About Me

I am a PhD student at Stockholm University in Sweden working with Dr. Alexis Brandeker and Dr. Markus Janson. I serve as a research collaborator to the CHEOPS Science team, and so, I am a member of the CHEOPS Science Consortium. I use photometric and spectroscopic observations from space-based telescopes such as CHEOPS, TESS and JWST to learn about exoplanets and their atmospheres. I am actively involved in developing tools to analyse observational data.

During 2020-21, I was in Geneva learning Exoplanetary Science at Observatoire astronomique de l’Université de Genève in Switzerland. Before that, I was at Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg, Germany as a visiting bachelor student, where I did research work for my Master’s thesis. In 2019, I obtained my Master of Science (Physics) degree from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India.

Email: jayshil.patel@astro.su.se, Phone: +46761532483

My Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

My research focuses on transiting exoplanets, their atmospheres, compositions and their formation. I use photometric and spectroscopic observations from CHEOPS, TESS and JWST in my research. Specifically, I study ultra-short period rocky planets and hot Jupiters to understand their atmospheric and bulk properties.

Ultra-short period planets, as their name suggests, orbit their host star in ~1 day, and thus are subject to the intense radiation of the star. I am trying to answer questions such as whether they can sustain an atmosphere or not. If they do then what is their atmospheric composition? What does their surface look like? In the case of hot Jupiters, I am particularly interested in the clouds in their atmospheres, e.g., do clouds form preferentially on either morning or evening side? What is the chemical composition of clouds and how does it change globally, if it indeed does vary at all? I am also interested in the global distribution of gases/chemical species on some very hot of these planets.

My Research

Recent Publications

Most of the articles should be available on arXiv. However, if any of them is not on arXiv and is hidden behind a paywall, then feel free to reach out to me.

For a full list of my publications, please visit the following ADS library.