Research Interests
My research focuses on the formation and evolution of planetary systems across stellar ages and birth environments. I combine TESS transit photometry with Gaia astrometry to study young planetary systems in open clusters and moving groups, which provide valuable age benchmarks for tracing planetary evolution. My collaborators and I compiled a comprehensive catalog of planets and planet candidates in these environments, providing a statistical foundation for studying their early evolution. Using this sample, I found evidence for a concentration of hot Jupiters at ages of 100–200 Myr, placing observational constraints on their formation and migration timescales. Building on these results, I am currently investigating how planetary-system architectures change with age, using TESS photometry, transit timing variations, and dynamical modeling to characterize orbital configurations and interactions in young systems. With forthcoming Gaia DR4 data, I plan to identify and characterize cold Jupiters and examine how outer giant planets shape the architectures and long-term dynamical evolution of inner planetary systems. More broadly, my goal is to connect young and mature planetary populations and develop an empirical picture of how planetary-system architectures are assembled and dynamically reshaped over time.
Keywords: Young exoplanets; Planet formation and evolution; Open clusters and moving groups.
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