Björn Benneke
- Professeur agrégé
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de physique
Complexe des sciences office B-3007
Courriels
bbenneke@astro.umontreal.ca (Travail)
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Biography
Professor Benneke is arriving at Université de Montréal from Caltech where he completed a 4-year postdoctoral fellowship focused on exoplanet observation and modeling. He previously received his PhD at MIT supervised by Sara Seager.
Affiliations
Education Programs
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- University Preparatory Programs
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
Courses
- PHY2701 Astronomie et astrophysique
- PHY3051 Analyse moderne des données physiques
- PHY6051X Analyse moderne des données physiques
Areas of Expertise
- Fundamental aspects of astrophysics
- Fundamental astronomy
- Spectroscopy and spectrophotometry
- Atmospheres of solid surface planets
- Extrasolar planetary systems
- Infrared astronomical observations
- Origin and evolution of solid surface planets
The next five years present a truly unique opportunity in the history of planetary astrophysics. For the first time, the observational techniques, the theoretical models, and a sufficient number of known exoplanets orbiting nearby stars are available to spectroscopically characterize a wide diversity of planets. Planets ranging from blazingly hot giant planets to temperate Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone of their host stars.
Many unanswered questions remain: How and where do planets form? What materials make up their interiors? What gases are in their atmospheres? What role do clouds and hazes play? How big can a terrestrial planet be? How small can a gaseous planet be? And finally, what planets are capable of hosting life?
Professor Benneke’s team is currently in an exceptional position to address many of the questions above because they are currently conducting several unprecedented large observational programs using the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the 10-meter Keck observatories. They have developed powerful analysis and modeling framework to interpret these unique data sets. The main areas that Professor Benneke’s group is working on are:
- Exploring the diversity of planetary atmospheres on super-Earths and exo-Neptunes using Hubble Space Telescope transit spectroscopy. Professor Benneke is the principal investigator of the largest Hubble Space Program in the world to characterize small exoplanets.
- Probing the formation of giant planets using high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy from 10-meter Keck telescopes
- Atmospheric characterization and mapping of exoplanets using the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
- Understanding the exotic cloud types on exoplanets
- Discovery and initial characterization of prime targets for future JWST characterization using K2, TESS, and ground-based follow-up
Student supervision Expand all Collapse all
Cartographie moléculaire d'exoplanètes avec le télescope spatial James Webb
Thèses et mémoires dirigés
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2021
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2021
Graduate : Coulombe, Louis-Philippe
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Towards understanding the nature and diversity of small planets in the universe : discovery and initial characterization of Wolf 503 b and LP 791-18 d
Thèses et mémoires dirigés
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2021
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2021
Reflected Light of Exoplanets : a case study of WASP-43b using the Hubble Space Telescope
Thèses et mémoires dirigés
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2020
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2020
Transmission spectroscopy of TRAPPIST-1d with the new Palomar/WIRC+Spec instrument : a Karhunen-Loève transform based approach to extracting spectrophotometry
Thèses et mémoires dirigés
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2020
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2020
Research projects Expand all Collapse all
JWST GO 4098 Explorer l'existence et la diversité des planètes océans riches en substances volatiles Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2026
Funding sources:
Agence spatiale canadienne
Grant programs:
Planète de type sous-Neptune riche en hydrogène ou manteau de Neptune exposé: Confirmation de la nature de sous-Neptune le plus favorable pour la spectroscopie d'émission avec JWST - 23JWGO2A04 Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2026
Lead researcher :
Björn Benneke
Funding sources:
Agence spatiale canadienne
Grant programs:
Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec - CRAQ Projet de recherche au Canada / 2024 - 2026
Lead researcher :
David Lafrenière
Co-researchers :
Pierre Bastien
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Anthony F. J. Moffat
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Pierre Bergeron
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René Doyon
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Nicole St-Louis
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Paul Charbonneau
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Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
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Patrick Dufour
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Jonathan Gagné
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Björn Benneke
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Yashar Hezaveh
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Laurence Perreault-Levasseur
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Kenneth J Ragan
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Victoria Kaspi
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Andrew Cumming
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Matthew Dobbs
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tracy Webb
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Lorne Archie Nelson
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Martin Aube
,
Laurent Drissen
,
Gilles Joncas
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Carmelle Robert
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Hugo Martel
,
Simon Thibault
,
Nicolas Cowan
,
Daryl Haggard
,
Jason Rowe
,
Alexandre St-Laurent Lemerle
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Adrian C. Liu
,
Hsin Cynthia Chiang
,
John Ruan
,
Jonathan Le Roy Sievers
,
Eve J Lee
Funding sources:
FRQNT/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FQRNT)
Grant programs:
PVXXXXXX-(RS) Programme de regroupements stratégiques
Replacement and upgrade of the Optical and Infrared Cameras for Observatoire du MontMégantic Projet de recherche au Canada / 2023 - 2025
Lead researcher :
René Doyon
Funding sources:
CRSNG/Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie du Canada (CRSNG)
Grant programs:
PVXXXXXX-(OIR) Outils et d'instruments de recherche (de 7 001 $ à 150 000 $)
Atmospheric reconnaissance of the TRAPPIST-1 planets Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2025
Funding sources:
Agence spatiale canadienne
Grant programs:
VROOMM: A High-Resolution Optical Echelle Spectrograph for the Observatoire du MontMégantic Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2025
Lead researcher :
René Doyon
Co-researchers :
Pierre Bergeron
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David Lafrenière
,
Björn Benneke
,
Simon Thibault
,
Nicolas Cowan
,
Jason Rowe
Funding sources:
CRSNG/Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie du Canada (CRSNG)
Grant programs:
PVXXXXXX-(OIR) Outils et d'instruments de recherche (de 7 001 $ à 150 000 $)
NIRISS Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) program on exoplanets characterization Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2025
Revealing the Nature, Diversity and Formation of Super-Earth Exoplanets Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2025
Lead researcher :
Björn Benneke
Funding sources:
CRSNG/Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie du Canada (CRSNG)
Grant programs:
PVX20965-(RGP) Programme de subvention à la découverte individuelle ou de groupe
Diamonds are Forever: Probing the Carbon Budget and Formation History of the Ultra-Puffy hot Jupiter WASP-127b Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2024
Funding sources:
Agence spatiale canadienne
Grant programs:
The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program Projet de recherche au Canada / 2022 - 2023
Lead researcher :
Björn Benneke
Co-researchers :
Jacob Bean
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Natalie Batalha
Funding sources:
Agence spatiale canadienne
Grant programs:
Technologies foe Exo-Planetary Science (TEPS) Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2023
Lead researcher :
Ray Jayawardhana
Co-researchers :
Björn Benneke
Funding sources:
CRSNG/Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie du Canada (CRSNG)
Grant programs:
PV118026-FONCER : Prog. formation orientée nouveauté, la collaboration et l'expérience en recherche
Caractérisation d'atmosphères d'exoplanètes par spectroscopie de transit avec le télescope spatial James Webb Projet de recherche au Canada / 2018 - 2022
Lead researcher :
David Lafrenière
Funding sources:
FRQNT/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FQRNT)
Grant programs:
PV113724-(PR) Projets de recherche en équipe (et possibilité d'équipement la première année)
Supplément COVID-19 CRSNG_Revealing the Nature, Diversity and Formation of Super-Earth Exoplanets Projet de recherche au Canada / 2020 - 2021
Lead researcher :
Björn Benneke
Funding sources:
CRSNG/Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie du Canada (CRSNG)
Grant programs:
PVXXXXXX-Supplément à l’appui des étudiants, des stagiaires postdoctoraux et du personnel de soutien à la recherche COVID-19
Exploration de la diversité compositionnelle et la formation de Super-Terres Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2020
Lead researcher :
Björn Benneke
Funding sources:
FRQNT/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FQRNT)
Grant programs:
PVXXXXXX-(NC) Établissement de la relève professorale
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