Brendan Bowler

Dr. Bowler is interested in how planets form and evolve over time, which he addresses by finding exoplanets and characterizing their physical, orbital, and atmospheric properties at the individual and population levels. His research group focuses on questions related to the statistical patterns, orbital evolution, architectures, and circumplanetary (moon-forming) disks of exoplanets and brown dwarfs from an observational perspective. They use a broad range of ground- and space-based telescopes spanning the optical, infrared, and sub-mm wavelengths with an emphasis on high-contrast adaptive optics imaging, near-infrared spectroscopy, and precision radial velocities.