Kevin B. Stevenson

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

I am an author of twelve (12) peer-reviewed journals, including three (3) first-author publications. My work has twice appeared in the prestigious journal Nature and has been cited over 250 times.

2013

• WASP-8b: Characterization of a Cool and Eccentric Exoplanet with Spitzer
• Spitzer observations of the thermal emission from WASP-43b

2012

• Two nearby sub-Earth-sized exoplanet candidates in the GJ 436 system
• Transit and Eclipse Analyses of Exoplanet HD 149026b Using BLISS Mapping
• Thermal Emission of WASP-14b Revealed with Three Spitzer Eclipses

2011

• Detection of a transit of the super-Earth 55 Cnc e with Warm Spitzer
• A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b
• On the Orbit of Exoplanet WASP-12b
• Spitzer Secondary Eclipses of WASP-18b

2010

• Possible thermochemical disequilibrium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 436b
• Spitzer IRAC Secondary Eclipse Photometry of the Transiting Extrasolar Planet HAT-P-1b

2007

• Spectroscopic Determination of Radius Changes of Cepheid Variable Stars

Invited Talks

2012

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, September 17

Conference Presentations & Posters

2013

• Detecting and Characterizing Exoplanets: The GJ 436 and HD 149026 Systems
• The State Of The Art For Ground-Based Transit Spectroscopy
• Transmission Spectroscopy of the Super-Earth GJ 1214b Using HST/WFC3 in Spatial Scan Mode

2012

• Ground-based Transmission Spectroscopy Of The Carbon-rich Hot Jupiter Wasp-12b
• WASP-29b: Another Cool Exoplanet With Abundant CO?
• The Characterization of the Cool and Eccentric Exoplanet WASP-8b with Spitzer
• Spitzer Observations of the Thermal Emission from WASP-43b

2011

• Atmospheric Constraints of Two Exoplanets Using The Spitzer Space Telescope
• The Orbit and Atmosphere of Exoplanet WASP-12b Revealed by Spitzer Secondary Eclipses
• Carbon-rich Planets

2010

• Analysis of HD 149026b Spitzer Data Using a New Intrapixel Technique
• A Methane-Free GJ 436b?
• The Atmosphere of WASP-14b Revealed by Three Spitzer Eclipses
• A Spitzer IRS Secondary Eclipse of HD 209458b
• Two Secondary Eclipses of WASP-18b
• Multiple Spitzer Secondary Eclipses of WASP-12b
• Spitzer Secondary Eclipse Timing Observations of Exoplanets in Eccentric Orbits
• Atmospheric Methane Constraints for GJ 436b Using Secondary Eclipse Photometry

2009

• Constraints on the Atmospheric Composition of GJ 436b Using Secondary Eclipse Photometry
• Two Secondary Eclipses of HAT-P-7b in Four Wavelengths
• Infrared Secondary Eclipse Photometry of the Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-1b
• Multichannel Spitzer Observations of HD 149026b
• Constraints on Orbital Parameters from Secondary Eclipse Timing
• The Performance of PSF Centering Techniques

2008

• Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 436b in Six Spitzer Channels
• A Representative Sample of Exoplanetary Secondary Eclipses at 8 Microns