A full CV in pdf format can be found here.
Jayshil A. Patel
Post-doctoral Researcher at Technical University of Denmark - DTU Space, Denmark
Contact Details:
Jayshil A. Patel
Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics Division, Technical University of Denmark - DTU Space,
Elektrovej Bygning 328, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Email: jaspa@dtu.dk
Appointments
- 2025-present: Technical University of Denmark - DTU Space, Denmark
Post-doctoral researcher in exoplanet science
Academics
- 2021-2025: Stockholm University, Sweden
Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy
Advisor: Dr. Alexis Brandeker, Co-Advisor: Dr. Markus Janson
Thesis title: “Exploring close-in exoplanets with space telescopes”
- 2020-2021: Université de Genève, Switzerland
Completed 65.5 ECTS (out of 120) towards Master's in Astrophysics.
- 2014-2019: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
Master of Science in Physics (First Class with Distinction)
Thesis Advisor : Dr. Néstor Espinoza (then at Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany)
Thesis title : “Study of the limb darkening effect using exoplanet transit light curves from TESS data”
Observing Time as PI
- European Southern Observatory’s Director’s Discretionary Time (2025)
Title: Probing the interior of a disintegrating planet
Instrument/Telescope : Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) on the Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Total Observing Time: 10.5 hours (~ 2 nights)
- CHEOPS Guaranteed Time Observations (2024-present)
Title: Vulcan — Testing the feasibility of observing dayside emission from lava planets with CHEOPS
Telescope: CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Total Observing Time: 30 orbits (~ 49 hours)
- CHEOPS Guaranteed Time Observations (2023-present)
Title: Terminators — Constraining morning and evening terminators of exoplanets
Telescope: CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Total Observing Time: 214.3 orbits (~ 353 hours)
- CHEOPS Third Announcement of Opportunity (AO-3) Guest Observers Programme (2022-2023)
Title: Constraining the morning and evening limbs of the hot jupiters WASP-79b and WASP-101b
Telescope: CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Total observing time: 159 orbits (~ 261 hours)
Grants and Fellowships
- Alva and Lennart Dahlmark Research Grants, May 2024
I have been awarded 6500 SEK to attend a PLATO workshop on 3D climate & clouds at the Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria.
- Gustaf and Ellen Kobbs Scholarship Foundation Travel Grant, June 2023
I have been awarded 15000 SEK to attend Extreme Solar Systems V in Christchurch, New Zealand during March 2024.
- C. F. Liljevalch Jr. Travel Grant, April 2023
I have been awarded 12000 SEK to attend Extreme Solar Systems V in Christchurch, New Zealand during March 2024.
- Alva and Lennart Dahlmark Research Grants, October 2022
I have been awarded 15000 SEK to attend a symposium on Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life in the Era of JWST at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA during May 2023.
- Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship, June-August 2018
I received the fellowship to attend summer school and internship at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India.
Talks & Poster Presentations
- Invited seminar: Lava rain, volatile atmosphere or something else? Tale of a hot rocky world 55 Cnc e as seen by JWST | September 2025
Uppsala University, Sweden
- Invited talk: Lava rain, volatile atmosphere or something else? Tale of a hot rocky world 55 Cnc e as seen by JWST | June 2025
Yuk Lunch Seminar at Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, CalTech, USA.
- Contributed talk: Observing exoplanet atmospheres in PLATO era | May 2025
PLATO National Meeting at Stockholm University, Sweden
- Contributed talk: Lava rain, volatile atmosphere or something else? Tale of a hot rocky world 55 Cnc e as seen by JWST | December 2024
Cosmic Origins Workshop at U. of Virginia, USA, Chalmers University, Sweden, and Flatiron Institute, USA
- Invited astrophysics colloquium: Lava rain, volatile atmosphere or something else? Tale of a hot rocky world 55 Cnc e as seen by JWST | October 2024
Space Research Institute, Graz, Austria.
- Invited seminar: Exploring exoplanets with JWST | July 2024
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, India.
- Poster: CHEOPS and TESS view of the ultra-short-period super-Earth TOI-561 b | June 2024
Exoplanets V in Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Poster: JWST reveals a rapid and strong eclipse depth variability of 55 Cnc e | March 2024
Extreme Solar Systems V in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Contributed talk: Is it raining lava in the evening on 55 Cnc e? | August 2023
Exoplanets by the Lake summer school and mini-conference in Munich, Germany.
- Poster: Is it raining lava in the evening on 55 Cnc e? | May 2023
STScI Spring Symposium on Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life in the Era of JWST
- Talk: Ultra-short period planet TOI-561b | June 2022
Ph.D. Conference at the Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University.