Dave Spiegel


Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study

 
 

I am a postdoctoral member at the Institute for Advanced Study. I am broadly interested in astrophysics, and my current research focuses on extrasolar planets and astrobiology.

Bloomberg Hall

Einstein Drive

School of Natural Sciences

Institute for Advanced Study  08540

email: dave@nospam.ias.edu

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phone: (609)734-8298

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Research Interests Summary:


  1. • Habitability of terrestrial planets and astrobiology

  2. • Atmospheres and interiors of extrasolar giant planets

  3. • Brown dwarf atmospheres and interiors

  4. • Radiative processes and climate dynamics

  5. • Tidal interactions in planetary systems and in stellar binaries

  6. • Probability and statistics applied to astrophysics

  7. • Gravitational microlensing

  8. • X-ray studies of the intergalactic medium

  9. • 21-cm studies of cosmic reionization

The first high-metallicity spectral models of Neptune-mass exoplanets.

News

New models of young gas-giant planets (Spiegel & Burrows)

TrES-2b is the darkest known world. Press release, Article (pdf)  (Kipping & Spiegel)

Radio interview with me about exoplanets on NPR affiliate and public radio station WAMC