Title：Ground based Exploration of Extrasolar Planets at U Chile

Speaker：Patricio M. Rojo (University of  Chile)

Time: 10:30 am, Dec 30th (Monday), 2024

Tencent Meeting: 193-852-928

Location: Plate Digitization Laboratory in Sheshan Observatory

Abstract：

The Exoplanet Group at Universidad de Chile conducts a broad range of research on exoplanets 

and planetary atmospheres. This work is made possible through the efforts of several students 

and collaborations with focus in the analysis of ground-based observations using state-of-the-art 

techniques and instrumentation. In this talk, I will summarize both published and ongoing projects, 

which include:

Photometric time series of extrasolar planets; 

High-precision spectroscopy of Solar System objects, used as templates for precise atmospheric modeling; 

Exoatmospheric characterization of both transiting and directly imaged exoplanets; 

Global Circulation Modeling (GCM) of planetary atmospheres under varying conditions.

CV：Dr. Rojo earned his doctorate degree at Cornell University in 2007, after which he returned to Chile 

and his starting institution: Universidad de Chile, where he is currently an associate professor in the 

Department of Astronomy.  He has chaired several international scientific conferences and workshops in 

Chile and participated in the organizing committees of several conferences abroad. Additionally, he was 

elected president of the Chilean Astronomical Society for two terms and has served as chair of his  

astronomy department. Currently, he chairs the Chilean Telescope Time Allocation Committee and is also

vice president of the IAU commission F3 of Astrobiology. His scientific interests focus in planetary sciences, 

with special emphasis in atmospheres using ground bases observations.