Im especially interested in how exoplanets form: my research focusses on constraining planet formation models from observations of exoplanet populations and of protoplanetary disks. (gijsmulders.com)
Terrestrial planet formation models indicate Earth went through a sequence of major growth phases: accretion of planetesimals and planetary embryos over many tens of millions of years; a giant impact that led to the formation of our Moon; and then the late bombardment, when giant asteroids, dwarfing the one that presumably killed the dinosaurs, periodically hit ancient Earth. (sciencedaily.com)
We are excited to connect and compare planet formation models and their predictions to exoplanet populations; we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in planet formation, exoplanet population studies, and / or statistical assessment of exoplanet surveys, (distantearths.com)