Prof. Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory CSH Professor & ERC Grantee (Astronomy/Astrophysics) Phone +41 31 684 5157 E-Mail brice.demory@unibe.ch Office G6 201 private website www.saintex.unibe.ch
Press 2020 Two planets around a red dwarf (Demory et al. 2020) - First science result from the SAINT-EX Observatory University of Bern press release Link to science paper (A&A) 2018 New clues to compositions of TRAPPIST-1 planets (Grimm, Demory et al. 2018) University of Bern press release NASA press release Link to science paper (A&A) 2017 The race to trace TRAPPIST-1h (Luger, Sestovic et al. 2017) University of Bern press release Link to science paper (Nature Astronomy) Seven terrestrial planets around a nearby star (Gillon, Triaud, Demory et al. 2017) University of Bern press release NASA press release Link to science paper (Nature) 2016 First temperature map of a super-Earth exoplanet PRESS RELEASES Jet Propulsion Laboratory — http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6223 Spitzer — http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1869-ssc2016-01-NASA-s-Spitzer-Maps-Climate-Patterns-on-a-Super-Earth University of Cambridge — http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/map-of-rocky-exoplanet-reveals-a-lava-world MIT — http://news.mit.edu/2016/temperature-map-super-earth-lava-world-0330 ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY Astronomy Picture Of the Day — http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160405.html SELECTED MEDIA STORIES THE GUARDIAN — https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2016/mar/31/star-wars-style-lava-planet-discovered-close-to-earth CNN— http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/30/tech/nasa-super-earth-temperatures/index.html FORBES — http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2016/03/31/most-detailed-map-of-nearby-super-earth-shows-a-world-of-two-halves/#1f8592041c59 DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/2-faced-exoplanet-is-both-solid-and-molten-rock-160330.htm YAHOO NEWS — https://www.yahoo.com/news/weird-oozing-super-earth-planet-hot-nights-even-174940882.html?ref=gs SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronomers-create-the-first-heat-map-of-a-super-earth/ SLATE — http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/03/31/_55_cancri_e_surface_temperature_mapped_for_the_first_time.html HUFFINGTON POST — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lava-planet-55-cancri-e_us_56fc9d80e4b0daf53aeebb92? WIRED— http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/31/detailed-map-exoplanet-lava SPACE.COM — http://www.space.com/32416-super-earth-55-cancri-e-super-hot-weather.html THE VERGE — http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11332272/55-cancri-e-super-earth-temperatures-nightside-dayside EOS — https://eos.org/articles/space-telescope-findings-suggest-molten-planetary-surface SKY & TELESCOPE — http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/hot-nights-hotter-days-super-earth-55-cancri-e/ SCI NEWS — http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/thermal-map-super-earth-55-cancri-e-03745.html VOA NEWS — http://www.voanews.com/content/mht-two-faced-55-cancri-e/3263517.html ABC — http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-31/two-faced-alien-planet-55-cancri-e-has-solid-and-liquid-surfaces/7287638 ASTRONOMY NOW — http://astronomynow.com/2016/03/31/map-of-rocky-exoplanet-reveals-a-lava-world/ IFL SCIENCE — http://www.iflscience.com/space/two-faced-alien-world-half-magma-ocean-half-perpetual-night LIVE SCIENCE — http://www.livescience.com/54241-super-earth-55-cancri-e-super-hot-weather.html 2015 Variability in a super-Earth exoplanet DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/hell-on-super-earth-extreme-exoplanet-volcanism-spied-150505.htm SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nearby-super-earth-may-harbor-huge-volcanoes/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150506-volcano-planet-space-cancri-astronomy/ SKY & TELESCOPE — http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-volcanoes-on-a-super-earth-05191544/ 2013 First cloud map of an exoplanet BBC — http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24348024 TIME — http://science.time.com/2013/10/04/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-aliens/ DISCOVERY NEWS — http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/exoplanet-forecast-cloudy-with-chance-of-maelstrom-131001.htm NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC — http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/01/first-cloud-map-of-a-planet-beyond-our-solar-system/ HUFFINGTON POST — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/clouds-alien-planet-mapped_n_4032128.html
For Students We always welcome Bachelor and Master students interested in joining our team for a research project related to astrophysics or medicine/bioengineering. Current topics include: [astro] biosignatures, [astro] remote sensing of bacteria, [astro] instrumentation for the detection of living organisms, [astro] exoplanet observations with the group's 1-m telescope in Mexico, [medical] non-invasive, intraoperative detection of pancreatic tumours. [medical] polarimetric-enabled endoscopic instrumentation Get in touch with Prof. Demory if you are interested in any of these topics.
Teaching I am teaching courses on advanced statistical methods for physicists and another course on exoplanets and origin of life. Please refer to KSL for details.
