Mon, 12 Feb
|Lecture Theatre
From Interstellar Dust to Jupiters: how to form (Exo) planets in few (not so) simple steps
by Dr Mariangela Bonavita of the Open University The differences and similarities between the planets in our Solar Systems and those found around other stars (exoplanets), what we have learned so far about planet formation and what are the key questions yet to be answered.
Time & Location
12 Feb 2024, 19:15 – 21:00
Lecture Theatre, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF, UK
About the Event
Dr Mariangela Bonavita will be talking about the differences and similarities between the planets in our Solar Systems and those found around other stars (exoplanets), what we have learned so far about planet formation and what are the key questions yet to be answered.
Biography
Dr Mariangela Bonavita got her PhD in Astronomy from the University of Padova, Italy, then moved on for a short time to the University of Toronto and then to the University of Edinburgh in 2014. She has been a lecturer at the Open University since 2019, but work for them remotely from Edinburgh.
Her research focuses on the discovery and characterisation of young Jupiter-like planets with direct imaging.