Research
My research has focused on understanding the structure, composition, and evolution of gas-giant exoplanets, and on understanding what properties of terrestrial planets would make them habitable to water-based life. In addition, I am interested in orbital and tidal dynamics, astrobiology, applications of probability and statistics to astrophysics, observational cosmology, and stellar evolution.
More detailed description of my research
• IAS15, an optimal N-body integrator• Red-giant hot Jupiters and their fates
• Evolution of interiors and atmospheres of jovian bodies
• Atmospheric characterization of exoplanets
• Astrobiology, origins of life, and habitability
• High-energy astrophysics and cosmology
Selected collaborators (alphabetical)
Gaspar Bakos (Princeton) •
Cullen Blake (Penn) •
Adam Burrows (Princeton) •
Courtney Dressing (Caltech) •
Jonathan Fortney (UCSC) •
Yuka Fujii (GISS) •
David Kipping (Columbia) •
Michael McElwain (GSFC) •
Kristen Menou (Toronto) •
Andrei Mesinger (Pisa) •
Brian Metzger (Columbia) •
Madhu Nikku (Cambridge) •
Jason Nordhaus (RIT) •
Greg Novak (Stitch Fix) •
Aaron Parsons (Berkeley) •
Emily Rauscher (Michigan) •
Sean Raymond (Bordeaux) •
Hanno Rein (Toronto) •
Dimitar Sasselov (CfA) •
Caleb Scharf (Columbia) •
Edwin Turner (Princeton)
Radio interview
with me about exoplanets on NPR affiliate WAMC
all papers (ADS) •
first-author papers (ADS) •
Google Scholar Citations •
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email: dddave@gmail.com • phone: (646)346-4610