Research/Areas of Interest
- Extra-solar planets "exoplanets"
- Planets in multiple-star systems, including circumbinary planets
- Stellar populations and fundamental parameters
- White dwarfs
- Black holes
- M-dwarfs
- Stellar activity (spots and flares)
- Celestial mechanics, including the Kozai-Lidov effect
- Planet formation
- Observational astrophysics
Education
- PhD, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017
- Bachelors of Science Advanced with Honours, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2012
Biography
G'day! ??I am an Australian astrophysicist, presently an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Tufts University. Prior to moving to the Boston area, I was a NASA Sagan Fellow at The Ohio State University.
I am trying to understand how planets and stars form and evolve. A lot of my research has been on planets in multi-star systems. I am an "end to end" astrophysicist: I like to construct observing programs to hunt for planets in diverse stellar systems and then create theoretical models to explain the observations. I also work on celestial mechanics, evolved stellar systems (e.g. white dwarfs and black holes), tidal physics, fundamental stellar properties and stellar flares. ?You can check out recent seminars on my work at McGill and Monash.
I have a strong commitment to student mentorship and have been very lucky to supervise nine amazing students (check out their work here). I am also committed to building an inclusive and diverse work environment where all are welcome! Check out resources here!
I did my PhD at the Université de Genève (download thesis here) and I was a Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at The University of Chicago.
For more information about my research or teaching, including AST-31, 51, 61 or 192, please visit my website www.davidvmartin.com
I am trying to understand how planets and stars form and evolve. A lot of my research has been on planets in multi-star systems. I am an "end to end" astrophysicist: I like to construct observing programs to hunt for planets in diverse stellar systems and then create theoretical models to explain the observations. I also work on celestial mechanics, evolved stellar systems (e.g. white dwarfs and black holes), tidal physics, fundamental stellar properties and stellar flares. ?You can check out recent seminars on my work at McGill and Monash.
I have a strong commitment to student mentorship and have been very lucky to supervise nine amazing students (check out their work here). I am also committed to building an inclusive and diverse work environment where all are welcome! Check out resources here!
I did my PhD at the Université de Genève (download thesis here) and I was a Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at The University of Chicago.
For more information about my research or teaching, including AST-31, 51, 61 or 192, please visit my website www.davidvmartin.com