Nicolas Cowan
Chaire de recherche du Canada sur le climat planétaire |
Physics Department
McGill University
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building
3600 University Street
Montréal, QC
Canada H3A 2T8
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Email: cowan@physics.mcgill.ca
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Research field : Exoplanets; exoplanet’s climate.
Description of the research project:
Nicolas Cowan's research aims to better understand and solve the complex problems of exoplanet science by taking advantage of their diversity. He uses high precision infrared and optical measurements to study the atmospheres and construct maps of these distant worlds. In addition to empirical work on hot Jupiter climate using the Spitzer Space Telescope, he is leading an international team figuring out how next-generation space missions could map the surfaces of terrestrial exoplanets. Nicolas Cowan is one of the instigators of the ExoClimes conferences, which cover most of the scientific areas related to his research interests. As a member of national and international committees, he promotes research in exoplanet climate and helps map out the landscape of future exoplanet missions.
List of graduate students :
Anne Boucher (postdoc), Margaret Bruna (M.Sc.), Mahesh Herath (Ph.D.), Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy (postdoc), Keavin Moore (Ph.D.), Thomas Navarro (postdoc), Jared Splinter (M.Sc.), Cheryl Wang (M.Sc.)
Recipient of the following awards:
| • | 2015-11 to 2016-10: Kavli Frontiers Fellow, Kavli Foundation |
| • | 2013-11 to 2014-10: Kavli Frontiers Fellow, Kavli Foundation |
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