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Molten terrestrial exoplanets and their primary atmospheres.
Credit: Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.com

Dr. Tim Lichtenberg

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research theme

  • Astronomy and astrophysics
  • Exoplanets and planetary physics

Sub department

  • Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Research groups

  • Exoplanet atmospheres
  • Exoplanets and Stellar Physics
  • Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
  • Planet formation and dynamics
  • Planetary Climate Dynamics
  • Planetary surfaces
  • Solar system
  • Space instrumentation
tim.lichtenberg@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1865 272 337
Clarendon Laboratory, room 209G
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I investigate how terrestrial worlds form and evolve to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how the origins of planets and life are interconnected. Please find more information on my personal research website.

Personal website

Research interests

Exoplanets
Planet Formation
Origin of Life
Planetary Science

Selected publications

Bifurcation of planetary building blocks during Solar System formation.

Science (New York, N.Y.) 371:6527 (2021) 365-370
Tim Lichtenberg, Joanna Drazkowska, Maria Schönbächler, Gregor J Golabek, Thomas O Hands

A water budget dichotomy of rocky protoplanets from 26Al-heating

Nature Astronomy Springer Nature 3:4 (2018) 307-313
Tim Lichtenberg, GJ Golabek, R Burn, Meyer, Y Alibert, TV Gerya, C Mordasini

Vertically resolved magma ocean–protoatmosphere evolution: H2, H2O, CO2, CH4, CO, O2, and N2 as primary absorbers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2021)
Tim Lichtenberg, Dan J Bower, Mark Hammond, Ryan Boukrouche, Patrick Sanan, Shang‐Min Tsai, Raymond T Pierrehumbert

Direct imaging of molten protoplanets in nearby young stellar associations

Astronomy and Astrophysics EDP Sciences 621 (2019) A125
I Bonati, Tim Lichtenberg, DJ Bower, ML Timpe, SP Quanz
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