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brackham/README.md

Hi there πŸ‘‹

I'm Benjamin Rackham, a Research Scientist at MIT working at the intersection of stellar astrophysics and exoplanet science.

πŸ”­ Current Projects

  • Pandora SmallSat Mission – I lead efforts to correct stellar contamination in exoplanet transmission spectra.
  • SPECULOOS – I lead the Target Characterization Working Group, focused on understanding nearby ultracool dwarfs that could potentially host habitable exoplanets.
  • HST & JWST Legacy Archival Programs – I am the PI of The HST Stellar Treasure Trove and Eyes on the Stars, two Legacy Archival Programs studying stellar photospheric heterogeneity in transit observations and its impact on transmission spectroscopy.
  • speclib – Lead developer for a Python package for stellar spectral analysis and modeling.

πŸ’¬ Get in Touch

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  1. disruptiveplanets/transitforecast disruptiveplanets/transitforecast Public

    Probabilistic forecasting of candidate exoplanetary transit signals

    Python 1

  2. disruptiveplanets/vetpack disruptiveplanets/vetpack Public

    Tools for vetting transit signals

    Python

  3. EDENSurvey/Project-POEM-Activity EDENSurvey/Project-POEM-Activity Public

    Outreach activity for Project POEM in June 2019

    Python

  4. EDENSurvey/TeenAstroCafeActivity EDENSurvey/TeenAstroCafeActivity Public

    Transiting exoplanet activity for the Teen Astro Cafe

    Jupyter Notebook 2

  5. speclib speclib Public

    Tools for working with stellar spectral libraries.

    Python 3 3