Erik Petigura
Winn & Petigura review chapter published
Thrilled to have a review chapter on exoplanet occurrence from Doppler and Transit surveys published in the Springer/Nature Handbook of...
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Erik Petigura
Apr 222 min read
Automated Doppler scheduling papers are out
Happy to report that our group's first two papers on the automated scheduling of Doppler observations are out. Over a typical six-month...
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Erik Petigura
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Congrats, Luke!
Very happy to celebrate Luke Handley's graduation from UCLA with a B.S. in astrophysics! Luke joined the group in 2021 as a third-year...
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Erik Petigura
Jul 20, 20232 min read
Bon Voyage, Dr. MacDougall!
So thrilled for our group at UCLA to celebrate our first conferral of a Ph.D. to Dr. Mason MacDougall. Mason joined my group in 2019 and...
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Erik Petigura
Jan 28, 20227 min read
How Stars Sculpt the Super-Earth / Sub-Neptune Dichotomy
In our solar system, there are no planets between the size of Earth and Neptune and none reside inside Mercury's orbit. Yet the Kepler...
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Erik Petigura
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Measuring the Moon's Orbit – Another At Home Lab
Almost a year ago to the day, I was gearing up to teach my first course at UCLA. With only a few weeks before the start of the Spring...
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Erik Petigura
Sep 28, 20202 min read
On the Shoulders of Eratosthenes — A Silver Lining to Remote Instruction
Fall quarter begins this week, and I've been getting ready to teach another course over Zoom. It's one that I'm particularly excited...
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Erik Petigura
Jun 28, 20209 min read
A Deep Dive into the Fulton Gap
A common saying in my field is “know thy star.” Often, when we discover a new planet our understanding of its properties is limited by...
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Erik Petigura
Jul 2, 20191 min read
Farewell Caltech. Hello UCLA.
After four wonderful years as a postdoc, my time at Caltech has come to a close. Thank you so much to everyone who made this time...
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Erik Petigura
Jun 22, 20182 min read
Congratulations Samuel Yee
Over the last couple years, I've had the privilege to work with Samuel Yee, an exceptionally talented undergraduate. Last week, Sam...
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Erik Petigura
Feb 1, 20183 min read
Exploring the Planet-Metallicity Connection with CKS
Happy to announce that the latest paper in California-Kepler Survey has been published in the Astronomical Journal (Petigura et al....
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