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Jonathan J Fortney
Chair and Professor
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Physical & Biological Sciences Division
Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
Chair and Professor
Faculty
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Regular Faculty
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Center for Adaptive Optics
205
Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) 205
UCO / Lick Observatory
BS, Iowa State University, 1999
PhD, University of Arizona, 2004
National Research Council Fellow and Spitzer Fellow at NASA Ames Research Center, 2004-2007
Planetary Atmospheres
Planetary Interiors
Exoplanets
Brown Dwarfs
I try to understand different kinds of planets as classes of astrophysical objects. I am interested in characterizing planets to better understand their composition and how they evolve with time. I am mostly a modeler and theorist and I work very closely with observers. My work involves studying the atmosphere, interior, and thermal evolution of planets at ages young and old, within the solar system and around other stars, and at distances near and far from their parent stars.
Planets, Stars, and Planetary and Stellar Systems
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