I'm Benjamin Rackham, a Research Scientist at MIT working at the intersection of stellar astrophysics and exoplanet science.
- Pandora SmallSat Mission β I lead efforts to correct stellar contamination in exoplanet transmission spectra.
- SPECULOOS β I lead the Target Characterization Working Group, focused on understanding nearby ultracool dwarfs that could potentially host habitable exoplanets.
- HST & JWST Legacy Archival Programs β 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 β Lead developer for a Python package for stellar spectral analysis and modeling.
- π brackham.github.io β My personal website.