Here you can find an overview of the general directions of my research, which I’ve broadly grouped into a few main categories. The list of collaborators is not exhaustive, but rather highlights those with whom I’ve worked most closely on these topics. The list also includes some ongoing projects that I am currently involved in.
Planet-driven features in protoplanetary disks
Collaborators: Richard P. Nelson, Roman R. Rafikov, Cornelis Dullemond, Amelia J. Cordwell, Wilhelm Kley
Science questions:
- How do planets affect their surrounding disk (gaps in gas, dusty rings, chemical changes)?
- How does this all depend on disk and planet properties?
- Can such features be observed with current instruments?
Planet migration in low-viscosity disks
Collaborators: Richard P. Nelson, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, Elena Lega
Science questions:
- How do planets migrate in low-viscosity environments such as the dead zone?
- How does planet migration impact the final architecture of planetary systems?
- Can we link migration theories with observed exoplanet populations?
Dynamical processes in protoplanetary disks
Collaborators: Cornelis Dullemond, Tilman Birnstiel, Marion Villenave, Mario Flock, Myriam Benisty, Prakruti Sudarshan
Science questions:
- Can we constrain theoretical mechanisms of turbulence with the latest observational data?
- Can planet-forming substructures form naturally via either internal disk disk processes or external forcing?
- How can we benchmark numerical tools using theoretically established processes?
Circumbinary disk dynamics
Collaborators: Anna Penzlin, Prakruti Sudarshan
Science questions:
- How does the cavity around binary stars depend on stellar and disk properties?
- Can radiative processes explain the observed variety of circumbinary disks?