Dr. Christoph Mordasini
Research interests
Planet formation, Planetary population synthesis, Protoplanetary disks, Extrasolar planet observations, Radial velocity searches, Statistical properties of exoplanets, Planet disk interactions, Gas and planetesimal accretion, Super Computing, Computer clusters
working on...
Planetary population synthesis
Giant planet formation
Observation of extrasolar planets
Impacts into planetary atmospheres
short CV
| 1978: | Born in Muri near Bern, Switzerland. School and secondary education in Muri and Bern. |
| 2004: | Master of Science in Physics, Supervisor W. Benz, University of Bern, subject: Planetesimal impacts into forming giant planets |
| 2008: | PhD degree, Supervisor W. Benz and S. Udry, subject: Planetary population synthesis |
| 2008: | Post-Doc at the MPIA |
| 2009: | Alexander von Humboldt fellow |
Publications
Mordasini, C., Mayor, M., Udry, S., Lovis, C., Ségransan, D., Benz, W., Bertaux, J.-L., Bouchy, F., Lo Curto, G., Moutou, C., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., & Santos, N. C.; 2011; Astronomy and Astrophysics; The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXIV. Companions to HD 85390, HD 90156, and HD 103197: a Neptune analog and two intermediate-mass planets
Alibert, Y., Mordasini, C., & Benz, W.; 2011; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Extrasolar planet population synthesis. III. Formation of planets around stars of different masses
Mordasini, C., Dittkrist, K. -M., Alibert, Y., Klahr, H., Benz, W., & Henning, T. 2011; ArXiv e-prints; Application of recent results on the orbital migration of low mass planets: convergence zones
Mordasini, C., Alibert, Y., & Benz, W. 2009, A&A, 501, 1139
Mordasini, C., Alibert, Y., Benz, W., & Naef, D. 2009, A&A, 501, 1161