Leslie Rogers
Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics; and the College

Education: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012

Phone: 773-834-2436
Location: ERC 537
Email: larogersuchicago.edu
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Research
Publications: ADS | arXiv

Research Fields:
Prof. Rogers studies the formation, interior structure, and evolution of exoplanets. The main goals of her research group are to deepen the current understanding of the rich physics governing sub-Neptune-size planet interiors, to discover bulk composition trends in the growing census of known exoplanets, and to connect these composition trends back to distinct planet formation pathways. The pursuit of these aims involves the advancement of numerical models for the interior, atmosphere, evolution, and formation of small exoplanets, as well as the development of statistical frameworks to connect theory and observations.

Member of Research Groups:

Graduate Students

Teaching Courses
Past courses:
  • [ASTR 18700] From Fossils to the Fermi Paradox: 2020 - 2021 (Winter); 2018 - 2019 (Winter)
  • [ASTR 35000] Order-of-Magnitude Astrophysics: 2020 - 2021 (Autumn)
  • [ASTR 49900] Graduate Research Seminar: 2016 - 2017 (Autumn)
  • [PHSC 12720] Exoplanets: 2020 - 2021 (Spring); 2018 - 2019 (Spring); 2017 - 2018 (Spring)
  • [PHSC 12720-99] Exoplanets (Paris): 2019 - 2020 (Spring)

Department Committees
Past Department Committees:
  • Equity and Inclusion: 2018 - 2019
  • Ombudsperson: 2018 - 2019
  • Adler Planetarium Committee: 2018 - 2019 | 2017 - 2018
  • Candidacy and Graduate Committee: 2018 - 2019 | 2017 - 2018
  • Colloquia: 2017 - 2018
  • Astro Lunch: 2017 - 2018
  • Candidacy: 2016 - 2017
  • Graduate Admissions: 2016 - 2017 | 2015 - 2016

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